[WikiEN-l] Dangerous factionalism (Was: Re: SlimVirgin and CheckUser leaks)

[geni]

2008/7/22 Alec Conroy <alecmconroy at gmail.com>:
> On 7/22/08, Ken Arromdee <arromdee at rahul.net> wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Jul 2008, FT2 wrote:
>> "Punish everyone involved" is common in the schoolyard.
>>
>>  Which is not a positive comparison.
>
> But does desysopping really have to be a punishment?   Can't it just
> be a change in job title?  A request, from the project, that an
> individual step back from the stressful job of managing inter-user
> conflict and devote all their efforts to encyclopedia work?
>
> Is it possible a desysopping could be as simple as "We think you could
> be more useful to the team as an editor than an administrator?"


Nope. When you are an admin people will generally in editing
situations assume you know what you are talking about when it comes to
matters relating to wikipedia. There is a degree of deference you
receive. Once you stop being an admin that goes away.



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geni