Angela (beesley(a)gmail.com) [050626 09:45]:
Desysoppings usually appear in the bureaucrat log on
meta, since this
is where the steward interface is, and only stewards, not bureaucrats,
can desysop users. This is at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/rights
However, in Ævar's case, he was desysopped by a developer, not a
steward, presumably because it was an emergency and no stewards were
on IRC at the time.
Yep. What happened was, Aevar's deletions were noticed, and the pattern was
really weird, so someone popped onto #wikimedia-tech, and Tim deopped him
pending finding out what was going on. Aevar showed up again a coupla days
later, somewhat bemused at everyone's worry. Ops back. No ongoing problem.
- d.