Board Thread:Consensus Track/@comment--20160428211300/@comment-1251315-20160430075850

NeedleJizo wrote: We will not have a forum-only Sysop. That's too many rights for someone who's only supposed to be a step above a current forum operator/discussions moderator. It seems Wikia does not want custom user groups, so unless the Discussion Moderators group includes every right that forum op had (which I doubt they would allow), it may have to be done. If we still had custom user groups, it wouldn't be any issue at all in the first place, but maybe Wikia will give an exception for forum operator to be restored, though judging by the opening post, that seems very unlikely. Considering the other parts of the wiki, it might be prudent in the long-run anyway.

When I was promoted to Forum Operator, I lobbied for an increase in Forum Moderators, which was met a response that we didn't need more; the trio of Saru, Rai and myself was allegedly "enough". Now, we have two more Forum Mods and there's still a complaint about them not being policed enough? I think it's because most, if not all, of the forum mods are now too busy with real life, or they have no interest in the series. And of course, the problem is that the forums are not as busy as they once were, so adding more mods would create a possible imbalance.

There haven't been many instances that required me to intervene in a situation that a regular mod couldn't handle. And in the event that a situation did go under my radar, I specifically asked our moderators (and the forum as a whole) to reach out and let me know. There have actually been issues. I have not once seen a forum mod approach you on your talkpage about problems with other users and asking you to step in to solve the issue. I think this may be due to moderators barely seeing you around, so because they don't see you posting much, they just make the assumption that you aren't here and will not see any messages that they leave.