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It is 23:01:26 on May 15, 2024, according to the server's time and date.

Request for a re-sysopping process

I would like to request the re-sysopping of my account according to the WP:RESYSOP procedure.

I always received only good feedback about my adminship or any other contributions in the past since 2004. This was the only time that my administrative permissions have been suspended for any reason. It was done because of this inactivity period:

• last edit before the inactivity - 24 October 2012 [1]
• first edit after the inactivity - 18 July 2014 [2]

Here are some relevant links:

•  Rfl (current rights · rights management · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) · block log)
•  My original nomination for adminship requested by User:Quadell (December 3, 2004)
•  Suspension of administrative permissions due to inactivity by User:WJBscribe (November 1, 2013)
•  My contributions

Please tell me if I have to provide any other info. Thank you. —Rafał Pocztarski, Rfl (talk | contribs) 03:59, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

• I'm not a Crat myself, but I don't see any obvious problems after looking around a bit. I just wanted to let you know we have a 24 hour waiting period to allow investigation now. I do notice that you really haven't been active since 2011, which doesn't affect this request, but there has been a lot of policy change since then. I think the Crats have a link for helping get up to speed on recent policy changes. Welcome back. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 14:15, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

The answer to the third Q cracked me up. I'm guessing that it was one of the first uses of the standard question. I'll echo Brown's welcome back, as well as the encouragement to read up on policy changes. This is a different place than in 2011.--S Philbrick(Talk) 15:29, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Ohh, as someone who recently came back after being inactive since 2011 I can say it is not that different. Chillum 16:14, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

In one sense I agree with you. If you understand concepts such as Notability, which have been reasonably stable for some time, applying common sense will serve you well. However, there was no such thing as a G13 in 2011, and CSD has grown from 50K to 65K since then. Some may be simply bloat, but there might be some changes. There was no such thing as a Draft namespace back then. More at Wikipedia:Update.--S Philbrick(Talk) 16:37, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

We get paid 65K for CSD now? Nice! --Rschen7754 18:51, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

FYI, no issues known to me. Newyorkbrad (talk) 16:38, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

 Done. Welcome back. 28bytes (talk) 04:19, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Thanks a lot to everyone for comments, support and restoring my permissions. Best regards. —Rafał Pocztarski, Rfl (talk | contribs) 12:14, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

Records of resysoppings

Hello,

I'm updating the figures at Wikipedia:Desysoppings by month to take resysoppings into account. So far I've managed to get a list for all of them since 2013 from the history of Wikipedia:Former administrators, which didn't record them before that - is there a comprehensive list anywhere? Thanks,  — Scott • talk 21:35, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

I guess you could pull the data from Special:Log/rights and filter the logs for administrator rights changes; unless @Moe Epsilon: has a better idea? ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 21:56, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

While doing research for my recent RfA I stumbled across WP:List of resysopped users, which has information that would seem to be useful for this. StringTheory11 (t • c) 23:49, 19 July 2014 (UTC)

PERFECT! Thank you. I hoped something like that would exist somewhere.

And er... now that I look again, it is actually linked from the bottom of Wikipedia:Former administrators. Whoops. In my defense, the "see also" links are off the bottom of my screen when the list of recent desysoppings is visible. Ahem.... I've popped a link to it higher up.  — Scott • talk 01:31, 20 July 2014 (UTC)

Request

I'd like to request a voluntary desysopping, please. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:10, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

• You are in the middle of a contentious ANI issue, are you sure this is the time you want to do this? I'm not sure how the "cloud" rule be seen if you want to get it back. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 00:15, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
  • Note that Nikkimaria's request follows my suggestion at WP:AN[3], and her reply there[4] implies that this request was a response to it.
    My understanding was that this would fall under the "cloud" rule, which was why I suggested that a new RFA would be required before adminship could be restored.
    The bureaucrats' view is what counts, and my interpretation carries no weight. But I hope that this clarifies the context of Nikkimaria's request. Maybe it would help to have some 'crat input so that Nikkimaria is clear about where she stands?-- BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 00:26, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
    • That sounds good, I didn't want to get involved in the discussion (but I went and read some after this comment) and just wanted to make sure it was an informed decision. Dennis Brown | 2¢ | WER 00:28, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
      • Thanks Dennis. I don't think I'm currently in any danger of an involuntary desysopping, but this is my choice - I only wish I'd done it a few weeks earlier, when I was first considering it. Nikkimaria (talk) 00:56, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
        • That there is no danger of involuntary desysopping does not automatically mean that this is not a resignation under a cloud. For more information, I'd suggest reading WP:CLOUD. I've not looked into this situation enough to say whether your request constitutes resigning under a cloud, but please be aware that it not as clear cut as you might think it is. --(ʞɿɐʇ) ɐuɐʞsǝp 01:14, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
          • WP:Under a cloud is indeed much broader than Nikkimaria appears to think. FWIW, my view is that 1) the discussion at WP:AN does amount to a cloud, and 2) that an involuntary desysopping is now a real possibility. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 02:21, 23 July 2014 (UTC)
• I would say that the AN discussion, in which a topic ban is proposed and supported by several editors in good standing that Nikkimaria is disruptive with respect to infoboxes, is a pretty fluffy cumulostratus formation. Andrevan@ 06:07, 23 July 2014 (UTC)