Hi Neotarf, Sounds like an interesting program. There are similar programs in the US to encourage males in their younger years (under 18) to treat other people respectfully and to try to inspire them with visions of hopeful futures (e.g. high-quality jobs instead of membership in gangs). I'm not sure how applicable this kind of training would be in the Wikiverse, but I'm glad to see the progress happening on anti-harrassment initiatives and I hope that those will yield benefits. In general I'd like to see high-quality, modular training available for administrators on a variety of topics. Individual Wikimedia projects could have the option to encourage or require admin candidates to complete portions of the training, as well as require "re-certification" on a periodic basis to retain certain permissions.
I'm not aware of studies of the age range of Wikimedia admins, but I'd venture that most are 18+. There are a few younger than that, but my impression is that they're a minority. How much and what kind of supervision Wikimedia admins and functionaries have depends on the project. ENWP Arbcom has desysopped admins including functionaries. But I imagine that on smaller projects, demoting a problematic administrator could be next to impossible. Pine
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