I wouldn't be so quick to call it nuisance. We have thousands of active users, hundreds of thousands of occasional users, and a wide range of warriors, promoters, and people who don't get the plot (or would rather not do so). There's a very wide range of reasons someone might want an administrator to help, and most users aren't admins.
There will be a constant flow of misplaced, bad faith or confused requests, but many of those may yet have a fair right to be asked. Far more so, there is a far larger flow of completely legitimate and reasonable requests for admin help. I wouldn't call it "nuisance", as if it's just an undesirable annoyance. Its a result of being the size of the user base that even a tiny proportion validly seeking admin help might add up to hundreds a day. FT2 On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 1:57 PM, David Goodman <[email protected]> wrote: > People need a single main point of contact for problems; If we removed > AN/I, then the confused complaints would come to AN. If we could keep > all the miscellaneous nuisance contained within AN/I, that would be > helpful, large as it might get. > > The various specific boards for reporting problems, SPI in particular, > are more apt to confuse new people than guide them in the right > direction > > On 7/23/09, 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 > > > > > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
