TheShadowAssassin wrote:
This could either work really well or fail hard, so it will be interesting to see.. I am indifferent, however..
Per this. A reason I'm hesitant to support is because someone would automatically oppose a user keeping their rights after getting kicked or banned for policy violations, and in some cases, that could pose a huge problem.
Samed5 wrote:
Let me go a bit more into detail for my reason to oppose. It is highly illogical and nonsensical to demote moderators who have done nothing wrong. Most of our current mods have never done anything to deserve getting demoted, and there's no reason to demote them for a reason as trivial as there being 'too many mods'. Those 'extra' mods aren't hurting anyone, and if you're so OCD that you keep having to bring up demoting good moderators for nothing, you need to get a life. Furthermore, I and other older mods were promoted in a time when getting moderator rights was difficult, and you actually had to prove to the admins that you'd do good at the job. These days, getting mod rights is nothing but a popularity contest; the users whom everyone likes get the supports, while the people who just aren't that popular get opposed. If we decide to do this, we should also revote on all patrollers and admins. That's the only way it'd be fair.
Per this as well.
The only moderators that should no longer have their rights are the ones that aren't benefiting the community (mostly the ones that don't take care of situations when they should.)