[WikiEN-l] Fixed term sysops.

[Mark Richards]

Well, I'm not sure - vandals don't tend to vote on
nominations for adminship, and having the occasional
disenting voice on it might spur the silent majority
to get more involved in their civic duty there. I
think most admins would be re-ellected, despite the
occasional personal grudge.
Mark R.

--- Mark Pellegrini <mapellegrini at comcast.net> wrote:
> Having fixed terms is an excellent idea. One or two
> year appointments would be ample, and would not be
> overly burdensom. A sysop whose term had expired
> could
> stand for re-election after (say) 6 months.
> Mark
> 
> No offense, but I think this is an extremely bad
> idea. With 
> maybe one or two exceptions, our sysops are
> trustworthy, 
> reliable, and obedient to the rules. Having
> elections, on the 
> other hand, would be like ringing the dinner bell
> for everyone 
> troll or vandal with an axe to grind against a
> particular sysop 
> (or sysops). In addition, the administrative
> overhead would be 
> fearsome. I'd also like to point out that by your 1
> sysop/1000 
> article standard, we're about 40 sysops below
> strength. 
> 
> Now, in the past, I have complained that a lot of
> people are 
> getting nominated for adminship without being here
> long enough. 
> I think this criticism is valid. I don't recognize
> most of the names 
> coming up on the RFA these days, and that worries
> me. I think
> people need to be a bit more critical of new
> requests, but I don't 
> think that means that we should be trying to cull
> down the number 
> of sysops - don't throw the baby out with the
> bathwater. 
> 
> --Mark 
> 
> 
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