The site has no chance at all of ever becoming good again.

Hey! it's the 25th. Given the paucity of entries it's not like 'tallying the votes' if going to be that difficult ...

@Tim I've been sysadmining for a couple of decades and one thing I do know is that reding documentation is important. It's also important to read the correct documentation. In this case, a book from 2002 is not the correct documentation.

The extensive edit to the question seems to have clarified the situation. It is for sure Off Topic for Server fault on the grounds of bypassing security.

Almost no one here is a sysadmin that's a big part of the issue.

It would be more helpful if you answered questions rather than just fiddling. So many questions go unanswered now that any answer you can provide would be a bonus.

Answers should contain content, not just pointers to content.

Read your question above carefully - ' ... found it to be good'. It's a bit of a give away.

If you found that to be a good question, perhaps you should not be reviewing.

It could be argued that the decline in new content/questions is because people are finding their answers in existing content . Voting was always limited to a relatively small number of people, who like you and I, no longer play the game. What's most troubling is the lack of answers to new questions. data.stackexchange.com/serverfault/query/303570/…. It seems that the natural attrition is not not being back filled by new contributors who can provide answers.

It seems you accidentally typed forum when you meant Q&A site too.

You're being remarkably restrained here in the face of such whineyness. Nevertheless you seem a little tetchy - you need to go ride a bike. Pip pip !