Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-9062114-20140220220301/@comment-17087283-20140221120751

Speysider wrote: I don't see the point in re-evaluating all sysops and patrollers, nobody here will be demoted from any of those positions. I'm fairly sure that the point of these re-evaluations was to replace inactive users with people who are more suited to the job.

Example: It's like applying to be a computer IT technician in a work place, but only bothering to show up once every 2-3 weeks. The boss will likely tell you to make an effort or to leave the company.

This is no different: if you are inactive repeatedly without reason, you are not fit for the role as it means you don't have dedication. The contributions you make should have no bearing whatsoever on whether you should continue to be a patroller or sysop: if I invented a really awesome feature for Wikia, I would get the job, but if I didn't bother to keep the feature updated, then I would likely be fired for not keeping the feature bug free.

This is how things have worked on just about every other site on the internet, heck this is how it works in real life: TES is no different and should not try to change the status quo like it's doing in this thread. :/

/rant done. I'm afraid I disagree. I if someone is promoted to Patroller or Admin and goes inactive I feel they should be placed into the inactive or semi-active sections. I don't think that TESWiki corresponds directly into real life at all. An IT Technician is payed to do his job, editing on this wiki is essentially volunteer work, and those who give up their time to contribute to the wiki and have been shown to substantially help it, deserve to be commemerated.