Board Thread:News and Events/@comment-10337166-20161001015833

To start simply, this thread is for the community to vote either for or against the removal of user Alex Wingace from his dual position of Reviewer and Chat mod.

If you wish to post a vote you must have either been a consistent user of chat or have been consistently creating OC's on this site for more than 5 months.

You must also attach a reason along with your vote and it must be more than "I vote to remove/keep Alex Wingace." This is a serious thread and not a joke. Bellow I will post the reasons as to why he's been brought up for demotion.

Lack of Chat activity: ALex has been spottily active for a very long time. When he's on chat he's usually AFK when he isn't he's doing as chat members do talking to people. This is not a major reason as he has cited he has IRL issues however being active in chat is a key point for any Chat moderator and his inability to access chat most days of the week is a serious issue.

Refusal to Review: Alex has on multiple occasions simply refused to do any reviewing citing a lack of writing 'muse' which I have been told by him is that he finds it hard to review some of the characters people post and has no idea how to come at them when generally all that requires is a simple posting of the guidelines and rejection, with possibly and outline of the issues with the OC.

The last time Alex reviewed he reviewed two OC's after I had to verbally goad him into it, while he continually expressed a complete lack of desire to do his job. Before this his last reviews were during the re-review which he left halfway through. Alex has continually expressed a lack of any desire to review, and when he does it's often in an unacceptable manner. Unlike chat activity reviewing does not require constant and stable internet meaning it can be done with his level of access.

Being a reviewer requires an ability to deal with the sub par OC's which are occasionally posted if someone can't do that in a professional manner, they shouldn't be a reviewer.

Aggressive behaviour in both Chat and Reviews: Alex is one of the mods whom has received the most complaints against him from individual users about how he goes about his job in chat (when he is on). Being a chatmod requires you to be firm at times yes but if you're going to ban someone simply do it, no need to drag it on or get personal with the person.

In Reviews Alex has consistently displayed an unacceptable attitude, he is often aggressive, dismissive, and cruel to the person who's OC he is reviewing, often turning the review into a personal attack against the user rather than a review. Reviews are usually the first point of contact for a lot of people when they join fanon.

Due to this Reviewers should be both professional and not dicks during their reviews. It's not hard, people here know how harsh I can be when talking to people and about OC's of a very low quality however since becoming a reviewer I have strived to maintain a high level of professionalism in my reviews despite personal feelings.

Due to the reasons listed Alex is up for demotion. I will begin with the first vote of Yes I believe he should be removed from his positions due to his aggressive behaviour and refusal to do his job. I've tried to get him to become more active as a reviewer and have met with no success.

In this thread I expect people to behave, don't be dicks about your votes, simple vote and give a reason and move on. Thank you everyone.

~RWBY Fanon Admin Team~ 