Gary Kirk wrote:
IMHO, it should be easier to get adminship as a) it's No Big Deal(r) and b) all actions can now be reversed - and users can quickly be dysopped. The three month tenure, however, I find silly - if someone was good enough and behaved well for those three months then obviously they should be allowed to continue. Desysopping after three months would turn the whole RfA process into a lottery-like game - "if it's no big deal, why can't I continue as an admin?".
You may even be right about what happens after a three month tenure. In that case we would be able to drop the probationary provision.
Choosing a first random batch of 100, and reporting after 3 months about what happened to this group would support the radical concept of basing later choices on facts. Thus: 1. How many refused the nomination outright? (This group could be immediately replaced by new nominations.) 2. How many went nuts? 3. How many stopped editing within 1 month and within 2 months? 4. How many continued editing without using admin powers? 5. Which admin powers did they use? 6. other questions?
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