Thread:Gobbos/@comment-775125-20170208062252/@comment-31034506-20170210192845

I have actually been in your position before. My very first admin position on another site was removed, even though I was actually active at the time and I only missed a few days. When that happened, they got a new admin in. I never asked for my admin rights back because - well, the new admin was fine, and I didn't have time to help out anymore. You were absent from the wiki for over a year. A year's a long time to not bother popping in just to say 'hi' to any passers-by. And yes, I have met admins of other wikis who will respond to blog posts just like mine, just so they know they're around if they need anything. Your rights would never have been removed in the first place if you had edited within the year.

But the reason I'm not happy with giving you your rights back is because all through this you've been very passive-aggressive towards me. Your assumption that I will 'get bored' is an interesting one, since I'm still active on another site that's been around since 2004, and I'm the only active contributor there as well. Admin is nothing more than a little title above your name. It's not important unless you're actually a frequent editor to any wikis. Also, you've already been told by a staff member that the wiki is not yours, so I don't know why you keep referring to it as such.

If you had just approached me and said 'Hey, I noticed you've taken over the wiki, but it would mean a lot to me to have my rights back for the sake of nostalgia' I would have had no problem with that. But telling me that you weren't happy with the way I went about this (which is the official wikia procedure) and then hinting that you'll otherwise just get them back regardless made me wary about giving them back to you.

I'm not going to wipe your name clean off the wiki. Your name will still be preserved as the original creator of the wiki. Your edits aren't being dismissed or deleted. I'm still really unsure why having a title on your profile is so important when you're not actually using it.