Wikipedia:History of de-adminship proposals/Proposal 2

This proposed policy will lay out a process by which members of the community can vote to remove a user's sysop privileges. The current policy (which works on a case-by-case basis) is at Wikipedia:Requests for de-adminship.

Please feel free to edit this proposal - it isn't "owned" by anyone.

Petition

In order for a vote to begin, there must be a successful petition. The petition must be signed by ten logged-in users, including three administrators. In order to prevent sockpuppetry, each petitioner's first edit must have occurred at least one month before the petition is created, and every petitioner must have at least 100 total edits. For example:

Example Petition

Vote here! Seriously! I need 10 votes so the example can continue!

• I believe a vote should be carried out regarding the de-adminship of ugen64, because he violated the three revert rule 716 times in the last hour.

Signatures (please mark if you are an admin):

1. ugen64 16:11, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC) (this user is an admin)
2. Cool Cat ^{My Talk} 16:13, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
3. Impeach his ass. --SPUI (talk) 00:23, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
4. He's already failed the trial by combat.-gadfium 00:46, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC) (admin) (not a serious vote).
5. A little too eager playing whack-a-user. CuteLittleDoggie^{Let's play!} 06:09, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
6. I'd be glad to see them crushed by elephant. Alphax ^τεχ 08:24, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)
7. Absolutely- She weighs the same as a duck! (this user is an admin) --User:Duk
8. A model user, and so should be de-sysopped. ;). Bratsche^{talk 5 pillars} 14:18, Jun 24, 2005 (UTC)
9. Has also been caught votemongering on IRC. ONOES! -- grm_wnr Esc 23:45, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC) (this user is an admin)
10. I wish to abuse my new powers as an admin. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 00:36, 25 Jun 2005 (UTC) (this user is an admin)

Comments:

• This vote is outrageous and an insult to my humanity! If I am not an admin, trolls will take over the world! *cry* – ugen64 16:16, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• This was a test vote. Not an actual vote. Cool Cat ^{My Talk} 16:17, 23 Jun 2005 (UTC)
• He hangs around too much in the ivy [1] CuteLittleDoggie^{Let's play!} 06:09, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Voting

After a successful petition has received ten valid signatures, an administrator will close the petition. Two days after the petition is closed, a vote shall begin. The vote will last for seven days. The qualifications for voters are identical to the qualifications for the petitioners: voters must be logged in; their first edit must have occurred at least one month before the vote begins; and they must have at least 100 total edits.

If an administrator receives a majority of "no confidence" votes after seven days have passed, a steward will remove his sysop privileges. If the vote is divided exactly, the voting shall be extended for exactly one day. If, after one day, the voting is still at 50%, the user will remain an administrator.

Example Vote

• ugen64 has violated [these policies], as illustrated by [these diffs].

Confidence

These voters have confidence in ugen64 and wish him to remain an admin.

1. vote
2. vote
3. vote

No Confidence

These voters have no confidence in ugen64 and believe he should no longer be an admin.

1. vote
2. vote
3. vote

Comments

These users don't want to vote, but they have something important to say.

1. Ducks in a pram
2. Pelican crap
3. Ducksheep is god
4. Kate rocks!

Specific Issues

The community may vote only once each year on a specific administrator, and not within one year of that administrator's original promotion. If, within that time, some terrible calamity occurs, the matter will have to be carried out through the normal "snail de-adminship" procedures.

• You mean we de-admin snails? I'd say that's discriminative.