User blog comment:CyberTheNerd/SOG Staff Meeting 10/@comment-25021327-20141217203914

Now I am Become Chat Mod, so I suppose I'll weigh in on some of this :)

-I think that trimming the fat, and amending the lists of active and inactive mods/admins is probably a good thing. Though it doesn't happen often, I've seen a couple of instances wehre new users try to communicate with inactive members who are listed as mods/admins.

Maybe if there is some kind of standard for what constitutes "inactive" (a period of time without edits, or being seen on the wiki) then there can be a more concrete system of listing mods/admins. If there are legit reasons for being inactive for a while, or if someone knows they will be leaving for a while and states such beforehand, that could be taken into account. But if it's just a matter of "prestige" about having a title or something like that then I don't see any problems with de-modding or de-admining folks who aren't here for long periods of time. A discussion with the user in question should always be on the table as well.

-I think a more concrete definition of plagiarism couldn't hurt. I think most people know what it is, but since the internet has made it so easy to copy and paste something from somewhere else, claiming it as one's own, maybe users don't have a grasp of how shitty it is to do. And there had probably ought to be some kind of accountability for it.

Everyone here is pretty much doing their writing out of the joy of doing it, sharing it with others, and maybe winning a PotM title or a Muta-read. I doubt many of us are achieving much fame or cash from our writing. Users should feel that If they have writer's block, or can't think of anything for weeks, months, even years, that's fine, don't write anything. Don't take someone else's story and claim it as their own just to post something, get attention, or stay relevant.

-As far as migrating stories, I can see if folks see a story they love, and want to share it with others. I've come across some good stories here that I would never have found on my own, which is great. But I also agree that for the most part, stories posted here should be authored by users. If someone has an account here in addition to CP wiki, SpinPasta, etc, then I suppose it's fine for them to post their work on any, or all appropriate wikis. But limiting the migrated pastas here might help to keep us from being a kind of CPwiki B-team.

-Now that I've blabbered on for too long, I'll finish up.

-I think users should be allowed to either post in these threads, or have a forum to voice concerns which will be checked and incorporated into these threads. With a lot of posters, things may get messy or start going off topic, but I think that at least for a trial period, users should be allowed to post.

Thank you for indulging my long winded nonsense. Good Day.