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Timwi wrote:
Chris Jenkinson wrote:
Just that the feature is there will involve them in Wikipolitics,
regardless of whether they use them.
Can't say I agree, from own experiences. For what admins are you speaking?
My own experiences tell me that it's always your own actions that
involve you in wikipolitics. This can include actions that don't require
admin privileges, such as nominating something on VfD. (Comment on my
talk page: "How dare you VfD other people's articles??" -- apparently
you're only allowed to VfD your own articles.)
As I'm not an admin at Wikipedia I'm not speaking from my experiences
there. I've been a moderator on several large community sites, and I
frequently get asked to do things which I either can't do, am not
allowed to do and all kinds of other stuff like that. Admittedly, there
are less moderators on that site than admins on Wikipedia, but the
principle remains. Those having what other people see as "power" will
always be politicking with those who have the "power". Wikipedia just
has a more diluted-power environment (no bad thing - this proposal
dilutes it even further).
Chris
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Chris Jenkinson
chris(a)starglade.org
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