[WikiEN-l] Admins who pretend to quit (was Re: MONGO and the ArbComm)

[Parker Peters]

On 12/12/06, M Roget <mroget at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Can we have a rule that states that any admin who "quits" Wikipedia to
> protest this or that is automatically desysopped? It's one thing to take a
> wikibreak or to leave because of real life time commitments but any admin
> who quits in order to make a point has abdicated their responsibilities.
> There seems to be a trend of admins announcing their departure only to
> come
> back in a few days after dozens of people have posted supportive
> statements
> on their talk page. Call me cynical but this looks like manipulative
> trolling to me and automatic desysopping would create a disincentive. If
> someone really intends to leave they won't care about being desysopped -
> they'll even request that it be done but if somone is just pretending to
> leave an automatic desysopping will make them think twice.
>
> Michel
>

I see this as a very valid option. It'd certainly be a disincentive to a
large amount of drama.

And no, I don't see my circumstances as different. Unlike them, I haven't
come back to wikipedia itself. And if this were to be adopted, I'd
cheerfully smile as my account was desysopped.

Parker