Date: 18 February 2026
Type of Fiat: Red Tape
Context: User AriadnesThread took an extended leave from administrative staff and has recently indicated that she wishes to return to duties. It was decided that an admin fiat be enacted to allow her to return to full Administrator duties. During discussion of her return, it was decided that it was unnecessary for Ari to return to Operational staff and pass through the usual staff promotion process.
Description: This fiat is for the following, to be carried out immediately: return of AriadnesThread to staff duties and the Administrator role.
Reasoning: While the text of our guidelines governing return-to-staff dictate that returning members are to return as Operational Staff level, the intention for administrators specifically was that they may take temporary leave of staff duties at any point and still be permitted to return to the Administrator role when ready. Administrator level in our structure does not automatically confer greater responsibility or power; on an intended level, it is a position conferred to staff who possess specific knowledge or skills to best contribute to the staff body. On a practical level, the "Administrator" wiki role does permit one the capacity to materially affect the wiki through deletions, page locks, user revokes, et cetera, and those tools are only conferred to staff who have gained the trust of the team.
Therefore, Ari's leave of absence included a full removal of her from the admin team, including the Administrator Wikidot role. At the time it was not entirely clear if she would wish to return by the time her leave of absence ended, so we decided to return to that topic when the time came.
Supporters:
- DrEverettMann
- Uncle Nicolini
- ROUNDERHOUSE
- Dexanote
- DrBleep
- thedeadlymoose
- HarryBlank
- Kufat
Dissenters:
- Prismal
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