G'day Guy,
On Thu, 15 Jun 2006 13:27:33 +0200, "Steve Bennett" stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
The questions from the peanut gallery are less good.
Best one I've seen: do you see the role of administrator as that of policeman or janitor. Made me think, anyway.
Too vulnerable to the "faking through a job interview" style of answering. Anyone who does a modicum of research before accepting their RfA (that is to say, looking at other RfAs) will know how strong the "janitor" metaphor is. Unless the "policeman" metaphor becomes more acceptable to the community --- and I hope it won't --- then, knowing the mindset of many who hang out at RfA, this is a very simple pass/fail question. Admittedly, the "oh, policeman, obviously" is something that might trap a clueless CVU newbie or two, so we can weed them out before they do any damage after passing on their vandal-biting contribution alone.
I'd like to see more creative answers. Like: "admins are neither policemen nor janitors; we're volunteer firemen from the SES. We clean up messes, protect fellow community members from fires, and if necessary have the power to confiscate matches from particularly nasty firebugs."