Forum:Requirements for staying a sysop/b'crat

Forums: Yew Grove > Requirements for staying a sysop/b'crat

As you can see on this page [1], we have over 25 inactive sysops most who have not made edits in over four months and have left no messages indicating their wish to return or keep their power. Here I propose we institute a few requirements that all administrators must meet if they wish to keep their power. Please note that these guidelines are being crafted in order to make active admins not have to meet any quota at all and simply keep on doing what they are doing. The goal here is to remove power from users who truly dont need it or ever use it, and remove inactive admins who are gone and show no signs of coming back. Nothing is final.

Requirements to remain an administrator

• Administrators must be active on the wiki in some way.
• Administrators are required to check the yew grove once a week so they are aware of major policy and wiki changes as well as current events. Participation in discussions is not required.

Inactive administrators

• If an administrator is inactive for four months or more, a message should be left on their talk page by another sysop or bureaucrat informing them that their powers will be removed if no response is received within a week.
• After the week has passed, a vote must be taken and if passed a bureaucrat must remove the inactive users power.
• If an administrator who had their power removed returns and wishes to receive it again, all they need to do is contact a bureaucrat and inform them they are ready to be active once more.

TEbuddy 20:05, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Discussion

I really oppose this whole process, removing power from inactive admins who have earned it. I'd only support under one condition - they do not need to pass another RFA to get their rights back. Assume good faith says that we have no right to assume the admin will suddenly abuse their power after some time of inactivity. The community in that time will have changed, and will pay no attention to the good work the admin had done before, or will oppose simply because they don't know the person. And they most certainly will do that. That's not fair at all. Christine 20:23, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

I agree with Christine. Past admins, if they have their powers removed at all, should have them granted back should they return. They have already been granted them once, they don't need to run again. Karlis (talk) (contribs)

20:27, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

Makes sense. Ill add that in. TEbuddy 20:38, 2 April 2009 (UTC)

If we revoke a departed sysop's privileges, only to grant them back if they return, what is the purpose of removing them in the first place? Hyenaste 20:42, 2 April 2009 (UTC)