On 2/7/06, John Lee johnleemk@gawab.com wrote:
I strongly second (or is it third?) this. UninvitedCompany has referenced the [[September That Never Ended]], which I think explains why this has happened. When I became an admin January 2004, I got about 20 votes of support -- today, any successful nomination with less than 40 supports would be an oddity. (It's also quite likely I would not pass now, what with editcountitis -- or its cousin, non-article-namespace-editcountitis -- running rampant.) Our community has expanded, and our decision-making mechanisms have not scaled along with it. When was the last time we had a major policy change? It was the 3RR, I think, and that was over a year ago. Pretty much everything since then has been tinkering around the edges (although things like [[WP:PROD]] haven't made me lose all hope yet).
Not entirely. We also had the speedy deletion of unsourced images.