Wikipedia:Administrators open to recall/Alternative process

The following is an informal process, not a policy or guideline

The status of the approach on this page is currently unclear. It was an object of active debate in 2009, when there was general consensus that it was a Good Idea for administrators who lost community confidence to voluntarily resign. However, there was a failure to reach consensus on the precise method to judge this and what process to implement. Nevertheless, a number of admins have voluntarily indicated their intention to follow a process based on what is listed here.

This page in a nutshell:
Administrators who use this process, if asked by 20 editors with over 500 edits and one month of tenure, resign.
At their discretion, they can submit a RfA at any time after resigning.

Background edit

Category:Wikipedia administrators open to recall lists some admins who have indicated they are open to being recalled. To increase the predictability of the recall process, some members have documented their intentions at Wikipedia:Administrators open to recall/Admin criteria. For those who have not, this page represents another sample procedure and set of criteria which may be chosen as a fallback at recall time if the admin doesn't want to invent a new procedure.

Before commencing the recall process, editors are advised to consider discussing their concerns with the admin.

Process edit

This recall process has three stages, petition, resignation and RfA.

Petition edit

Any editor may request recall by starting a numbered petition on the admin's talk page. (Before doing so, they should clarify whether the admin is using this or another process.) Editors may request recall for any reason, but are expected to do so civilly and in good faith.

To trigger a resignation, a recall petition must be signed by 20 editors each having over 500 edits and over one month of tenure.

To allow time for cooling off and to facilitate discussion and compromise, petitions can remain open for seven days. Petitioners may strike out their signatures at any time. If at the end of the petition period the required threshold is met, then the admin resigns; otherwise, the recall fails.

Resignation edit

In order to resign, the admin requests removal of privileges at Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard.

RfA edit

Following resignation, the ex-admin may submit, at their own convenience, a new Wikipedia:Requests for adminship.