Forum:How many admins is enough?

I've been wondering about this for a while, so I decided just to come here and ask. Of course, I understand it would vary depending on how large and how active the wiki is, but how many admins should a wiki have before refusing anyone else for the position? Also, what would be the main disadvantages of having too many admins? THB  → Talk ← 16:37, June 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, it is not really how big a wiki is but how much activity the wiki has. If there are a lot of active users and IPs, the more admins, the better, up to a certain extent. You should never really have number of admins greater than the number of normal active contributors. Too many admins may result in conflicts between them and can be quite dangerous like that with pages being deleted and blocks being made all the time. 16:41, June 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * It depends on what you think adminship entails. Frankly, I believe it should be no bigger of a deal than giving a trusted user more controls to perform advanced tasks.  If you trust them, I don't see any problem with having more admins than normal users - there are always conflicts, even between normal users, and admin actions are undoable just the same as normal user's.  Just make sure you have some pretty basic policy laid down and that you trust your admins and you should be fine. --Pcj (T&bull;C) 16:52, June 21, 2010 (UTC)


 * To me this is an unanswerable question. However, like Pcj says, it is more a matter of trust than count. The real danger is when admins think of themselves as better or more important than any good contributor (consistent, reliable, and willing to discuss decisions). Sometimes a larger, more loosely connected group of admins is better than a efficient, smaller, tightly-knit group because of the danger of groupthink. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 12:27 PM PST 21 Jun 2010
 * I tend to think that adminship isn't that much of a big deal - promote as many users as you think are right, and can use the tools responsibly. However, there is a danger of more wikidrama, due to the increaced use of the tools. This could make the balance very hard, and you'll have to find out what works for you, and your community. Don't turn down a new admin just because you have too many Random Time  21:18, June 21, 2010 (UTC)