User talk:Worm That Turned/Rant On/Maturity

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Hi Worm!

Thanks for suggesting that I look at this page.

"Maturity" is not the main reason why editors oppose minors from becoming administrators: Maturity concerns only the third issue. (The second issue raises the issue of "paternalism", which of course can be most offensive when applied to mature and older adolescents, I admit.)
 * 1) The legal liability of Wikipedia for providing adolescent administrators with access to illegal files and material.
 * 2) The well-being of adolescents and even younger children.
 * 3) Last and least, the possible damage caused by misbehavior of adolescent administrators (or their friends using their account).

The topic of maturity is excellent for an essay, and I am glad that you are working on this. Have you written a critique, perhaps informal, of the existing essay you link in "See also"?

Best regards, Kiefer .Wolfowitz 00:49, 12 August 2011 (UTC)

P.S. There are two user essays also worth linking:
 * User:Fetchcomms/Children_and_Wikipedia
 * User:Newyorkbrad
 * Thanks Kiefer. As I'm sure you can see, this is very much a work in progress and no where near complete - I really don't want it to be about RfA or adminship, but about the encyclopedia as a whole. Unfortunately, after reading the very good essays I'd linked to (along with the fetchcomms and NYBs), I stalled, trying to work out what I wanted my point to be. I think it's mostly that maturity is an arbitrary concept that's different for everyone and shouldn't be used against editors - unless we can define what immaturity is. But as I said, it still needs work. I'm sure I'll get there in the end, but unlike my other essay, I doubt it's going to just be an overnight job. Thanks for the suggestions though.  WormTT   &middot; &#32;(talk) 19:36, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

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If an editor does admin acting immature. I am a bit confused by this sentence. Feel free to rephrase it. If you even remember its meaning in this 10 year old essay :) – Novem Linguae (talk) 15:24, 11 September 2023 (UTC)


 * @Novem Linguae Haven't read it in a decade, but I think this what I meant WormTT(talk) 15:28, 11 September 2023 (UTC)