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

Thu Jan 5 15:18:12 UTC 2006

On 1/5/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net> wrote:
>
> Leif Knutsen wrote:
>
> >>Jay wrote
> >>
> >>You appear to think the problem is
> >>that it's difficult to de-admin an administrator.  I think the problem
> is
> >>that we are creating administrators who are not part of the community,
> not
> >>familiar with its policies and norms, and not particularly interested in
> >>Wikipedia's goals."
> >>
> The difficulty in having someone de-admined is one part of the problem,
> but far from being the whole thing.  I've been dealing with one
> situation on Wiktionary where my preferred course of action would be a
> probationary period.  If it doesn't work out the admin status could
> easily be withdrawn.  However, because it would be so difficult to undo
> the status when once given, the decision has been to defer the decision
> for a month.  The problem has been precisely the kind of concern that
> Jay has raised.

Well, the flip-side of "adminship should be no big deal" might be that it
should also be "no big deal" if adminship is delayed for a month.

Jay.