What posts were edited? I think its only ever done in extreme circumstances. Perhaps you should start up a post on WRR.
And I agree that for most people when you get more power then it goes to your head at least a little, even if you try not to let it. This isn't something that is unique to Wikipedia. Go to any online community and you will see it. Work anywhere and you'll see bosses throwing their weight around. As they say "Power corrupts" and "Absolute power corrupts absolutely". It is good to always have some kind of a check to see if you are misusing that power.
That's why its good to have a system whereby the power is shared somewhat, and where there are checks and balances. Its why when we first started Wikipedia Review we always agreed to have whoever was the root admin to not be a regular administrator or moderator, nor would the legal owner be. Sadly, it seems that Selina made herself administrator so that she could ban Igor, and for one reason or another has kept that position. I don't agree with that at all, but I guess its out of my control really.
Wikipedia's system in terms of admin abuse is pretty darn good really, when you think about it. There are so many checks and balances for admins that they should never be abusive. For most of the admins they aren't abusive either. The problem is that some particularly sneaky people have found ways to still abuse the system, through getting others to do their bidding, to playing the victim, and so forth. SlimVirgin is a great example of this. Others have found more obvious ways to abuse their power, by simply going after "known enemies" and then add a few others to that list every so often.
Well, I am sorry that you feel this way anyway, Jonny Cache. I guess that I would recommend that the best thing that you could do would be to find somewhere else as an alternative to Wikipedia Review, or even start up your own one. I think that it is probably about time that we had 2 forums, just in case someone doesn't agree with the way that this one is run. Its always good to have 2 options.
I don't think that it is possible, actually, to have a non-corrupt power system, no matter what you do. The best that can happen is that you benefit from the corruption, or that it doesn't adversely affect you.
But for now, this is the only forum that exists that lets you criticise Wikipedia, so until someone else starts up a new one, I am going to keep coming here. And if someone else starts up a new one, I'd probably go to both.
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