uninvited@nerstrand.net wrote:
In an effort to start some serious discussion on this, I present herewith some pros and cons of granting some form of commons adminship to wikipedia admins (including en, de, fr, and possibly other large wikipedis).
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Cons
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- The "small wiki" culture at commons would change, and some people
who moved to commons due to frustration with the size of their home Wikipedia may find that discouraging.
It was the "small wiki" culture at Commons (especially wrt. the number of administrators) that prompted the following exchange on #wikipedia (I'm ommitting as much as possible, and I have permission from the other party to do this):
Me:
One of the front page templates has been goatsed or something
crap, it's on commons
Them:
commons admin around?
block http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Mutant_Pig
goatseing the weather image on wikinews
ARGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Patoo.jpg NSFW
I just find it annoying that we are told to upload our images to commons if we can, and then this sort of thing happens
and there is no one available to sort it out
Given that there are a grand total of *77* admins on commons, a few more (in different timezones, from different projects) couldn't hurt. Commons is the one place where vandalism can occur that propgates through to other places, and the "native" admins are powerless to stop it.