Recently, there’s been a lot of stuff ongoing in the database. From new user drama to trolls, one user has been there consistently to help ensure the safety and security of the users and the site itself. That user is none other than our beloved moderator Fizz. Whenever there’s doubt in the community, insecurity, uncertainty, Fizz has proven time after time again that he’s capable of being a true leader by showing us the way, and telling us how to progress safely and surely. He takes charge when needed, and doesn’t hesitate to make or break rules for the better of our community. Fizz is always sure to include members of the Staff Discord in his ideas, running them by each of us, and takes his time to listen to the ideas and concerns of us all. If the majority is in agreement, Fizz implements it. He has shown his consideration time after time again, and is dubbed the “top mod” by the community.
Now, why don’t we make that title official?
While PM is away, the trolls will play. No one actually said that, but the point is, there’s always stuff ongoing in the community, and sometimes it sucks while waiting for PM to implement IP range bans, promotions, updates, and more. A prime example of this was when Hellfire Taco made a metapost asking PM to IP range ban Josh Kool, an infamous troll from the site. Lately, there’s been situations on the site where this might need to be requested again, and surely, there will be in the future. Instead of mods having to make meta posts for requests, wouldn’t it be easier to just ask Fizz to do it in the staff server? Fizz has shown us he has a great sense of judgement and never acts too early or too late in important situations.
Fizz has also been in charge of Promotions since at least 2017. As shown, he pays attention to those who contribute and takes notes when more help is needed in the community. And Pokemaster.. Well.. to put it bluntly, you have a history of being inactive. Last promotions took two months to implement, and sometimes I question if you even really acknowledge the effort users put into the site and ensuring it’s quality, due to your inactivity. With that, I believe you trust Fizz’s judgment too. When looking through posts, I can’t see a shred of doubt from you regarding Fizz’s choices.
It’s been acknowledged that the site is quite out of date and incorrect on a few pages. Having a user with the ability to edit pages and announcements will help keep the site accurate with the latest news and information, and will probably keep the workload for PM easier and more manageable. This would work especially well because of how much Fizz knows about the site and people’s suggestions for it.
I’ve personally felt for a long time that Fizz should have more abilities to further enhance the capabilities of the site, as the top mod and your right hand. I asked Fizz how he felt about being promoted, and he said he’d be honoured to have that role and is ready for the responsibility associated. There’s no better person to be an admin or Pokemaster’s right hand. I’d like to address your possible concern with giving Fizzypoo more power on the site. In DM to me, he said,
“but i think if pm was willing to give admin powers to somebody, he'd already have done it at some point. admin powers give access to a lot of settings that are possibly risky in the hands of people you don't really know. i know if i was running something like this i'd be stingy as well.”
If you are worried about giving Fizz Super Administrator powers, why not create a custom role for him with the abilities you feel comfortable sharing? I’m not too sure how that would work, but I (and others), firmly believe that the pros of making a custom role for Fizz to do more on the site most certainly outweigh the cons. Fizz will most certainly make the most of his abilities, and I’m positive he will exceed everyone’s expectations. At any time you feel he deserves more or less, edit the role to said adjustments.
Other points worth mentioning
Fizz has been mod for like a decade
Fizz genuinely cares about the community, proven in https://pokemondb.net/pokebase/meta/76693/pokebase-moderation-survey-help-us-improve-the-site
Fizz is extremely trustworthy
Fizz is updated on basically everything that happens on the site because he is so active, allowing him to be able to act upon users requests for the site.
