Gary Kirk wrote:
IMHO, it should be easier to get adminship as a)
it's No Big Deal(r)
and b) all actions can now be reversed - and users can quickly be
dysopped. The three month tenure, however, I find silly - if someone
was good enough and behaved well for those three months then obviously
they should be allowed to continue. Desysopping after three months
would turn the whole RfA process into a lottery-like game - "if it's
no big deal, why can't I continue as an admin?".
You may even be right about what happens after a three month tenure. In
that case we would be able to drop the probationary provision.
Choosing a first random batch of 100, and reporting after 3 months about
what happened to this group would support the radical concept of basing
later choices on facts. Thus:
1. How many refused the nomination outright? (This group could be
immediately replaced by new nominations.)
2. How many went nuts?
3. How many stopped editing within 1 month and within 2 months?
4. How many continued editing without using admin powers?
5. Which admin powers did they use?
6. other questions?
Ec