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)

Criteria
Being a sysop is more about being a trusted member of the community rather than about how many edits you've made, and you can't expect to have gained this in less than a week. People need to see how you handle various situations, etc. --Angela, quoted (and seconded) by Uncle Ed 22:26, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * One of those situations clearly being "how do you act when you don't get your own way". Which this would appear to be. -- Finlay McWalter 23:13, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Yes, thats a very good idea.  Green  Mountain 23:21, 8 Jan 2004 (UTC)

I just wanted to say that I got sysop status after only a bit more than a month and maybe 300/400 edits, but most of the edits were useful instead of "added a period" or "spelling correction".

I'm not Attacking anyone who does that, but 300 minor edits is a whole different thing than 300 full-paragraph (or at least fact) additions...

--Ilyanep 16:38, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)

New rule
It seems the new rule at this so-called open source project is that anyone with a sysop key can ban any user, or attempt to block any IP at any time. So much for the e-mail, discussion and what not. All it requires is a rope and a few willing allies. In this case, the vigilante action seems to have been to protect other sysops from criticism. --172.192.87.172 00:26, 25 Jan 2004


 * I will be happy to discuss these matters further with you, but not on the wiki itself. You can email me at cyanonym at hotmail dot com. -- Cyan 02:26, 25 Jan 2004 (UTC)