@Raptorshy
By the way, I appreciate that there is a lot of drama and tension right now and things are in flux. But in the future, when the immediate rules issues are sorted and you start working on the planned transparency improvements, are there any plans to enforce actual staff list transparency as well?
“Taking a break” doesn’t mean you’re not staff anymore. You’re not staff if you quit or are removed. For a non-staff member to become staff, presumably there’s some sort of application process, followed by vetting. Would you instantly give, say, Archonix mod access, just because he used to be a mod at one point? (If so, then let me know, because then my argument is moot.) If you wouldn’t, and yet Derpy can come back and instantly regain mod status, that means they never really left. Someone who goes on holiday isn’t leaving their job, they don’t quit and don’t need to reapply: so during their holiday they are still an employee. While moderation isn’t employment, the principles are the same.
Basically what I’m trying to say is that Derpy is still a staff member right now, albeit on break. And yet the staff list page doesn’t list him, meaning the staff list is incomplete and cannot really be trusted. Hence my question, do you have any plans to, as part of your transparency commitment, eventually curb this practice and enforce an actually accurate staff list?