Usually when admin get involved in player affairs that aren't system related (crashes, botting, etc) some people hate it and other people like it. When players get restored old characters, castles returned to owners delinquent on payments, changes to races, reincs or whatever there's a sense that it'll happen again, or that it is unfair or that the time spent being nice to whoever would better be spent fixing something.
I liked Darke the player-run mud. If some people go crazy and murder too much maybe it is nice for players that a admin comes along and wipes DC but in general unless events are being run admin to player interaction is best as conversation instead of action. Some players will always complain that so-and-so has too much influence on some admin, or that that-guy-face always whines until something changes and it is never a good change or all that.
Carmy is right that Darke goes for long stretches - a year or more in some cases - without an admin actively interacting. I hope admin stay active but leave player affairs alone. System rules made to keep the game fun and fair like no botting is another story.
