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

[The Cunctator]

That's your hypothesis. As it hasn't been tested, it's not possible to say
whether you are correct.

On 2/9/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm <macgyvermagic at gmail.com> 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.
>
> Mgm
>
> On 2/9/07, Gary Kirk <gary.kirk at gmail.com> 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?".
> >
> > I also disagree with not allowing users to object to more than one RfA
> > every three months - Wikipedia is not a democracy.
> >
> > On 2/9/07, Timwi <timwi at gmx.net> wrote:
> > > Kelly Martin wrote:
> > > >
> > > > 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
> > >
> > > Nice. You appear to be going in the same direction as me, but I want
> it
> > > even more radical. :) In particular, your system still requires people
> > > to _ask_ for adminship (which, again, would be analogous to requiring
> > > them to apply for editing privileges instead of just letting people
> > > register freely), and I find one month a bit excessive. Other than
> that,
> > > I think you hit the nail on the head :)
> > >
> > >
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