Admin Feedback Thread (Archived)

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Don't know how much of this will be applicable, seeing as I was on the team a long, long time ago, but I can try and clarify some of this with my own experiences.

missing transparency:

It is often simply not clear enough how you guys came to a decision. It is said that each and every decision is a communal effort - but for some reason - at least to me... it rarely feels like it. ( especially when it is mentioned that there are times to rush through reports for example - i simply cannot imagine the team sitting together to discuss each report fairly and objectively )

How much discussion a report gets very much depends on the complexity of the situation. As an example, a clearcut case where there is absolutely no dispute in what happened could be cleared by one (in desperate circumstances) or usually two people. Generally, what happens is an admin will go and leave a post with their thoughts on every notice in the reports subforum. This allows consensus on a course of action to be built very quickly, without the discussion being sidetracked or lost on Skype. For simple cases, the second responder can then clear the case. If it's more complicated, they'll wait for more discussion to build a firmer position on what to do.

I appreciate your explanation of the process, but I believe that what is meant is that there should be a summation of what happened. A sanction is DIscovery's version of court. Sometimes, we need to know what and why. Some of the "cases" are pretty cut and dried; engaging without RP, etc, but others need a summary of events after the thing is closed, if for no other reason than to tell the rest of us what not to do in the future.

Yes, I know that there is a potential for abuse there, but there is also a potential for reduction in the Admin workload by educating the populous.