[WikiEN-l] The Counter Vandalism Unit? Whaa?

[geni]

On 2/4/06, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/4/06, geni <geniice at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2/4/06, The Cunctator <cunctator at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >And how exactly are the members of the CVU getting
> > > their enjoyment? Is it by playing out paramilitary fantasies of
> > > protecting the precious Wikipedia from hordes of barbarians? Because
> > > that's what the name implies.
> > >
> > Perhaps. It seems to be a fairly common desire on the internet. On
> > wikipedia the desire appears to have been channeled into something
> > useful.
>
> I'm sorry, but for what I would hope are obvious reasons I think we
> should discourage people from playing out their paramilitary fantasies
> at Wikipedia.
>
> In fact, there should be a strong social opprobrium associated with
> such behavior.

I don't care what fantasies people play out as long as they are productive.

> > >
> > > When I say "automatic" I mean "automatic", not "pretty much automatic".
> >
> > So?
>
> I think that getting adminship should be an automatic process.

I think there is a benfit in keeping the number of admins who are
likely to cause problems to a minium.

--
geni