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 or 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

All of the sysops

You all need a break, so I'm demoting you all. Yes, I'm sure, so I've gone ahead and done it. Enjoy your extended vacation.

I wasn't planning to do this for another few weeks, but hey, I'm not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and with Spider stepping down, it's time to invoke the Grim precedent so that I can fix some stuff around here once and for all. Additionally, I am declaring this, the First day in the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand and Thirteen of the month of April, to be the beginning of my triumphant rule of this wiki as its sole overlord.

...

You may now grovel. —Aichon— 04:29, 1 April 2013 (BST)

• Question The new pope hails from Argentina. When you posted the coup, it was 01:29 in Argentinian time. Your time stamp in Argentinian time sums up to 0+1+2+9+1+4+2+0+1+3 = 23. COINCIDENCE??? -- Spiderzed█ 15:12, 1 April 2013 (BST)

Spiderzed

I've been thinking long and hard about that the last 6 weeks. But I have now learned the hard way that I am not made for the murderous pace that comes with the crat position.

I should also note that I refuse to railroad the upcoming next crat by making a last-minute decision, i.e. I refuse to promote Bob Moncrief before this demotion is processed. That means that Bob won't be promoted before a new crat election has been finished. That may be harsh, but sacrifices must be made. (Provided these sacrifices are made by others than by me d-: ) -- Spiderzed█ 01:15, 1 April 2013 (BST)

Noooo!!! I was so looking forward to serving as your minion!

And my apologies if I'm not seeing it, but is your request to be demoted to sysop or user? Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 01:21, 1 April 2013 (BST)

Noooooooo ~ _{01:23, 1 April 2013 (UTC)}

It takes a courageous and honorable person to put the needs of the community above their own. As far as Bob...why not just decline his bid now? That way, the new 'crat can handle and see the entire process from start-to-end and not feel like Aichon's little mind-controlled puppet. -MHSstaff 01:29, 1 April 2013 (BST)

Stayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. Or Else!!!!!!!!!!!

-MHSstaff 01:46, 1 April 2013 (BST)\

fuck you yon!--User:Sexualharrison14:55, 1 April 2013

Demoted. See the demotion case above for details. —Aichon— 04:29, 1 April 2013 (BST)

Recent Actions

Shortround/Yon was demoted. —Aichon— 02:25, 9 March 2013 (UTC)

Rosslessness was retained. -- Spiderzed█ 18:10, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

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	2024-06-10	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)