On 7/1/05, Geoff Burling llywrch@agora.rdrop.com wrote:
As for de-adminning, the only thing I have to add is that admins who leave Wikipedia, & fail to make prior arrangements, should lose their admin rights after 3-6 months. I see this as just a janitorial action, intended to help keep things simpler; & if you leave Wikipedia without saying "good-by" or letting anyone know that you'll be back, then I feel that person doesn't deserve our trust.
Eh, you don't have to put it like that.. Sometimes duty calls elsewhere in life.. We're not paid to be here.. However, in active admin accounts are a bad thing... someone who cracks a few admin accounts could cause enough damage to keep the developers busy for days. So we should revoke admin powers on such accounts, but only for that reason.. not due to a lack of trust.. And we should be liberal in returning the powers if the user becomes active again.