On 8/28/07, Puppy puppy@killerchihuahua.com wrote:
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Because Administrators should be placed at greater peril than the common person? What on earth is your reasoning here?
David Goodman wrote:
The women i know in my part of the professional world can defend themselves verbally and otherwise quite as well as the men, and have at least equal sense in knowing what they are likely to get themselves in for. I suspect this hold true for politics and business and reporting and other professions generally. The need for accepting edits on sensitive subjects generally may justify our policy for editors. it does not justify it for administrators.
Because, in case you missed the earlier parts of the thread, we are one of the largest and most-visited websites in the world. We've pretty much cornered the market for general reference material on the internet. Those who administer the site, as opposed to just contributing, now must recognise they will be subject to heavier scrutiny, just as those who administer NewYorkTimes.com, Slate.com, etc. are.
Johnleemk