Board Thread:Community Voting/@comment-4257955-20150306000303/@comment-1693968-20150314124639

Alright, I'll try to summarize my reasoning quickly. My biggest reason for opposing this is the same reason why I've been so hesitant with community votes, requests for rights, and every other form of community authority. I'm all for community input and an obligation to follow that input, but I'm very reluctant to allow the final decision to be made by the entire community.

The reason is that administrators should, on average, have a much greater decision making capability than the typical user. Administrators should always be more experienced, wiser, and more capable than the average community member. After all, that is why you guys vote for us in RfR. I know there's exceptions to what I've just said, and that there may be one or two exceptional community members who can make better decisions than the average admin, but they only get a single vote. There's also tons of users who have virtually no experience with wikis, don't understand how things work, or don't have the prudence to make the best decision. The reason a user becomes an administrator is because they have demonstrated exceptional experience, knowledge, and wisdom.

To put it simply, I want that second group to be the users in charge of this wiki, even if it doesn't include myself.