[WikiEN-l] Analysis of Request for Adminship

[charles matthews]

"Steve Bennett" wrote

> Admins normally shouldn't be entering content disputes. Theoretically
> they shouldn't even care about content, in the same was as a football
> referee theoretically doesn't care who's winning.

Sorry, we must be editing different sites.  Going into edit wars and reading 
the riot act is basic admin stuff.

> I may be forgetting some pertinant situations here, but being well
> versed in getting a point of view across in a content dispute is not
> necessarily a useful skill in adminship. No?

And writing well is useless for an editor?  This is all just so wrong. 
Settling tough edit wars can come down to patient drafting of versions.

Charles