User:MarcGarver/Inactivity policy

Removal of Administrator Rights Due to Low Activity

As helpful members of the community, Wikibooks administrators are expected to provide the community with timely assistance when needed or requested and maintain a general understanding of the current Wikibooks environment and policies. In order to meet these expectations an administrator needs to be active.

If the activity expectations defined below are not met then any autoconfirmed Wikibooks user can propose the removal of administrator rights at Wikibooks:Requests for permissions. It is a requirement that the proposer notifies the administrator on both their talk page and via the "E-mail this user" function that a de-admin proposal has been started.

Low activity is defined as follows. The administrator:

1. Has not performed an administrative function (see here) in the last six months.
2. Has performed less than five administrative functions in the last year
3. Has made less than 20 edits to Wikibooks in the last year
4. Has made no edits to Wikibooks in the last six months

Inactivity based de-admin proposals may be closed immediately as unsuccessful by any uninvolved administrator if at least one of the criteria defined above is met by the administrator being proposed for de-admin.

As the appointment and removal of administrators is a decision for the Wikibooks community, only the opinions of logged in autoconfirmed editors will be considered. Comments from editors who are not logged in or are not autoconfirmed will be removed from the discussion.

If after one month if there is no objection to the removal (including from the administrator being discussed) then a Bureaucrat will close the discussion and raise a request for a Steward to complete the de-admin.

If after one month there are any objections raised (including from the administrator being discussed) then a Bureaucrat will judge the consensus and determine whether to close the proposal as unsuccessful or raise a request to complete the de-admin.

In the event of a proposal being unsuccessful then no further de-admin request for low activity may be made for three months from the closing date of the previous request except where the administrator meets the criteria for removal due to inactivity defined below.

Removal of Administrator Rights Due to Inactivity

Any administrator who is completely inactive, as defined below, can have their administrator rights removed without discussion. Removal for inactivity is a requirement to protect Wikibooks against the risk of inactive privileged accounts being compromised.

An administrator is considered inactive if:

• There has been no use of the administrator flag in one year.
• There has been no edit to any Wikibooks page in one year.

In the case of an inactive administrator a notification will be placed at Wikibooks:Requests for permissions. It is a requirement that the proposer notifies the administrator on both their talk page and via the "E-mail this user" function that a de-admin proposal has been started.

No discussion will take place for an inactive administrator de-admin. If the inactive administrator does not become active within the one month notice period then any user may request a Steward to complete the de-admin.

Reinstatement when Activity Resumes

Any administrator removed for inactivity can within a six month period following the removal request the return of the administrator flag. A request must be raised at Wikibooks:Requests for permissions to give other editors the opportunity to raise any concerns.

Removal of Bureaucrat and Checkuser Rights

The low level of Bureaucrat and Checkuser activity required at Wikibooks means there is no activity requirement in order to retain these rights. However, any Bureaucrat or Checkuser who has their administrator rights removed for low activity or inactivity will also have their Bureaucrat and Checkuser rights removed.