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ciphergoth comments on META: application for adminship on the wiki - Less Wrong
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Gwern would be good and I'm happy to volunteer. I am an admin on most MediaWikis I hang out on. (I'm one of the few who is an admin both on Wikipedia and Uncyclopedia ...)
Really, I suggest the basic admin powers - delete things, block spammers - should be granted to almost anyone who actually edits at all and is one of the community. There's almost nothing an admin on a MediaWiki site can do that is irreversible. I wouldn't autogrant them, but they should be widely spread, and the norm should be regarded as "grant" rather than "not grant". In my experience, spreading the powers far and wide saves a lot of social fuss.
(On RW, anyone who edits for more than a few days and isn't a gibbering nutter or obnoxious jerk gets swooped upon and cursed with a +10 mop. The 'crats all but stalk n00bs waiting for their moment. So far there have been no disasters. Remember the Secret of Wikipedia: most people are pretty OK if you set the environment up right.)
It looks like the current LW wiki admins were created when the wiki was started and the list has never been updated. We may need more 'crats too ... I nominate Vladimir Nesov. And Ciphergoth. (Who appears to have previously been one.) Anyone who's been around since it started and still edits is a good prospect for 'crat.
I cleaned the list up a week or so ago. I meant no offense to ciphergoth by removing him (I couldn't remember official permission to grant that power so removed it).
Wmoore and I have Bureaucrat power without authority, so there is effectively only one Bureaucrat (with six arms).
I am in discussion with Eliezer regarding this thread.
No offence taken :-) I'm happy to be an admin or bureaucrat if people like. I agree with David that we should err on the side of handing out adminships quite freely.
I know of no reason ciphergoth couldn't be an admin if he wanted, if anyone cares.
Am getting pissed off with not having the "skipcapcha" privilege - I'd still love to be an admin if there's a way to move that forward. And I still think we should hand out adminships like candy to anyone we think is a good sort, it doesn't give you the power to do lasting harm.