You know something?
The behaviors of admins like Weyes could easily have become - the "many
admins, and even some arbitrators" (read: just about ALL of the current
Arbitration Committee as well as the now-retired "Red Queen") who have
forgotten about civility and more generally about paying attention to
Wikipedia policy - is what I've been talking about.
But instead of seeing them dealing with the issue, I've been getting almost
nothing but nasty responses from the "go away we don't want to hear about
it" inner Admin clique.
How does that grab you? What does that say about the current Admin clique?
A. Nony Mouse
From: Michael Turley <michael.turley(a)gmail.com>
Reply-To: Michael Turley <michael.turley(a)gmail.com>,English Wikipedia
<wikien-l(a)Wikipedia.org>
To: English Wikipedia <wikien-l(a)wikipedia.org>
Subject: Re: [WikiEN-l] Re: Weyes
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 12:26:36 -0400
Failing to admin a volatile user is not a failure. A volatile user
not recognizing the reasons for a delay in granting him additional
powers; that is a failure. Weyes's volatility has been proven by his
abrupt departure.
Note that several users who voted "oppose" to his admin candidacies
also said he'd be a good candidate in the future. There were enough
that if they changed their votes, he would have been adminned both
times. He also received a lot of compliments for his RC patrol work,
even in some oppose votes.
Like it or not, administrators are the "official face" of Wikipedia to
the general editing public. Recently, many admins, and even some
arbitrators seem to have forgotten this, and have been less civil than
is generally expected from someone in such a position. Since
de-adminning is near impossible for simple incivility (and incivility
among admins is frequently excused by other admins as "part of a tough
job"), it is becoming more difficult to become an admin because at
least some users want Wikipedia to have an indefatigably friendly
face. For some reason, some admins think this push for higher
standards is an anti-admin cabal, rather than a legitimate, good faith
effort by concerned individuals to improve Wikipedia. If you have a
devil in the field, you need a lot more saints surrounding him if you
don't want him seen.
Want adminship to be easier to get, and closer to "no big deal"? Be
sure that the admins that are in place are always on their best
behavior, and *always* admonish those who aren't, even if there isn't
any formal punishment. Stop excusing incivility for any reason
whatsoever.
--
Michael Turley
User:Unfocused
_________________________________________________________________
Upgrade to Messenger 7.0 - more fun features, still totally FREE!
http://messenger.msn.co.uk