Personally, I find this thread about admin authority quite interesting.
Especially as it coincides with [[Patrick Alexander (cartoonist)]] returning to
[[WP:DRV]].
Jonel
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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 11:20:32 +0100
From: "Steve Bennett" <stevage(a)gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Page protection vs. semi-protection
To: "English Wikipedia" <wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org>
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On 3/14/06, guru brahma <wikibra(a)yahoo.co.in> wrote:
I am sorry to say this, but it appears ridiculous
to classify
admins as a separate class of users. Being an admin doesn't give
any
extra "editing" privileges. The privileges that we get as admins may
be at the most abused to prevent someone from doing something -
blocking, protecting etc but do not give a free rein. Also, WP:AN
takes care of violations asap. I believe admins are same as other
users - only difference being that those afflicted with adminitis
would feel that "all users are equal but admins are more equal than
others."
It is my experience that admins are perceived as having some sort
of
authority. Maybe not a lot, but there is a difference when an admin
offers his opinion on the interpretation of some policy. It
shouldn't
be like that, but it's probably unavoidable.
All we can ask is that admins be sensitive to that fact, and
attempt
to explicitly disclaim any such false authority arising purely from
adminship. Of course, most admins have a fair bit of experience on
Wikipedia and therefore *do* know the policies better than *most*
people, but not necessarily better than *everyone*.
Steve