Wikipedia:Administrators

People who have the administrative password can do some extra-powerful stuff like automatically renaming pages. For example, one could rename a page from JohnQDude to John Q Dude, and not only would the page be renamed, but all the links.

Additionally, administrators can actually delete pages. We probably don't want to do much of this, because in general, a redirect is better than a deletion! In that way, old links from search engines, etc., still work.

I, Jimbo Wales, propose that I should give out the administrator password fairly freely. People who have been around for a week or two, contributing to the pages in a useful way, should have access to this. Indeed, the only reason not to give it out willy-nilly is that someone really could mess things up. (For example, by renaming every page to 'Bob'.)

I think, as long as someone has shown good will (and that means pretty much everybody who is a regular visitor) should have it.

Are there any thoughts/objections to this? Perhaps CliffordAdams knows of some reason why this is a bad idea.

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(Also, I think that the admin password would give us a quick way to let regulars in to edit, while blocking others, if we come under attack from spammers or vandals at some point.)