If there's something an admin wouldn't be doing if he knew he would be accountable
for doing it, then he shouldn't be doing it anyway. If you are prepared to take an
action only in the knowledge that you have nothing to lose if you are found to be wrong,
then you are reasonably certain that you are in fact wrong in which case your actions are
the most obvious abuse of power.
Tenured professors don't provide a valid analogy in this case, Supreme Court
justices are more likely and not all think appointing them for life is a good idea. Our
justice system is far from perfect, there is no need to take it as model in Wikipedia.
Molu
On Mon, 29 May 2006 16:27:47 -0700 Philip Welch wrote:
Wikipedia admins are appointed for life (or at least
until
resignation or disciplinary dismissal) for a very important reason--
they can't properly do their job if they have to worry about being re-
appointed or re-elected. Tenured professors and Supreme Court
justices fall under the same model for the same reason.
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