User blog comment:ShawnCognitionCP/New chat rule/@comment-3076045-20140128123833

Well, allow me to take the neutral approach to this one.

I agree, the Chat Mods (and Admins as well) should not be targets just because they are the authority figures here. That makes sense because these people volunteer their own time here (and also importantly - they arent paid anything for doing so - none of the staff here are).

That said - it needs to be handled carefully, because it it can easily become a situation whereby we can become to dictatorial - which as those who have known me for a while will know, its something I am VERY against.

So - I will end by saying that there are also a lot of times when it SHOULD be acceptable to be in the chatroom complaining about the admins or chat mods.

Here's one example. MHInfinite should always have the right to complain about that damn Timeoin guy. He's always messing up his edits.

Other examples would be if the admins/chat mods invidivually have legitimately made mistakes - and dont realise it. You should have the right to tell them they have made a mistake.

The final example is one that I hope wont ever happen here. That one would be if the Chat Mods or Administrators are become autocratic in nature, on the wiki itself. If that happens - please, tell other admins about it. (Private messages in chat might be preferrable, if they are being autocratic). Administrators can be removed by either Tomb Raiser of Myself, if absolutely necessary, but that is understandably a drastic step, and we hope to not have to do that. (And even the Bureaucrats can be demoted by Wikia staff).