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Angela wrote:
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.
Just that the feature is there will involve them in Wikipolitics, regardless of whether they use them. Having a privileged position will mean they become involved in politics, just by association.
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.
I do not agree with your first sentence. Rollback is just a shortcut function for going through history and saving a previous edit again, while deleting and blocking are privileged features. Since they are in clearly different categories I think that the level of trust required before granting people the different permissions should reflect this.
Chris
- -- Chris Jenkinson chris@starglade.org