Of course MONGO should have held back, and we, his friends and fellow admins, should have helped him to do that, but I suspect that the decision is not going to be a popular one. A one month block to cool off? I could get behind that. Desysopping? I don't think I can agree with that. Maybe time will lend perspective, but right now it looks like kicking a man while he's down.
He may immediately apply to be an administrator again; however, I think he has lost broad community support. The Arbitration Committee proposals are harsh, but there are serious problems with the way he acts. He responds poorly to harassment, and he is quite dismissive of his opponents with respect to content. "Nonsense" is frequently used.
Fred
I don't think he's lost broad community support at all, if you look at his talk page and the talk pages on the ArbCom case, I think you'll see just the opposite. And when re-applying for RFA, you don't need to have lost broad support, just a small group (15% or so) of committed opposers will be enough to block it. Other high profile admins have gotten much longer leashes than this...
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