Forum:CT Archive/Proposed addition to Wookieepedia:Administrators

In the recent Mofference, the question of what to do with inactive administrators came up. One of the requirements of a nominee for adminship is that the user has "dealings with other users on a regular basis in a fair, restrained, and constructive manner." An administrator who is absent for long periods of time no longer fits this requirement, in the views of some. However, a point that was put forth against removing adminship is that this wiki is to be considered volunteer work, and as such, it might not be fair to apply that same sense of obligation that you would for professional work. As no fast consensus could be reached, this issue has been relegated to the Consensus track, where it can be viewed by a larger body of users than those present at the Mofference.

Discussion

 * Personally, I would find it unconscionable to expect to have administrative powers on a site which I had basically abandoned, were I to return six months later. The community has changed completely in that amount of time before, and will likely do so again. And I do not view the removal of sysop privileges to be an utterly horrible thing; I don't feel an inflated sense of attachment to the powers bestowed upon me, and I should hope that no one else would, either. Thefourdotelipsis made the case to me that absence does not necessarily mean that a user will not make a competent and trustworthy sysop, and I note that SparqMan is a clear example of such&mdash;I would not seek to have his sysop privileges removed, as he has proven a prolific and constructive user since his return. However, it is agreed by more than a few that a full year with no word is clearly a sign that something is lacking when it comes to an admin's feeling of responsibility for the site. As it stands, I am more than willing to accept the system proposed by Greyman at the last Mofference, which is somewhat less harsh than the original proposal that I put forth. Any proposed revisions are more than welcome. Graestan ( Talk ) 04:42, 6 January 2008 (UTC)

Proposal
To be added to Administrators:

In the event that an administrator enter into a protracted absence from the wiki, some form of explanation, be it even a simple "I'm taking a break" or template, is desired. In the absence of any explanation, if an administrator does not edit, use admin tools, or visit #wookieepedia for six months or more, the following steps are to be taken outside of the RFRA process: