[WikiEN-l] Who monitors Wikipedia?

[Brian Salter-Duke]

On Sun, Mar 02, 2008 at 01:06:38PM -0600, Kurt Maxwell Weber wrote:
> On Sunday 02 March 2008 08:04, Raphael Wegmann wrote:
> >
> > I share that view. IMHO there should be a mechanism to desysop
> > those who act like they're masters. Since administrators should serve
> > the community, they should not select their representatives
> > for a lifetime. Instead those administrators who loose public support,
> > should loose their administrative powers as well.
> >
> > In order to avoid permanent elections, we could implement a system,
> > in which every registered editor can choose his/her administrator.
> > After some phase-in period, those administrators who loose all
> > their supporting editors should loose their admin powers as well.
> 
> I've suggested something similar in the past:
> For their initial confirmation, administrators are required to reach a 
> certain, objectively-defined and absolute threshold of votes (not 
> a "discussion", not "consensus", but an outright vote), discounting SPAs, 
> socks, and maybe a few others.  A week after their confirmation process 
> begins, if they meet that criteria they are admins.
> 
> >From then on out, they must maintain that support.  A page is maintained for 
> each administrator.  It begins with the original confirmation request, and 
> from that individual users may add or withdraw their support for that 
> administrator as they see fit.  Once a week, on the same day as the admin was 
> initially confirmed, someone checks to see if they still meet that threshold.  
> If they fall below the threshold for two consecutive weeks, they are 
> de-adminned (requiring two consecutive weeks rather than just a single week 
> helps give admins a chance to explain why they did what they did, in the 
> event of a particularly controversial action that may nonetheless have been 
> the best thing to do in a particular situation).

This is a seriously bad idea. Being an admin has enough hassle without
having to keep an eye on such a page. Also who is going to check 1000+
pages every week. We certainly would need more crats then and I do not
see too many people offering themselves to just check these pages. At
least you are not asking for a bot to de-admin me if I fall below the 
right score.

Brian.
 
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