Majorly wrote:
On 27/12/2007, Jonathan (Wikipedia) jonathan.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
Okay, there were a total of *79* de-sysoppings this year. I understand three were because of compromising, and several were voluntary, but this is pitiful, and *we can do better*. If people on here want to be danged drama queens, they should just take it to email with the users involved. This, again, is pitiful. We've got to stop acting like this and BUILD THE ENCYCLOPEDIA. Thank you.
~Jonathan
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How many of those were because of bad admins though? Sometimes, an admin needs a break from seeing extra buttons they no longer want to be dealing with, so will request to be desysopped. I don't see that as a problem.
Bad admins of course are a problem, and so are compromised accounts. Less of that next year of course, but admins can resign whenever they wish - it isn't a problem at all.
Yes, but this is more than we've ever had. I know that Wikipedia has some admins retire, but we had more than last year. I'm not trying to alarm everyone, but this is scaring me just a bit. I've seen a few retirements because of a problem with another editor. THAT is what I'm saying we need to get our act together about.
~Jonathan