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David 'DJ' Hedley wrote:
I don't believe that it is necessary. A rollback button is useful, but I don't see why it is worth a "Requests for Rollback" to get it. If a user does RC patrol and wants the aid of rollback (ie, 'the mop'), then they probably would prefer full admin powers in order to be able to block vandals, and so on. Being an admin doesn't have many set, 'must do' responsibilities - RC patrollers can happily become admins without further hassles, if they want to keep out of Wikipolitics.
Most people who want rollback wouldn't mind the other functionality of adminship. A Requests for Rollback feature would be unnecessary.
This is a fair point. I however disagree with your statement that being an admin will keep you out of "wikipolitics". Having the ability to ban/block/delete is a "power" which many do not have and therefore would place the person with that power in a position where they will get involved in wikipolitics, whether they like it or not. Rollback, on the other hand, is just a shortcut for an action which anyone can take. Avoiding politics for those who desire to is simply not possible for someone with more abilities than the general community.
As for your statement that user would prefer full admin powers rather than just rollback, that is really a subjective view based on your own experiences, and obviously people feel otherwise as I wouldn't have made the proposal if that viewpoint was universally held. I know that some people have scripts to emulate the rollback feature.
Your penultimate sentence sums up why I made this proposal. "Most people who want rollback wouldn't mind the other functionality of adminship". What about the other people? That is why I made this proposal.
Chris
- -- Chris Jenkinson chris@starglade.org