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This is a list of former and ongoing discussions, notably requests for comment, about the administrator recall process.

Former RfCs and discussions

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A history of discussions prior to the 2024 recall procedure can be found at Wikipedia:History of de-adminship proposals.

2024 Requests for adminship review – Phase I

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The first phase of the 2024 Requests for adminship review brought forward multiple proposals for a recall process, labeled Proposal 16 to Proposal 16f.

While no single proposal found broad consensus, the combined result of Proposals 16, 16c and 16d combined was considered enough evidence for a rough consensus in favor of a recall process, to be fleshed out in Phase II.

2024 Requests for adminship review – Phase II

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Following the rough consensus of Phase I, a survey was created as part of Phase II to flesh out the details of the recall process. It comprised 13 distinct questions, ranging from the initiation procedure to a potential time limit on starting multiple petitions in a row.

The survey led to the creation of Wikipedia:Administrator recall with the adoption of all options that gained consensus.

Wikipedia:Village pump (policy) RfC

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Because of the uncertainty around the binding nature of the Phase II RfC, a follow-up RfC was started at Wikipedia:Village pump (policy). This question aimed to clarify whether the previous discussion had by itself force of policy, or whether further discussion was needed to ratify it.

The closing statement noted that a lack of clarity over the RfC's precise goal asked led to different questions being answered by the participants. However, with no formal process required to ratify new policies, beyond the necessity for large changes to be well-advertised, the closer considered this RfC to be a valid way to establish the status of Wikipedia:Administrator recall as a policy. Ultimately, this discussion established consensus for Phase II's recall procedure to be adopted.

Policy status discussion

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Following debate about whether the closer was in their right to label WP:RECALL as a policy, a discussion was started on 28 October 2024 at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard over its policy status.

This close challenge ended with consensus to remove "policy" designation from the page.

Early workshopping

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Also on 28 October 2024, a Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) was opened to discuss potential improvements to the recall process.

It was archived, and served as the inspiration for today's reworkshop.

Early closure discussions

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After the first recall petition reached 25 votes, the question of early closure was brought up on Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard on 6 November 2024. Consensus there was that the recall policy as such did not provide for closing the petition before 30 days had elapsed. On the next day, an open discussion (clarified not to be a formal RfC) began at Wikipedia talk:Administrator recall, polling the community about future closing scenarios.

The latter discussion did not call for a formal decision, and was archived with no action.

Ongoing RfCs

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Ongoing discussions

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Future RfCs

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An "idea lab"-style page was created on 8 November 2024 to allow for centralized discussion of changes to the recall procedure, in preparation for future RfCs.

It continues the workshopping of potential changes started at Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab) § Avoiding a long month of drama.

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