Timwi wrote
I'm having trouble extracting from your message whether you are advocating (a) limiting the amount of sysops, or (b) increasing them.
I was of course responding to posts suggesting a decrease in numbers would be welcome.
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The number of sysops is not something that we should (or even can) regulate. It's a quantity that evolves by itself.
I don't know about that. Appointment could be for a limited term, for example; with a need to stand for re-election. The system could probably be tweaked in other ways.
Not that I advocate that. I thought it was better to make a new thread in which to discuss the numerical side.
Charles