Rename to "Wikipedia:Administrator help requests" or "Requests for Administrator assistance"?
Sometimes a name can have an effect. FT2 On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Alex Sawczynec <[email protected]>wrote: > Probably due in no small part to the fact that AN is the official > "administrator's board," while ANI is the incidents board, the "i'm telling > on you" board where any user can report any perceived threats. Just tends > to > lead to more outrageous, drama-inducing posts, I'd wager. > > - GlassCobra > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 6:34 AM, FT2 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Some off-wiki response-seeking... > > > > A couple of comments at the administrator's noticeboard (AN) about the > > quality of ANI discussion have led to a short post on-wiki asking for > > perceptions: > > > > A user's suggested in passing in an AN discussion, that they feel there > can > > be issues at ANI: > > > > > > - *"For whatever reason, discussions at WP:AN seem to be a little more > > calm and rational than ANI"* > > - *"ANI is a bit like throwing chum into a pool of sharks. It's just > > the mentality there"* > > - *"AN doesn't seem to attract as many drama seekers [as ANI]"* > > > > Quick feedback: some truth to it? A lot? Not much? > > > > A simple request for thoughts. > > > > Since ANI and VP tend to be followed by more experienced users and > admins, > > I'm posting it on the en mailing list to increase the exposure and odds > of > > feedback being given from non-admins. > > Link to on-wiki > > post< > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators'_noticeboard#ANI_curiosity > < > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Administrators%27_noticeboard#ANI_curiosity > > > > > > > > > FT2 > > _______________________________________________ > > WikiEN-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
