[Theforum] Re: the furture of admin

Emily Christensen em at members.evolt.org
Fri Oct 26 15:37:45 CDT 2001


From: Warden, Matt <mwarden at mattwarden.com>

> So, if that's what you mean, that's just a tools issue and can be easily
> overcome.

You may be right, but I'm not convinced of the value or importance of having
a large admin group.

> >There are also problems with consistency here. Should there really be 50
> >people with the ability to edit articles? Eeek!
>
> Other than using &#151; and "evolt" rather than "Evolt", there's really no
> quidelines. We basically try to keep the *writer's* style in tact, fixing
> only grammatical and spelling errors. So, again, I don't think this will
> be a problem.

Right, and the "no guidelines" thing is a recurring problem.

> Once again, being on theforum lists is not the same as having the priv
> level to edit/approve articles. They're two separate things. It just so
> happens that *probably* everyone with the priv level to edit/approve
> articles would be on theforum.

I'm not talking about theforum here. As far as I know, we haven't agreed to
merge the two lists (admin and theforum).

Emily





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