On 6/29/05, Chris Jenkinson chris@starglade.org wrote:
Having the ability to ban/block/delete is a "power" which many do not have and therefore would place the person with that power in a position where they will get involved in wikipolitics, whether they like it or not.
It shouldn't be seen as a power, but as a technical feature that is given to trusted users. There is no requirement for admin to use the features of blocking or deletion, so I don't understand why being an admin would force anyone into wikipolitics. If they don't want to be involved in the politics, they can just choose not to make controversial blocks, or even no blocks at all.
If someone can be trusted to use rollback, they should be trusted to use deletion and blocking. Perhaps limiting admins to rollback rather than the other features could be something the ArbCom decides if an admin proves they can not be trusted with other features, rather than needing a separate request page for this.
Angela.