I cannot give founder status to anyone, I don't have the privs to do that, but I can
give channel ops privileges and otherwise act on behalf of the board of directors. On the
other hand, I can almost certainly get whichever victi... volunteer you have handy the
founder flag, and then I can get it removed from my account.
If you want to compare it to Mediawiki, I have 'crat status in the channel, and can
make admins (chanops) but I cannot make other 'crats.
Amgine
On Sun, 3 Apr 2011 13:50:04 -0400
Alan Walker <awalker(a)wikimedia.ca> wrote:
Well that's good to learn Wayne. Are you willing
to pass management of the
channel over to the board of directors?
On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Amgine <amgine(a)wikimedians.ca> wrote:
> All freenode network channels which include 'wikimedia' in their name are
> nominally under the Wikimedia Foundation's group contacts. In practice they
> are 'owned' by volunteers who are given the founder flag. (The group
> contacts only get involved when a founder disappears and the channel becomes
> dysfunctional.)
>
> I was involuntarily given the founder flag for #Wikimedia-ca when I
> mentioned there was no founder for the channel. (Lesson: in an all-volunteer
> group, don't point out problems lest them become *your* problem.) As a
> member of Wiki Canada, I guess that means control of the channel has already
> been given to Wiki Canada.
>
> Amgine
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