on 4/24/07 9:09 PM, Stan Shebs at
stanshebs(a)earthlink.net wrote:
George Herbert wrote:
It might also make sense to create some sort of
structure for an
organized effort on that account. Anything from a "Stressed admin
noticeboard" to a "This admin pledges to take a Wikibreak if 5 admins
or 10 users ask them to in any 24 hr period" pledge and template.
Those ideas occurred to me but I haven't had bandwidth to follow them
up.
Or it could be as simple as every admin having an "admin buddy",
somebody who maybe doesn't normally get involved with your same areas,
but takes a look to see how you're doing every once in a while, and can
speak up objectively if things are not going well. It wouldn't be much
of a time imposition to look over one other person's contribution
history once a week, plus if the areas of specialty are different,
there's opportunity for broadening one's admin outlook. This would be a
peer relationship, not any kind of mentoring - totally random pairing of
admins would suffice even (and hopefully allay paranoia about cabals).
Stan
C'mon guys. Both of you are repeating stuff that's been suggested again
and
again. And, if history repeats (which is has before), these suggestions will
fade from memory, until sometime in the (near) future they will be repeated
along with, perhaps some new ones, and they will fadeŠŠŠŠ
Actually, I don't recall hearing or suggesting the admin buddy idea
before. It has the advantages of being easy to organize, easy to
maintain, fits into existing work habits, and encourages the development
of more long-term relationships. Many admins already tag-team on
stressful issues, it just tends to be ephemeral, and so an admin gets
sufficient support one month and then the next month is unnoticed until
the spectacular flameout.
Stan
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