Countering active admin flight

But what can we recommend? Electing more admins? This only worls if there are more reasonable candidates. Easing the requirements for an admin? I am all for discussing and recommending smth, I just honestly do not see what we can do.

We can look and see what other large volunteer organizations do to attract and retain the best and brightest as their top line volunteers.

Cash, gifts, real-life community recognition (if they want it, and anonymity if they do not!) are some possibilities. Which of those possibilities do you think has the greatest chance to make the most positive difference?

What are the upsides and downsides to each?

Obviously real-life community recognition.

Cash and gifts in my opinion are more likely to attract people who want cash and not creating encyclopedic content/

Do you suppose we have any admins who would be embarrassed if their employer discovered their hobby? More importantly, how many admins want to remain anonymous because they were involved in a content dispute in which they were threatened? I suspect, given the extent to which both occur in practice, that real-life community recognition would not make as much positive difference as anonymous gifts or payments.