Theresa Knott wrote:
I think bureaucrats should disregard stupid oppose
votes when deciding
consensus and should say so.
Bureaucrat candidates who have ever indicated that they would act as
something other than votecounters have been strongly opposed; some
barely scraped through (e.g. Essjay) and even this was after they gave
in and agreed to avoid exercising discretion unless the percentage of
support votes was between 75% and 80% (>80% is automatic support; <75%
is automatic fail, or a relist at best). In short, "RfA regulars" or the
"community" are uncomfortable with such discretionary powers; to them,
bureaucrats are just for deciding the sticky 75% to 80% decisions, and
discounting socks. Then again, this does seem to work for the most part.
Barring a major controversy, I think Herostratus will pass comfortably.
John