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