Wikipedia:Age and adminship
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There has been much discussion about adminship and age[1] over the past while. Some Wikipedians feel that users are being inappropriately discriminated against because of their age, while others find it acceptable to take age into consideration when !voting on an adminship discussion for an under-18 user. Candidates around the 12- to 14-year-old bracket have been especially controversial. These candidates are sometimes opposed in adminship discussions for their age, and beaurocrats do not discount these votes. To some, this constitutes ageism. Others believe it is legitimate to oppose young candidates, raising issues immaturity, trustworthiness, and accountability.
History of ageism on Wikipedia and so forth Discussions
Ageism on Wikipedia is seen in many ways by different editors. The main discussion started on a RFA on July 24, 2008. A user was opposed with the comments of "how can I trust a user who has a bedtime to be an admin.". This comment opened a disccusion to wether or not, age should indeed play a part in a RFA. The older editors decided that a user who is younger is least likely to show the maturity to be an admin and cannot be trusted because of the factor of age. The younger editors then fought back saying that age should not play a part, and that if a editor showed maturity, that should be enough to promote them to adminship. Later three furious editors opened a "cabal", created to stop ageism on Wikipedia. The cabal was quickly deleted and all discussions were closed.
Arguments of trust
Notes
- ^ See WT:RFA#Age and adminship for a recent discussion.