Tim Starling wrote
Timwi wrote:
I hope this shed some light on his motives and intentions; I think he's a really nice guy, and he doesn't deserve being badmouthed for his actions or being accused of being deliberately disruptive. This doesn't mean I'm defending his actions, but I think he just needs a little bit of social guidance, if you see what I mean. I am certainly glad that he is still around, and I'm sure he will continue to make valuable contributions in the future.
Perl is a nice guy who isn't deliberately disruptive. He's just impulsive, has little understanding of the effect his actions will have on other people, and is unwilling accept criticism. He might be nice, he might be sincere, but I'm afraid I don't trust him with adminship.
Funny that just after I read this, he made a request to be an admin at Wikisource, saying
I'm a sysop on wikibooks and I would like to also have that status here. I frequently transwiki things from wikibooks and I would like to be able to delete accidental pages that I create without needing to list them.
If I look at his contributions, I don't even have to scroll to see them all. There's nothing controversial in that list. A willingness on his part to participate in discussions might be my first criterion before acting.
Until at least one other Wikisourceror has noticed his request, I guess I haven't really noticed it either. :-)
Ec