Our administrators are not police officers. I see no problem with requiring them to be reaffirmed every 2 years or so. If they are unpleasant that is reason enough not to reaffirm them.
Fred
On May 29, 2006, at 1:12 PM, Travis Mason-Bushman wrote:
Ah, no. One cannot fire a police officer merely because he "loses the support of the people," whatever that means. One must go before a review board, such as a Police Commission, and demonstrate that the officer has committed wrongful acts - abuse of power, misuse of force, etc. Similarly, we have a procedure to allow review of administrative decisions through the Arbitration Committee. Several admins have lost their sysop bit due to ArbCom actions, so this is not some sort of paper tiger but a real check on administrative abuses.
I agree that admins cannot and should not be seen as untouchable and perhaps we need to make clearer to people who feel wronged that they do have recourse to appeal. At the same time, to expect the people that we call upon to make controversial and contentious decisions about the encyclopedia to be somehow subject to the arbitrary whim of the "support of the people" at any time is the height of insanity.
-Travis Mason-Bushman