Walter Vermeir wrote:
Essjay schreef:
Perhaps this would be an appropriate time to say "Maybe we could use a couple more stewards?"
Essjay
There are already a fair number of Stewards; http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards
The problem I find as a steward is that is difficult to know what you are supposed to do. There is no communication platform for the stewards to discuss things. I find that there should be a mailing list for stewards. That would be something. Then at least problems could be discussed with the other stewards. And agreements about how to do thing could be attempted to me made.
Now not all stewards work by the same standards. Some stewards are more easy to give sysop or bureaucrat status then others. The rules of conduct are not clear or not existing.
I find it difficult that I need to say to a user that I do not grand bureaucrat status because I find his home wiki is to small when other stewards do grand bureaucrat status to a similar small wikis.
Walter
For the record, there is a checkuser mailing list for those who use checkuser rights. (checkuser-l ***at*** wikimedia.org)
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