On 1/4/06, Ryan Delaney ryan.delaney@gmail.com wrote:
I almost wish it were feasible to make a "Request for De-adminship" where someone could be nominated for admin removal as a result of a user conduct RFC, but then I realize what a trollpit that would become in a matter of hours.
And this is the other side of the coin. While it is true that some admins abuse their privileges, the vastly more common case is that they faithfully execute their mandate, and then are falsely accused by trolls and borderline trolls of abusing their privileges. And, apparently, a growing number of cases involve administrators who use their powers (e.g. deleting, undeleting, blocking) in support of the actual goals of the project, and are then censured as "abusive" by people who are unfamiliar with policy, or value process over content, or who see Wikipedia's purpose as the creation of a vast social network or fledgling internet democracy.
Jay.