[WikiEN-l] Requirements for Adminship

[Parker Peters]

On 2/19/07, Rich Holton <richholton at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Jossi Fresco wrote:
> >> On Feb 19, 2007, at 1:25 PM, Rich Holton wrote:
> >>
> >>>> Are we editing the same Wikipedia? I have not seen such "swaggering"
> >>>> and "abuse of power" but in exceptional cases.
> >>>>
> >>>> -- Jossi
> >>> Without necessarily agreeing with you, I still have to ask: "And your
> >>> point is...?"
> >
> >  From [[WP:LA]]
> >
> > There are 1,122 (as of February 19 2007) users with sysop rights
> > (active and otherwise), 814 of them active (as of January 18, 2007).
> >
> > How many of these admins, in your opinion, would fit in the category
> > of "power abusers", "hostile to editors", etc?
> >
> > -- Jossi
>
> How many would you consider to be an acceptable number?
>
> -Rich
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Not my question, but I'll offer an answer:

(A) Probably on the order of 100 or so. Including several highly ranked and
at least one Arbcom member, from what I've seen recently.

(B) That is 100 too many.

Parker

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