It might be reasonable for all active admins for whom there is not an AfD to be reconfirmed.
On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> > wrote: >> 2009/2/11 Charlotte Webb <[email protected]>: >>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Patton 123 <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I know a de-admining process is proposed practically every other day, but >>>> this >>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EVula/opining/RfA_overhaul>doesn't >>>> appear >>>> to have had much discussion. What do you think about it? Personally I think >>>> it's a good idea, the only draw back being new accounts abusing it. >>> >>> If the numbers really matter so much, the simplest and fairest >>> approach would be to a reconfirmation poll, where anyone can raise >>> concerns but "voting" is limited to those who participated previously >>> in the user's successful RFA. Sure there may still be sockpuppets or >>> meatpuppets, etc. for or against the user in the reconfirmation >>> shin-dig, but only if they were already present during the first RFA. >>> If we are only looking at the net change in approval rating within the >>> same audience, they would not likely have a pivotal impact. >> >> That doesn't work for admins that have been around a while - most of >> the people that contributed to their RFA will have left the project. > > And that tells us what? That they were trusted at one stage and might > or might not be now. Someone should bring up a list of the really old > admins (in terms of RfA) and how many people commented at their RFA > and how many of those people are still around. Are there any "mailing > list" admins still around (in the very old days, admins were given the > bit based on a mailing list discussion)? Of course, many of these old > admins are themselves inactive now. > > Carcharoth > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
