[WikiEN-l] Removal of adminship...

[Adrian]

Anthony schrieb:
> On 10/7/07, Adrian <aldebaer at googlemail.com> wrote:
>   
>> With that rationale, why would we need a process where the community
>> expresses trust with the tools in the first place?
>>     
>
> Well, it makes sockpuppetry harder.  Other than that, it really isn't needed.
>   
Are there more people who share that opinion? I always thought RfA 
mattered *somehow*.
>   
>> So you're basically saying: The community is good enough to be called upon
>> to express their trust initially, but they can never express a change of
>> heart regarding that trust? Sounds weird.
>>
>>     
> It's not a concept without precedent.  Lots of US judicial positions
> work that way, for instance.
>   
The status quo in US politics may not be the *gold standard* we'd want 
to model Wikipedia after.