* Steve Bennett wrote:
I don't think admins necessarily need to enjoy broad-based popularity, but they do need the support of the most experienced Wikipedians, including arbitors.
You know... there is a term for that kind of an organizational structure. One we go to some lengths to deny exists here.
No one expects police to be popular - but you do expect them to have the support of the people who appoint them.
Admins are appointed by the community... and when the police lose the support of the people they are policing they generally get replaced... or the neighborhood goes to hell.