James D. Forrester wrote:
On Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:38 PM, wikipedia-l-bounces@Wikimedia.org <> wrote:
n Apr 12, 2005 10:41 PM, James D. Forrester james@jdforrester.org wrote:
If either of the first two, you evidently have natural candidates to form an official blocking group, of whom one might be appropriate to grant access to such an easily-abused tool, no? What, exactly, is the problem, then?
The problem is that some of the sysops want to use the tool, but nobody has access to it.
Yes, I know - I'm trying to help the w:nl community select people to put forward to have access to the tool. "All sysops" is far too broad (indeed, "all bureaucrats" is, too). Thus we must find a singleton (or other very small) set of people trusted sufficiently to be given access to the tool, as it is a very powerful and very easily abused tool and should not be (and will not be) given out wantonly.
Am I being confusing? Sorry.
Yours,
Hoi, This problem is something that needs a proper solution. There is a small band of people who do things for all communities they are explicitly trusted by Jimbo as he handpicks them. They are the Stewards. There is a need for more of them but it would be good if they are entrusted with this task if they are willing. The benefit is that this way we have a group that is trusted and already acting on all the projects. The need for people to perform this function is something that may occur in any project and therefore the solution should be one that helps all projects and all communities.
PS you are not confusing :)
Thanks, GerardM