[WikiEN-l] Worthy admins? (was "The userbox fad")

Tue Jan 3 18:57:35 UTC 2006

> From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org 
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Ben Emmel

> I almost hate to say this, but with the growing size and 
> popularity of Wikipedia, we might need to start treating 
> adminship truly as a big deal.

Not mentioning any names, but you are spot on. For some users, adminship is
the only reason they get up in the morning.

In fact, judging by the number of edits some people make, WP is the only
reason they get up in the morning. And the only thing they do all day.

And yes, I realise that this is probably the wrong forum to question either
of these attitudes.

Peter, part-time Wikipedian