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

[Rich Holton]

Thomas Dalton wrote:
>> 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?
> 
> 6. How many people that didn't get chosen complained loudly about/left
> completely because of/started vandalising in revenge of the unfair way
> admins were chosen?
> 

A question that cannot be answered now, or as a result of this test:

How many vandals exist NOW because of the ludicrous way that admins are 
chosen, the fundamental discrepancy between an "anyone can edit" 
encyclopedia and a "only zealots need apply" adminship? Any suggestions 
on how to get a handle on that number?

-Rich