Thomas Dalton schreef:
On 23/08/07, Eugene van der Pijll eugene@vanderpijll.nl wrote:
Anthony schreef:
What about "semi-adminship"? The power to block, delete, and view deleted articles, but not to unblock, undelete, edit while blocked, or edit while protected?
That would give the "destructive" admin powers to semi-admins, while withholding the "constructive" ones.
I wouldn't classify them as "destructive" and "constructive". I'd classify them as actions "against" (can't think of a better word) regular users, and actions "against" admins. It makes sense for semi-admins to have "power over" (again, can't think of a better phrase) regular users, but not (other) admins.
No, it makes more sense for semi-admins to be able to act against admins. Admins are better equiped to handle "hostile" acts, and should have enough experience to handle semi-admins who do something wrong.[0] We cannot expect that from new users, and it is they who must be protected against less well thought out actions of inexperienced admins.
Eugene
[0] In theory.