Re: How to Select Administrators

--- Tomasz Wegrzanowski <taw-Rn4VEauK+AKRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 10:20:35PM +0000, Tomos at
> Wikipedia wrote:
> > Brion, Jimmy, & Tomasz;
> > 
> > Thank you for your replies. I translated your
> messages and shared with 
> > others in Japanese 'pedia.
> > 
> > I particularly appreciate Jimmy's support. Right
> now, though, we have very 
> > few urgent problems (no vandal, no heated
> controversy), and I think I 
> > better not rush to select admins based on my
> personal judgements. We have 
> > started some open discussions about role of admin,
> etc. and some expressed 
> > interest in being one.
> > 
> > Before long, perhaps after a week or so, I or
> someone from Japanese 
> > wikipedia would again contact you or Brion with a
> list of names selected 
> > among us.
> 
> On Polish Wikipedia there is policy that sysops have
> no special rights
> over other Wikipedians - it's just technical thing
> that may be used
> *only* for administrative tasks (moving articles,
> deleting them, fighting
> occasional vandalism), not for dealing with "heated
> controversy".

Imho, that is a great policy!

Sysops should be especially careful not to use their
special abilities in *any* heated controversy they are
involved in.
When they do, other contributors should point it to
them, and try to balance the situation. For, likely,
the deletions will be abusive.

In particular, it would be best if a sysop could
refrain himself-herself from deleting pages displaying
a controversy where he-she was one of the major actors
involved.

Anthère

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