[WikiEN-l] Admins who pretend to quit (was Re: MONGO and the ArbComm)

Tue Dec 12 21:13:08 UTC 2006

I think the intent is if they claim to be perma-leaving, and they mean it,
they wouldn't mind giving up their wares. If it's simply a Wikibreak, then
that means they recognize that they're coming back.

On 12/12/06, Guy Chapman aka JzG <guy.chapman at spamcop.net> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 12 Dec 2006 15:57:40 -0500, "M Roget" <mroget at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >Can we have a rule that states that any admin who "quits" Wikipedia to
> >protest this or that is automatically desysopped?
>
> Why?  "Bah! Sod this, I'm off!" can mean it (in which case there is no
> urgency) or it can be a precursor to a Wikibreak to restore sanity.
> Let each case be judged on its merits, in accordance with the
> Clue-based principles on which the whole edifice is after all founded.
>
> Mind you, if we auto-moderated all "I'm leaving" posts from this list,
> life would probably be more pleasant :-)
>
> Guy (JzG)
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