User blog comment:Lambda1/EmpyreanSmoke Admin right removal and infinite ban (Closed)/@comment-778071-20151126025853/@comment-26992577-20151127022741

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on that matter.

When it comes to the CW and wikia:

The CW:

His blog had a higher reachability, the author claimed to give official answers and was a trusted member of the community. I think you underestimate the trademark rights a bit, I am well aware of similar cases which led to a real life prosecution. I won't report EmpyreanSmoke to TheCW, since there is at least some possibility that this would lead to such consequences for him. Real life consequences might or might not come out of this, but that's definitely not what I want.

Wikia staff:

I intended to report this to you, Calebchiam. But since this needed a quicker response and the fact that you are rather less often checking out this wikia (at least, I assume so), I decided to bring this to the staff.

I still think that EmpyreanSmoke should at least get a one year ban and his admin rights should be removed. Even if we, as you said "...reflect that the users have no real understanding of what proportionality of punishment means" have a wrong understanding of what a proper punishment means, we have still a large number of supporters for such a punishment. That can't be ignored, because the wikia contributers should have trust towards their admins. It might be fine for you if EmpyreanSmoke just apoligizes with a statement, but for many users, this is not the case, everybody has a different sense of moral and judges differently, evidence can be found in the comments. Personally, I can't trust a person who: 1. Lied over months to dozens of people. 2. Must have planned this all out. 3. Did something similar before. and (but i am unsure in this case, since I dont properly remember) blocked people for not agreeing with "facts" from his Q&A.

I assumed good faith but suspected that his blog might be a big scam. However, I agree that EmpyreanSmokes behavior has improved over the last couple of months. He tried to be fair (though the "Lilith" page is still blocked despite multiple requests for unblocking it without any reaction from him) and made some good contributions to the wikia, so he is certainly not a "plague", but due to his actions also not a trusted community member.

That's all I have to say on that matter.