Forum:New admins

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Many previous admins have become inactive. Let's discuss a few points:

1. Do we need more admins?
2. If yes: What should we look for in a good admin? Who wants to? Who should do the job? Admins should be chosen in public, by the wiki user base.
3. Proposed policy: If you're inactive for one solid year, you lose your admin rights. You can get them back again at any time you wish. (I doubt anybody will make use of that option, but it would feel somehow disrespectful not to provide it.)

Please feel free to comment - the more people, the better. No voting yet on admin candidates, because we should reach consensus on the rest first, but nominations are welcome. --Tjr 00:51, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

In practise, admins are responsible in a very broad sense, can undelete pages, and can block spammers. I haven't had to resolve any edit wars. For more info, see Nethackwiki:Administrators, and the technical side of things at Wikipedia's admin school and Special:ListGroupRights. --Tjr 01:09, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Discussion

More admins: Yes. I think one or two more are needed. Nominated users should be currently active (duh), preferably with a years-long history of good contributions. IMO, being reachable via irc is a plus, as is some knowledge of MediaWiki, so more than just normal article editing skills. --paxed 07:40, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

Looking at Special:ActiveUsers, I'd like to nominate User:Ion frigate, User:Qazmlpok, User:Ais523 and User:Bhaak. Ais523 and Bhaak do not have as many contributions as Ion frigate and Qazmlpok, but they are also very active in the community outside the wiki. (For example, both have their own Variant) --paxed 07:40, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

My opinion as a wiki voter:

• More admins: yes. We should have a way to pass on the torch, before the need arises.
• Qualifications: Foremost a long track record of caring for the NetHack community. Getting along well, many edits, good writing, and knowledge about vanilla, Slashem, and variants are also important to me.
• De-admin policy: yes. --Tjr 23:36, 1 October 2011 (UTC)