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Originally posted by Broli
Another issue would be looking a few steps ahead. Opening a thread for Dana being banned wasn't intended to lead to him being bashed, but that's exactly what happened. That's a problem of staff not looking ahead and seeing that possibility. Staff has the role of being able to foresee what problems may occur in the future and must be able to take actions to prevent those issues.

Ok... I'll be totally honest. I knew the bashing was going to happen. You'd have to have the IQ of a rock to not be able to see that one. Here's what happened:

I made a thread announcing Dana's deletion, showed the proof, and locked the thread. Dana came by, deleted a couple of forums and, specifically, the thread I had made. Now, I was somewhat less than happy with the situation, so I remade the thread, leaving out a few of the finer points that were in my first (anyone notice the URLs of the screenshots?) and ignoring the fact that bashing would occur. When I had gotten over it, I calmed down and locked the thread.

Was it childish, sophomoric, and exactly the kind of thing I would accuse Dana of doing himself? Absolutely. Was it exactly the kind of thing an admin should be above doing? Yup. But, in addition to being an admin, I'm also a RolePlaying member of this RPG. I put being a member before being an admin when I made that decision, and that's not something I do often.

My point is, if that's the only thing that was making you worry about staff foresight, then don't.