> Every admin that's rude indicates to people that it's ok to be rude, > and/or that it's ok to be rude if you're special (an admin) and not > a peon (normal editors). Neither of these is a good thing.
You understood my point exactly. > People having a bad day, but not a persistent problem, should often > just be politely notified and asked to go take the day off and > relax / feel better elsewhere for a while. [...] But admins who go > too far overboard need to be reigned in, as do users who go too far > overboard. True. We need to apply our rules on a case-by-case basis. Emily On Aug 12, 2009, at 5:42 PM, George Herbert wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Emily Monroe<[email protected]> > wrote: >>> the arbitration committee have tended to take the view that >>> incivility alone is not a reason to remove the admin toolbox and >>> flag. >> >> Oh, I get it--precedent interferes with my idea. >> >>> But yes, I've always followed Spider-Man, and thought that with >>> great power comes great responsibility. >> >> This is exactly my point. If somebody has privileges, then they have >> that *much more responsibility* to act in a civil matter. > > That has unfortunately not been a formal enforced prerequisite nor > strongly reinforced in the admins community. > > I agree with you - The example admins set is important. Every admin > that's rude indicates to people that it's ok to be rude, and/or that > it's ok to be rude if you're special (an admin) and not a peon (normal > editors). Neither of these is a good thing. > > We have to have a tolerance band, even admins who normally go out of > their way to be polite or levelheaded have bad days. People having a > bad day, but not a persistent problem, should often just be politely > notified and asked to go take the day off and relax / feel better > elsewhere for a while. > > But admins who go too far overboard need to be reigned in, as do users > who go too far overboard. And it does happen. > > > -- > -george william herbert > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > 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
