On 4/9/07, Matthew Brown morven@gmail.com wrote:
I think, frankly, that Danny was left to do a hard job in terms of handling a huge volume of complaints and crap, more than he probably should have had to handle, and the stress of that is largely responsible for some poor judgment on occasion.
This is probably true, but it's not really an excuse to treat your fellow wikipedians badly when not in an office capacity.
I also think that, freed of the load of the office, Danny will be a much better administrator.
This could certainly be the case, but it also brings up another point: you don't need to be an admin to be a great wikipedian. If he wants to get back to basics and just do good things for wikipedia, the best way would probably be to go back to writing articles, or start copyediting, or participate in discussions, resolving disputes and consensus building. The people that spend a lot of time doing that are doing more good for wikipedia than your average afd-closing, vandal-blocking, speedy-deletioning admin. It's true that a lot of people doing that are admins, but it is certainly not required.
--Oskar