2008/7/22 Alec Conroy alecmconroy@gmail.com:
On 7/22/08, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, FT2 wrote: "Punish everyone involved" is common in the schoolyard.
Which is not a positive comparison.
But does desysopping really have to be a punishment? Can't it just be a change in job title? A request, from the project, that an individual step back from the stressful job of managing inter-user conflict and devote all their efforts to encyclopedia work?
Is it possible a desysopping could be as simple as "We think you could be more useful to the team as an editor than an administrator?"
Nope. When you are an admin people will generally in editing situations assume you know what you are talking about when it comes to matters relating to wikipedia. There is a degree of deference you receive. Once you stop being an admin that goes away.