Board Thread:Wiki discussions and announcements/@comment-3459498-20141116001815

Hello everyone.

Today's topic is about the removal of Feirund's Chat moderator status. I'd like to first make clear that the removal of Cmod does not impede on his ability to function as a moderator: His rights on-wiki remain intact. The demotion is specifically regarding his behavior in chat.

Users in chat have requested this action be taken against Feirund due to claims of aggressive behavior (bullying of users who oppose him) and retaliation on behalf of other users in chat who have come under due to personal bias. This has led to both verbal abuse of other users and one instance of a complete rescindment of another chat moderator's one month chat ban on the user Nystus, given the reasoning "The user deeply regrets his actions", which has been proven time and time again (and admitted by the user himself) to be false.

I initially removed his chat moderator rights upon hearing the report to prevent further abuse, then provided him with an appeal message. Here's how it went. Note that within two responses I'm met with hostility and fairly vile language. [removed snide remark inferring the double standards held by the bureaucracy concerning promotions/demotions]. I'm called useless, incompetent and generally abusive. Further elaboration in chat details me as "the worst member of staff I've [Feirund] has ever seen on this wiki". Hilariously enough, the weeks prior to this incident have been filled with positive conversation between him and I, even to the point where he had reported to me two unrelated demotion requests of the chat moderators V3hemenc3 and SirAston, both of whom I followed up on per his instruction.

And, in a manner similar to my initial appeal request, I'd like those to keep watch of things that Feirund will undoubtedly say and make sure that they have not been cherrypicked heavily to support his case. And, if I've been similarly skewed, make sure to let me know so I can remove or adjust specific points.

Users that have gripes concerning the accused Chat moderator's behavior or ability should also come forth, as I may have missed points as well. 