[WikiEN-l] #wikipedia-en-admins

[Fred Bauder]

I would hope that the avenue to becoming an administrator remains  
open and welcoming. Let's do what we can to ensure that happens.

Fred

On Jan 22, 2006, at 7:22 PM, Tim Starling wrote:

> The IRC channel #wikipedia-en-admins has now been created, with  
> mode +is, i.e. secret and
> invite-only. It currently has an access list of 64 people. I am  
> opposed to its existence. To call a
> forum which admits 800 people "almost public" is bizarre. You admit  
> 800 but you exclude thousands of
> active contributors. Wikipedia has always attempted to encourage  
> newcomers and to assume good faith,
> but it's a clear violation of that principle to assume that the  
> rest of the world, those 6 billion
> non-administrators, have nothing useful to contribute to the  
> discussions we wish to undertake.
>
> Imagine if you joined Wikipedia today. How would you feel about the  
> formidable barriers against your
> potential contribution to Wikipedia's decision-making process? How  
> would you feel about having tens
> of admins declaring new policy, stating their rationale but  
> refusing to enter into discussion with
> you on equal terms, on the basis that it had already been decided  
> in private?
>
> -- Tim Starling
>
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