Jonathan Walther wrote: I want it on record that I have no objection to Zoe as a sysop. I'm sure that if she ever chose to exceed her authority, there would be enough others to complain. Our Mister Ed has experienced that in the past, and he is still alive and well. For the mentorship to work both Zoe and Lir would need to agree to that solution. Eclecticology

Jonathan Walther wrote: If Lir agrees to a different trusted Wikipedia sysop as mentor, that should be just as good. Eclecticology

At 07:51 PM 2/11/03 -0800, Zoe wrote: Nobody believes you have to. Jimbo has made that very clear. Vicki -- Vicki Rosenzweig vr(a)redbird.org http://www.redbird.org

On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:58:30AM -0500, Vicki Rosenzweig wrote: Mentor was just a polite word for what I really meant; something along the lines of "Corrections Officer", if you catch my drift. I trust Zoe not to go to undue extremes in such a role. It is like sending the kid everyone picks on to karate lessons. Lir was picking on Zoe; by giving her a measure of power, Lir is in a position where he has to play nice, or bear the consequences. Jonathan -- Geek House Productions, Ltd. Providing Unix & Internet Contracting and Consulting, QA Testing, Technical Documentation, Systems Design & Implementation, General Programming, E-commerce, Web & Mail Services since 1998 Phone: 604-435-1205 Email: djw(a)reactor-core.org Webpage: http://reactor-core.org Address: 2459 E 41st Ave, Vancouver, BC V5R2W2