User:Fetchcomms/Recall

If you're not sure what recall is, I will ignore your attempts to use this process.

Requirements
Any editor seeking recall for me must be:
 * In good standing with the community:
 * No current blocks or bans (in which case you would be evading a block or ban to file this)
 * No blocks or bans within one month of the date the recall is requested (excepting accidental blocks or blocks overturned as an improper block)
 * Currently under no editing restrictions
 * No editing restrictions within one month of the date the recall is requested
 * Not currently under other sanctions by ArbCom or currently being the subject of an ArbCom case
 * No ArbCom sanctions within one month of the date the recall is requested


 * Be an experienced member of the community:
 * Understand what admin recall is
 * Have at least 700 edits and over at least 3 months of active editing


 * Also:
 * One recall for me per editor per 6 months
 * Any sockpuppeting or meatpuppeting whatsoever invalidates the recall
 * If I have never interacted with you, then you must try at least one form of dispute resolution before filing for my recall

Alternatives
Recall should be a last resort if at all possible. Other steps in the dispute resolution process should be sought out before this happens. I am more than open to communication on my talk page - if you have a question or concern about any of my actions, it is best addressed there. If something is a little more severe, you may want to post a thread at Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents. While this option should probably be sought before taking the incident to ArbCom, that option is as always open to you as well; however, be aware that the recall process will end much faster, and much more amicably, than anything the ArbCom is going to come up with.

If other means of dispute resolution are not attempted before opening a recall petition, your petition may be closed without consideration. Users who have had no prior contact with me may not open a petition without first seeking other means of dispute resolution.

Extended info

 * Administrators open to recall is a voluntary process. I am willing to participate in it as the tools for adminship are granted through the consensus of the community, so it stands to reason that the community should have the right to remove these tools by consensus.
 * Petitions for recall that are trivial or made in spite of a single action I have taken that is in accordance with policy or community consensus can and will be ignored at my discretion. Recalls should be based on a series of incidents, or an extreme breach of policy.
 * Petitions for recall must be made in a civil and reasoned manner.
 * Any use whatsoever of canvassing or single-purpose accounts will immediately invalidate the recall petition.
 * I reserve the right to defend accusations made against myself. However, I will not delete or protect any recall petition that was made in good faith, nor block any user for the sole reason of petitioning against me, nor request that another admin do so. I can and will, however, use my tools as an administrator to gather evidence in my defense.
 * Recall should be a next-to-last resort, the last being ArbCom. If other forms of dispute resolution are not attempted before opening a recall petition, your petition may be closed without consideration.
 * These recall procedures apply to my use of the administrative tools only.

Actual process
If, for any well-thought-out and non-spiteful reason, an editor (or several editors) feels that I have in some way abused my rights as an administrator or in some way have become undeserving of them, they may (if they meet the above eligibility requirements) request that I be recalled from my position as an administrator on the English Wikipedia.

To start the process of recall, the editor (or editors) must first leave a new message on my talk page clearly stating the intent to recall.
 * If I refuse the recall, the editor (or editors) may use a form of dispute resolution as mentioned above.
 * If I accept the recall, I will create a subpage to initiate the process, and notify the requesting editor (or editors) of the initiation.

During the recall, any interested editor may leave comments about my usage of the administrative tools and ultimately support or oppose the removal of my administrative access. The subpage will be open for comment for 7 days; if at least 10 people total have voiced their opinion and at least half of those have supported, I will open a new RfA and let the community decide in a more prominent posting. If at least half are opposing a new RfA on my subpage, then I will not open a new RfA and the recall will be closed as unsuccessful. I reserve the right to ignore any and all "empty" votes, empty being those without rationale ( *Support ~, etc.), and I reserve the right to withdraw from the recall process at any time whatsoever.

Refusing recall
I reserve the right to refuse a recall for any reason I choose. To save your time, please do not initiate the recall process for me if: If I refuse a recall, you can still open an RfC/U or RfAr if appropriate.
 * You are complaining about one specific action that I have already acknowledged was made in error, apologized for, and promised not to repeat
 * You are trying to make a point
 * You are holding a grudge against me or currently involved in an dispute with me unrelated to the incident(s) prompting recall
 * You don't know what recall is or understand its purpose and process
 * You don't want to bother with another form of dispute resolution