On 6/22/05, Ray Saintonge saintonge@telus.net wrote:
If being an administrator is no big deal then removing that status should be no big deal as well. Perhaps being desysopped should be automatic for everybody afte maybe a year. There could then be a three month waiting period before being readmitted. Three months of enforced humility might be good for some people. Since this would apply to ALL admins there could be no claim of descrimination.
Oh, come off it, Ec. You treat sysop status like it's being elected President of the United States. It is a mop and a broom that occasionally proves to be somewhat useful. It isn't a source of power or any such thing. It is just that taking that mop and broom away without a damn good reason - in effect, punishing people, is not helpful, as in a volunteer project, punishing people without good reason will make them leave. Or alternatively, having privileges that in many cases are never used controversially taken away for three months for no apparent reason ("enforced humility" counts as no apparent reason in my book) would likely have the same effect. Seriously, guys. Why not stop trying to fight the power, and go write an encyclopedia?