Forum:CT Archive/Admin nominations

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Recently, it seems more and more people are seeing adminship as simply a status symbol and something they get just for being around long enough and not vandalizing anything. Witness recent attempts at adminship that failed badly with almost no support for them. What did the three most recent failures have in common? They were self-noms. While self-noms have worked in the past, I really don't think they're necessary, as anyone who can't get a nomination from anyone else isn't likely to get support to become an admin anyway. There's nothing stopping anyone from asking someone else from a nom anyway.

Which is why I have a corollary proposal to limit nominations to current admins. While I recognize the danger of turning adminship into a good old boys' club, I think that there is currently a large and diverse enough base of admins that anyone who would have a decent shot at adminship (remember you need 2/3 [voting] admin approval to become an admin already anyway) would be able to find an admin to back their candidacy. Essentially, it's my feeling that this wouldn't significantly increase admin control over nomination beyond the high level already wielded by them, and it would serve an invaluable role in eliminating the junk nominations that stand no shot of succeeding anyway. Havac 01:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Restrict nominations to admins

 * 1) Havac 01:42, 9 December 2006 (UTC)

Eliminate self-noms but don't require admin endorsement

 * 1) Perhaps with the caveat that the nominator needs to have been editing for more than a month, to discourage sockpuppetry. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 02:54, 9 December 2006 (UTC)