Requests for Comment/Changes to the Dormancy Policy

The Dormancy Policy has been around since the beginning of 2016, and since then things have changed in the way that we implement it, so therefore we need to update the policy accordingly. You may vote for multiple proposals (since they are not necessarily mutually exclusive).

Proposal 1

 * The current time periods for inactivity, closure and deletion remain the same as currently, with the only change being to the wording of the policy, as these things are now done automatically and not by "global staff".

Proposal 2

 * The "Wikis with no contributions" clause of the policy is removed from the Dormancy Policy and will no longer be applicable after the closure of this RfC. (This clause has not been used so far)

Proposal 1

 * The rules for exemptions remain the same as they are

Proposal 2

 * Exemptions are no longer infinite, and will expire after a time period of 1 year starting with when the exemption was requested. After this time period, bureaucrats of a wiki are contacted by sysadmins, and they have a chance to renew their exemption. If they do not respond to the request in 30 days after the message by sysadmins, the wiki is removed from the exemption list and will be normally affected by the Dormancy Policy starting when the exemption is removed.

Proposal 3

 * Exemptions are no longer infinite, and will expire after a time period of 2 years starting with when the exemption was requested. After this time period, bureaucrats of a wiki are contacted by sysadmins, and they have a chance to renew their exemption. If they do not respond to the request in 30 days after the message by sysadmins, the wiki is removed from the exemption list and will be normally affected by the Dormancy Policy starting when the exemption is removed.

Proposal 4

 * Exemptions are no longer infinite, and will expire after a time period of 3 years starting with when the exemption was requested. After this time period, bureaucrats of a wiki are contacted by sysadmins, and they have a chance to renew their exemption. If they do not respond to the request in 60 days after the message by sysadmins, the wiki is removed from the exemption list and will be normally affected by the Dormancy Policy starting when the exemption is removed.

Proposal 1

 * A wiki will be eligible under the adoption policy 7 days after it has been closed.

Proposal 2

 * A wiki will be eligible under the adoption policy 14 days after it has been closed.

Proposal 3

 * The user requesting adoption must have shown activity on the wiki prior to it's closure.

Proposal 4

 * The user requesting adoption must have shown activity on another Miraheze wiki.

Proposal 5

 * Staying inline with Miraheze's community centric purpose, adoption is solely the request for a wiki to be re-opened by anyone not holding "managewiki" locally on the wiki. Users must submit a local request to gain permissions which will be handled by a steward in line with standard practise (applying this pages' notes critera).

Proposal 6

 * Upon adoption, users will be given sysop and bureaucrat rights on the wiki by a Steward.

Proposal 1

 * After 6 months total following inactivity and closure notices, a wiki is marked as deleted. For 7 days following that, users have the chance to reinstate their wiki again by contacting sysadmins. If after that time there is no request, the wiki is eligible to be deleted by sysadmins permanently.

Proposal 2

 * After 6 months total following inactivity and closure notices, a wiki is marked as deleted. For 14 days following that, users have the chance to reinstate their wiki again by contacting sysadmins. If after that time there is no request, the wiki is eligible to be deleted by sysadmins permanently.