Board Thread:Community Voting/@comment-10112739-20160102070335/@comment-4845243-20160104030046

Mishkaiel wrote: Madkatmaximus wrote:

Mishkaiel wrote: loling so hard reading this thread. seriously, you guys crack me up. xD

My thoughts on this? GO ALEMAS Also, I believe that since the Admins are the ones technically in charge of stuff here, then what they say goes. If the community rules, then it's more of an anarchy. Call it a Democracy if you want, but that'll lead to anarchy eventually.

and from that user blog edit: " i'm honestly ashamed to share the title of "human" with him. others like kep, mish, starr, goggs, you're all close behind." Wow, insulting me and some of my close friends. gg Fort.

Since this was put up for voting, and since ou guys thing that the community can vote on something like this, then I vote B.

=l Admins are not completely and fully in charge, per se. However, anarchy is the lack of any authority whatsoever, which is not at all accurate to the current wiki politics and it never will be. lack of any authority or everybody having the same authority, which would be community rule. There needs to be some central authority, which would be the admins. Of course they wouldn't be totalitarian dictators, but they would have the ultimate say in things. However, the community shouldn't have the ability to do everything with or without the concent of the admins either.

=l No, anarchy (as a term in political philosophy) is the absence of government. Of course wikis are anarchies, because governments cannot exist in online, anonymous communities! But if you want to try and use government labels, anarchy is not an accurate one.

The "ultimate say" with regards to wiki politics is always in the hands of the community, because they can if needed get rid of all the admins. :P

Our current system is a quasi-democracy with checks and balances in place. The community makes policy and elects users to have rights, but the admins still do blocks, bans, maintenance work, etc. With the recent votes going on, the community will have the ability to voice their opinions on blocks and demotions as well, but authority on those matters remains with the admins.