Keitei wrote:
I'm not thinking of the one or two people who might be inclined to make huge swaths of sockpuppets, but rather those whose own personal biases prevent them from acting in the best interests of others.
You're forgetting several very important points when saying that:
* There is no universal objective set of criteria that define "others' best interests", or indeed "Wikipedia's best interests". * The set of criteria that define "best interests" are a mixture of the beliefs of the people who have the means to enforce them. * If it is too difficult to become admin, you will end up getting only admins who perpetuate what the already-established clique considers Wikipedia's "best interests". As a result, the set of criteria for "best interests" that are currently in force no longer reflect the set of criteria of the entire community.
Timwi