User blog comment:Bourgeoisie/Why current moderating practices aren't working/@comment-25282327-20150320213502/@comment-4845243-20150321000124

We have extra rights in order to help benefit the community through maintenance, banning/blocking users to prevent disruption/abuse, managing Requests for Rights, etc. None of those things make us in charge.

We're only "in charge" if we pretend our extra tools give us some sort of authority and use our tools to enforce our will on the wiki. Certainly, the tools can be used in that way, but it is not beneficial to the wiki and is not a good idea. For this reason, myself and others have worked hard to change the way things are done around here, and have succeeded, implementing various projects to get the community involved—the LMBW Committee, Suggestion Forum, petitions, RFR, ArbCom, Community Voting, and finally Community Discussions. Now the reforms are almost complete, and the admins are no longer "in charge."