[WikiEN-l] Admin burnout

[David Gerard]

On 09/02/07, Stan Shebs <stanshebs at earthlink.net> wrote:
> Marc Riddell wrote:

> > As I suggested in a post a while back, perhaps there needs to be an
> > identified, organized support system within WP that an embattled admin can
> > turn to for encouragement and perspective. In this way they may not feel
> > they are so alone in a given situation.

> It would be continuously attacked, as proof positive of the evil admin
> cabal. That's all part of the baiting culture. There are also quite a
> few editors who are inclined to regard admins unfavorably to begin, as
> tiny manifestations of the The Man(tm), and who I'm sure are secretly
> gleeful when admins are taken down. It's not an organized program of
> divide-and-conquer, but the net effect is the same. One of the reasons I
> don't do more admin work is that I see what happens to other admins who
> stick their necks out, and it's just not worth it to me.


c.f. the attacks upon #wikipedia-en-admins, which are largely a proxy
for attacks on Kelly Martin.


- d.