Iridescent, the light who burned too bright Options

[Apathetic]

User_talk:Iridescent#Sysop_Flag

kinda slow on the draw, i know.

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[Sarcasticidealist]

User_talk:Iridescent#Sysop_Flag

kinda slow on the draw, i know.

It's a shame, but she only had a couple of months to go before her longstanding pledge to give up the mop after two years kicked in anyway.

[Eva Destruction]

User_talk:Iridescent#Sysop_Flag

kinda slow on the draw, i know.

It's a shame, but she only had a couple of months to go before her longstanding pledge to give up the mop after two years kicked in anyway.

Yeah, the timing of this was intentional – it was actually meant to be three months before the 2nd anniversary, in line with my "admins should always be desysopped for at least three months of every two years" arguments, but I'd misremembered the date. As I said at the time, there's no interesting back story here, I'm afraid.

[jayvdb]

User_talk:Iridescent#Sysop_Flag

kinda slow on the draw, i know.

It's a shame, but she only had a couple of months to go before her longstanding pledge to give up the mop after two years kicked in anyway.

Yeah, the timing of this was intentional – it was actually meant to be three months before the 2nd anniversary, in line with my "admins should always be desysopped for at least three months of every two years" arguments, but I'd misremembered the date. As I said at the time, there's no interesting back story here, I'm afraid.

I really like this idea. Is there any discussion about it on Wikipedia?

I've also wanted to see whether it is feasible to be a checkuser/oversighter without the admin tools. The French Wikipedia has two checkusers who are not admins, and I've asked them about this, but they havent returned my emails. The best way to find out would be to try it out myself.

[sbrown]

I've also wanted to see whether it is feasible to be a checkuser/oversighter without the admin tools. The French Wikipedia has two checkusers who are not admins, and I've asked them about this, but they havent returned my emails. The best way to find out would be to try it out myself.

Firstly sorry about iridescent one of the best admins.

Second I cant see the slightest problem about oversight sans admin. Its an invisible backroom function. Checkuser is a little trickier because if you find a sock (or frame someone) then you need a block but you can always send your results to another checkuser to make the block. Probably a good idea anyway to avoid being judge jury and executioner.

[Kelly Martin]

Second I cant see the slightest problem about oversight sans admin. Its an invisible backroom function. Checkuser is a little trickier because if you find a sock (or frame someone) then you need a block but you can always send your results to another checkuser to make the block. Probably a good idea anyway to avoid being judge jury and executioner.

When I was a checkuser on enwiki I only blocked based on my results if the checkuser has been requested by the WMF office (which happened more than y'all probably realize). If I found sockpuppetry or other problematic activity, I'd report it to one of the noticeboards and let some other admin deal with it.

In addition, I was a guest checkuser on the English Wiktionary for some time without also being an admin there. Admittedly this was back in 2006 and the software has changed considerably since then.