Jussi-Ville Heiskanen wrote
Sysophood is already too often withheld
from
unpopular users (/users holding unpopular views).
Hang on - I haven't observed enough of the process to contradict this
statement; but why have votes if you don't want to expose people as
'unpopular'? A recent VfA candidate had written some remarkably silly
things about British spelling on a talk page - I didn't vote either way, and
in the end it didn't matter, but this wasn't 'holding unpopular views' so
much as not giving a damn about opinions of a 'minority'. People who wear
their opinions as a badge of honour obviously do risk not being taken
seriously for an admin job.
Charles