Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24841964-20150704051540/@comment-6794436-20150706020846

I don't know, I feel as though that this is an actual issue. Having so many admins stops many other, more active Chat-Mods who have been stuck as mods for a while now. Like, Cyber and Mas, who both have been excellent contributors but yet still have not been made into admins because of the amount that we have. Also, what issues do we have on the wiki that need fixing? Other than the everflowing shitstorm of shittypastas, that is, but there isn't much we can do about that. I think that this should be one of the things we should deal with soon. Also, it doesn't really make sense to give powers to someone who is inactive. Worst case scenario in a situation like the one we have now is that a formerly inactive admin remembers the power they have on the site, so they come back. However, they don't come back to contribute, they come back to troll and all around be a dick because they deem this site as childish and really just trivial. They get pissed at how people are putting time and effort into something that they deem so trivial, so they vandalize posts, harass people, etc.

Now, that is unlikely, but I do feel as though that has to be kept in mind as I've dealt with many normal users or just random people coming on to the wiki that will be dicks in chat and sometimes even vandalize because they hate how people are finding enjoyment in something they don't get. It may sound far fetched, but trust me, it happens more than you'd think. So just imagine what someone with some actual power would do when they make their return and want to dick around. Once again, that isn't to say that any inactive admins would do such a thing, but it is something that we have to consider.

Therefore, because of that risk, and also because no matter how much we like to say we don't, we do deny people's applications to become an admin simply because of the surplus supply that we already have. Hell, for a while, they even did that for chat mods, and I was a victim of that too. Still, a lot of people will claim that the amount of admins/mods really doesn't matter when somebody is looking to be promoted, when in reality, it is normally used as one of the main reasons as to why somebody isn't promoted.

-Incorrect3