(Catching up with my email...)
Anthere wrote:
Sorry, but I still do not understand why it is there at all (I mean under the paragraph about resignation as a member of the association)
What you say is that at any time, Jimbo (or the board) can just delete any one account. I agree with this naturally. But that is true of absolutely any user. Be it a trusted user, a new user, a bugging user, a banned user, or a vandal. And be him registered in the association or not registered.
This is true for everyone, for any user.
So, why is this only mentionned under the paragraph about those who are just resigning from the association ? Either this is mentionned for absolutely all users, or it is not mentionned at all.
Say, if I register to the association next month.
Then, for some personal reasons, I decide to unregister (for example, if I wish not that my name appear in the list any more), why should I have my account on wikipedia itself deleted ? Why more than right now as I am not a member at all ? What is the difference ?
It looks to me more like that section is there to state that it's the board's decision whether the account of a resigned user stays or goes and not the user's- which means that soemone cannot say "I quit, now you have to remove my account"... and thus documentation of what they did. Removing an account entirely is a messy thing, in terms of page histories and so forth. Retaining the contributions lists is important.
Or at least, that's what I see.
-- Jake