On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 10:01:43 -0700, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
I would support any move to reduce the number of sysops.
Wow. That's an awfully categorical statement. So would you support legions of trolls organizing themselves offsite then coming on Wikipedia and harrassing dozens of sysops until they quit out of frustration? ... that's rhetorical, of course.
We don't need fewer sysops- we need both more good sysops and more-good sysops. Perhaps we do need a more effective method to desysop certain controversial sysops, but consider how many people would categorically object to taking any sort of action of this nature. It's difficult enough to get rid of simple trolls (I'm not naming names here), and even cases such as that of Paul Vogel have taken quite some time to come to a head. Desysopping is likely to prove even less simple.