George Herbert wrote:
We apparently just lost Alkivar (hopefully just on
a stress relief
break, but he says he's out of here indefinitely).
We're doing terribly at keeping identified, overstressed admins from
ending up going over the edge. What are we doing wrong, or what do we
need to learn to do right?
On the other side, his message isn't really just about admins, but
editors in general. People who edit articles simply are not valued on
this project anymore. Tha'ts a big problem, since it's people who edit
articles that got us to this point.
Absolutely! Newbies get jumped on for breach of incomprehensible
rules. Articles are cluttered with transclusion templates that only the
experts know how to edit properly. Articles get threatened with
deletion because they don't have the right kind of references. Some
editors become so obsessed with trying to be authoritative that they
take all the fun out of editing. We all want an accurate reference
work, but there are certain intangibles that we should not accept as
part of the cost.