UDWiki:Administration/Demotions

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This page is for system operators to request a demotion of status, or for enaction of demotion due to long-term inactivity. The act of demotion is restricted to those with bureaucrat status, and as such system operators will need to request their demotion here.

Guidelines for Demotion Requests

Request

System operators who wish to request demotion must consider these things before applying.

• Reason for demotion - As demotions cannot be reversed unless the user goes through promotions page again, the user is asked to make sure that they are making the correct decision when applying for demotion.

After a system operator has submitted his or her demotion request, the active Bureaucrats will review it, and after reaching a unanimous decision, choose to either demote the system operator deny his or her request. After action has been taken, the request will be moved to the archive.

Inactivity

main article: Policy Text

• A sysop that hasn't made any edit in four months will be warned, on their talk page, by a Bureaucrat, that they face demotion of their sysop powers in one week, if they remain inactive.
• One week after the warning has been placed, dependant on the actions of the sysop, the Bureaucrat will decide whether or not to carry out the demotion.

• This is to avoid, for example, the unlikely case of a sysop simply making a single edit with the aim of avoiding the demotion.
• The Bureaucrat is trusted and bound to make a fair decision, and not to demote a sysop who clearly demonstrates a return to activity on the wiki.

• Any demonstrable abuse of this power by a Bureaucrat, however unlikely, could (as with any other abuse of specific powers) be grounds for a Misconduct case.

• If the sysop makes no response at all to the warning, they must be demoted.

Recent Actions

Vantar

My email has been compromised so this account is no longer secure, please demote me before damage can be done with it. - Vantar 06:21, 22 September 2008 (BST)

Due to the apparent urgency of the request, I've done it immediately. Let us know if you get things sorted out (or if you're not interested in being a sysop any more, given your recent inactivity) -- boxy ^{talk • i} 07:53 22 September 2008 (BST)

You could have just changed the email address associated with the account. Immediate demotion is a bit silly, since it takes less than a minute to do, and you were obviously there to do it. --The Grimch ^{U! E!} 11:08, 22 September 2008 (BST)

Thank you Boxy, after things get sorted I should come back but since I have been in semi-wikicomma for a while I don't think I am up to speed enough on current wiki policy to start oping again. I wish changing the email for the account would contain it but it is looking like more and more like my entire machine is compromised so I would rather play it safe 01:25, 23 September 2008 (BST)

Sysop Activity Check

22:55, 22 September 2008 (BST)

• Total Sysops: 11 (excluding Kevan and Urbandead)

User	Position	Last Update
Kevan ‎	Bureaucrat, Sysop	immune
Urbandead	Bureaucrat, Sysop	immune
A Helpful Little Gnome (Contribs)	Bureaucrat, Sysop	2008-09-22
Boxy (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-22
Conndraka (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-21
Daranz (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-19
Karek (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-22
Krazy Monkey (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-22
Nubis (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-14
Swiers (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-22
Thari (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-08
The General (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-08-30
Zombie slay3r (Contribs)	Sysop	2008-09-20