Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25979511-20180129192821/@comment-3218221-20180203115150

Sorry for the delayed response...

No, I'm afraid I have to disagree with Chrome on this. We were primed to settle for compromise in October, perhaps, but that's no longer a viable solution. I distinctly remember how Chrome asking for and finally receiving admin rights was like pulling teeth when it came to Sxerks, and when it comes to Kirkburn's suggestion – something that normally would be a fine idea – I can only imagine Sxerks' resentment at being forced into something he clearly never wanted to do or wants to do in the first place.

That sort of atmosphere will never prove conducive on a wiki. Agreeing to a compromise after it was outright stated that this was a vote for demotion and adoption is in effect agreeing to repeat October. It will still be his status quo; He would be resentful at being forced to give Chrome bureaucrat rights, but he would still have his 'status' and prevail.

My vote is for Chrome to adopt the wiki. I do not cast this vote lightly. I would never cast a vote like this lightly. I wish it had not come to this. And yet – I do truly believe that this is the best move anyone can make for the wiki's future. It pains me to see a founder who's stuck around so long be so bumptious, and so willing to let the wikis they administrate stagnate. Sxerks, you will always be the founder of the Durarara!! Wiki, but when you reach the level of non-activity that you perpetuate, and become more misanthropic towards new editors and people trying to enact change – it is time to hand over the reins.

Just like Chrome will do, someday. Just like my predecessor on the Baccano! Wiki did when she found that her obligation to the wiki had started feeling more like a chore than fun (though, note, she still pops in now and then to edit). Chrome has been remarkably assiduous throughout this process, you know, and with her I can at least be certain that the wiki will be geared toward progress and community effort. With you, the only thing I can be certain of is everything you won't do. You will not start to make meaningful contributions around the wiki, you will not become more open-minded, and you will not be happy to give Chrome Bureaucrat rights. You might be pleased all the same, because that would mean non-demotion.

Sxerks refusing to give Chrome Bureaucrat rights was only one part of a larger story, a tree within the forest, and FANDOM forcing him to give Chrome those rights will not fix all that is broken with his system of doing things. His presence discourages new editors and frustrates older editors, and allowing this to become another October 2017 would be counterproductive and countercommunity in so many ways.

Let Chrome adopt the wiki. Let there be real change, not a compromise that lets unfixed grievances fester. Let there be progress, not stagnation. Let there be progress.