[WikiEN-l] Admin burnout (deputy admins)

[Thomas Dalton]

It's not a new idea. My main problem with it is that it reduces the
trust the community has in admins as a whole. Admins can only do their
job if the rest of the community lets them, and the rest of the
community will only do that if they trust them. Having a way for
people to get admin tools without the strict processes of RfA would
diminish that trust and make the whole project unworkable.

To summarise: Adminship is not about being trustworthy, it's about
being trusted.