[WikiEN-l] Admin buddies

[Larry Pieniazek]

> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:09:49 -0700
> From: Stan Shebs <stanshebs at earthlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] You Really Don't Get It
> To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
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> 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

Neat. 

I could use an "admin buddy". I could be an admin buddy too... How to get
started? Hm... Write me if you want to pair up? Start a page somewhere?

Larry Pieniazek
Work mail:   lpieniaz at us.ibm.com 
Hobby mail:  lar at miltontrainworks.com