QUOTE(powercorrupts @ Wed 20th April 2011, 9:45am)
Perhaps they are finally realising that it is time to take adminship seriously, as in Real World seriously. It's more than just a 'mop and a bucket' when someone puts the bucket on their head and waves around the mop handle-outwards at people, occasionally actually charging. Maybe they will start thinking about making their Admin Army less of a privileged award to all pathologically-loyal and suitably courruptable volunteers, and perhaps something more like a optional stint of National Service to people who are really into building a fair and honest encyclopedia. And of course pigs will fly - no change is always the 'wisest' route at Wikipedia.
The answer to Wikipedia’s dilemma is simple: put good-looking people in charge.
I think the Wikipedia
mob community is moving in the right direction: In the last Arbcom election, the new arbitrators included the blonde muscular Viking Xeno, the swashbuckling Royal Navy officer Chase Me, and the shapely pasties-shaking sexpot Shell Kinney. After years of flab and drab on Arbcom, people can now look at that committee with unapologetic carnal pleasure.
Granted, the emphasis on exterior appearance over basic competence may not actually solve the problem. But at least the view to the wreckage is much more entertaining…especially during warmer weather, when people wear much less clothing. (IMG:
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