Board Thread:Site Discussions/@comment-5215338-20150116184514/@comment-4548659-20150118001704

Bullet Francisco wrote:

Time Biter wrote:

Bullet Francisco wrote:

No. Look at the lapsing rights page, not take a quote from Unleashed. I went inactive, and no one can demote a bureaucrat but Wikia Staff, so I was obligated to demote myself. The lapsing rights rule says nothing about demoting yourself anyways. You recalled incorrectly. I don't think it works that way. Lapsing rights specifies that the user must have been inactive for four months in order for him/her to lose the rights, not demoting yourself in preparation for inactivity. What you and BlueSpeeder did would count as giving up your rights, which is not covered by the lapsing rights rule. Both you and BlueSpeeder have given up your rights and got them back without an RfA, which makes both of you exceptions to the rule. No. It does work that way. I didn't prepare to go inactive, I went inactive. Big difference. No one else could have demoted me. Like you said, Wikia Staff could have demoted you. You simply chose to forfeit your rights because you did not want to be associated with the community any longer. The difference here is that, with lapsing rights, a user's rights are taken from them if they are inactive. Usually, it is not their choice. BlueSpeeder knowingly gave up your rights on your own choice- that is the key difference here, you two made the choice to give up your rights, choice normally does not matter when it comes to lapsing rights. This thread is asking the question: If users voluntarily give up their rights, can they request them back? Both you and Blue gave up your rights by your choice, yet got them back later, making you both exceptions.