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*I think the close is inappropriate, and we should keep this thread open until we either hear from Winhunter or decide what to do as a community. '''[[User:EEng#s|<font color="red">E</font>]][[User talk:EEng#s|<font color="blue">Eng</font>]]''' 20:09, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

::To what end, though? We've already pretty clearly established that Winhunter isn't going to offer a satisfactory reply (it's been six days since the last one) and that nearly everyone who has commented here is, erm, uncomfortable with their status. The next steps are just as I said: either resign or Arbcom (or the third option that nobody really cares that much, which is not apparently the case). We can't force an administrator to resign, and we also can't force an administrator into a backdoor reconfirmation RfA which I fear this is turning into. I ''could'' file the Arbcom case on behalf of the discussion, but I'm not going to. There's the seeds here for a discussion about a community desysop process or revised activity requirements, for example, and I'd be pleased to see such a discussion, but this is both a bad venue and a bad frame for it, and a bad way to try to establish precedent. [[User:Ivanvector|Ivanvector]] (^{[[User talk:Ivanvector|Talk]]}/_{[[Special:Contributions/Ivanvector|Edits]]}) 22:33, 17 August 2017 (UTC)

:::There is an option the community can enact: an indefinite block. Indefinite blocks have been used when someone disappears to avoid scrutiny. If WinHunter decides to reappear and provide accountability, the community can decide whether to proceed with an ArbCom desysop request. If not, the bit will expire due to inactivity and I can't imagine the bureaucrats returning the bit to a user who lost it while blocked. [[Special:Contributions/207.38.154.23|207.38.154.23]] ([[User talk:207.38.154.23|talk]]) 00:28, 18 August 2017 (UTC)

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