[WikiEN-l] Requirements for Adminship

[Stephen Bain]

On 2/16/07, Keitei <nihthraefn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Therefore, admin candidates must:
>         demonstrate they can participate in discussions in which they have
> no personal invested interest, with positive effect to those who do
> have personal invested interest
>         demonstrate they know the difference between their opinion,
> consensus, and the Truth (which doesn't exist on wiki)
>         demonstrate they recognize their own bias and will refuse to act
> upon it

I for one think this is a pretty good summary of the sorts of things
we should be looking for in candidates. Not necessarily formal
criteria, but guidelines of what a nominator or candidate should be
trying to demonstrate to the community at RFA.

I would much more readily support a candidate who can link to, say, a
couple of talk page discussions where they were able to contribute
constructively even when people disagreed with them, or even better,
discussions where they provided a third opinion which helped in a
dispute between two parties, than I would a candidate who can only
show me how many edits they made in a given namespace.

I would much more readily support a candidate who can link to some
discussions where they've shown a good understanding of policy, for
example, than a candidate who can only demonstrate they know how to
use "VandalWhacker 2.0" or whatever software is popular these days.

That sort of thing.

-- 
Stephen Bain
stephen.bain at gmail.com