[WikiEN-l] Moderation on this mailing list

[Ray Saintonge]

Rob wrote:

>On 2/21/07, Rich Holton wrote:
>  
>
>>However, the more I think about the way interactions take place on
>>Wikipedia, the more I am convinced that the asymmetry in power and
>>experience between an admin and a typical editor results in vastly
>>different perspectives on the same actions. What seems (and in fact is)
>>reasonable to an admin or an experienced user, can seem to be (and in
>>fact is) a demonstration of admin "dickism" to a newbie.
>>    
>>
>This is pretty much the problem.  To many newbies, admins represent
>the power elite, The Man, and not individual volunteers, thus they
>think nothing of subjecting them to abuse.  Any response is seen as an
>abuse of power, even when the incident is relatively innocuous.
>
You can't be accused of lacking in self-righteousness, or of not having 
a flair for the melodramatic.

Ec