Forum:Admins Only

I'd like to take a minute to voice my recommendation that we refrain from holding admin only discussions on ZP. Admin only votes are absolutely fine with me in cases that warrant it. However, this is a wiki, and the entire point is to allow anyone to be involved. Admins are obviously more trusted and important to have, but I see no reason that non-admin opinions cannot at least be voiced, even if they are not counted in a particular final decision. As has been said by various users including admins, admins are not supposed to be overly different, they are users who are trusted with a few more buttons. It says on our admin page that being an admin is "no big deal", in bold letters. I think all discussions should be opened to all users (really, when is the last time a forum got disrupted by a user who didn't know what they were doing? They generally don't even know how to get to a forum.). Though I've never seen an admin locked discussion before personally, I'm not trying to question whether there is a basis for making them; I'm specifically saying that we change that existing standard. Personally I have nothing in particular to contribute to the admin-only conversation that just went up or anything like that, I'm just pointing this out as a matter of principal.--Fierce Deku 23:31, April 12, 2011 (UTC)