You are right, Asaf. It seems that getting the sysop bit is much harder now than it used to be in the past, possibly due to many situations of inexperienced sysops causing havoc in Commons. OTOH, any destructive/untrustworthy account, such as "Daphne Lantier"/INC, can easily get the flag by being overactive in the usual tasks, and even get a motion by some of the most established sysops of Commons toward forgiveness and tolerance of plainly destructive behavior, for all the "good work" it also did there.
Paulo Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> escreveu no dia segunda, 13/05/2019 à(s) 15:51: > On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 1:10 PM Paulo Santos Perneta < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > As a Commoner, I can tell we certainly are, James, please apply here: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators > > > > Even if your sysop actions are rather occasional or seasonal, or focused > on > > a certain topic, like mine, all help is very much welcomed there. > > rg/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > > <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l>, <mailto: > > [email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > > > That has not been my experience. I recently wanted to help reduce the > load, in my volunteer capacity, by becoming a Commons admin focused on > undeletion requests (which ties in with my volunteer work as an OTRS agent, > and would save me and Admins the time of filing and handling a COM:UDR > request). Despite my thousands of contributions to Commons, my track > record in the movement, and my understanding of copyright, a small majority > opposed. Some of them specifically said they don't want admins focused on a > certain topic, and others wanted to see me active in deletion discussions > (specifically) before they would consider accepting my help. This does > suggest there is a certain reluctance to give the admin bit even to very > low-risk volunteers like me. > > I certainly did not feel my help was welcomed. > > A. > -- > Asaf Bartov <[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
