[WikiEN-l] There's a name for an all-out wheel war

[Flame Viper]

It would be a terrible idea to give *every editor* admin powers. If you don't believe me, let me give an outline of what would happen:

1. Main page is deleted/restored/deleted/unprotected/protected/etc
2. Main page is replaced with tubgirl/goatse/meatspin
3: MediaWiki namespace is trashed/vandalised/deleted
4: Random editors are blocked for no reason
5: Random pages are deleted/protected for no reason

And the terrible thing about this is that nobody could stop it. Normally, when an edit war breaks out, a sysop is able to descend from the clouds and settle things. When there is an abusive editor, a sysop can rain holy thunder upon him.

If every editor can block, unblock, and generally destroy everything, who's next? Will the bureaucrats have to step in and lay down a Supreme Block? And then what if Bureaucrat is made a default right? And up until Steward? Will Jimbo have to step into the fray and lay his divine vengeance?

Now the continuation of expanding user rights is just hypothetical, but it gives you an idea.

 
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