Hello fellow Wikians,
It is with great humility and anguish that I write this formal demotion proposal; especially being as the user in question is a long time member who has acted as a resident bureaucrat for many months. I will keep this thread as concise and humble as I can, in order to create as minimal disruption to the ethos and balance of our community as possible.
For many months now Leo Fox has showed minimal contributions to the wiki's content, and almost no contribution to administrative and bureaucratic processes on the wiki, so much so that he is not even known by a majority of the users who have joined in the last year, and those who do, only know of the user from discussions with other users. Leo's total contributions to the wiki itself are less than substantial with only 700 edits made to articles, the majority of which are minor edits - this is what is expected of an average user, let alone an administrator, and further more a bureaucrat. Leo Fox has also showed a distinct lack of interest in taking part with serious administrative tasks such as theme designs, wiki projects, inter-wiki and intra-wiki relations, promotions and demotions, and finally policy writing and maintenance.
Formal discussions were being held between administrators about the change of administration needed to help push Halo Nation into a more reputable and collaborative wiki, where Leo Fox was highlighted as a candidate for demotion due to his severe lack of activity - several months of no contributions or contact (even after being emailed and contacted via PM and twitter). It was not until recent events on the chat where the individual had returned and used his powers in an unacceptable way by kicking a user for mixing geographical locations. As an Admin, and further more as a Bureaucrat, Leo Fox is expected to act as a example to other users, and kicking a user for "fun" and to assert dominance is an unacceptable example to be setting to our moderators. Evidence can be seen in the following screenshots and transcripts of the chat:
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[02:47] <SWATminifigGUY> New Zealand is very nice. I rather liked it when I went. [02:47] <Leo Fox> its almost four in the morning [02:47] <Leo Fox> Where in NZ? [02:47] <Daven323> hi [02:48] <Leo Fox> Bye [02:48] <DBD Abyss> Hello [02:48] <Leo Fox> (troll) [02:48] <SWATminifigGUY> North Island, I believe [02:48] <DBD Abyss> leo's australian so he's opposite Daven [02:48] <SWATminifigGUY> Yep, North Island. [02:48] <DBD Abyss> I think he's australian [02:48] <DBD Abyss> or NZ [02:48] <Leo Fox> WAT [02:48] <Daven323> i just beat halo 4 on a LASO run [02:48] <SWATminifigGUY> New Zealander. [02:48] <T3CHNOCIDE> i48.tinypic.com/2u784qo.jpg [02:48] <Leo Fox> DBD [02:48] <T3CHNOCIDE> LOL [02:48] <Leo Fox> WAT [02:48] <Leo Fox> NO [02:48] <Leo Fox> GTFO [02:48] <Leo Fox> NAO [02:48] <DBD Abyss> New zealand is part of australia isn't it? [02:48] <SWATminifigGUY> New Zealand is like Australia's more awesome brother. [02:48] <T3CHNOCIDE> He's a Kiwi not an Aussie haha! [02:48] <DBD Abyss> (OK) Leo [02:49] <Daven323> im canada [02:49] <SWATminifigGUY> Same, Daven. [02:49] <Daven323> not NZ [02:49] <Daven323> [02:49] <T3CHNOCIDE> And from what I understand the two don't like to be mixed up :P [02:49] <Leo Fox> JUST NO [02:49] <T3CHNOCIDE> Leo ... [02:49] <Leo Fox> shaddap [02:49] <T3CHNOCIDE> Pardon? [02:49] <SWATminifigGUY> Leo, we can't be kicking people for sucking at geography, mmmkay? [02:49] <Daven323> also i just beat the walking dead game great game [02:50] <Leo Fox> remember the days when we ruled the channel with an iron fist? [02:50] <Daven323> no. [02:50] <DBD Abyss> My friend's from australia so that's why I thought he was. [02:50] <T3CHNOCIDE> Yes. [02:50] <DBD Abyss> I forgot about NZ [02:50] <T3CHNOCIDE> You were all called abusive. [02:50] <SWATminifigGUY> WB H4M. [02:50] <Leo Fox> its only abusive if you particularly care [02:50] <SWATminifigGUY> Gmod? [02:50] <TheUltimateH4M> SWAT [02:50] <T3CHNOCIDE> Welcome back Hammy. [02:50] <Leo Fox> or something like that [02:50] <Daven323> well got 2 go so see ya [02:50] <T3CHNOCIDE> Leo this isn't going to go down well when I discuss this with Brandon Rhea later. [02:50] <SWATminifigGUY> H4M [02:50] <Leo Fox> Tech, its 4 in the morning [02:51] <TheUltimateH4M> I'm the one who nominated you for chat moderator rights, correct? [02:51] <Leo Fox> it was an obviously painless kick [02:51] <T3CHNOCIDE> And that's an excuse how? [02:51] <SWATminifigGUY> Yeah, ya did, H4M [02:51] <T3CHNOCIDE> You can't just come back after months of in activity and decide to do what you will just because you are still an admin. [02:51] <SWATminifigGUY> It was the day Ace and Church stepped down, if I remember correctly. [02:51] <SWATminifigGUY> What happened to Ace, anyways? [02:52] <TheUltimateH4M> Ace stepped down. [02:52] <Leo Fox> I would say sure I can [02:52] <TheUltimateH4M> After that, he stopped coming here alltogether. [02:52] <Leo Fox> but then I'd be a hipocrite [02:52] <SWATminifigGUY> Awww. I kinda liked Ace. [02:52] <Leo Fox> or something [02:52] <T3CHNOCIDE> Well. Clearly a community discussion is going to be needed, isn't it? [02:53] <Leo Fox> is it really?
Shamefully, this is not the first instance in which this has occurred, Leo Fox has been known to use his powers to "help" others conform to his own idealistic ways, even when such ways are derogatory to the wiki, it's content, and the community. Leo Fox is even known to be one of the major contributors in promoting unacceptable and abusive behaviour in the chat by moderators within the summer to winter months of 2011 - an issue which became known wiki wide and lead to the misinterpretation that Halo Nation was a disreputable and abusive wiki. Damage which took several months of hard work from our current administration team and new chat moderation team to reverse.
Leo Fox's behaviour and activity has been unacceptable for an administrator and bureaucrat, and with him showing no apparent remorse or want to change, I believe he has come to the end of his time as a reputable administrator of this wiki. I propose that we remove Leo Fox's rights as Bureaucrat, SYSOP, Chat Moderator, Forum Admin, and Rollback, and allow him to persist with the community as a normal user; and should he want to return to some of his previous user groups, he will have to re-prove his abilities and trustworthiness. However, as Leo Fox is a bureaucrat, it requires a community consensus to be able to remove his rights through Wikia - this is where you come in! We need users to reply to this thread with their opinions.
Granted, this is an extremely difficult and sensitive issue which were are asking community to comment and discuss, however we ask that everyone who takes part with this "vote" take a non-biased stance when reviewing what has been written and how you see Leo Fox's contributions to the wiki. Please put friendships as well as any enmities behind and choose what you believe is in the benefit of the wiki.
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