User blog comment:Sannse/Admin Philosophy Revisited/@comment-168424-20170922231123

Some suggested additions:

Admins sometimes need a cool down period. Some interactions can get even the best admin angry. If they seem angry, sometimes they need to just take a step back and cool down. Users should respect this and not try to push the issue. See "Admins are not perfect".

Admins can't fix everything. They have some abilities non-admins don't, but they can't magically resolve disputes or change stubborn people's minds.

Admins sometimes come in groups. Often admins work in a group of admins, so they have to consider how they cooperate with other admins as well as other users.

Admins are sometimes Bureaucrats. Technically a Bureaucrat is not an admin and many admins are not Bureaucrats (in the wiki sense). A bureaucrat can promote and demote admins, promote admins to Bureaucrat status, but not demote other Bureaucrats. These abilities are not the same as a non-Bureaucrat admin (sysop) and this makes a difference. Maybe there should be a Bureaucrat Philosophy blog?

Comments and suggestions about the above are welcome. I tried to make them different from the ones in the blog, but there may be some overlap.