Staff vs Users 2020

The Staff vs Users conflict of 2020 was a series of arguments between the Big Nate Comments Wiki users and staff. The catalyst was what was perceived by many as a poor handling of the Awqua conflict, after the admins hesitated to properly punish Awqua. Note: All of the names in italics are current staff. All the ones that are not, are regular users.

Overview
The anti-staff/staff-reform movement wanted Spyroclub and possibly Moon Man to be demoted due to their inactivity and lack of commitment to the wiki. They also demanded the current bureaucrat, ZachOWott, stop ruling the wiki with friendship bias and listen more to the non-staff community. The pro-staff side argued that the staff needed no reform at all. The majority of this conflict happened in Discussions.

Henry Hudson's Survey
On December 27th, 2020, Henry Hudson GC made a Google Forms to anonymously collect opinions of the BNCW staff.

The results of the survey can be found here: https://big-nate-comments.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000269894

With the overall average score being about 5.34, several users, notably Pig Lover, ComicsCreators, ItsP-dog and Henry Hudson decided to take action against the unpopular staff team. Many other non-staff users joined them shortly after. They labeled the score as "abysmal" and demanded that ZachOWott, the wiki bureaucrat, take immediate action against the incompetent staff. ZachOWott refused, beginning the Staff vs Users conflict of 2021.

Reformation Dispute
On December 29th 2020, Pig Lover made a poll about reforming the staff (as in demoting some staff members). To access the poll, click here. This poll caused an argument in discussions, the BNCW Discord server, and the a wiki user group chat known as The Chat in the Hat. This caused the “anti-staff” and “pro-staff” movements. Both the “anti-staff” and “pro-staff” movement had great points during the dispute. The “anti-staff” members wanted to reform the staff and have their voices be heard more, while the “pro-staff” thought there wasn’t need for reforming and that everything is normal. Pig Lover then made a poll here about what role each of the current staff members should be. The current results for the poll are here.

Discord Clash
On December 29th, 2020, Henry Hudson GC, ItsP-dog, and Swasimcool tried to convince Spyroclub via Discord to demote himself to prevent further drama. However, Spyroclub refused after a long dispute. The next morning, ZachOWott, Spyroclub, and ComicRater decided to remove all three of the anti-staff users from the group chat. As a result, Swasimcool demoted them in the Big Nate Comments Wiki Discord server. This clash on Discord created a large schism between these once allied users.

Some Staff Changes
On Tuesday December 31st, Moon man made an announcement announcing that staff will be changed slightly. Spyroclub was demoted to content and GarfieldMN will be promoted to content, also. But, a few users wasn’t satisfied with the result, resulting in a revolt. GarfieldMN, the neutral staff member then came, wanting to find a solution to satisfy both sides. However, most of his ideas didn't satisfy the anti-staff users. While GarfieldMN proposed that Spyroclub should be demoted to discussions with a series of tests to see if he could redeem himself, the anti-staff users didn’t like the idea, claiming that Spyroclub has had enough chances and should be demoted to regular user. Eventually, GarfieldMN gave up and urged someone from the pro side to help provide arguments, as he admitted that the anti side was “pushing him into their void”. See the thread here.

Staff Leavings
On December 31st, 2020, ZachOWott decided to leave the wiki after all the drama that had amassed, ending the Staff vs Users conflict. Spyroclub and ComicRater left with him, claiming that the wiki to no longer be friendly. As a result of the bureaucrat's leave, Ak-Elfs was promoted to bureaucrat, making him the second youngest wiki user to become bureaucrat, behind TrapperClicker. EddieAndReady88 was promoted to administrator, and Lssj8521 was promoted to discussions moderator. This cause a mass leaving of many other users. Although two have already returned.