Board Thread:Plants vs. Zombies Wiki discussion/@comment-7091122-20160418023550

Seriously, this one bugs me quite a lot... A few members have been denied promotions over being blocked even YEARS prior to them even running for a staff position. I can't recall off the top of my head, but I know that this is at least a double standard, as has been blocked in the past, and yet is currently Content Mod. That, and to be honest, if you were to keep doing this, I'd probably not even be here... Confused? Well...

...If I may make a confession, as a kid, like, I was at LEAST 8-10, so I was not wise in the slightest, I actually used to have a different account on Wikia, and while this was far before PvZ was on my radar, I actually had a site-wide block occur on that account...

I now know what I did back then was completely dumb, about half a decade (5 years) later, and I deeply regret everything I had ever done back then, but knowing how bad the situation has been with some people lately...

I know for a fact that if I shared dumb little me's story back when I ran for rollback, I'd be instantly denied in a heartbeat as everybody would assume that "well, he was blocked once, he's instantly hitler.*"

Seriously, stop denying people being promoted to staff for year old blocks. I know for a fact how much a man can change in mere months; a year old block is, 9 times out of 10, as outdated as a Wiki page that was last edited a year ago.

And the fact you're denying quite a bit of people over old blocks that don't mean a thing, while praising and not denying Oreo to keep his taff position, and even letting ME be rollback, when an old account that was 5 years ago had a SITE-WIDE BLOCK. even if I did keep the shameful stuff I did in the past a secret... I just don't understand, to be honest...

I know this'll probably cause some outrage, about people calling betrayal, about me needing a ban or something like that. But the thing is? I was only 10-ish. I didn't know better. I was just a little kid way back when I did that. I'm 15 now, and I know that what I did then was unacceptable, and that I really shouldn't have done that stuff. Hell, I don't think I could even bring my mind to THINK of doing the stuff I did as a kid; looking back, I seemed so much different...

And so why am I saying these things? Why am I confessing I used to be site-wide blocked on an old account? Well, simply put, I'm sick of minor blocks that are months, no, YEARS old for some users, causing them to be denied promotion, while users like Oreo, and losers like me being let off, allowed, and being considered staff... It's a big double standard, that really shouldn't be allowed to keep happening, and I won't stand for it...

...you can hate me if you want to...

*paraphrased 