On Dec 27, 2007 3:27 PM, Risker risker.wp@gmail.com wrote:
Frankly, I think that a healthy number of desysoppings is a good sign. First off, adminship is supposed to be *no big deal*, remember? Secondly, it means that the community makes it clear when people aren't meeting expected standards. Finally, the former admins who have voluntarily relinquished the bit are to be applauded; they have demonstrated a high level of self-awareness and respect for the project.
In the real world, organizations plan for a 10-12% turnover of management staff every year; Wikipedia is well below that level.
Precisely. I don't see anything particularly alarming about this. We can reduce drama, and should (though there will *always* be some degree of drama, as there is in any real organisation), but is there evidence that reducing the number of desysopings would reduce the amount of drama, or vice-versa? Correlation does not imply causation, and if anything, maybe we shouldn't have so many drama queens as admins.
Johnleemk