User blog comment:Reddude/ADMIN BLOG-POST: Wiki Officers/@comment-Gideoncrawle-20120729000848

Expanding on a point Nalyd made earlier, adminship isn't really intended to be a reward for a certain level of activity or popularity. We have traditionally appointed new admins only as needed.

As I've said before, I don't think two b-crats are enough--we need a cushion in case Nalyd and/or Reddy become inactive or enter extended hiatus for some reason--so I think we need to elevate one or two admins. (In the wiki's early days, new admins were routinely made b-crats as well, but I don't think we need to go that far.) As for new admins, I'm not entirely certain that we need any at this time, even with three becoming more or less inactive, but I can see adding one or two. We don't necessarily need to add three just because three are leaving, though.