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removed or struck out. Editors under a block restriction can be temporarily unblocked by an uninvolved administrator upon request, provided that they were blocked by the administrator being reviewed and the nomination is materially related to that block. The block will be lifted for the duration of, and for the sole purpose of participating in, the CDA.
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Bureaucrats determine the consensus of the community, using both the opinion poll and the discussion on the talk page. There are two primary outcomes: either sysop rights are to be removed, or they are not. If the consensus is for removal, then the
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supporting the removal has taken place. Consensus can be difficult to ascertain, and it is not a numerical measurement. As a general descriptive rule of thumb, most of those above approximately 80% support for removal are passed, while most of those below approximately 65% fail, and the area in
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Editors (including nominators) may change their minds during the discussion period. To signify that, they can strike through the old opinion (changing the # markup to #: so that the list numbering remains correct) and sign the new opinion. Nominations, once certified, are not to be stricken.
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