Board Thread:Game Discussion/@comment-11784273-20130902154747/@comment-9605025-20130903193815

Prescoper wrote: Andrewds1021 wrote:

Effectively, it is. I am not saying that users who get to be moderators and admins don't deserve it. As a matter of fact, most of them are or were valuable members of this wiki. However, in the end, it is a popularity contest.

That being said, there are some instances of people being promoted without a vote! For example, Godofcyanide was never voted on. I am not saying that he isn't qualified or even that I don't want him to be one. As a matter of fact, I would have voted for him. I happen to know that he got to be moderator because he requested a new one in light of the fact that Prescoper and Wardeal aren't around much anymore.

All I am saying is that moderators and admins can be arbitrary. As for itsme5712, I don't think there was ever a vote. That, combined with her relatively short experience with both the game and this wiki, makes me question what is going on. However, I have yet to see conclusive proof that she is either lying or cheating. Until then, I cannot say. I chose them because they are on the chat most of the time, and very very helpful towards others. I know that u added pages/information to the wiki, but you're not on the chat often. I do keep an eye at the chat everyday, even if I'm at school or whatever. I look at this page everyday without fail, countless number of times every day.

It's not being a "popularity" contest, its about how often are you on the chat + how helpful are you towards others.

Peace. :)

I'm not trying to be promoted nor am I accusing you of playing favorites. I am simply making the observation that in these particular instances, the voting procedure set forth by DinoKev was circumvented. Whether or not I am on chat a lot and should be moderator is an irrelevant topic. Personally, I don't care who is moderator as long as they are fair; which has been the case so far. As a matter of fact, I actually think that those were good choices.

I think that anytime there is a vote, it is more of a popularity contest. My experience is that people tend to vote for their "friends" rather than actually consider the candidate(s).

If I may go slightly off topic here. For instance, in middle school, I did a project related to airplane wings and lift (although not with those precise terms, I was only in middle school). When it came time to vote on which projects to send to the science fair, most people voted for a project about the probability of being a girl or boy. The first difference, that kid was more popular. The second difference, he did his experiment by picking M&Ms out of cups and recording how many times each color came up. Even at that age, I could have easily told you that the answer was about 1/2, and he spent hours picking at M&Ms to come to the same conclusion.