User:SOTO/Forum Archive/The Panopticon/@comment-26285319-20170104192003/@comment-1789834-20170305033207

I remember being a part of a debate about DiT once and the whole debate was myself and some users (who I won't name) who simply wanted invalid stories to be valid because "hey, why not?". If an admin doesn't use common sense and doesn't use the head on his/her shoulders, then sometimes a general consensus like that one would be "Oh look, DiT suddenly became valid". My reasoned opinion would have gone unheard.

It needs an admin with an excellent knowledge of this Wiki to step forward and say "this is never going to happen because it's a ridiculous suggestion" (but in more polite terms haha). And before you quote the 4 rules with DiT, these users were bringing up all sorts of things to try to bypass the rules and then seconding/thirding each other. "I totally agree", "Good point", "You've swayed me".

I fully place my trust in the admins. They've been especially chosen because they can be trusted. Yes, they're humans with they have their own opinions... but I haven't yet seen a discussion where an admin has put his/her own opinion before a well thought out consensus. The only occasions where admins have gone against the grain is when the consensus is wrong. I hate to say it like that... but it's true. Just because a majority agree, it doesn't mean it's right.