Thread:Ursuul/@comment-29771477-20170503000404/@comment-32638135-20170504005220

That's true. Basically:

The Staff purge initiated by Ursuul in conjunction with his retirement was meant to speedily ameliorate the excess of Staff as he grew impatient and tired of the sluggish and uncooperative movement in the wiki (and lure a vandal into an IP range ban), but it in actuality failed and instead destabilized the core of the wiki with its sudden destruction. Over a dozen staff members were instantly demoted in this radical event, while a select few were rocketed straight to administrators. It had absolutely no warning and resulted in chaos as users revolted, while the leadership was still confused, unable, or not proactive enough to respond. Out of this darkness, a user by the name of SomeoneFedUp rose. Already known for being a good editor (despite also having considerable attitude), he became a dramatic and controversial figure as he attacked Ursuul and his remaining supporters for the Purge and the subsequent incidents (such as Ursuul promoting a cousin or sister to Bureaucrat, or Tonn Lenk kicking him out of chat) that followed. Meanwhile, SomeoneFedUp advocated promoting himself to bureaucrat, as he declared he would be a more proactive user to resolve the corruption. This was completely unheard of, as he had never officially been on Staff due to his aforementioned drama and ego, but in this dark era he gained a legion of followers.