Wikipedia:Administrator recall/January 2025 request for comment

Welcome! This is a request for comment to revise the current administrator recall procedures. Extended discussion is happening on the talk page, not here! This page will contain only the questions and survey; RfC monitors will be moving excessive discussion to the talk page. The questions are:

• First stage of admin recall: Should the first stage of administrator recall continue to be a petition based process?
• Opening a petition: Under what circumstances may a petition be opened?
• Number of editors: How many signing editors are required to trigger a reconfirmation RfA?
• Closing a petition: Should a petition that reaches the threshold number of signatures be closed before the end of the 30 days?
• No consensus outcomes: In the event that a reconfirmation RfA ends in a "no consensus" outcome of the community or the bureaucrats, should the administrator retain their tools?
• Recall discussion: Where should the petition discussion be held?
• Opposition: Should expressing formal opposition to the petition be allowed, and in what manner?
• Word limits: Whose comments at a petition should be subject to a word limit?

Right now, this is still a draft page. This RfC is not open yet! Please propose changes to the structure on the talk page. The talk page will be archived when the RfC begins. theleekycauldron (talk • she/her) 07:58, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

First stage of admin recall

Should the first stage of administrator recall continue to be a petition based process? (discussion)

• Option 1: Yes (no change)
• Option 2: No, it should happen by a consensus based process

Survey (First stage of admin recall)

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Opening a petition

Under what circumstances may a petition be opened? (discussion)

• Option 1: At any time (no change)
• Option 2: Only after the closure and archival of either a thread at either one of the administrators' noticeboards, or at WP:AARV, concerning the administrator's conduct
• Option 3: Only after advance notice to the administrator via their talk page (amount of time to be determined)

Survey (Opening a petition)

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Number of editors

How many signing editors are required to trigger a reconfirmation RfA? (discussion)

• Option 1: 10 editors
• Option 2: 25 editors (no change)
• Option 3: 50 editors
• Option 4: 100 editors
• Something else (specify)

Survey (Number of editors)

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Closing a petition

Should a petition that reaches the threshold number of signatures be closed before the end of the 30 days? Choose one or more. (discussion)

• Option 1: No, it should remain open for the full 30 days.
• Option 2: Yes, as soon as the threshold number of signatures is reached.
• Option 3: Yes, at a delayed time (e.g. 12/24/48 hours) after the threshold number of signatures is reached (specify what time).
• Option 4: Yes, when the subject of the petition agrees to start an RRfA or stand in an admin election.
• Option 5: Yes, when the subject of the petition starts an RRfA or nominates themselves in an admin election.
• Option 6: Yes, when the subject of the petition resigns as an administrator.
• Option 7: Yes, When the subject of the petition asks for it to be closed.

Survey (Closing a petition)

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No consensus outcomes

In the event that a reconfirmation RfA ends in a "no consensus" outcome of the community or the bureaucrats, should the administrator retain their tools? (discussion)

• Option 1: Yes
• Option 2: No

Survey (No consensus outcomes)

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Recall discussion

Where should the petition discussion be held? WP:MONITOR will still apply to the recall discussion if it is held outside of the petition page. (discussion)

• Option 1: On the petition page (no change)
• Option 2: On the petition talk page
• Option 3: Somewhere else (specify)
• Option 4: No recall discussion. (Discussion of the admin can not be held on the petition or the talk page. Discussion elsewhere outside recall project space is not prohibited, but it is not officially sanctioned.)

Survey (Recall discussion)

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Opposition

Should expressing formal opposition to the petition be allowed, and in what manner? (discussion)

• Option 1: Not expressly disallowed, but does not affect petition (no change)
• Option 2: Expressly disallowed
• Option 3: Create a section where opposition can be voiced by signature only, no discussion. It has no operative effect on the required number of signatures for the petition to pass.

Survey (Opposition)

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Word limits

Whose comments at a petition should be subject to a word limit? (Exact limit to be determined) Choose 1 or more. (discussion)

• Option 1: Nobody (current)
• Option 2: The filer
• Option 3: The administrator
• Option 4: Other participants

Survey (Word limits)

• survey here...