on 4/24/07 9:09 PM, Stan Shebs at stanshebs@earthlink.net wrote:
George Herbert wrote:
It might also make sense to create some sort of structure for an organized effort on that account. Anything from a "Stressed admin noticeboard" to a "This admin pledges to take a Wikibreak if 5 admins or 10 users ask them to in any 24 hr period" pledge and template. Those ideas occurred to me but I haven't had bandwidth to follow them up.
Or it could be as simple as every admin having an "admin buddy", somebody who maybe doesn't normally get involved with your same areas, but takes a look to see how you're doing every once in a while, and can speak up objectively if things are not going well. It wouldn't be much of a time imposition to look over one other person's contribution history once a week, plus if the areas of specialty are different, there's opportunity for broadening one's admin outlook. This would be a peer relationship, not any kind of mentoring - totally random pairing of admins would suffice even (and hopefully allay paranoia about cabals).
Stan
C'mon guys. Both of you are repeating stuff that's been suggested again and again. And, if history repeats (which is has before), these suggestions will fade from memory, until sometime in the (near) future they will be repeated along with, perhaps some new ones, and they will fade
If you (we) believe that this is truly a problem we truly care about, isn't it time to begin creating a concrete proposal of action?
Marc Riddell