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:''The status of the approach on this page is currently unclear. It was an object of active debate in 2009, when there was general consensus that it was a Good Idea for administrators who lost community confidence to voluntarily resign. However, there was a failure to reach consensus on the precise method to judge this and what process to implement. Nevertheless, a number of admins have voluntarily indicated their intention to follow a process based on what is listed here. In late June 2010, an admin submitted a reconfirmation RFA based on this process, which was administratively closed by a bureaucrat as RFA being the wrong venue. This closure was reverted by another community member and is the subject of discussion. As part of that discussion, certain people have marked this page as a failed policy proposal while others argue that this is not appropriate. The status is unclear pending further discussion.'' |
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Revision as of 14:17, 24 June 2010
- The status of the approach on this page is currently unclear. It was an object of active debate in 2009, when there was general consensus that it was a Good Idea for administrators who lost community confidence to voluntarily resign. However, there was a failure to reach consensus on the precise method to judge this and what process to implement. Nevertheless, a number of admins have voluntarily indicated their intention to follow a process based on what is listed here. In late June 2010, an admin submitted a reconfirmation RFA based on this process, which was administratively closed by a bureaucrat as RFA being the wrong venue. This closure was reverted by another community member and is the subject of discussion. As part of that discussion, certain people have marked this page as a failed policy proposal while others argue that this is not appropriate. The status is unclear pending further discussion.
These administrators state they are willing to stand for "re-confirmation" of adminship if a sufficient number of editors in good standing request it. The number of editors, their standing in this project, the good faith of the request, etc. are entirely up to the user's discretion, as participation in this category is completely voluntary. For example, an admin could choose to be accountable to six editors with over 500 mainspace edits and over one month of tenure; yet another could require Jimbo Wales; however some admins have imposed other restrictions (or none at all). Adminstrators can add themselves to Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall to show their intent.
The desire is to keep this as simple as possible. Just ask, nicely, on the administrator's talk page, and if the admin and a sufficient number of others agree, it's done. The venue for "re-confirmation" shall be an open question, to be decided by the entrant. Participating admins are encouraged to outline their understanding of this commitment and the procedure they intend to follow in more detail on their user pages. For convenience, a default procedure and set of criteria are available.
NOTE: the process is entirely voluntary and nonbinding. That is, at any time, administrators can change their recall criteria, decline participation in the process, or disregard the outcome of recall proceedings, despite previously being open to recall.
See also
There are a number of pages associated with this concept; they include:
- Wikipedia:Administrators § Administrator recall
- Wikipedia:Administrators open to recall – The "main" page, giving a brief description of the idea.
- Wikipedia talk:Administrators open to recall – talk page with discussion.
- Wikipedia:Administrators open to recall/Admin criteria – the criteria and process for recall used by various category members.
- Sample procedures and criteria
- Records of past recall requests, hand-maintained by volunteers.
- Reference material about other proposals, ideas and general information.
- Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall – The category page, showing which administrators state they are voluntarily open to recall.
- Category:Wikipedia bureaucrats open to recall – for Bureaucrats
- 17 August 2008 Category Deletion Discussion
- Wikipedia:Adminship in other languages