Stephen Bain wrote:
I would much more readily support a candidate who can link to, say, a
couple of talk page discussions where they were able to contribute
constructively even when people disagreed with them, or even better,
discussions where they provided a third opinion which helped in a
dispute between two parties, [...]
And by doing that, you are slightly skewing the permissible sets of
attitudes in admins towards what *you* consider "constructive" or "an
option which helps in a dispute". This is how we got into the current
situation where newcomers perceive the community of admins as an abusive
cabal.
Timwi