Board Thread:Wiki discussions and announcements/@comment-5331854-20140708122238/@comment-27010991-20140708154837

There is no pure CMod that'd be mostly neutral in this particular situation - I think everybody's being a sissy kid, unable to withstand the individual in question's attitude, while the rest of the moderators seem to all be in accord in hating him. If we were to strictly follow procedure, Nystus would have been permanently banned a long time ago (according to the rules, any ban starting with the 4th can be permanent). However, the rules also state that these are just the guidelines and that "Blocks and their duration are generally up to the discretion of the administrators and chat moderators of the LoL Wiki." More often than not, we do not follow these guidelines at all. A good example would be our far-more-harsh than suggested punishments to first-time offenders, namely because we easily identify them as nothing but trouble-makers.

As such, I would to discuss a certain aspect of our duty as the individuals assigned to oversee/regulate/police the chat. Basically, the word "moderator" implies a lot of things that other folks with a star do not seem to notice. First of all, it can mean taking things in moderation - banning a guy we've all known for so long could be called an extreme, especially since he doesn't bear any ill-will whatsoever against any of us and only breaks the rules due to his unruly spirit. The administrators and chat mods have been maintaining discretion when dealing with said individual and have thus far refrained from any overly-excessive measures. Thing is - you do not need a chat moderator to ban people, any bloke with a sufficiently hard-ass can perform this act just fine. You need a moderator to explore all additional options and always find the best, least hurtful way of resolving a situation. The only other moderator that seems to grasp this is Rin (Bloodstrider), who, while having personal feelings against Nystus, is very level-headed towards him regardless of that. The others, while insisting on the justness of their cause, are driven primarily by personal feeling and therfore should not be trusted to handle this matter.

There is always. A better way.

P.S. Even though we're taking this "Chat" stuff so very seriously, we should all be aware how insignificant it really is. Any kind of thing you don't want to see can be removed from the chat just by hitting f5 or scrolling down. Even Teh has expressed his disdain towards these problems, as there are far more important matters, wiki mainspace matters that demand constant attention. And it just so happens that the individual in question has 11 thousand edits, making him, wikiawise, a far more relevant individual. I can't help but wonder how much he sees us as kids playing around. But that's my personal feelings and come detached from the point I'm trying to make.