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

Shortround

Sorry guys, I'm done. It's been a fun 5 years but these things happen. Good luck in the future, and here's hoping you donkeys sort out your drama issues. Yours sincerely, Shortround }.{ My Contributions 16:04, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Yon? ~ _{16:26, 6 March 2013 (UTC)}

=) --Shortround }.{ My Contributions 19:11, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

You win. I had no clue at all. —Aichon— 20:06, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I demand you combine all the relevant admin archives based on this new information. --Rosslessness 20:15, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

lol this. --Thadeous Oakley Talk 20:17, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Back at'cha. Why don't you do it? ;) —Aichon— 20:25, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Because if we leave it to thad he'll get half way through, get promoted to sysop and then do fuck all? --Rosslessness 21:12, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I was actually talking to you, though I did indent as if it were a response to him, admittedly. —Aichon— 21:19, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Haha. I guess you aren't as humourless as I thought (although clearly more asian than Axe Hack). ~ _{21:01, 6 March 2013 (UTC)}

Are you really sure about wanting to be demoted? Your activity has slipped a bit, but if that is the sole reason, I wouldn't be too worried in your place. -- Spiderzed█ 18:11, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

But what about the coup you were planning ;)? Sad to see you get demoted, sure you don't want to go out with a vengeance now the cat is out of the bag? Truth be told though, I never really got the reasoning behind the alt thing, I kinda missed my old labour buddy on the wiki. Best luck with any future endeavours though! --Thadeous Oakley Talk 19:40, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I am pleasantly surprised at how well Yon's english picked up as soon as heshe changed their name.--SA 21:56, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

I KNEW I KNEW I KNEW I KNEW I KNEW NO I DIDN'T. --  AHLGTG THE END IS ACTUALLY NIGH! 22:11, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Yeah, about the only thing I knew for a fact was that Yon still checked the wiki regularly, since I received a timely e-mail from him at one point, but I figured he was just reading it, not editing it under a different account. —Aichon— 23:24, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Pffft, you guys never caught me when I was semi-perma'd. You peoples is inattentive as fuck. ;) --SA 00:53, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

There's a difference between knowing about an account and choosing not to ban it since doing so would be pointless, which is what happened with you, and not knowing about an account at all. —Aichon— 16:41, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Axe Hack should takes notes from you on how to create a new identity--THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks ^{Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS LOE ZHU | Яezzens} 01:08, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

i kinda felt it. i still hate you. xoxox --User:Sexualharrison02:33, 7 March 2013

I knew something fishy was up when Shortround claimed to have experience on French wikipedia, yet wasn't able to decipher French. At least we know now that this wiki's administration is much more incestuous than anyone had thought. -- Spiderzed█ 11:40, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

As someone who has been accused of being you before, I'm especially surprised that no one caught on to this. Although you did deceive us a wee bit ;) That said, from my experience with you (entirely as Shortround, as I arrived post-Yonnua) I will be sad to see you go. Bob Moncrief ^EBD•W! 03:58, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

I'm not. The only occasions anyone has had to even care are now and at his promotion bid. Well that and anyone that did find out is obliged by policy to keep their traps shut until they start intentionally breaking things. --Karek^{maps 2.0?!} 14:28, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

I was joking around with that accusation though, he told me about him being Shortround a year ago, much to my surprise as well back then. --Thadeous Oakley Talk 16:51, 7 March 2013 (UTC)

Recent Actions

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	2025-03-13	N/A ('Crat Eternal)
Aichon (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A
Axe Hack (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A
Bob Moncrief (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A
DanceDanceRevolution (Contribs)	Bureaucrat	2025-03-13	N/A ('Crat Eternal)
Hagnat (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A
Krazy Monkey (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A
Red Hawk One (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A
Rosslessness (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A
Spiderzed (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A
Stelar (Contribs)	Sysop	2025-03-13	N/A

Total Sysops: 11 (excluding Kevan, LeakyBocks and Urbandead)

Last updated at: 11:46, 13 March 2025 (UTC)