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 warnings, they must be demoted.

Requests for demotion still needing to be processed

User:Swiers

He's now less than 12 hours from 4 months of inactivity. =( Time for the nudge? -- Cheese 16:12, 27 August 2009 (BST)

Recent Actions

Older actions can be found in the archive.

Rosslessness

Look. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:56, 15 August 2009 (BST)

But why? You're good for us, Ross. --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 10:18, 15 August 2009 (BST)

Leaving again? You know the drill, are you really sure? :P. Linkthewindow  Talk  10:25, 15 August 2009 (BST)

Noooo... Cyberbob  Talk  12:35, 15 August 2009 (BST)

I don't geddit. --Rahrah^{Come join the #party!}18:23, 15 August 2009 (BST)

He just wants us to say nice things about him next time around :P --Haliman - Talk 08:07, 16 August 2009 (BST)

Look at your crazy indents. Final Term of Degree begins in a week, kind of need to focus, fresh blood, blah, etc. Im sure. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 09:26, 16 August 2009 (BST)

Alright, good luck with your degree, and if you decide to run again. Since SA thinks I don't need to ask him before demoting someone on A/DM, you're demoted. Good luck if you decide to run again ;). Linkthewindow  Talk  09:50, 16 August 2009 (BST)

Since Ross seems to have a revolving door on this sysop thing why bother to demote him? Why not just make him inactive? If he is going to come back in like 5 months or so what's the point? I like the kid, but this seems kind of silly to keep doing. He's never had a problem coming back either. He gets vouched right in.--– Nubis ^NWO 22:59, 16 August 2009 (BST)

If someone wants to be demoted, they shouldn't have the crats stand in their way, IMO. Linkthewindow  Talk  07:47, 17 August 2009 (BST)

It's the sense of responsibility, if having it makes him come back and takes time from his finals, then I wouldn't feel in a position to question his decision. Either way, there's no point in forcing him to stay a sysop, its just stupid. --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 08:20, 17 August 2009 (BST)

My point is why make him jump through all the hoops again when all he really needs is a leave of absence? Just seems like it would be easier overall. That way we don't have 20 Ross sysop bids, too. :) --– Nubis ^NWO 13:14, 17 August 2009 (BST)

In fairness i do a lot more around here when i am demoted. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 16:06, 17 August 2009 (BST)

True. Oh well, let Ross do it his way if he's prepared to do it the more prestigious method ;) --DANCEDANCEREVOLUTION-- 15:26, 19 August 2009 (BST)

Too right. Whens this team manhunt? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Rosslessness (talk • contribs) at an unknown time.

Sysop Activity Check

08:02, 5 August 2009 (BST)

• Total Sysops: 12 (excluding Kevan and Urbandead)

User	Position	Last Update
Kevan ‎	Bureaucrat, Sysop	immune
Urbandead	Bureaucrat, Sysop	immune
Linkthewindow (Contribs)	Bureaucrat, Sysop	2009-08-05
Suicidalangel (Contribs)	Bureaucrat, Sysop	2009-08-05
Boxy (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-08-05
Conndraka (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-08-05
Cyberbob240 (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-08-05
DanceDanceRevolution (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-08-05
Daranz (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-07-05
Krazy Monkey (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-08-05
Nubis (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-08-04
Swiers (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-04-28
The General (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-08-02
The Rooster (Contribs)	Sysop	2009-08-05