User:Paperluigi ttyd/Letter to the Admins about User Rights

When were you promoted?
I was promoted on January 25, 2013, so I have been mod for about a year, but I was mod for several months before that, and was admin as well, before being demoted for reasons I do not feel that I need to disclose here.

Why were you promoted?
I was promoted because I am a trusted member of the community and am usually active. I also know a lot about the policies of the wiki and when to kick, warn, etc...

How many people have you banned from chat?
The same number of people who have been needed to be banned. I don't know the exact number, but on average I wouldn't say it is more than 2 users per week when I am very active.

Have you ever been an administrator?
Yes

Have you ever been demoted?
Yes

Have you ever been blocked/banned? Why?
Yes, but it was because another user with my same IP was blocked and the blocking administrator must have chosen to block all users with the same IP.

Are you active on chat?
Currently no because of midterms. I am usually active and plan to be active again by the end of January.

How often do you read the Chat Policies?
Only when I need to, which granted, is almost every day. :)

If a User with less than 25 edits comes onto chat, describe what you would tell them. Be truthful about what you type here, as administrators will know if you’re telling the truth or not.
Hello user. Welcome to Ben 10 Fan Fiction! Unfortunately, you do not meet the our chat edit requirement, which you can read more about here. Please leave chat until you have made 25 total edits and 15 mainspace edits. Once you have made these edits, you are welcome to return. This is your Xth warning out of 3.

Basically this, but made more brief.

If you were demoted, who would you want to be a Chat Moderator in your place? Why?
Honestly, not to be rude, but I thought only admins can decide who chatmods are, and as such I am choosing not to answer this question (even though this technically is an answer lol).

Why Should You Keep your Chat Moderator Rights?
Okay, here we go:

I think I should keep my chatmod rights for three main reasons.

Firstly, I have been a chatmod for a very long time, almost a year, and as I mentioned, I was a chatmod previously before being promoted the last time. I have much experience as a chatmod and played a key role is changing the policies of chat, such as the "warn, kick, ban" policy and the edit requirement. Personally, I also feel that I am unbiased and will ban anyone who breaks the rules, even if they are my friend. Rules are rules, aren't they? There should be no exceptions.

Secondly, people make mistakes, and I am no exception. While I may have made more mistakes than any other chatmod picked at random, you cannot expect me to be perfect at all times. I have a reputation of being very serious, hence my "Most Serious" award, and I promise to try and keep my mistakes to a minimum in the future.

Lastly, I am extremely active. With the exceptions of the occasionally hiatus of a week or two for tests and other occurrences, I usually go on chat every day, for maybe an hour to two, not in one session. I always pop in on chat every time I check the wiki for notifications, even if it is for a few minutes. I feel that as a chatmod, it is my duty to make sure that everything is going okay, and dropping in, even for 30 seconds to check, should be considered doing by job.

However, I can do an ever better job. Arguing with other users about who should be banned is a petty occurrence, and will cease in the future. I will also try to remain calm more often when things go wrong. I think, as with any job, it takes time to be really good at something, and demoting a chatmod and replacing him/her with someone else, no matter who the demoted chatmod or the promoted user is, is taking a step backwards, which in the "Year of Change", is not a good thing to be doing.

Also, I won't spam the AFK button anymore. ;)