On 10/6/06, David Gerard <dgerard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
People still complain that it's impossible to get
rid of a bad admin
when that's manifestly false. The ArbCom is *not* happy with cases of
clear abuse of admin powers and does act when such are brought to its
attention.
The ArbCom also seems to take a fairly narrow view of what constitutes
"abuse", in the sense that disruptive behavior -- even *massively*
disruptive behavior -- is ignored if it (a) seems to sort of work out
in the end, (b) can be claimed as being "for the good of Wikipedia",
or (c) both.
I think it's far better and simpler to make it
relatively easy to
become an admin, then remove the bad ones as and when they show it,
than to require a process with ever-escalating requirements for
adminship most of which have nothing to do with the powers in question
in the hope that this will stop the problem before it occurs.
Actually, the current RFA is fairly successful in one respect: it's a
decent filter against people who are likely to react explosively to
pressure, which is actually pretty helpful. Having admins that lose
their composure easily is not really the best idea, for obvious
reasons.
--
Kirill Lokshin