User blog comment:Gideoncrawle/You can still be a part of wiki history!/@comment-1773274-20120401002359/@comment-1874924-20120401004230

Besides, promotion to chatmod isn't the same as promotion to admin. To the best of my knowledge, chatmod promotions don't require (or even usually involve) a consensus-building process, and all admins have the power to create chatmods.

For the record, the catalyst for my decision was a fight on chat yesterday that Wifey witnessed. She told me that, for much of that spat, there were no chatmods or admins present. Wifey is a fixture on chat and is widely respected, so she seemed a natural choice.