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

We have too many admins. -Said everyone ever.

We don't have enough admins -Said me.

Well, it depends how you look at it that makes both of those true. You may look at the Local List of Users and say, "DAMN! 11 Admins! OMG! Especially for a wiki this small! Goddamn, you have way too many." And you would be right. However, take a look at that list one more time. 4 Admins haven't edited since last year. For every admin that hasn't edited since 3 months ago, I count as inactive.

So, that leaves 7 admins. Anybody beyond May is labeled inactive. That's 2 more admins. The grand total is 5 now. 1 admin has made a blog post signing their leaving signature. That's a final grand total of 4 active admins.

Now, if I wasn't so damn lenient to the 3 month-beyond rule, there would be 2 admins that are in June editors. And they edit once or twice a month to stay relevent in the Admin Community. So, to a "strict rule edit", there would be 2 active admins. 2 ACTIVE ADMINS! You might say, "OMG! It's a small wiki, goddamn. 2 admins are enough." No. Not with 2,549 pages on this wiki. No way. Now on to the issue on what to do with them.

Now, you might use the old, "Let sleeping dogs lie." But, honestly. They are gone. They are not coming back anytime soon. And that's the truth. You can say that they could come back at any moment in the day but in all reality, that's like in a funeral and the small chance that the person in the casket pops up alive. It could happen, but the slim chance isn't in their favor.

Now onto what to do with them. I believe that we should remove their power. It's not because I hate them (or something along those lines), it's because they haven't edited and shouldn't have it if they don't. Now that might be harsh to some people, but let me put it this way. It's like a school project. You are in groups of 4, and everyone in the group but you don't do anything. At all. You just sit there. You could do something worthwhile but you don't and at the end, the other 3 get A's because of you.

And I totally understand if there is a limitation. Like a computer problem or a family issue, but it shouldn't be a year or 2 to overcome the issue. I mean, seriously. There's a point where you just become more useless than useful around (that wasn't meant to hurt anyone. It was just the way I worded it. I am sorry if it offended you.)

Now, onto a solution. We have chat mods who are active. Believe it or not. There's about 7. (When I say about, it means I checked, and I counted, but some might be admins. I can't really block it out.)

2+7= 9. If we take off admin powers from inactive users, and added those Chat Mods, we could have a solid number of admins and have a solid chat mod number. It works. It's as simple as that. And my rant might be a little long, but I think it gets the point across very well.

Thank you for your time,

Hero of Time 05:15, July 4, 2015 (UTC) 