Commons:Administrators/Inactivity section/Aug-Sep 2024
Notes
[edit]- As of 19:53, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Checked using XTools and AAST.
- In contrast to the practice of counting MediaWiki namespace edits as admin actions for regular admins that used to be followed in the past, the policy is and was to count only "admin actions that are logged as such in the XTools adminstats tool". Therefore, similar to the last three runs, this run does not consider MediaWiki namespace edits as admin actions for regular admins.
- Redirect overwrite deletions and imports not requiring admin rights (e.g., file imports) are also not counted as admin actions according to the policy, as they technically do not require the "use of admin tools".
- Additional permissions are also subject to removal according to the policy.
- Admin actions for non-admin interface admins = MediaWiki namespace edits + Content model changes + Imports (requiring IA rights).
- Abuse filter, CommonsDelinker and KrinkleBot (no admin actions each) are exempt for being bot accounts.
- Inactive administrators will be notified via talk page message and email.
-- CptViraj (talk) 19:53, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Inactive administrators have been notified via talk page message (all) and email (all except -revi and Rama as they have emails disabled).
- AN notification (for transperancy), BN notification (for bureaucrats' attention).
-- CptViraj (talk) 20:05, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
Administrators
[edit]
Inactive since last run
[edit]Subject to immediate removal after 20:48, 12 August 2024 (UTC) as per the policy.
| Username | Admin actions | Additional permissions |
|---|---|---|
| Rubin16 (talk · contributions · Move log · Statistics · logs · block log) | 0 | — |
Non-admin interface administrators
[edit]None.
Admin responses
[edit]Admins who have been queried about their adminship, please sign below. If you don't sign by 12 September 2024, 23:59:59 UTC, you will lose rights automatically.
To confirm your adminship, sign here
[edit]- Still here, just working quietly in the background. odder (talk) 20:21, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- --Podzemnik (talk) 00:35, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- Platonides (talk) 01:42, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- →Spiritia 07:04, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- -- notafish }<';> 10:05, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
- — T. 10:28, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- — regards, Revi 10:18, 16 August 2024 (UTC) (For clarification: I have email disabled on all SUL wikis except Meta for 1) mail filter consistency 2) to make sure people read the warnings. — regards, Revi 10:21, 16 August 2024 (UTC))
- @-revi: Apologize; I had tried multiple wikis but looks like Meta was overlooked. -- CptViraj (talk) 11:26, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Please restore the administrative privileges that were revoked today. Unfortunately, the message from August 12th came to me while I was on vacation and I simply missed it, which is why I did not fulfill the obligation to confirm on this page. Regards Julo (talk) 10:25, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
- The notification has been at your talk page and at your e-mail account for one month. Time is over. Please consider to create a normal RFA. Krd 10:54, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
To resign your adminship, sign here
[edit]Results
[edit]Immediately removed: 1; kept: 7; removed: 5.
Despite the practice of retaining admin rights for those who became active after the inactivity notice but didn’t sign, I am boldly ending this practice. The current policy explicitly requires a signature, and I believe it is designed this way to clarify an admin’s willingness to continue their adminship. This requirement is also explicitly mentioned in the given user talk and email notices.
Another issue with the practice is the lack of clear criteria for defining "active." In some past instances, more than five admin actions were considered sufficient to count someone as active; in others, a single action was enough. Sometimes, even making edits was deemed sufficient to demonstrate activity.
In the current run, Otourly has made several edits and actions after the inactivity notice but no admin actions. Julo has made several admin actions immediately after the notice; likely indicating willingness to continue, and Leit has made three admin actions but they indicated to give up their admin rights back in January.
I believe exercising bureaucrat discretion to use different criteria in every run is unfair and controversial. Therefore, in line with ending the practice of counting MediaWiki namespace edits, I am adhering strictly to the policy and ending the flawed practice. I thank every admin for their service—nothing personal, sorry. Policy reforms are welcome. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 00:57, 13 September 2024 (UTC)