<snip>As an admin you are going to have people hate you. You are going to have situations where you are under pressure. <snip> -- geni _______________________________________________
Of course you are, but does that mean intentionally putting oneself in the line of fire? I think that the amount of work I do cleaning backlogs could also be helpful in the admin realm; its not about getting a rollback button -- I can do that anyways. I'm concerned though, should I go for adminship, the nit-picking (as I see it) that currently goes on would do a lot to sour me against the entire project; it can really take the wind out of your sails.
I work in a similar environment -- we don't have a manager, team members nominate themselves for tasks. If we had the same level of bickering going on we'd never get a thing done and we'd create a lot of mistrust. Its not quite the same in a large environment like Wikipedia, but its counterproductive none the less. There's a knack and a bit of tact necessary to deliver good constructive criticism and those skills are currently lacking as a whole in the RFA process.
--Jareth