Board Thread:Wiki Discussion/@comment-4242472-20140816221856/@comment-1633483-20140816234007

I'm not sure what else to add that hasn't already been said, but I'll make my opinion clear nonetheless.

Admins should make it clear that it is the Community that is the most important decision-maker on the wiki. Everyone should try their utmost to ensure that this is the case both on paper and in reality. We don't need new admins, we need a more involved userbase for all users, admins and otherwise. As it has been said so many times before, admins should be seen as equals and not any more important than other users. The fact that there is paranoia that the opposite is the case is unhelpful and ultimately solves nothing. Personally I think we can solve this by being more vocal when it comes to the fact that decisions that affect the community are ultimately decided by the community and not by a small group of admins. We could create a sort of council on separate IRC channels to deal with particular matters in a way that doesn't differentiate between admins and non-admins. These council decisions would be made in accordance with the will of the majority, not the will of the admins.

As far as I can see, the only thing this idea would amount to is that adminship would be viewed as a token of good behaviour rather than tangible contributions, but apart from that, it would back up the idea that attaining adminship is essentially the same as winning a popularity contest.

And yes, I think this is entirely due to paranoia getting out of hand, but hopefully more inclusive ideas can help sooth over these tensions.