[WikiEN-l] Who monitors Wikipedia?

[Chris Howie]

On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Kurt Maxwell Weber <kmw at armory.com> wrote:
>  I've suggested something similar in the past:
>  For their initial confirmation, administrators are required to reach a
>  certain, objectively-defined and absolute threshold of votes (not
>  a "discussion", not "consensus", but an outright vote), discounting SPAs,
>  socks, and maybe a few others.  A week after their confirmation process
>  begins, if they meet that criteria they are admins.
>
>  From then on out, they must maintain that support.  A page is maintained for
>  each administrator.  It begins with the original confirmation request, and
>  from that individual users may add or withdraw their support for that
>  administrator as they see fit.  Once a week, on the same day as the admin was
> initially confirmed, someone checks to see if they still meet that threshold.
>  If they fall below the threshold for two consecutive weeks, they are
>  de-adminned (requiring two consecutive weeks rather than just a single week
>  helps give admins a chance to explain why they did what they did, in the
>  event of a particularly controversial action that may nonetheless have been
>  the best thing to do in a particular situation).

Good luck getting anyone to run for adminship if they're going to be
subjected to what amounts to a weekly RfA.

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Chris Howie
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