User blog comment:Alemas2005/What the hell is going on here?/@comment-5369341-20160220012214/@comment-4845243-20160220034739

This seems like an accurate analysis, but I think we also forgot that admins can be leaders by influence even while still not being rulers of the wiki. The admins are users with tools mentality is not the problem by itself. Having a community-run wiki didn't directly lead to these problems, and it's not just weak leadership either.

Recent events demonstrate how toxic things have gotten, but it seems more like a symptom of general complacency and lack of interest in the good of the wiki. Obviously it sounds like the admin and mods need to set a better example, though.

I always love it when people step up and try to identify problems - and at least to an extent solutions. The wiki will only get better if people fight.