User:Radioactive afikomen/Admin abuse

Human
First, let me say that this is not a question of whether Human is a trusted and respected user—for he clearly is. This is not a question of maturity. Nor is it a question of whether his contributions would otherwise merit his demotion to bureaucrat. This is a question of whether he abused his power. I put forth the following evidence:  21:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)

Evidence of abuse
has twice now abused his power to demote/promote people.

Exhibit A
In the first incident, after entering in a dispute with, Human "promoted" her as a punitive action. As a direct result of this (as Pink testified to me via email), Pink permanently left us.

Human abused his power and used it to levy judgment against the very person he was in a dispute with; not satisfied with being plaintiff, he sought to be judge and executioner as well. What he did was stoop to the level of Conservapedia, using his power to punish someone he did not like. As a direct consequence of this, we have lost one of our most active members (Pink).

Note: As of this posting, Human has still not apologized for his action against said user. (Not an apology as is generally accepted, at least—not an "oops", but an "I'm sorry", or "I apologize", or an "I regret".)

Exhibit B
In the second incident, he demoted after they explicitly expressed that they not be demoted. This directly led (as far as can be ascertained) to the "retirement" of said user.

Furthermore, to justify his demotion of Cayce, Human cited RationalWiki's policy of sysopping "any trusted (or barely so) editor". This is fair enough on its own, but in doing so he twisted its meaning to include "even if it is against their wishes". In the name of his personal interpretation of site policy, he violated what should have been more important than any site policy: the right of consent.

Cayce Pollard explicitly said "No". By violating her right, Human has committed a grave offense, which no mere apology can atone for.

In summation
Many people here maintain their own interpretations of site policy, and there is nothing wrong with that per se. But it is wrong to abuse one's power in order to force an individual interpretation of policy upon another person against their will.

In light of Human's power abuses, I ask that he be de-bureaucratized, and that he remain so until the community agrees he is fit to be re-bureaucratized. 21:50, 28 October 2008 (UTC)