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

[geni]

On 1/3/06, Ryan Delaney <ryan.delaney at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Make them do a better job of screening themselves. Rather than hitting
them with a stupidly long sanitised reading list tell them what it
really involves. Of course we would have to start by figureing out
what admins really do.


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geni