User blog comment:Zane T 69/Wiki Improvements/@comment-778071-20160626023744/@comment-778071-20160628001348

@Zane: You have yet to make your case. You claim to have read "Wikipedia is a volunteer service", but you do not seem to understand it. Why is taking a leave from the Wiki unacceptable? We are volunteers. There is a reason why the article states: "Because Wikipedia is completely voluntary, under no circumstances are editors obligated or expected to make any edits, respond to any messages, or to otherwise have any involvement." This is not work leave where I have to apply for a hiatus.

Yes, you are right that the Wiki suffers when admins leave. But this is true of any user that contributes, not just admins. The thing about Wikis is that users come and go and contribute where they can, but where spaces are left by outgoing users, new incoming users (like yourself) come in to fill the gap.

Certainly, there are reasons why we can desysop admins who have not edited in more than a year. We can make a sensible case to do so based on security concerns, or that we suspect that they have completely lost touch with the Wiki, having been gone so long. But any claims of "shirking of duty" or "irresponsibility" is fundamentally misunderstands the voluntary role we all play here.

"Honestly, so far it looks like you just want your buddies to keep that cool title."

On a final note, I am disappointed that you are stooping to make false and irresponsible claims about my intentions. I am stating my beliefs based on 8 years of experience with Wikis. For the 9 admins of the Wiki other than myself, I have not had any meaningful interaction with 3 of them. For the rest, I was the bureaucrat involved in sysopping them.

While most of us are on friendly terms and I have respect for their contributions, our relationship is mostly professional and based on the common work in the Wiki. We are not personally close. You are still a very new user, so I encourage you to take greater care in looking through our talkpages for our interactions before making such churlish comments in the future. You will see that I have no interest in sysopping anyone or keeping them sysopped unless it is for the good of the Wiki and based on the wishes of the community. This is poor judgement on your part, and not the behaviour expected of someone running an RfA. Cheers.