[WikiEN-l] Wheel culture (was:Indefinite block and desysopping...)

[Tony Sidaway]

On 4/22/06, Philip Welch <wikipedia at philwelch.net> wrote:
> On Apr 20, 2006, at 3:49 PM, Steve Bennett wrote:
>
> > Would it be worth asking less active admins to consider handing in
> > their mops, on the understanding that they can ask for them back
> > without having to go through RfA again? Just to keep the number of
> > mops out there down a bit?
>
> What's the point? Are we running out of mops?

It might reduce the risk of abuse of administrator powers such as that
which is apparently taking place on wikitruth.  I'm not convinced that
it's feasible, though.