Ray Saintonge wrote:
Parker Peters wrote:
The problem admins may be in the minority. They may not be.
This is one place where your arguments seem to go off the rails. I think that the vast majority of admins keep away from all the contentious issues. They are content to narrowly restrict their edits to what may relate to one WikiProject.
I tend to agree with you on this - the vast majority do go unnoticed. The problem children are the ones who repeatedly do the wrong thing, and never realize it because they're rewarded for their efforts. With no realistic dispute resolution process in place, and with the worst of the bunch being applauded when they act out of line because they have enough buddies to back 'em up, there's no recourse.
This is ongoing, it's not anything new or recent. There may not be a cabal, but there's something.
I prefer remedial actions rather than punitive. The part-time dicks are probably the ones that would be most amenable to a regime of strict but fair enforcement of a code for admin behaviour.
Yeah, but the part-time dicks aren't the problem.
-Jeff