On 10/01/07, Nina Stratton ninaeliza@gmail.com wrote:
Another example is the way a lot of folks self-nominate for RFAs. RFAs in general are kind of a thorny issue for me, because I don't really think that folks realize how much work it is (I'm not an admin, and have no wish to be one). I just wrote, for all intents and purposes, a short essay to a user who was a bit uncivil to a newbie because his RFA went so badly. I wish more folks could see that this adminship is just another "chore", and not some kind of shiny metallic cop-star (no offense intended to the fine folks in the police).
The harsh realities of using the mop and the expectations of one's admin peers straighten people out pretty quickly as far as I can see. I worry a lot less about RFAs because most of the ones I'm not sure about actually work out pretty well. A few explode a bit messily, but the community are getting good at spotting them and cleaning up the mess and the AC is understandably reluctant but quite willing to deadmin the sufficiently deserving.
I don't know if it's healthy or not, but I tend to just assume I'm famous within the community, and leave it at that. I'm most certainly an extrovert and attention seeker, and have been all my life. I actually wanted to be a singer and musician, but wound up doing other things. I've also always had the dream of getting in on the "ground floor" of something huge (like Google, for example). I've pretty much achieved both my desire for attention and "fame", as well as my desire to be a pioneer in a grand-scale project. I'm pretty content.:)
Charles Matthews pointed me out to people as "the famous David Gerard" at the wikimeet last night. I'd probably prefer "notorious." OTOH, before Wikipedia I'd never been in a position to have to apologise to the people of an entire country before ...
The Herostratus approach? I feel that this one only applies to a limited number of our more persistent Vandals.
True, but it also applies to a lot of trolls . See *&"&*!"£^%&!"^(*"!*&(*@@@@@@@@@@@@@_________
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