Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14027812-20140122233602/@comment-24489208-20140124005941

The 500 overall edit was a botched replacement for the mainspace edit requirement which was originally going to be set in place anyway. This is a better requirement, the whole chat moderation is currently a mess. The main problem I find is that the chat moderators fall to bias very regularly, I've discussed the whole chat issue with veteran moderators of other wiki chats as well as admins from elsewhere.

The main issue is that the chat is still very new, and that all that has happened is part of a pattern that all chats go through when they're new. I've been working to improve it, with the first of things being a new set of rules (Which is now currently in place). Even then, I've seen blatant disregard for the rules from users, and chat moderators simply passing it off and not even giving a warning. I've even seen the breaking of rules from chat moderators themselves.

As I've said, it would be helpful if there was an admin watching the chat with a sharp eye through the active hours, because we have a pretty awful reputation at the moment. I could do it myself and report to an admin, also, if that's more convenient.