Mortari Quits The ModSquad
From Fandom wank wiki
March 25, 2003:
Rumblings of discontent as Mortari is slightly too heavy-handed over "allowed content":
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mortari: In future, could you please post this in the thread that's already set up? It's part of the same issue as the last post, and so it really belongs in the comments there. We're trying to keep it so that posts are only made to introduce new wanks. Thanks! raisedbyhyenas: Was I supposed to get your personal approval before posting? Oh gee, sorry, my bad manners. Guess it's just another manifestion of my, you know, being RAISED by HYENAS. | ” |
The sockpuppet brad is created to enable the ModSquad to moderate anonymously. (He will later be used to good effect in Deletegate.)
The first set of "FW Groundrules" are posted under the anonymity of brad. People rebel:
| “ | sagralisse: Extra threads are fine. Busybody mods running around telling people where to post are horribly annoying. | ” |
A chat is announced to discuss the topic and then abandoned.[1] Things begin to get heated:
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singe: Who cares about what you find uninteresting? Using your likes and dislikes to dictate to the rest of us is ridiculous and downright rude. Moderate the trolls. Try to moderate the rest of us and we'll leave. I'll certainly leave, anyway. mortari: Oh look, babyjesus is crying. You want to leave? Fucking go ahead - I'm not going to miss you. | ” |
A poll is announced as to the role of moderators in the community. backfromspace comments:
| “ | The mods shouldn't be doing anything more than banning trolls and deleting entries that violate ZR's TOS. | ” |
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sagralisse: How do I vote for mortari to not be a mod? singe: I would like to second that. | ” |
Dara ends the debate with her definitive version of the Fandom Wank Rules:
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The first elements of the No NSFW Icons Rule are displayed.
lasayla follows all this up with Admin - New rules for Fandom Wank.
