Walter van Kalken wrote:
On some projects I still have moderating bits, I hereby ask the stewards to take these bits away as I do not wish to spend to much time anymore on the projects, I might shout a bit from the sideline. The wikimedia projects will always exist, and the original idea was great. Unfortunately Winston Churchill was right .... democracy works in theory only. When the masses take over like on our project, the sum gets lowered to the level of the masses. Which means herd thinking.
Walter,
When you say "moderating bits", do you mean your administrator status? If so, I urge you to withdraw your request. There are, I believe, many of us "old-time" admins, who stay away from the politics, use our admin powers sparingly, and perhaps contribute sparingly. While we may be in the minority, there may come a time when our presence will be important to the project again.
In the meantime, keep your admin privileges. They have not (yet) decided that the privileges can be removed due to lack of use.
-Rich Holton (Rholton on en.wikipedia)