[WikiEN-l] Running the asylum?

[Poor, Edmund W]

> And then there are the people who oppose because (a) he knows 
> too much about the subjects about which he edits, and now (b) 
> because...
> 
>  "Being an 'active' contributor I would see possible 
> conflicts of interest if he would be an admin too"
> 
> When did being an "active contributor" make you ineligible to 
> be an admin?  Here I was thinking this project was about 
> writing an encyclopaedia.  Am I going crazy, or has the world 
> gone nuts?

Ian, you are right on both counts. There's nothing wrong with an admin
being knowledgeable or active. (By the way, I left a note on your talk
page on the same matter.)

Uncle Ed