UDWiki:Administration/Demotions
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:Linkthewindow
I've become less interested in this place lately and have gone pretty much inactive over the past couple of weeks. In the interests of not having a 'crat who isn't active enough in the community to really make appropriate judgments on A/RE and A/PM, I would like to step down from 'crat now. I'll stay on as a sysop for now (as I want to get the guides namespace fixed in my time,) and it's also obvious that inactive sysops aren't as bad as inactive crats.
I also apologize to the community for making them have two 'crat bids in (roughly) a month. I thought about leaving this a month for this reason, but talked myself out of it due to the torrent of A/RE bids that's soon to arrive ;). Linkthewindow Talk 13:49, 10 September 2009 (BST)
- Damn. =( Least you're staying on as a sysop though. I'll stick the new 'crat election up now so just feel free to demote yourself when you're next on. Either than or Boxy'll get it when he sees it. He was floating about a little while ago. -- Cheese 22:48, 10 September 2009 (BST)
- Thanks Cheese. Since we usually don't touch our own bids, I'll leave this for Boxy. Linkthewindow Talk 01:13, 11 September 2009 (BST)
Recent Actions
Older actions can be found in the archive.
Sysop Activity Check
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| 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)
