Talk:Dormancy Policy

Good + Deletion

 * I think that this is a good policy, possibly better than the other one. The only issue I have is that the wikis that were never edited don't get deleted, because I don't see any use of them being adopted if they have absolutely no content on them. I am currently working on a list for all inactive wikis (and not edited ones). If possible when this policy gets implemented I would need global interface editor rights, and possible temporary access to private wikis so that I can also help there . Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 19:13, 24 December 2015 (UTC)

Confusion

 * I don't really understand "If no user has requested the adoption of a wiki at least 120 days after the closing of a wiki (minimum 180 days/6 months inactivity)" Is it 120 days or 180 days? Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 05:08, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Look at the chart that should help understand. It's 180 total days of inactivity, but about 120 days since the wiki was placed up for adoption. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 05:33, 25 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Ok, thanks :) Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 07:40, 25 December 2015 (UTC)

A minor point
Most people will probably just look at the table so to make the article idiot proof, you should specify a measurement of time on the table as well, it's just a minor point but I thought it wouldn't hurt to at least suggest it. PlatinumYellow (talk) 17:49, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * What do you mean by "a measurement of time"? That's what the table is about. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 05:21, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Adoption
Adopting users should not be able to remove the founding admin. The founding admin should be able to remove adopting admins if they come back. I don't think adopting admins should be able to remove any of the current admins that they don't already have the user rights to remove. At the very least the founder should be immune to being usurped. D4rkst4r (talk) 23:55, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * If the founder would come back he could just request permissions back. And the founding admin has 55 days to edit his/her wiki to prevent it becoming dormant, and anyways there is a small chance a wiki will be adopted. Reception123  (talk) ( contribs  ) 05:23, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I quote: the user will gain founder rights (administrator and bureaucrat) on the wiki, (..) and will have the option of removing rights from old users..
 * Founders already have the right to remove rights from old users (if that's not possible via the wiki interface because it are, for example, bureaucrat rights - they can ask the stewards anyway). The new founder should be treated as a founder, so we all agreed to this piece of text.
 * The old founder(s) must have been away for 67-180 days if the wiki was adopted. In 99% of those cases the founders forgot about Miraheze; this banner can be seen on all wikis until the 9th (so they had 7 days to be aware of our policy), and they have another 30 days (between notice and closure) to prevent the wiki from being closed/adopted. During those 30 days a wiki-wide notice is visible, so it's impossible any founder wouldn't see it (unless they are inactive). In short: we believe an adopter should be treated as a founder.
 * If you are an active wiki founder and don't want to give your foundership away, then you should request an exception to the policy imho. There should be at least one point you/your wiki meets (obviously), although if you donated, or you are an active volunteer at Miraheze, I won't really hesitate to make your wiki an exception to this policy as a 'thank you' (because I love everyone :-)). Southparkfan (talk) 15:11, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * If the wiki has enough stuff on it to be worth not deleting then the founder probably didn't forget about the wiki entirely. (Cases where a new user comes, requests a new wiki, adds a few pages for a week and then leaves.)  What I'm afraid is most people not knowing what the policies are.  If they miss the whole banner about inactivity then they wouldn't check up on the policy.  When they come back they might just assume that they can't request their user rights back and their wiki was given away.  They might just go away and complain about their wiki being given away.  If the old founder is inactive then I don't think it should be a problem to leave their user rights in place.  To me it seems like a red flag of bad faith if a new admin is afraid of sharing privileges.  D4rkst4r (talk) 15:48, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * I personally wouldn't really care whether the rights of the new founder are removed or not.
 * But, I think you have a fair point that everyone should know what the exact policy is.
 * D4rkst4r, feel free to propose a solution for that area. Southparkfan (talk) 14:16, 5 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Please feel free to propose alternatives but I believe the policy is alright as is. First of all wiki founders must be gone for a very long time for this to even be possible. Secondly, when a wiki is opened for adoption, anyone can request it's adoption, including current staff members or active users. Stewards will look at adoption requests on a case-by-case basis, and if possible, use local consensus to determine who gets what user rights. It's not like we will just give sysop and bureaucrat to a random user and allow them to do what they will :) If possible I believe that we'll work to make sure that the local community has a nice home in the absence of an owner. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:26, 5 January 2016 (UTC)

Show days of dormancy for all pages in wiki
Can we have on each wiki's main page the days of dormancy for the whole wiki site? Each wiki site is composed of many pages. By looking at the history of each page we can see when we last made an edit, but there is not way to see the last edit date of ALL pages together. Bulrush (talk) 11:47, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Never mind. Each wiki already has this on their main menu, called "Recent Changes", and the Wiki-wide changes are at https://WIKINAME.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges. Bulrush (talk) 11:50, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Warning email
Can Miraheze send a warning email to the owner if the wiki has been dormant for 30 days? Bulrush (talk) 11:47, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * This would be a great idea. MacFan4000 (talk) 12:39, 21 November 2016 (UTC)
 * This was the initial plan, but it went aside. We could think about re-integrating it though, as it would be a good idea. Reception123 (talk) ( contribs  ) 18:39, 21 November 2016 (UTC)

Clarification needed for requests to reopen locked wikis
Can you ask for a wiki that is locked from editing due to the Dormancy policy to be reopened before the wiki is put for adoption? Matthew Cenance (talk) 00:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * If you're a bureaucrat on the wiki you can just unlock it yourself on Special:ManageWiki. Otherwise, global staff can probably unlock it for you. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 02:41, 5 July 2019 (UTC)