Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-25075055-20140616212248/@comment-24274106-20140616215903

Zippertrain85 wrote: Likes-That-Tail wrote: I agree with everything, except removing the colored names. The names aren't there as a "status symbol", they're there so that users know that the user is staff, and can: 1. Help them out with any questions/problems 2. Be more respected. Not in a "all hail the admins" kind of way, but more of an "if a user with a green name (sysop) tells you to stop doing something, you do it" kind of way. There's a point in having colored names other than just to look cool/feel special/superior. Likes-That-Tail (talk) 21:50, June 16, 2014 (UTC) So, what about if someone else with a colored name says that? Should you ignore them? This is the problematic ideas that make this Wiki fall, that we treat Admins as "above" other users, and even the rules. Is that what you're saying LTT, because I assume that I may be minsinterpreting you.

You are definitely misinterpreting me. It's like if some random person on the street told you to stop talking. Would you listen? Maybe. But if an officer told you to stop talking? You'd listen. It's not that the policeman is "better", it's that he has authority. I really can't find the right words, so sorry if I'm not putting this the right way. What I mean to say is, the colored names aren't supposed to be a status symbol, and if they become one to a mod, and said mod acts superior, then they don't deserve to be mod.