John Lee wrote:
I also realised, from looking at other comments made
on that RfA, and from
reading the opinions of people in present-day RfAs, that this philosophy
isn't one adopted by many. People look for reasons to oppose, even if they
don't have much to do with harm. For example, why should writing an FA or
not doing enough vandalfighting be impediments to adminship? This is not
evidence that the candidate will do harm with the tools, or that by
approving the candidate, we will be harming Wikipedia.
I'm not sure that this is actually a philosophy that's good for the
project anymore. We have a number of them that are probably antiquated
and should be tossed by the wayside, but won't be.
-Jeff
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