Wikipedia:Adminship renewal
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The English Wikipedia is one of the very few Wikimedia projects where 'sysop privileges' are granted for life. This proposed policy intends to introduce a term limit for the use of such privileges, and any accompanying provisions necessary.
[edit] Rationale
The fundamental purpose of 'sysop privileges' is to allow users that are approved and trusted by the community to perform essential tasks. Over time, some of these users have turned inactive, used these tools in a manner objectionable to the community, or lost the community trust that they held when the tools were originally granted.
Several previous de-adminship proposals have been rejected by the community, mainly due to their negative connotations or their voluntary nature. However, a number of Wikimedia projects, including two of the better-known ones (Meta and Commons), have provisions that are already in place for inactive sysops to be removed/sysophood to be subject to confirmation.
Renewal of adminship will uphold the accountability of current sysops to the community. It will also serve as an endorsement by the community of actions performed in the course of their duty.
[edit] Process
For simplicity, renewal of adminship will be done every year, and will begin on the same date that the previous (successful) request for adminship was started. The process will be mandatory for all sysops, regardless of membership in the Arbitration Committee or Bureaucratship (the only exception would be board members or official representatives of the Wikimedia Foundation).
Similiarly to regular requests for adminship, any registered Wikipedian could take part in the process; the criteria for renewal of adminship will be a minimum of 50% support by the community. Bureaucrats shall oversee the process, and determine the validity of the votes.
If renewal of 'sysop privileges' is not granted by the community, it will be removed at the end of the process; but the will be immediately eligible for re-application at requests for adminship at any time.
