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

Cyberbob

Uni is picking up more than I expected it to, so things are not looking like they're going to pick up on the activity front any time soon. I don't want to become another Swiers so I'll just cut things off now. Sorry for making everyone go through the rigamarole of my confirmation process recently. Cyberbob  Talk  13:06, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

No, cyberbob! Don't go! We neeeed you!--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 13:08, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

It's midnight in Kangarooland, he's drunk and forgotten that SA already did the demote while drunk and repromotion schtick recently. -- . . <== DDR Approved Editor 13:18, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

This statement is backed up by the fact that he posted his demotion request in the wrong place.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 13:21, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Not drunk, posted it in the wrong spot as I've never paid a huge amount of attention to this page before Cyberbob  Talk  13:28, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Ah well. Just wait for a sysop to come and demote you then. :( Now we'll never have Cyberbob as crat...--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 13:32, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

:( 14:22, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

I'd be a shit crat anyways Cyberbob  Talk  16:20, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

You made us go through the whole re-evaluation thing for nothing? I feel dead inside. --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 15:31, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Anyway. If things get tough, consider a ban request as well. Worked wonders when I was in a similar position. :0 --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 17:58, 10 March 2010 (UTC)

Recent Actions

Older actions can be found in the archive.

Sysop Activity Check

User	Position	Last Contribution	Seat Available
A Helpful Little Gnome (Contribs)	Bureaucrat	2021-10-29	2021-12-01
DanceDanceRevolution (Contribs)	Bureaucrat	2021-10-28	2021-12-01
Rosslessness (Contribs)	Sysop	2021-10-14	N/A
Stelar (Contribs)	Sysop	2021-10-29	N/A

Total Sysops: 4 (excluding Kevan, LeakyBocks and Urbandead)

Last updated at: 03:58, 28 October 2021 (UTC)