On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Amory Meltzer <[email protected]> wrote: > Good? > > "Though the Wikipedia has more than 12 million registered users, its > inner core consists of roughly 1,700 administrators who possess the > ability to reject edits, lock down pages from further editing, and > deem entire entries unworthy. But the real power lies in the > Wikipedian equivalent of the College of Cardinals -- some 200 to 300 > super-administrators who may banish transgressors for life and chart > the wiki's strategy and direction..." > > With the exception of the first two numbers, nothing there is wholly > or remotely true.
I think that there's a definite point to that. There are a few core admins and core vocal engaged users who are "super-users" in the sense that we've generally mastered the policy and political stuff inside and can get things done, either directly or by doing the right thing process-wise. I don't know how far out to draw the line, but somewhere between 250 and 500 people all told is probably a reasonable guess. How much influence we hold over content is a more complicated question. Most of those super-users believe in the value of inclusive consensus in a strong way. With that said, WP:BITE is a constant problem... -- -george william herbert [email protected] _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
