[Foundation-l] Page eliminators at ptwiki

[Yaroslav M. Blanter]

On Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:51:42 +0200, "GoEthe.wiki" <goethe.wiki at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi.
> 
> At ptwiki, we recently implemented a usergroup to help with the backlog
of
> requests for speedy deletions, articles for deletion, and others (see
> http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Eliminadores). This was done to
try
> to dismistify the admin role, and increase community participation in
admin
> tasks, trying to counteract the significant decrease in the number of
> admins
> during the past two year (we currently have less than 40 admins). I
invite
> you all to accompany this as I believe that the success or failure of
this
> strategy will have valuable lessons for other projects.

A similar group has been active in Russian Wikipedia for about a year
(only deletion reviews, no speedy deletions). It has been generally
regarded as a success.

Cheers
Yaroslav