nshoebox Instant H4 Promotion

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I would just like to start by asking if shoe even wants to be promoted, but I'm not going to because that would be redundant after stating that I'd like to. The rules surrounding promotions were made due to players repeatedly pestering OPs and even other players who they thought had control over it for the next rank or to become OP or some sort of craziness like that ("give me admin plz" ...wha?). The only reason to apply those spam reducing rules to those who aren't annoying OPs is to maintain consistency of structure so that others don't complain about unequal treatment or to be lemmings following arbitrary rules, neither understanding why they exist nor applying adaptations to maintain those reasons behind the rules for cases they contradict themselves. I am going to assume any OP who's dealt with anyone who's persistent will take the first reason and not want to cause those who might complain any reason to do so. So the arguments being posed in this thread are as following:
We shouldn't treat an individual as such and bend rules to accommodate their abilities because others will feel it is their right to have accommodations as well and that's alot of work and/or they do not necessarily need accommodations and telling them that might offend them.
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We should make an exception to our rules and risk having others complain and/or feel offended from not being "special" or "unique" because there are certain people who do not fit our mold and should be treated differently and the reasons behind our rules aren't directed at these people even if the rules don't give them immunity as it's stated.
If you want to not deal with any drama that may occur (not saying there will be, but there might be), then don't make our rules dynamic. If you want to reward those who are exceptional and/or understand the reasons behind our rules and interpret their meanings on a case by case system like the supreme court does to the constitution, then I suggest promoting him to whatever rank we (as a community) think he should be. If that's the case, though, I also suggest we rewrite our rules somewhere with the reasons behind each next to them giving us some context in future cases of ...inconsistency =) I am not arguing either side (even though it may seem I'm calling people who don't adjust for individuality lazy or stupid) because I'm lazy myself and don't want to have to explain to every single person why our rules are different for every OP. I personally think we need more consistency in our OP group's knowledge/understanding because we keep having issues with one OP disagreeing with another and sometimes getting banned for overreacting ...but I digress. It doesn't matter much which we choose, please don't start at each others' throats for it =)