On 10/01/07, Nina Stratton <ninaeliza(a)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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