I was bored so I took another sample. Combining the H's (9) and L's (11) gives a nice round sample size of 20......
Hammersoft (talk · contribs · logs)
Harrias (talk · contribs · logs)
Harryboyles (talk · contribs · logs)
Hey man im josh (talk · contribs · logs)
HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk · contribs · logs)
HJ Mitchell (talk · contribs · logs)
Hoary (talk · contribs · logs)
Holly Cheng (talk · contribs · logs)
Hurricanehink (talk · contribs · logs)
L235 (talk · contribs · logs)
LadyofShalott (talk · contribs · logs)
Lectonar (talk · contribs · logs)
Lee Vilenski (talk · contribs · logs)
Legoktm (talk · contribs · logs)
Lenticel (talk · contribs · logs)
Less Unless (talk · contribs · logs)
Liz (talk · contribs · logs)
Llywrch (talk · contribs · logs)
Lowellian (talk · contribs · logs)
LuK3 (talk · contribs · logs)
Obviously active Admins (just recognise them by name):
* Hammersoft
* Hey man Im josh
* HJ Mitchell
* L234
* LadyofShalott
* Lee Vilenski
* Legoktm
* Liz
What should be quite noticeable, as I said previously, quite a few (3 of 8) are not ordinary Admins. Two are Arbitrators and a third is a Bureaucrat. My personal view is those people should be barred by policy from acting as ordinary Admins, for various reasons. But for the purposes of this analysis, I guess we can be generous and count them.
Active Administrators I didn't recognize were as follows....
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HickoryOughtShirt?4 (T-C-L)
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Lectonar (T-C-L)
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Less Unless (T-C-L)
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LuK3 (T-C-L)
They probably fly under the radar due to lack of participation at AN/I.
Interestingly, I was going to include
Llywrch (T-C-L) as simply a recognised name, until I realized they weren't doing much. I saw no Adminny posts this year, and their last block and protection were both in 2022. A couple of others (LadyofShalott, Lee Vilenski) are barely doing anything or might only be using the tools for things they come across in regular editing, but as I've said before, I am extremely generous with my definition of active Administrator.
Like Llywrch,
Harrias (T-C-L) has done nothing Adminny this year, and only issued two blocks and one protection in the whole of 2023. He has only used their Admin tools once this year for their own convenience leading to amusing/confusing log entries......
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Harryboyles (T-C-L) appears to be an inactive Admin, but it's tough to tell given their sheer number of edits as they pursue some kind of WikiGnome agenda fiddling with project banners. They last deleted a page in 2023, seemingly in pursuit of this activity.
Holly Cheng (T-C-L) is an interesting case. They long ago stopped making blocks and protections, and don't seem to be an active Administrator simply by virtue of being in their wilderness phase of editing. However, they might technically be an active Admin due to a lingering interest in file curating activities. But even that feels like a drop in the ocean in that one specific area.
It's astonishing to see people like
Hurricanehink (T-C-L) essentially being inactive Administrators, given their huge levels of activity in editing, and seemingly as a person interested in collaboration and curating. They last blocked or protected in 2020. They only now seem to use their tools for their their convenience, such as moves over redirects in their topic area.
Lowellian (T-C-L) seems to be a less active example of this kind of inactive Adminning, their tools only used in page moves they already wanted to make.
Lenticel (T-C-L) is another bizarre case. Still a highly active editor, they have never blocked anyone and have only made one protection, in 2008. Their recent use of the deletion tool is just housekeeping. They do edit AN/I, but again only for routine clerking. They are very active in XfD and general maintenance work, yet it all appears to be only as an editor, not an Admin.
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So on a sample size of 20, you can see only 12 can reasonably be called active Administrators, arguably only 10 if you ignore the two Arbitrators.
And perhaps contrary to common belief, the majority are known faces, not quiet community servants who eschew the limelight.
It yet again seems to be the case that Wikipedia has a serious problem with Administrators showing up as active, but whose tool use and soft power presence is either completely absent, or is seen in negligible terms, and now only in purist of their own editing.
Quite worrying is the sight of at least two of those eight inactive Admins (Hurricanehink, Lenticel) who, given their high levels of editing and the right kind of collaboration, perhaps could and should be doing more for the community as Administrators, but for whatever reason, are reluctant to do so.
