Thread:Orecreeper/@comment-32651233-20190126211828/@comment-31256456-20190131033304

Orecreeper wrote: Vertroyer wrote: By all means, tell us which points are far-stretched, stupid or untrue. You surely look like some divinely wise guy, go ahead. For starters, normal users aren't quote unquote "biased". Normal users do vote for people that they believe have been being nice and helpful around the wikia, and it is okay to vote for your friend if you believe that they were contributing. Not a single recent ToTM winner did not deserve ToTM in my eyes. If the normal users here are "biased", the staff would be biased too. '''Every single person has bias. That is inevitable, or else we wouldn't be voting at all.''' '''The thing about the staff is that they have the qualification to see who has (in raw numbers) done the most to contribute to the wiki. Not every single user does that. And though most ToTM winners have been deserving, I do believe there are some close calls, some of which were not deserving of the award. Edits and Mainspace don't count anymore for ToTM and I believe the Staff have the qualification to put a balance between Mainspace and Contributing on the forum. '''

Second, the staff are not completely bias-free at all. To say that is to say that every single one of Trump's ideas and everything that he does is right (some of them are, but not all). Comparing normal users to staff is like comparing fucking Hillary Clinton to Donald Trump: both have their blindspots. Staff have biases too, whether you are willing to admit it or not, or for one, you might not even realize that you are biased.

'''Never said that staff weren't biased, just that they are better at recognizing bias and seeing past their own personal bias. They were chosen to be staff because they were the most respectful members of the wiki, after all, and while it's ignorant to say that users cannot be respectful, it is true that there are members that do not vote properly. '''

Third, people can have their own opinions on who is being the most helpful. Just because you don't think someone is helpful on the wikia means they are not helpful? That logic is literally worthy of fucking INB4EDITS. Helpful is a subjective word, the biggest contributor is also a subjective title, you do not decide who is the biggest contributor or who has been the most helpful on the wikia because you are staff.

'''You actually kind of do​​​​​, and it's pretty apparent that you can use raw numbers and overall behavior to judge how deserving someone is of ToTM. It's not a "policy" thing where "Oooo donald trump vs hillary which policies are better", it's more of "Who did the most for our community this month?" Which is much easier to judge. '''