Board Thread:Administrative/@comment-1713281-20170209110855/@comment-1713281-20170210101506

I'll comment here so as to separate my personal thoughts from the main O.P.

I do feel that our current system of moving users from full admin to no admin only after 2 full years of inactivity a bit ill-fitting, which has lead to scenarios where someone with 1 edit in 18 months still restarts the cycle on their 2 year clock. I do like the idea put forward by Nick and Annabell, such as setting MIA admins to alumni status and leaving them with the content moderator package, either after they are gone for a set amount of time, or don't fulfill a basic edit threshold, etc. Perhaps that could be built upon, wherein the content moderator package is removed from their account if they go for another length of time without edits. Maybe something such as: lose admin after a year with no edits, or less than 12 edits in a year, then lose content moderator after another year with no edits. Point being, we need some updates in that process.

That being said, I still have no objections to depowering fumnov altogether. It's been over two years since he logged in, and there seems to be no indication he's coming back.

As far as new promotions go: I have not been around much because of the new job, but I do want to weigh in with past experience, at least. On the issue of The MAO, I have no objections to making him an admin; frankly, I don't know that I would oppose any of the current moderators becoming full admins.

As for new moderator candidates, I have not been around enough to pick out any current contributors, but I'll chime in on the one's I'm familiar with:

DonConscenate: No. He's a solid contributor, but I find him to be another "Red-Link Warriors"--most of his edit are turning red links into stub articles. Now, unlike other point-chasers in the same vein, DonConscenate does put in the effort to add images and at least something to the history sections, but his edits seem to oppose the current admin core's focus on detailed, in-depth, well researched articles.

Marvelboy 2002: No. If you were not aware, Marvelboy 2002 is already a content moderator on our Russian-language site (also, if you were not aware, we have a Russian-language version of the Database). It sounds like his current edits are not highly looked upon, but I recall his early edits being pretty bad as well, often being undone or questioned.

MysteryScooby: I'm apparently in the minority here, but I do not recall ever being impressed enough with MysteryScooby's contributions that I'd vote him in for moderator. Perhaps he's turned into a great contributor while I was AFK, but nothing I remember of his work is praise-worthy. If I recall, he was the main contributor behind the TRN disaster that was the Spider-Man Unlimited mobile game. And a simple scroll through his message wall to even a year ago shows numerous posts of admins have to remind him of the basics of contributing, such as licensing images, or following style guidelines. He's also previously been blocked for edit-warring, and for a stunt where he created a slew of character articles for himself and his family members. I trust the judgement of the rest of the team, but I'm hoping his current contributions are leaps and bounds above the ones I'm familiar with.