Wookieepedia:Requests for removal of user rights

An extreme measure against administrators and bureaucrats that, over prolonged periods of time, have worked deliberately against Wookieepedia, have displayed undesirable behavior that causes substantial harm to the image of the Wookieepedia community, and/or abused their powers.

To view past requests, see the archive.

Requirements:


 * 1) There exists substantial proof that the admin or bureaucrat has worked deliberately against Wookieepedia, engaged in behavior that has damaged the image of the Wookieepedia community, and/or abused their powers.
 * 2) Links to said proof must be provided. Edits to Wookieepedia, comments on other web sites and IRC chat logs may be used as evidence.
 * 3) Participating registered users' votes must have a 2/3 supermajority for adminship to be removed (Only users who have been registered for over a month—from the day the nomination is put forth—are counted).
 * 4) Participating administrators' votes must have a 2/3 supermajority for adminship to be removed.
 * 5) Participating bureaucrats' votes must be unanimous for adminship to be removed.

Sikon (5 admins + 4 users/3 users/0)
He's a good technical user. I like him. But he simply does not have the temperament to be an effective administrator. He runs the site as if it's his private domain, and his response to any disagreement is to insist his way or he packs up and goes home, taking his necessary technical expertise with him. He refuses to allow any rules to be enforced that he does not personally care for and makes massive changes on his own without consulting the community, far beyond his prerogatives as an administrator/bureaucrat. Now, one possible solution would be to remove adminship from Sikon's account but to leave it on the account of his bot, R2-D2, with the explicit understanding that Artoo's admin powers be used for technical tasks alone and that Sikon himself is not an administrator and does not have the power to block, protect, vote as an administrator, or anything else, simply to tinker with MediWiki. But as it stands, his behavior is not acceptable in an administrator. Havac 21:50, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Remove adminship

 * 1) Havac 21:50, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) Allowing Admin rights for his bot - with the understanding put forth by Havac - seems a fair compromise here. What he did in regards to the LFL copyrights affair (bear in mind I've only just read the forum topic) goes beyond the pale, IMHO.--Goodwood 22:03, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) With his operation of the QDB and IRC, I expect him to use the "screw you guys, I'm going home" defense, but kriff it. He steps over the line too often. And de-admin the bot too. It doesn't do anything Jaymach and Xwing328's bots can't do. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 22:15, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) This has been floating around on backchannels for a while now, as this is not the first time Sikon has made over-the-top decisions with no community input; but up until now I've resisted it on the grounds that his technical expertise is second to none and he's been, generally speaking, indispensable to the operation of this site, not to mention a generally good contributor of information. However, with his brash, reckless, and self-important choice to threaten the community with this act, it's become clear that his my-way-or-the-highway attitude toward this wiki is too great a risk to continue giving him authority to act as an administrator on our behalf.  I'm sorry Sikon, but this time, you've gone too far. jSarek 22:28, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Oh, and as for the bot, I think leaving a bot as an admin while the user who controls it lacks that privilege is begging for trouble. jSarek 22:34, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 1) **You may have a point there, jSarek - his technical know-how could prove dangerous if the bot is left with Admin rights.--Goodwood 23:48, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) *** I'm still undecided, but if the rest of you decide to de-admin Sikon, there's no way his bot should keep admin rights. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 23:55, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) ****Well, provided he doesn't abuse them, it allows him to continue to use his technical know-how to continue contributing without being an admin himself, and any abuse could be reverted and would naturally end in de-adminship for Artoo and probably a ban. But it's not an idea I'm married to, just a possible compromise. Havac 00:01, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) Culator and jSarek, I couldn't agree more.  Chack Jadson  Talk 23:21, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) Sikon has shown time and time again that he cares only for his own views, not the views of the community. He has overstepped his bounds repeatedly, and he has now abused his power as a representative of Wookieepedia and threatened our very existence. -- Ozzel 00:29, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) Per everyone above.&mdash; Darthtyler Talk 00:36, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) What he did risked making the Lucas organization an enemy instead of an ally, or at least a no-commenting neutral observer. I don't know about any previous abuses, but that alone is too much. Erik Pflueger [[Image:Republican_Emblem.png|20px]] 02:58, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 8) I've tolerated everything else. I've complained, I've voted against some when they came up, but I've somehow still managed to swallow that Sikon really likes making decisions without community input.  It's annoyed me, certainly, but no one thing has pushed me over that edge.  But this...Jesus Christ, this is probably one of the worst decisions I've seen here, and anyone who would make one like this without even consulting the community—and what's more, claim to be speaking on behalf of us—can't be trusted with the position of admin.  Even if everything else were put aside, using his political status as an admin in a way that could hurt us all just shows to me that that status is not placed in the right person. - Lord Hydronium 04:12, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 9) I actually wanted to do this after the whole Nebulax fiasco. I brushed it aside, hoping that would be the last time Sikon would abuse his power. Then I log on tonight to see that he has now potentially pissed off LFL. Good job, mate.  StarNeptune Talk to me! 04:38, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 10) *Well, Neptune, you'll have to admit, this makes Jack's offenses look like small potatoes, doesn't it? Erik Pflueger [[Image:Republican_Emblem.png|20px]] 04:43, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 11) Per Hydro. -LtNOWIS 04:45, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 12) Absolutely presumptuous and inappropriate. This is supposed to be a community, damn it. This behavior can continue no longer. -- Graestan  [[Image:Jedi_Order.jpg|20px]] ( This party's over ) 04:45, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 13) He jumped ahead without consensus on something that could result in the site getting shut down and a bunch of other stuff that's pissed people off. --  Riffsyphon  1024 04:46, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Keep adminship

