Rich Holton wrote:
I propose an experiment:
Select at random 100 editors who meet some minimal criteria* and make them admins. Make it clear to them that they may turn down adminship without prejudice.
You left out the three months of impassioned debate about a) the selection process, b) the minimal criteria, c) the number of editors to be selected, d) the connotations of the term "probationary", and e) the very concept of doing an experiment in the first place.
:-) (I hope)
Stan