I agree with the observation. As the popularity of Wiki continues to go up, the vandals will keep increasing in numbers, which in turn will force an increase in admin numbers. This, to me, sounds bad, because the admin cult will also grow in size. We can expect more blocking and more power tripping. I mean, when admins enjoy using their tools more than working on articles, something must be wrong.
Anittas
--- Jon thagudearbh@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
The Sunday Times (the most popular British Sunday broadsheet) has done a hatchet job on Wikipedia pointing out that it is riddled by vandalism. After lampooning the fact that we have 1000 volunteers just to keep the vandalism at bay, it quotes Jimmy as saying:
"I thought it would be overrun with idiots but there are far more people doing good than those who try to be harmful."
Mind you, when WP has more people keeping the idiots at bay rather than writing content (as most likely is the case now), something has gone wrong.
If you want to read the article, see
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2036558,00.html
.
Jon
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