Wikipedia:Administrator recall
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Administrator recall is a process by which the community can require an administrator to make a re-request for adminship (RRFA) to retain their administrative privileges. It is one of several ways that adminship can be reviewed or removed.
Petition
[edit]Any extended confirmed editor may start a petition for an administrator to make a re-request for adminship if they believe that the administrator has lost the trust of the community. The petition may not be created within twelve months of the administrator's last successful request for adminship, request for bureaucratship, or re-request for adminship, or within twelve months of the administrator being elected an administrator or elected to the Arbitration Committee. If a petition fails, another petition for the same administrator may not be started for six months from the date the last one was closed.
The editor who starts the petition must notify the administrator on their user talk page using the {{subst:Admin recall notice}} template. They must also post a notice to the administrator's noticeboard using the {{subst:Admin recall notice/AN}} template.
Any extended confirmed editor may add their signature to a petition, with or without reasoning. An editor can sign no more than five active petitions. Any editor may comment in a discussion section on the recall petition page. Any signature or comment may be struck based on the same criteria used during requests for adminship.
A petition is closed after thirty days. If it gains at least twenty-five valid signatures within that period, the administrator is required to make a re-request for adminship or be a candidate in an administrator election. Otherwise, the administrator is not required to do either.
Re-request for adminship
[edit]If a recall petition passes, the administrator must make a re-request for adminship (RRfA) within thirty days or resign their adminship. If an administrator election is scheduled within those thirty days, they may stand in it instead. The bureaucrats are responsible for ensuring that an RRfA is made within a reasonable time frame. If this does not happen, they may remove the administrator privileges at their discretion.
A re-request for adminship follows the same process as a request for adminship, but with lower thresholds for passing. In an RRfA or administrator election, any administrator who obtains at least 60% support will retain their administrator role. If the administrator receives between 50 and 60% support, the community's consensus will be determined by the bureaucrats.
See also
[edit]- Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2024 review/Phase II/Administrator recall – discussion that led to the creation of this process
- Administrators open to recall – voluntary recall procedure used by some administrators
- Requests for de-adminship – history of previous attempts to create an administrator recall process