[WikiEN-l] Thoughts on the process of requesting adminship

Sun Jul 3 20:11:06 UTC 2005

Nathan J. Yoder (njyoder at energon.org) [050704 06:09]:

> > Obviously there was no consensus that these editors were trustworthy;
> > someone is not "trustworthy" simply because you believe them to be so.  And 
> > consensus is still an important part of the Wikipedia process.

> How is a majority vote NOT consensus?

The idea is that an overwhelming majority may *indicate* consensus. For
RFA, that's taken to mean >80%; 75-80% is at bureaucrat discretion.

- d.