[Commons-l] New de-adminship policy

[Matthew Brown]

On 8/12/07, Majorly <axel9891 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Deadminship also happens on Meta-Wiki (see
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Administrators#Policy_for_de-adminship
> ). As far as I know, no one is told their status is being voted on. When
> someone becomes an admin, they should understand that inactivity will mean
> removal of rights.

I also think it's bullshit on Meta; both Meta and Commons are service
projects that should not expect their contributors or admins to be
primarily active on their projects.

I am not inactive on Commons.  I have not had need to use admin tools
for a few months.

I think it is absolutely ridiculous that no notice of this proposed
policy was made on either this mailing list or in a message to admins
personally.  I also suspect this was not by accident; it represents
the deliberate intention by those promoting it that only those
frequently participating in the "Commons community" should have a say
in it.

That such a change was implemented after only 21 people voted in favor
of it is frankly shocking.  This is not a change in a guideline that
affects only a few people; it's a change in site-wide policy affecting
a great number of users.  314 people are listed as having admin tools
on commons.  The farce of 21 users being considered "consensus" here
should be obvious.

-Matt