Timwi wrote:
MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:
You don't need to be an admin to prove you'd be a good one. If you edit well as a regular editor, people have plenty to look at to see if a candidate is reliable.
That's assuming that everyone is actually interested in editing regularly and actually interested in putting actual effort into demonstrating anything about themselves to other people for the express purpose of gaining adminship privileges.
99% of the people who would be useful admins do not fit that (quite demanding) criterion.
Timwi
Assuming your figure of 99% is not intended as an exact numerical value, I agree with this 100%! And I think this is the key point that is often overlooked/ignored. You can be a useful admin even if you don't spend the bulk of your time doing admin-only tasks.
-Rich