Very well said. That's basically my method, and AFAIK, I haven't made any particular enemies (with the possible exception of people upset about the images with no source deletions).
And, just for the record - I suggest as a possible rename for the CVU: Janitors On Speed
Jesse Weinstein
On Feb 7, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Stan Shebs wrote:
To keep things in perspective, if it weren't for the mailing list, I wouldn't even have heard about the wheel war. 99+% of editors and I daresay, at least 90% of admins are just working away and not getting into fights of any sort; I personally am content just exercising admin powers to revert random vandalism and whack unwanted images, and using the bit of spare time left over to add some of my own content.
While the conflicts do matter and need to be resolved, let's not get overly focussed on those. It would be interesting to see the results of a "friendliest admin" contest for instance - who has managed to do the most admin actions with the least amount of complaint, and what's their secret? Are we holding up fighters as exemplars, or diplomats? War is exciting, but peacetime is more productive.