On 4/20/06, Ben Lowe ben.lowe@gmail.com wrote:
I still haven't heard a reason why admins shouldn't revert admin actions "at all" except that it's wheel-warring, which is a rather circular answer (fitting, I suppose for a wheel). So I suppose my response to "We shouldn't be undoing each other's admin actions at all" is that we also shouldn't be making any mistakes at all. But it happens, and so should be able to unhappen.
My preferred policy change would not be 'we shouldn't ever undo admin actions' but rather 'we shouldn't undo admin actions instantly and without discussion'.
Very few things are so, so critical that there isn't time to discuss.
Yes, admins make mistakes - we all do. It's not undoing admin actions that's bad, it's the culture of instant, jump-to-conclusions reverting that is.
-Matt