User talk:Entropy/bureaucrat

I would like to put forward that Ishmael is extremely active and tends to remain impartial in conflicts, something that I've never quite managed. 00:53, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

Please follow instructions on the page, then. >.> (T/C) 01:08, 16 May 2008 (UTC)
 * I posted before they existed. I'm a bit busy packing right now, since I leave in under an hour. It might have to wait for Monday. [[Image:Felix_Omni_Signature.png]] 01:10, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

of the current sysops:
Gem, RT, myself. &mdash;♥ Jedi ♥ Rogue ♥ 18:34, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Erm...
When the hell have bureaucrats ever mediated disputes? You guys are acting like this is GWW alluva sudden. Sysops do everything - user mediations, blocks, and all the diplomatic stuff you guys are attributing to bcratship. Bcrats don't do any of that; they just promote sysops and keep an eye on how things are running. Rarely, they'll do something like Cory did with the builds wipe; when the community simply can't come to a decision, they'll step in and make one. But for the day-to-day running of the wiki, Bureaucrats don't matter in the least; that's why the sysops are all expected to use discretion in their cases, because they're the judge/jury/executioner. They represent the wiki more than the bureaucrat, to be honest; if someone wants to know something about the wiki (or if someone wants a PR contact), it will more than likely be a sysop that responds. I really don't understand when people use reasoning like "With his attitude he may make a good sysop but wouldn't handle the additional duties of a bcrat well imo." What duties of a bcrat conflict with my attitude, exactly? I'm not seeing any, so in case I've missed them in the past three years, please point them out. - Auron 06:39, 21 May 2008 (UTC)