[WikiEN-l] Your comments on wikien-l regarding adminship

[Kelly Martin]

In Wikien-l, you wrote:

I've already explained this elsewhere, so I'll only give a quick summary
here. Wikipedia does something _right_ by letting everyone edit. The
underlying philosophy is that everyone starts out as innocent, and is
blocked from editing only if they show misbehaviour. Adminship is the
wrong way around. Users start out as being viewed with caution and
suspicion, and must "earn" their admin "privileges" by fulfilling some
ridiculous set of criteria. The _right_ way would be to demote the ones
who misuse it, not to prevent the constructive ones from being constructive.

Have you seen my proposal for adminship?  It's on my blog at
http://nonbovine-ruminations.blogspot.com/2006/10/proposal-for-adminship-on-english.html

Kelly