On 7/1/05, Geoff Burling <llywrch(a)agora.rdrop.com> wrote:
As for de-adminning, the only thing I have to add is
that admins who
leave Wikipedia, & fail to make prior arrangements, should lose their
admin rights after 3-6 months. I see this as just a janitorial action,
intended to help keep things simpler; & if you leave Wikipedia without
saying "good-by" or letting anyone know that you'll be back, then
I feel that person doesn't deserve our trust.
Eh, you don't have to put it like that.. Sometimes duty calls
elsewhere in life.. We're not paid to be here.. However, in active
admin accounts are a bad thing... someone who cracks a few admin
accounts could cause enough damage to keep the developers busy for
days. So we should revoke admin powers on such accounts, but only for
that reason.. not due to a lack of trust.. And we should be liberal in
returning the powers if the user becomes active again.