Forum:Administrator retirement and reinstatement

A question was asked on the IRC Channel about whether a former administrator (who resigned) would be able to request a reinstatement of their administrator rights without having to go through a request for administratorship. The wiki used to have a policy on the books which answered this question, but as a result of this discussion, it is no longer official policy. So, I would like to propose that we clarify our official position on administrator resignations. To be specific, we should focus on resolving at least these questions:
 * 1) - Can a retired administrator request their rights back without going through the RfA process?
 * 2) - If yes, should there be a deadline to this request - do they need to ask for them back within a certain period after their resignation?
 * 3) - When an administrator retires, should they retain rollback rights by default? (presently, it's customary to give rollback rights to retiring administrators, since they had them prior to promotion)
 * 4) - Should other rights typically awarded to administrators (e.g. Chat Moderator rights, IRC operator rights) be removed from retiring administrators, or should they be allowed to keep them?

Those are the most significant questions that come to my mind, but there could be others. I have my own opinion on what the answers to these questions should be, but I'll hold off until others have had a chance to weigh in. --  LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 06:50, June 2, 2014 (UTC)