[WikiEN-l] Worthy admins? (was "The userbox fad")

Ryan Delaney ryan.delaney at gmail.com
Tue Jan 3 20:37:00 UTC 2006


On 1/4/06, Carbonite <carbonite.wp at gmail.com> wrote:

> The solution (and problem) lies in the selection of admins, which I
> believe has become too lax. We need to recognize that adminship on a
> top 30 website IS a big deal. Even one admin who's unfamiliar with
> policy or who gets into wheel wars can cause major issues. We need
> stricter screening of candidates, preferably as soon as possible.
>
> Carbonite


 Incidentally, I agree with this, but the problem is that it will really
become harder and harder to screen candidates accurately. Do you have any
suggestions on how this could be done in some kind of scalable fashion?

Ryan



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