On 8/12/06, Mark Gallagher m.g.gallagher@student.canberra.edu.au wrote:
Whether we like it or not, the views expressed by an identified admin carry more weight than those of, say, Joe Bloggs, who's merely written a few hundred articles, taken thousands of beautiful photographs, taken dozens of pages from Cleanup to FA status, and so on, but has not otherwise contributed meaningfully to the project as yet (what a parasite!).
In practice, sure. But if an admin tells you that you should think about moving on, it actually carries no more weight than if a newbie said that.
At some stage I'll probably apply for adminship and I will find it hard to avoid putting "because it's a free ride to respect" or something equally impolite in my reasons for applying.
Steve