User blog comment:Zer0TheNinja/I'm Addressing the Elephant in the Room/@comment-4735418-20130827021651/@comment-5931267-20130827032936

Well I can see where the 'maturity level' of the wiki may be an issue (no offense to anyone but it's quite true). I feel that joking around things of that nature are a good thing on a wiki. When a joke is taken too far or someone's filter appears to be 'off', that's where the true question of immaturity rises. That's my own personal opinion on the matter. Really maturity actually comes down to just that, one's own personal opinion. What two people deem imature may not be the same definition... and that's where trouble arises. I've just read the policies and there is no specific outline of what is and is not defined as 'immaturity'. Now I know there is a policy against bullying but that's another grey area where the phrase, "I was just kidding," is the perfect escape.

On the topic of users feeling they can't follow through on enforcing policy, this was another issue on the wiki's I previously mentioned. There is one thing I frequently see when I witness a kick or a ban on someone... there's always a few users who damn that person and instantly jump all over them/question their decision. In my own words I call it the 'Gang Mentality'. Now I know at times some decisions should be questioned... but that's better left to be done in private or later. Speaking out a disciplinary action all of ten seconds after it happens can not only undermine a certain starred user's right to enforce the rules... it can also undermine their confidence and ability to perform their duties again. I had this done numerous time's to me as a chat administrator where I'd kick someone after warning them for breaking policy and still get the, "Dude that wasn't cool, he didn't do anything wrong," schpeal. That's why I lobbied for, and sucessfuly attained, a rule on another wiki not allowing for the questioning of a starred users decision by anyone (including those with higher power) unless it's in a formally written blog or other respectful means. I obviously have no place to advise a new policy on this particular wiki but I'd at least like some users to consider the benefits it'd bring.

That's what I thought I should offer (again) on said subjects.