Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32614881-20200518184437

Greetings,

I'm Lucas and I'm the current head of Fandom's Anime Team. We help anime and anime-related media wikis grow, act as a resource to answer the community's questions, and help them address unusual situations.

Today several inactive users in leadership positions on the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Wiki lost their Admin, Bureaucrat, etc permissions. In November of 2019, many of these users left this wiki for another focusing on this series. While we were sad to see them leave, they were free to create a new wiki and they remained in elevated positions in the hopes that they would return to this wiki someday.

Recently, though, some of these users began engaging in activities on this wiki that we agreed they would not perform following their departure. This includes, promoting the fork wiki, altering this wiki's css, removing protections on major pages, and advising users on this wiki's social policies.

Ultimately, some of these former leaders went out of their way to actively make this wiki a worse resource on JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. This is deeply saddening and merits demotions across the board. If these former Admins and Bureaucrats return to this wiki and begin making good-faith edits, we will welcome them back with open arms, however, we cannot allow them to make the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure wiki a worse experience and these demotions will not be reversed anytime in the near future.

Additionally, the Fandom Anime Team will begin a revitalization project to address some of the longstanding issues on this wiki that emerged shortly after the fork. We've been in contact with the post-fork leadership regarding these efforts and are thrilled to work with them. Additionally, we've encouraged them to seek out additional users to fill leadership positions in order to fully meet this community's needs.

If you have any questions regarding this decision or the Anime Team's efforts, please feel free to ask them. The JoJo's Bizarre Adventure wiki is a place where people can learn about and celebrate a series that is as impactful as it is bizarre. I and the Anime Team will do all we can to ensure that this wiki remains the best resource on the series, and continues to be a place for this terrific fandom to appreciate what makes JoJo's so great.

Sincerely,

Lder1995 