User blog comment:Bourgeoisie/Why current moderating practices aren't working/@comment-25282327-20150320213502/@comment-25995065-20150321023903

Neh, your rights are not authority. According to who you ask? Every other wiki. That's not the point of rights on wikis. Remember what wikis are: A collaborative encyclopedia. Why would people need power, when everyone (including admins) are there for the same reason: to build an encyclopedia? The answer is they don't need power. The reason policies and rights are in place is to make the community easier to work towards that goal of building an encyclopedia. Policies suggest processes and guidelines in that goal. Rights are extra tools to allow certain users to further contribute in ways not every other user does. What good does it do for someone to tell someone else what to do when you're all here serving the same purpose? That's why user rights aren't power. By looking at them as such and treating them as such, you create a less-pleasant atmosphere. The community is its own authority. All users alike, moderator/admin or not, are here for the same reason and have the same equal say in decisions and policies. It's not one group of users who determines what can and can't be done by the rest of the community.