On 18/04/07, John Lee johnleemk@gmail.com wrote:
Yeah, this is why my proposal was to put up a statement in big red letters along the lines of "The only criterion for adminship is whether the candidate can be trusted to handle the tool well". RfA is not a referendum on how good or brilliant a user is. It's a referendum on whether he/she has the clue to handle the tools well. The onus is on opposers to show why "more involvement in the deletion process" or "more edits" will make a significant enough change for them to trust the candidate with the tools.
Note that the querulous opposers are now trying to attack prospective bureaucrats in this way.
A collective statement from the bureaucrats may be appropriate at this point.
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