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

[Ray Saintonge]

MacGyverMagic/Mgm wrote:

>There's a reason why adminship isn't given to everyone. If you do it the
>other way around, abuse can cause a lot more damage before the person
>abusing the rights get blocked which will result in a lot more housekeeping
>to undo damage. It's nice in theory, but it simply doesn't work in practice.
>
>People who get adminship should display knowledge of the rules. If any
>newbie got those powers, this would be anarchapedia.
>
I'm afraid that any evidence to support this is purely anecdotal or 
outright guesswork.  If you are personally dealing with the problem 
cases all the time, and have no reason to deal as much with the good 
admins your view of the amount of problems is bound to be distorted.

Ec