Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-10789912-20151109180419/@comment-25356303-20151117050650

GramsJ's present situation both in real life and as administrator, coupled with the more recent results of her inactivity on certain members of the wiki, is not something I am keen on talking about today. I'm fully aware of the fact that we all get very squeamish about these things and I don't blame anyone for it—morality is an intrinsic part of our personalities. I'm not trying to change that. No one is. The point of this thread is not to "give up" on GramsJ, nor is it to otherwise somehow diminish her importance to us.

It is apparent that the majority of the community appears to be in favor of removing her rights due to her prolonged inactivity. I neither entirely agree nor disagree with this point of view, but I understand why some of you do.

As has been stated in this thread already, inactivity among administrators is highly discouraged, and will almost always result in the removal of their rights no matter the cause of their absence. Since an inactive administrator is unable to do what is required of them, they should not be in the position for the duration of their hiatus. This concept has absolutely nothing to do with our perception of what is going on in their life; only what they are doing on the wiki.

However, since GramsJ was in fact suffering from Cancer and was also a very beloved and well-respected editor on the wiki, it was decided to mark her as "Inactive" until further notice.

This thread is, for all intents and purposes, "futher notice." GramsJ has not made an appearance in just over three years now. I would like to make it perfectly clear that this may imply certain things about how she is doing currently, but her inactivity does not indicate anything we can base a discussion off of. ANY judgments off of her lack of contributions are simply educated guesses. We do not know anything substantial.

Some of the things that have been said in this thread are a little inappropriate and uncalled for, and I will speak to those responsible for the statements privately. I have expressed some of my own thoughts on the issue already and I do have more, but I do not feel like leaving this thread open for any longer will even remotely benefit any of the people involved. The wiki has only recently begun to recover from an extremely turbulent period of time and it is exactly this type of ridiculous behavior that caused said turbulence in our community in the first place.

I would not like that repeated.

I am sympathetic to GramsJ's state of affairs at the moment, and I know that everyone else here is as well, but the fact that, for whatever reason, she has been unable to carry out her administrative tasks for quite some time now is reason enough not to leave them on her account.

If she does return and wishes to have her tools back, I am sure that we will without hesitation support her, but for the time being they will be removed. I will repeat this one more time: this action should not be taken as an insult to GramsJ or the place she has in our hearts. With that said, I believe this topic has been discussed enough. Thank you for your input.