Thread:ZeroExalted/@comment-3255675-20140511212504/@comment-1242640-20140512083006


 * 1) Oddly enough, you did ask me to promote Kate at one point - to the position of moderator.
 * 2) Here's the first screenshot with you explaining exactly "why" you thought BlueChoco should've been promoted. Any other reasons you're stating now were not made public until recently. Interestingly, the reason you give in this screenshot is the same reason you would later give for wanting to promote Kate.
 * 3) "A very short temporary administrator does not really need community approval." Intriguing how you assumed that on your own. By your own logic, "all major decisions of this kind...should be made by the community, and not by an individual user." would apply here quite nicely.
 * 4) "Some even encouraged me to just apply for permanent administrator." Is that so, or did you simply use your talent of contacting inactive people to garner support for a personal decision?
 * 5) "You probably don't want to do it all yourself. I am doing what is best for the wiki." Another assumption. Nor a dire reason that necessitates suddenly appointing a new administrator.
 * 6) "Please give me a link that shows that we, as a community, decided that propositions are "illegal." Ignoring the fact that I mentioned "without rightful basis," which you conveniently omitted, you'll recall at one point we had 10-11 people in Chat at the same time. Dynasty, you, an AFK ILYx3, Topsy, myself, and many others included. We voted on the Chat ruleset, affirmed Topsy's proposition standards, and discussed this almost word for word. At least two users recorded the transcript of that Chat session onto something like Pastebin, though I'm not sure who - with one of them making a blog/message wall thread about it. The CAWiki Timeline puts it somewhere around 11/1/13. I'm sure you can find it easily.
 * 7) "It's a fair assumption that if they made a comment on the proposition and decided not to vote, then they are probably neutral on that particular matter." You don't think it's important to ascertain if they're against something, especially when it involves appointing you to a higher staff position than theirs?
 * 8) There shouldn't be any tricks or hidden disclaimer that does more than what the proposition stated." Again, by your logic, "Should ComradeJ be promoted to Site Administrator," is only asking if people agree that you should become an admin, instead of actually asking if you could become one.
 * 9) "If you read my proposition carefully, I did not want any authority over others. I am doing what is best the wiki in the long run." If you had read my statement carefully, "aiming for a position of authority" has nothing to do with anyone else - it simply means you want a certain position. Again, you wanted a job and its capabilities, and personally assumed it was a good choice that would benefit everyone.
 * 10) "I don't want him to be an administrator, because he doesn't solve problems." If, for some reason, this somehow contained no personal bias whatsoever, it still doesn't justify anything. You simply did not want him to become an administrator. But as you've mentioned before - "There shouldn't be any tricks or hidden disclaimer that does more than what the proposition stated." - his appointment does not concern or affect you, nor your proposition.
 * 11) Although Topsy has stepped out of bounds plenty of times, overally, he's a thorough and efficient worker. In terms of maturity, however, your track record hasn't exactly been spotless either. You've created your own share of conflicts. Assume you say he shouldn't be an administrator for his past incidents. With that logic, you shouldn't be either. And for that same reason, you both had equally no reason to be appointed as administrators...and yet you were.
 * 12) "I haven't harassed anyone on the wiki. I take my job very seriously." No comment. I'm sure your edits, past or present, speak for themselves.