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wikien-bureaucrats archives

phab:T162068 is queued for deleting the old mailing list, wikien-bureaucrats. We were not clear about what to do with the old archives, without an active list any more I'm in favor of having them purged - some of the comments on the original discussion referenced privacy concerns. Does anyone have any need for these to be retained - if so for what period? — xaosflux ^Talk 21:53, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know of any reason to keep them. ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 21:55, 26 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

I'm an archivist (and a bit of a hoarder) at heart and I've saved every significant e-mail that I received or sent since 2005, so the thought of flushing the entire wikien-crats archive almost pains me physically. Can't they be preserved as read-only? Can't they at least be saved on a page on stewardwiki? ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 17:53, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Why stewardwiki? That would provide all stewards access to the archives, and it is always possible that the two enwiki bureaucrats could no longer be stewards or bureaucrats at some point in the future. --Rs chen 7754 18:01, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The "default" behavior will be that they are still archived, however with the list gone adding / changing archive access would no longer be possible. — xaosflux ^Talk 19:01, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Resysop request (Doug Bell)

Doug Bell (current rights · rights management · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) · block log)

I'm not very active, but I'm still a good citizen. I'd appreciate having my admin rights restored. My account has never been compromised. —Doug Bell 17:28, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

(Non-bureaucrat comment) According to Special:Log/Doug Bell, you last used your sysop tools on April 4, 2007 (over 10 years ago). While there is no procedural reason to deny this request, do you really need the admin tools? --Rs chen 7754 17:34, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

The primary admin tool I'd like restored is the ability to view deleted pages. Unless I become active again doing admin things, I don't see a requirement for the other tools. However, I'm not sure I see a need to remove my access to the tools... —Doug Bell 02:14, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat note: Your first edit in 1.5 years was to return and ask for the admin rights. Is there an admin or crat that you know who could verify that you are indeed you? ···日本穣 · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe · Join WP Japan! 22:37, 30 April 2017 (UTC)[reply]

User:Xaosflux is the only bureaucrat name I recognize, and we had minimal contact when I was last active as an admin, so I doubt that's of any use. I guess I don't know how to prove I'm me, even if I knew a current bureaucrat. I guess you can either accept that it's me or not. —Doug Bell 02:14, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2017#April 2017

The following inactive administrators are being desysoped due to inactivity. Thank you all for your service.

ThaddeusB (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
Yandman (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
Bjarki S (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
OldakQuill (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)
Shyam (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

— xaosflux ^Talk 00:06, 1 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]