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

Tue Dec 12 22:53:36 UTC 2006

"Gregory Maxwell" wrote

> > We do have an Arbitration principle that those who give up admin powers while 'under a cloud' cannot expect to resume them without confirmation.
> 
> Since when did arbcom set precedent?

We don't. Principles are there to make the reasoning in a given case more comprehensible. They neither set precedent nor constitute policy.

> I like the notion of automatic desysoping for anyone who 'quits'
> simply because we can handle it in a straightforward and dispassionate
> way. It will give people cause to pause for a moment before they bring
> out the hysterical reaction. ... but until we become more fair about
> resysoping people, I'm not sure that the results would be good.

Define 'quits'. I can't, or don't want to. It certainly has no status as a concept.

Charles

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