User blog comment:Indi26/Admin business/@comment-1874924-20150223042700

In the interest of having a permanent record of policy decisions, all voting admins should record their votes here. For those of us who aren't active on Chat, it's also a transparency issue. The Chat/nonChat schism on this wiki has been a problem for a long time, and the fact that being active on Chat now seems to be a de facto requirement for new admins will only make the problem worse. (Nothing against Indi or Mr.. E, both of whom I consider to be qualified, but was anyone who's not a Chat regular even considered? And were non-Chat people invited to give their input, as we've traditionally done, or were they only informed after the fact--if at all?) That's a big part of what led me to resign as admin (although I remain a bureaucrat for now) and has largely driven me off the wiki even as a regular user: the non-Chat part of the wiki simply doesn't seem to matter anymore, and this state of affairs shows every sign of being or becoming a vicious circle.

If the non-Chat aspects of this wiki still matter, admins, then prove it. Make policy and promotion decisions on the wiki proper.