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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
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Chris Jenkinson
chris(a)starglade.org
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