It might be reasonable for all active admins for whom there is not an
AfD to be reconfirmed.

On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Carcharoth <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Thomas Dalton <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> 2009/2/11 Charlotte Webb <[email protected]>:
>>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 11:48 AM, Patton 123 <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I know a de-admining process is proposed practically every other day, but 
>>>> this
>>>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EVula/opining/RfA_overhaul>doesn't 
>>>> appear
>>>> to have had much discussion. What do you think about it? Personally I think
>>>> it's a good idea, the only draw back being new accounts abusing it.
>>>
>>> If the numbers really matter so much, the simplest and fairest
>>> approach would be to a reconfirmation poll, where anyone can raise
>>> concerns but "voting" is limited to those who participated previously
>>> in the user's successful RFA. Sure there may still be sockpuppets or
>>> meatpuppets, etc. for or against the user in the reconfirmation
>>> shin-dig, but only if they were already present during the first RFA.
>>> If we are only looking at the net change in approval rating within the
>>> same audience, they would not likely have a pivotal impact.
>>
>> That doesn't work for admins that have been around a while - most of
>> the people that contributed to their RFA will have left the project.
>
> And that tells us what? That they were trusted at one stage and might
> or might not be now. Someone should bring up a list of the really old
> admins (in terms of RfA) and how many people commented at their RFA
> and how many of those people are still around. Are there any "mailing
> list" admins still around (in the very old days, admins were given the
> bit based on a mailing list discussion)? Of course, many of these old
> admins are themselves inactive now.
>
> Carcharoth
>
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