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I personally don’t understand why you are getting this treatment either, Wither. I think the reason you were targeted was because you didn’t really write a lot of Warnings or Cease and Desists in the past when you were in the Content Mod and Admin positions (at least in comparison to the other staff members) but that DOES NOT mean that you didn’t deserve to be promoted at all, you still worked hard to delete inappropriate pages, block trolls from the wiki and from chat and add beneficial codes to the wiki. While giving out Warnings and Cease and Desists may have been recognised as the main way to get promoted, not all staff members are comfortable giving out lots of Warnings and Cease and Desists but that DOSEN’T mean that they can’t be promoted at all as they can prove themselves in other ways like you did Wither. I don’t want to make Seb feel bad about his opinion since he did convey it a constructive manner but there were legitimate and valid reasons for why you were promoted, Wither and I stand by me and Ari’s decisions to promote you to your various different postions over the last 7 months.

To briefly address the issue regarding Ghost’s promotions in the past, overall I think the amount of criticism he and Ari received was uncalled for. While Ghost may have been less mature in the past in my opinion, he honestly did deserve his promotions and he shouldn’t have received as much as criticism as he previously did. I personally think the community should try and be more willing to give people to chance to prove themselves in a new role or staff postion rather than just ranting about said promotion just because of some mistakes the individual has made in the past and making them feel really guilty about said promotion.

Lastly, I do realise that some staff members may feel like they do a lot of work and aren’t properly appreciated for it and I understand said feeling. I promise you all that throughout my time as Head Bureaucrat I will genuinely try to make sure all staff members and members of the community are all treated equally for their work and that they WILL receive the recognition that they truly deserve.