[WikiEN-l] De-sysoppings in the year of 2007

[John Lee]

On Dec 27, 2007 3:27 PM, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
> Frankly, I think that a healthy number of desysoppings is a good sign.
> First off, adminship is supposed to be *no big deal*, remember?  Secondly,
> it means that the community makes it clear when people aren't meeting
> expected standards.  Finally, the  former admins who have voluntarily
> relinquished the bit are to be applauded; they have demonstrated a high
> level of self-awareness and respect for the project.
>
> In the real world, organizations plan for a 10-12% turnover of management
> staff every year; Wikipedia is well below that level.

Precisely. I don't see anything particularly alarming about this. We
can reduce drama, and should (though there will *always* be some
degree of drama, as there is in any real organisation), but is there
evidence that reducing the number of desysopings would reduce the
amount of drama, or vice-versa? Correlation does not imply causation,
and if anything, maybe we shouldn't have so many drama queens as
admins.

Johnleemk