 * 1) Call me soft, I just can't do this. I'd prefer it if we try and solve the problem, rather than remove it wholesale. But that's just me. Thefourdotelipsis 22:36, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 2) *I have tried to solve the problem. But if you try to confront him on his talkpage, he ignores it. If you confront him in IRC, he leaves. Ignoring the juvenile quality of that response to criticism, how can you solve a problem with someone who says, "My way or the highway," and then runs away? It's not real-life; we can't corner him and demand he talk. Havac 23:50, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 3) **Waaaahl, you can bring him down a notch, can't you? He's still a bureaucrat, isn't he? Defrockerise that element for starters. Then, if no progress, kick him while he's down. Thefourdotelipsis 23:58, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 4) ***Admin status gives him the de facto authority to speak on our behalf. After this fiasco, it's downright dangerous to remove his bureaucrat status, but not his admin status, and then take a "wait and see" attitude. jSarek 00:02, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 5) ****Bah! I won't resort to cutthroatedness in a trivial community! Et not tu Four Dot. I believe in the concepts of redemption and boot licking. Both of them force me to vote this way. And I'm not budging, damnit. Thefourdotelipsis 00:10, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 6) What he said. --Danik Kreldin 22:40, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * 7) What they said. &mdash;Grand Admiral J. Nebulax (Imperial Holovision) [[Image:Imperial Emblem.png|20px]] 23:00, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

Comments

 * It's pretty clear that Sikon cares more about the GFDL than he does about the community. We'll get shut down faster than you can blink if LucasArts/Lucasfilm even looks at us funny, but Sikon takes it upon himself to provoke them. I'm tired of it. I'm tired of his constant disregard for democracy in favor of the nebulous ideal of "consensus," I'm tired of his enforcing his own will over the rules we've all decided on, and I'm tired of his lording his technical expertise over us all. He can shut down the QDB and never edit a MediaWiki page again for all I care. We don't need admins who are going to pull ridiculous stunts for their "ideals" that are counterproductive to the good of the community. I like Sikon, I really do, but any person that would walk up to a sleeping tiger and poke it with a stick is too stupid to live, let alone be a Wookieepedia administrator. -- Darth Culator  (Talk) 22:44, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I have to consider this a bit before I vote, if I do at all. I do agree he stepped WAY over the line here. Having contributed here for a year and a half, I'm not aware of what other instances he's done similar stunts, so basing it on what I've seen, this one occurance, I don't know if de-admin'ing him is the right way to deal with this. - JMAS 22:54, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * JMAS: he changed the VFD to the trash compactor, completely altering the system (not just the name) without community approval.  Chack Jadson  Talk 23:23, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Still gonna reserve my vote. If this creates any blowback from LFL, then I'll likely vote for removal, otherwise, I'm nuetral right now. - JMAS 23:31, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
 * Likewise. I'm going to wait until more information develops. &mdash;Silly Dan (talk) 00:28, 9 August 2007 (UTC)
 * I definitely don't approve of his actions, but for now I will also remain neutral in this matter.--Darth Oblivion 03:03, 9 August 2007 (UTC)

Evidence

 * Unilaterally shut down the FA page.
 * Wanted to ban Skype (Some background: Some of us in IRC at the time were using Skype as a chat program. Sikon suggested we use some open source program instead, as he refused to use Skype. We refused, and this thread re: banning Skype from Wookieepedia events showed up. Note his comment about us potentially hosting Skype events "behind [his] back")
 * Changed the Trash Compactor rules without community input or approval, mainly because he feels "voting is evil". He also threatened to leave if we didn't comply with his wishes.
 * Created a new process, again without community approval or input, regarding the fate of Jack Nebulax.
 * R2-D2 is an admin...why? I see no Mediawiki edits in R2's history since he was given Sysop access.