How to Select Administrators (use of database query)

Thomasz, Jimmy, and Anthere;

Thanks (again) for your comments.

Now I realized more or less that admins have no special role in 
controversies. Certainly, deleting or freezing a controversial article 
without discussing about it would not be a good idea.

I personally agree that admin should be serving other users, acting upon 
concensus of users rather than pushing his/her own personal judgements.

But I am not sure how it should apply to the use of database query. It is 
perhaps not very powerful tool, but anyway a privilage. Is there any use of 
database query that is considered (serious) abuse? Say, some admins use the 
query to spot edits or his/her personal enemies? Well, I guess anyone can do 
it with "user contribution" and "recent changes." So maybe there isn't any 
significant danger of abuse?

Also, I wonder if there is any higher expectations for admins regarding 
his/her behaviors in heated controversies. That is, if an admin is found to 
be promoting a POV (not intentionally, but, say, because of lack of efforts 
to understand other POVs), wouldn't it be a more serious problem than just a 
non-admin user doing the same?

If someone has something to say about these things (or other things), I 
would like to listen.

Tomos

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