On Mon, 29 May 2006, Fred Bauder wrote:
[snip]
Our administrators are not police officers.
You're right, it would be overly simplistic and inaccurate to characterise
administrators as police. However, we do have duties on the Wiki that
could be described as 'enforcement' -- copyright violations, speedy
deletions, blocking, enaction of ArbCom rulings.
All of these duties are things that are quite capable of pissing people
off however polite the administrator is.
I see no problem with requiring them to be reaffirmed
every 2 years or
so. If they are unpleasant that is reason enough not to reaffirm them.
I do. One can do things without being unpleasant that nevertheless make
you unpopular. Look at the administrators who have been vilified
for attempting in all good faith to deal with the userbox problem.
Cheers,
N.
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Nicholas Boalch
School of Modern Languages & Cultures Tel: +44 (0) 191 334 3456
University of Durham Fax: +44 (0) 191 334 3421
New Elvet, Durham DH1 3JT, UK WWW:
http://nick.frejol.org/