Wikipedia:Former administrators/reason/temporary

Temporary: These were temporary administrators for various reasons, which are noted below. Adminship was granted to them for a predefined time period.
 * Election: These former admins were given sysop status to allow them to edit the Wikimedia Board elections page.
 * Employee: These former admins were given sysop status as an employee of Bomis or the Wikimedia Foundation.
 * Function: These former admins were given sysop status for the purpose of doing a function such as renaming a user, moving a page, or another administrative activity.
 * Testing: These former admins were given sysop status for the purpose of testing.
 * Mistake These former admins were given sysop status by mistake