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There's a new function being proposed called Wikipedia:Town sheriff. It's not clear to me whether this will have a net negative or positive impact. The one detail which is bound to be a sticking point is "Sheriffs who are appointed to a page may be removed the same way, by a consensus of the community."
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"Requests for Sheriffcy"? Yet another jargon term; I've never heard of such a term and a Googling for it reveals a tiny scattering of hits, mostly pages saying that there's no such word.
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QUOTE(Kelly Martin @ Thu 10th February 2011, 5:53am) *

"Requests for Sheriffcy"? Yet another jargon term; I've never heard of such a term and a Googling for it reveals a tiny scattering of hits, mostly pages saying that there's no such word.

"Sheriffship" sounds better to me, and Google seems to support.
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QUOTE(bi-winning @ Sat 5th March 2011, 3:44pm) *
"Sheriffship" sounds better to me, and Google seems to support.

Welcome to WR, Mr. Bi-Winning! (IMG:smilys0b23ax56/default/smile.gif)

I always thought the term was "Sheriffhood," but I looked it up just now and you seem to be right, "Sheriffship" is also considered a proper word, and largely interchangeable with "Sheriffhood." It also sounds a bit less archaic, so I suppose they'd probably prefer that, too.
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Herschelkrustofsky   Town Sheriff  
Kelly Martin   It looks like someone wants something that's m...  
Kevin   There's a new function being proposed called ...  
SB_Johnny   There's a new function being proposed called ...  
Cedric   "Requests for Sheriffcy"? Yet another ...  
Milton Roe   "Requests for Sheriffcy"? Yet another...  
Herschelkrustofsky   Bah. It should be labeled "Requests for Ens...  
Milton Roe   [quote name='Cedric' post='268097' date='Thu 10th...  
Kelly Martin   Trivia: we might note in passing that the very ide...  
Milton Roe   [quote name='Milton Roe' post='270226' date='Sat ...  
Jon Awbrey   10qLYy6hiFQ Sanger insisted on deputizing “...  
lilburne   The project is screwed because it has no focus, a ...  
SB_Johnny   The project is screwed because it has no focus, a...  
thekohser   Sound like a great idea, once they define "co...  
Zoloft   Community would be defined as a shy garage attenda...  
Milton Roe   Community would be defined as a shy garage attend...  
A Horse With No Name   There's a new function being proposed called ...  
Jaranda   I don't see it working, it's a stereotype ...  
Herschelkrustofsky   Will they be sporting a tin barnstar?  
Lar   Seems a bad idea to me but I could be confused.  
Sylar   They should also appoint town outlaws and grant th...  
Text   Everyone on Wikipedia is a sheriff without guns to...  

 

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