Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/Archive 4
After too fast, we have too slow
Quite a few users have been here too long. They need to be made sysops. Most have unanimous support and have been here for at least a week, (i think) Green Mountain 23:00, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- A week is not long enough. --mav 23:17, 3 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- I have seen users become sysops after being listed for less than 2 days. Green Mountain 19:11, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Tim explains
- Please check the discussion above. I was chastised for doing it after 2 days, now I do it after a week. Also, I don't have time to do it every day, so some people may have to wait more than a week. -- Tim Starling 01:57, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)
Should I apply?
I have been here for more than a month. I have a couple thousand contributions. I don't know if I should apply for adminship. Can someone tell me if I should? Green Mountain 01:20, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
- You shouldn't. --Wik 01:44, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)
- Asking "should I ask" is unnecessary. People won't hate you for asking too early, they'll just be really nice about it and tell you to come back later. Lots of people have been made sysops on the second attempt. I say go for it. -- Tim Starling 01:57, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)
- Although you have to consider Alex... -- Tim Starling 02:00, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)
There's no harm in asking. Give it a go and see what happens. --Camembert 02:32, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)
Tim wants to distribute the task of making admins
I have half a mind to do away with this task, it gets tiresome after a while. Does anyone have any ideas on how the power to create sysops can be distributed to the user level? Say, with a quorum and a vote? -- Tim Starling 02:41, Jan 8, 2004 (UTC)
Automation suggested
- Automate the process. Give them a request form where they enter the reason they want to become a sysop. Have seperate voting form which lists how long they have been here, their number of edits, and what reason they give. After exactly 2 weeks, if someone has less than a general consensus (let's say 80%) of the vote, they become a sysop. --Raul654 02:49, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)