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Desysop Request (Viridian Bovary)

• Renamed user 7z42t3k8qj (current rights · rights management · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) · block log)

This is a notice of the desysop of Renamed_user_7z42t3k8qj, formerly Viridian Bovary/Ashleyyoursmile. They have retired/vanished and have requested removal of their permissions. If necessary Cabayi and TheresNoTime can verify that this request was made in good faith. Primefac (talk) 12:39, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

I do, with much regret. Cabayi (talk) 12:46, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Completely crushing. Will be sorely missed. Moneytrees🏝️^{Talk/CCI guide} 13:15, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Man, got adminship only in May... that's a real shame.-- Pawnkingthree (talk) 13:22, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Will be missed. Much love. El_C 13:27, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

That's a real shame. Happy trails whatever you're doing - you'll be missed. firefly ( t · c ) 13:30, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

Well, that's a shame. ✗plicit 13:42, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

• Latest rename log: meta:Special:Redirect/logid/43047261, which references a non-public VTRS ticket. We recently had a came back from retired rename and asked for summary restoration case, so trying to document the public parts of this for easier research. (Ashleyyoursmile -> Viridian Bovary -> Renamed user 7z42t3k8qj)— xaosflux ^Talk 14:03, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
• Desysop log entry: Special:Redirect/logid/120976492 (which just references this discussion). — xaosflux ^Talk 14:04, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
  • Xaosflux - does this mean they (Ashleyyoursmile) is asking to come back and have their username restored? — Ched (talk) 14:46, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
    • I think by "recently has a came back from retired rename", Xaosflux was referring to the resysop request from July. DanCherek (talk) 14:54, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

    (e/c) Ched, I think "has" was meant to be "had" and refers to Jake Wartenberg's resysop. Pahunkat (talk) 14:56, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

    Yes, that, typo fixed. — xaosflux ^Talk 15:02, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

I'm slightly confused. I thought that the "renamed user [random string]" user names were meant to obscure or conceal the renamed user. Did I invent a policy in my head or is there a real one that says we not supposed to tie "renames user" to prior user names? Side point, I know, and I do wish VB/AYS well. Eggishorn (talk) (contrib) 16:08, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

It's mostly a I'm leaving and never coming back and don't want my old username in as many search results kinda of thing - renames are very public and it is trivial to match prior usernames of anyone that made any significant contributions. See Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing. The primary impact to general readers, etc is that your old username won't be in article history views now. — xaosflux ^Talk 16:18, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

• Consider it a courtesy blanking rather than a deletion, or removing the city name rather than salting the earth. The idea is to make it less obvious which contributions a user made, even though all the contributions are still there with the old user name. When dealing with administration matters, such as a desysopping, then for reasons of clarity and record keeping, it is useful to note who we are dealing with. But if someone casually wanted to know which articles Viridian Bovary edited, they would find it hard to track that down without knowing the random name sting which replaced Viridian Bovary's name. They could track it down, but it would require a bit of knowledge and a bit of effort. SilkTork (talk) 16:30, 31 August 2021 (UTC)

• Sad news. Wishing them all the best, and hoping we may see them back here again at some point in the future.  — Amakuru (talk) 16:42, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
• I agree that this is a loss. Ashley did so much good anti-vandalism work that they became a target for some particular vicious sockpuppet vandals. Liz ^{Read! Talk!} 23:26, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
• I'll add my regrets as well. I really appreciated the work she did. Best wishes in all you do Ashley. — Ched (talk) 00:28, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
• Sad to see another great admin go. I wish them luck with whatever is next. Signed,The4lines |||| ^{(Talk) (Contributions)} 04:12, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
• Not looking for personal or private information, so please don't misread me ~ did we fail this user in some way, as a community? It seems almost tragic that things can travel so quickly from super-successful RfA to vanishing. I guess what i'm asking is, without reference to any situational specifics, is there something that we ~ I, myself ~ should be doing extra to prevent this happening with another? Lindsay^Hello 07:37, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

  I think the short answer to your questions, unfortunately, is "no". There are things that happen that we as a community, much as we would like it to be otherwise, have no control over. Primefac (talk) 16:40, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Inactive administrators/2021#September 2021

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

1. Mark Arsten (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

   Last admin action: October 2016

2. Dppowell (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

   Last admin action: November 2017

3. Deathphoenix (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

   Last admin action: August 2020

4. Black Falcon (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA)

   Last admin action: August 2020

— xaosflux ^Talk 00:22, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

• I was really hoping Mark would return, but wish him well. — Ched (talk) 00:28, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

Requesting a voluntary desysop for Alvestrand

It's been too long since I was an active Wikipedia administrator, and I don't see a high likelyhood that I'll come back to do administrative stuff in the near future. So please accept the return of my mop and broom; if things change to make active Wikipedia work more likely, I'll notify you again.

Convenience link: Alvestrand (current rights · rights management · rights log (local) · rights log (global/meta) · block log).

Best of luck with the project! Alvestrand (talk) 16:47, 1 September 2021 (UTC)

 Done. Primefac (talk) 17:24, 1 September 2021 (UTC)