User blog comment:Bourgeoisie/Why current moderating practices aren't working/@comment-25282327-20150320213502

I skimmed this and honestly, I disagree with a LOT of it. But I'm only going to adress one part.

"Finally, when I see a moderator say "it's my job to warn/kick/ban" I shake my head so hard. This is so ignorant and any moderator who says that should have to rerequest their rights as they clearly don't understand them. The "job" of any user right is to use them for what the community wants you to use them for. If the community doesn't think someone should have been kicked for example,  you don't kick . It's not your "job" to blindly enforce the policy and kick people when kicks do not reasonably solve the situation. Once again, using common sense and being reasonable, both topics addressed in this blog, outweigh policy in situations like this."

EXCUSE ME? You're saying if the users on chat don't like how I prevented further violation of the chat policy, I'M in the wrong? Let me tell you something. A CM did not get there position easily. They have to be on their best behavior all the time and had to be trusted enough by the community to even get voted in to the postion of power. It IS a Chat Moderators job/responsibility to make sure the chat policy isn't violated. If the current users don't like it, tough. We have set rules for the wiki and it's not ridiculous to expect them to be followed. If you do not wish to follow them, don't come here anymore. You ARE obligated to follow the policy, even if the majority of the community is on your side. Move to another wiki if you can't follow the rules. A CM is not only completely allowed to kick/warn/ban if somebody is breaking the rules, regardless of whether the community likes it, but is also allowed and encouraged to use their own logic and common sense to know when that's happening. And if they were really doing THAT terrible of a job, they wouldn't be able to keep their position.