User blog comment:William Leonard/Request for Demotion: The Terrible Travis/@comment-24412656-20160604185608

You have purposely misrepresented me and my actions in this blog post. “Water Sex” was nothing more than a silly humor piece. You and others on this wiki have drastically blown it out of proportion. Yes, it’s true that I did violate the Terms of Use by writing that particular episode, but I’d also like to point out that the Terms of Use is vague enough so that virtually anything can be considered in violation of it. In fact, it evens state in the very beginning of it that Wikia has the right to terminate without reason. When I was globalled, Wikia provided no reason for it - other than I “violated the ToU” (which once again, can mean anything). Your accusation does not hold much weight. Also, I find it hypocritical for you to use my violation of the ToU as a reason for why I shouldn’t be admin when you’ve also violated them and yet hold bureaucratic rights.

Your comment about me being “callous” is a lie. The usage of that word implies that I have some sort of cruel disregard for the users on this site. That is absolutely not true. I care very much about the community of this wiki. That is part of the reason why I think community consensus is so important - and why I felt it to be a huge slap in the face for you just to remove my rights without any discussion within the community. While you did eventually return them and decide to have an actual discussion about it, the fact that you even did it in the first place comes across as very callous towards the entire community.

These “insults” you’re talking about are very clearly and obviously jokes. Nothing more, nothing less. I agree that it’s wrong for an admin to make users feel unwelcome on the wiki - but have I done that? Because you’ve shown absolutely nothing to back that claim up. The few users that do complain about my jokes are inconsistent on the issue and don’t actually seem to care about it all that much. They never cease to berate me about it, yet they avoid calling out other users for the same behavior. This to me shows that they have a biased perspective against me and are not passionate about the issue itself.

During my tenure as admin, I have done much more to help the wiki than you have in your newest tenure as bureaucrat. During this time as admin, I have gotten a proposal passed (which removed several inconsistencies in the rules that had been long ignored by the wiki’s staff), got the Featured Article and Spin-Off template going again (which had also been long ignored by the wiki’s staff until my promotion as admin), and brought back a few pages that were unreasonably deleted by Tyce. During your tenure as bureaucrat, you’ve slightly modified the wiki’s CSS and navigation, and attempted to get me demoted. Who’s more deserving of their rights?

I’d also like to note that even since my promotion to admin status, I’ve continued to get support on my request. I think that says a lot.