Thread:GorillaMan/@comment-5754239-20150323034845/@comment-5754239-20150324022129

''Note: I wrote a message about this earlier, but my computer crashed as I was writing it. As such, I may ramble a bit and some issues that I had initially intended to discuss may be absent from this reply. I might also detract from what I initially intended to say. Apologies.''

Hi Gorilla Man,

First off, I feel uneasy about the finality of your statements. You seem to have already decided that you would be given Bureaucrat rights. Regardless of how just you were in deciding so, I feel surprised that you had already made such a decision after just coming back to the wiki. You didn't post any forum posts and you didn't inform me of this decision. Next time, I want us to communicate better. And, yes, I know you do too. I will add you to my anonymous Skype account shortly.

As for Brady's administrative rights, I agree with that because he sent me a message about it. I've considered this, and I agree that he would be a great benefit to the wiki as a whole. However, I don't want there to be a situation where a user is given administrative rights solely because of their contributions on another wiki. I know from experience that some users are saints on some wikis and ruffians on others. I'm not saying that that is the case with Brady, but I want to make that clear. I also want us to, again, communicate better. We should, as people with administrative rights, decide and discuss with each other who should be given those rights. That may be what you're trying to do now, and I appreciate that if that is the case.

On that note, I'd like to discuss a user who I think would benefit the wiki should they be an administrator. Barnswallow has been a huge part of this community and has surpassed my commitment ability on numerous occasions. She is fine with becoming an administrator, and she deserves to be one. Not that I mean that this will be a reward, but that she will be a great benefit to the wiki with those abilities. In other words, if Brady is to become an administrator because of his merits, than I would also like Barnswallow to.

On the matter of your "inactivity", I would like to apologize. I did not know that you still tried to support the wiki. To me it seems as though you had become inactive altogether, since you had not edited for several months. I am sincerely sorry if I was unfair to you.

Oh, and for your concerns about my understanding of what bureaucracy entails, I know. I won't treat any one differently, and I will hold you to your promise not to do so either (as I expect you to hold me to mine).

Sincerely,

Ironwestie (02:21, March 24, 2015 (UTC))