UDWiki:Administration/Re-Evaluations
Once a year, all sitting sysops will come up for re-evaluation by the community. The idea of this re-evaluation is to ensure that each sysop still has the trust of the community, which is vital for a sysop to have. This will give the community a chance to voice their opinions about how the sysops have been doing, and re-affirm or decline their trusted user status.
The idea of a sysop being a trusted user is a part of the guidelines for the general conduct of a sysop. The guidelines for the re-evaluation is the same as for being promoted to a sysop (which is reposted below), but with a few minor changes in wording.
Guidelines for System Operator Re-Evaluations
Once a year, on Urban Dead's birthday (July 3rd), all sysops will be subject to a community discussion. Sysops may also put themselves up for re-evaluation at any time (see below). All users are asked to comment on each candidate in question, ask questions of the candidate, and discuss the candidate's suitability for continuing to be a System Operator. This is not a vote. It is instead merely a request for comments from the wiki community. This will continue for two weeks, as all users get a chance to air their opinions on the candidate.
Once the two weeks are up, the Bureaucrats will review the community discussion and make a decision for each candidate based upon it. The user will be notified of the status of their re-evaluation, and will be retained in their position should it appear that the community is willing to continue to accept them as a System Operator. In the event that the decision is negative, then the sysop will be demoted back to regular user status, where after a month's time, the user can re-submit themself for promotion.
Before users voice their opinions on the candidate who wishes to continue their System Operator status, the following guidelines should be reviewed by the user:
General User Guidelines for System Operator Re-Evaluations
Before voicing their opinion on a candidate's re-evaluation bid, a user should consider some of the following questions:
- Has the candidate spent significant time within the community as a sysop?
- We define this as the candidate having made at least one edit in the past 3 months. It is recommended that a user look over the the sysop activity check and last 500 edits to determine the level of activity of the candidate.
- Note: The Truly Inactive Sysops policy dictates that a sysop who hasn't made an edit within four months is automatically demoted. Therefore, for a sysop to be re-evaluated, they need to have made an edit before that time-frame is up.
- Has the candidate maintained significant activity within the community?
- We define this as at least 50 edits under the candidate's name since their last re-evaluation. It is recommended that a user look over the candidate's last 50 edits in order to get a feel for the activity of a candidate.
- Note: looking in a User's User contributions might give false results for this criterion, as the edit history used to be periodically purged on this wiki.
- Has the candidate expressed interest in maintaining the community?
- We define this as clear evidence that the candidate is already performing maintenance tasks and continuing taking a leadership role on the wiki.
- Has the candidate expressed a desire to continue to be a System Operator?
- We define this simply as indicating in the candidate's request their desire to continue to maintain the position.
- Is there an indication of trust in the candidate.
- We define this as a minimum of three other users (preferably users with at least 200 edits under their name and at least one System Operator), willing to vouch for the candidate's suitability for the role.
If a candidate is highly exemplary in one guideline, a certain level of flexibility should be extended to the other guidelines. Other guidelines for qualifications may be used, these are just a few suggested things to consider before a user voices their opinion.
Re-Evaluations still open for discussion
Revenant
- Revenant (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | logs1 | logs2 | vndl data | sysop archive)
What starts with R and is due today? -- Spiderzed█ 19:50, 10 June 2013 (BST)
- Question: Consider this the obligatory question about your lower levels of activity. I understand you're mostly a lurker, but have there been goings-on in your personal life which have caused your contributions to drop to an average about 20 a month, including a three-month period with only 8 edits? And is your activity likely to increase, or at least maintain the level we've seen in the past month? Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 21:29, 10 June 2013 (BST)
- Strong Against: Close to useless. --Thadeous Oakley Talk 22:12, 10 June 2013 (BST)
Re-Evaluations still needing to be processed
There are currently no Re-Evaluations to be processed.
Recent Re-evaluations
Rosslessness
- Rosslessness (talk | contribs | UDWiki contribs | logs1 | logs2 | vndl data | sysop archive)
Ross is up today. -- Spiderzed█ 23:15, 3 May 2013 (BST)
- Weak Against Just because I know its his time to retire. He wanted to be let go so let him go. Doesn't look like he's using buttons. Just make it official. ~
00:56, 4 May 2013 (UTC) - Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off! It wasn't my war! You asked me, I didn't ask you! And I did what I had to do to win! But somebody wouldn't let us win! And I come back to the world and I see all those maggots at the airport, protesting me, spitting. Calling me baby killer and all kinds of vile crap! Who are they to protest me? Who are they? Unless they've been me and been there and know what the hell they're yelling about!
01:18, 4 May 2013 (BST)
- Keep - No justification needed --THE Godfather of Яesensitized, Anime Sucks Yalk | W! U! WMM| CC CPFOAS
LOE ZHU | Яezzens 02:35, 4 May 2013 (BST) - Vouch - If he wants to leave, he can. But I don't want him to, and I'm selfish. —Aichon— 10:34, 4 May 2013 (BST)
- Because fuck you vapor! Ross is the tits.--User:Sexualharrison15:06, 4 May 2013
- It ain't over ’til the fat lady sings. ᚱᛁᚹᛖᚾᚨᚾᛏ 06:01, 5 May 2013 (BST)
- Vouch Ross must remain until the universe collapses upon itself. --AORDMOPRI ! T 14:49, 5 May 2013 (BST)
- I'm going to Weak Against because of Ross' lack of enthusiasm, until he confirms he wants to keep the position. Bob Moncrief EBD•W! 19:15, 5 May 2013 (BST)
- Vouch Fuck off, you stay with your psyop powers ross... i got loose, but you cant --hagnat 04:30, 6 May 2013 (BST)
I like this by the way. In a few hours Aichon can effectively decide his successor. --Rosslessness 16:27, 10 May 2013 (BST)
- I'd actually suggest that the choice is yours and has been all along. It's pretty clear that you're gonna pass your evaluation, so the only question is whether or not you'll withdraw from the 'crat election. I was actually surprised when you didn't do it right off the bat. —Aichon— 16:51, 10 May 2013 (BST)
After some discussion with Aichon, which boiled down to "Whatever dude", I hereby decree this RE as successful. -- Spiderzed█ 17:31, 13 May 2013 (BST)
For older re-evaluations, please consult the archives.
Re-Evaluations Scheduling
| 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)
