[WikiEN-l] declining numbers of EN wiki admins

[Charles Matthews]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 25 March 2010 20:45, Kwan Ting Chan <ktc at ktchan.info> wrote:
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>> Well, they're not dwindling since admin rights don't get taken away on
>> inactivity. ;-) But to the general question, because the standard expected
>> of a candidate for RfA has gone up over the years?
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> And because going through a continuously ratcheted-up gauntlet is
> rather too demeaning for people to consider worth the effort?
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Given that WikiProjects generally will have a better idea of the 
character and contributions of participants (compared to those whose 
idea of RfA is an extended box-ticking process), I'd like to see 
projects look around and nominate some of their stalwarts who don't yet 
have the mop and bucket.

Charles