Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33046846-20170430165512/@comment-961279-20170504142936

Fandom staff have reacted in two different ways when I've made rights removal requests in the past:
 * 1) It's not hurting anything if they keep those rights and they might actually come back some day.
 * 2) Sure, we can take care of that right now.

These were for users who had been gone a long time, such as two or five years, and when I checked, the users list said they hadn't even logged into their account in about the same amount of time. It was pretty clear that they weren't coming back. But since you're talking about a person who will have been gone for only a month, I think Fandom will want to know why it's necessary to remove their bureaucrat rights.

From what's been said, NT2001 left because he felt his opinion wasn't being respected, even though others said the same thing about him, and he was tired of being in conflicts.

So the question is this: Is the wiki in danger if he keeps his bureaucrat rights? In other words, if he decides to come back, is it likely he will misuse those rights to commit vandalism, block users or otherwise attack and hurt the wiki? Normally, a community discussion about removing user rights involves cases of clear abuse of rights, not simply because they decide to leave.

NT2001 may have left for good, or it may be a case of right now it's leaving permanently but he may realize later after being away for a while that he would like to resume editing. If he does decide not to return, you've got seven other people with bureaucrat rights, but don't be too quick to chase away someone who could still help the wiki in the future if you don't have to.