On 12/12/06, M Roget mroget@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