User:Harej/Recall

The recall process is a two-step procedure. The Wikipedia Administrators must first pass by a simple majority articles of recall, which constitute the formal allegation or allegations. Upon their passage, the Wikipedian has been "recalled". Next, the Bureaucrats try the accused. In the case of the recall of Jimbo Wales, the most senior member of the Arbitration Committee presides over the proceedings. For the recall of any other Wikipedian, the policies and guidelines is silent on who shall preside, suggesting that this role falls to the Bureaucrats' loudest mouthpiece. This may include the recall of FloNight, although legal theories suggest that allowing a person to be the judge in the case where she or he was the defendant would be a blatant conflict of interest. If the most senior member of ArbCom did not preside over an impeachment (of someone other than Jimbo), the duties would fall to Lar.

In order to remove the administratorship of the accused, a two-thirds majority of the Bureaucrats present is required. Following removal, the Bureaucrats may vote to further punish the individual by barring them from holding future adminship, elected or appointed. Removal by the Bureaucrats does not bar ArbCom sanctions. Even after an accused has been removed from administratorship, it is possible to disqualify the person from future functionary positions or from certain emoluments of their prior adminship (such as reading deleted pages). If there is no charge for which a two-thirds majority of the Bureaucrats present vote "guilty", the defendant is acquitted and no punishment is imposed.