Charles Matthews wrote:
Jack Lutz wrote
Dispute resolution against sysops is currently very, very slim. It should
be easier to lose administrator privileges--and these are privileges--than to gain them.
Shouldn't that be resolution of disputes _with_ sysops? AFAIK we are all still on the same side.
If I can rephrase the second sentence, you think that admins should be deprived of their status by some process than is simpler than their election - which is a community vote by logged-in folk. Well, taking them off the list is easy enough. It should happen, occasionally, I agree. It should probably happen to any admin who no longer is generally trusted by the community. How is one supposed to judge that, other than another poll? If the problem is egregious abuse of powers, that is another question, I think.
There should be more to becoming a sysop than a vote. The same can be said for the de-sysopping process. The poll can be give a sense of the community, but it may be of only that part of the community which is keenly interested in such matters, and that carries the risk that some group of users with a specific POV can highjack the process.
A bureaucrat should be able to occasionally act against the clear will of the community. But if he does so he better have a good reason, and be prepared to defend that position.
Ec