Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment-9782468-20160711002614/@comment-1018594-20160711004657

I know exactly what you're talking about. That was the biggest concern we had when it came time to remove the Forum Operator position. But, rules are rules and we had to get rid of it.

When we wanted the Discussions Mods to have the option to ban, that was seen as giving us too much power. The problem with promoting a Discussions Mod to Sysop is that there's so many things a Sysop can do that aren't needed at all, in terms of forum moderation. It wouldn't make sense to do that.

We're stuck in a bind here. Like you said, either there's an increase in Discussions Mod capabilities or an existing Sysop becomes more active, both of which don't seem very likely to happen.

But in the event that we do promote a Forum-only sysop, I agree with you. If my word as the last Forum Operator still means anything, Saru deserves the job.