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

[Nathan]

I don't know, whats worrying? You seem to think the drama seekers are
a problem - I don't know who the drama seekers are, but is it possible
some of them are the ones who are leaving? Perhaps the sudden increase
(as you see it) in desysoppings will help to counteract the drama that
you dislike.

On Dec 27, 2007 7:07 PM, Jonathan (Wikipedia) <jonathan.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> AGK wrote:
> > Similarly, nothing new. Wikipedia's expanding, so is the number of
> > desysoppings. We've got better things to worry about, surely. AGK
> >
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:AGK
> > en.wikipedia.org
> >
> > On 27/12/2007, Rjd0060 - <rjd0060.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Well said.  And guess what: Next year, there will probably be more than
> >> there were this year, and so on.  Nothing alarming here, really.
> >>
> >> On Dec 27, 2007 3:55 PM, Risker <risker.wp at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 12/27/07, Jonathan (Wikipedia) <jonathan.wiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Majorly wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> 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
> >>>>
> >>> Of course there were more than ever before.  There are more admins than
> >>> ever
> >>> before.  There are more articles than ever before.  There were more
> >>>
> >> edits
> >>
> >>> than ever before. One must have a sense of proportion here.  What *
> >>> percentage* of admins was desysopped year over year, by reason for
> >>> desysopping?  That would give us a reasonable comparison point, raw
> >>> numbers
> >>> are meaningless.
> >>>
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> Yes, I understand that Wikipedia gets more admins with time. But this
> year had a massive jump in desysops. THAT'S why I'm getting worried.
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