[WikiEN-l] Superusers?

[David Gerard]

On 21 August 2010 18:12, WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers at gmail.com> wrote:

> I agree with you that "If you spread the powers out over more people
> then this issue is largely or completely avoided." But my response to
> that is that the solution is to appoint more admins - if all longterm,
> clueful, civil editors are admins then the increasingly unhealthy
> concentration of power on a dwindling number of active admins is
> dissipated. To my mind an increasingly picky environment at RFA is the
> cause of the problem not a solution to it.


This is a pretty widely held view. But RFA is so poisonous that less
and less people care to run the gauntlet. And RFA is loath to reform
itself. This has been a problem for several years.

The real solution is to Do Something about RFA. This having failed,
people look to resort to workarounds.


- d.