All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XV

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In other words, "we'd prefer you still be legally responsible on paper for this whole thing, especially since someone's already shown where that may lead."

I don't really have a dog in this fight as I'm a non-contributor overall, but I've also been in fandom too long; it's time to wash your hands of it, and make them take it, either by transferring it to them over their protests, or making them have to find a new set of servers on their own. At this point, the long-term viability of the wiki is in question regardless of what happens, or whether or not you continue to stay in to help it, what matters is that it's likely that the longer you stay in it, the more likely it becomes you'll become resentful on some level or another, or even burnt out.

I mean, I don't think it was about putting it on my responsibility as being inflexible.  Mission parameters change.  I guess we all agreed to some sort of timeline, but then I decided that I really didn't want to deal with legal threats, so I asked them to assume responsibility.  They were like, hell no, that's not the plan.  And I'm thinking that if they don't want responsibility now, why would they take responsibility later?

But I think you hit the nail on the head on burnout.  I feel burned out on everything right now.  Work for sure, since I'm transitioning to leading a team -- but only of two, and the other guy is so new that it's still adding more work rather than subtracting.  I'm months if not years behind on everything in my life. Everything seems fine on the outside but I just can't shake the feeling that future generations will curse my name, you know?

I'd like to add my point of view to this discussion. I personally think that this situation has been blown out of proportion and that the handling of the particular situation that Labster mentions has been largely misunderstood. 

As John mentions in the reply issued to robkelk, it is not the fact that Miraheze Limited does not want to be responsible it is the fact was that at the time when you requested the transfer (as my understanding is) Miraheze Limited was not yet prepared to assume the role, since it had barely been incorporated.
The fact is that the schedule announced was that there would be a transition period and assets would be transferred until the 31st of December 2019. The way I see it the board saying they are not yet prepared to transfer assets has been interpreted as "are not ready at all" which I don't think is at all the case.

So I don't see the point of holding a grudge against the board for not agreeing to an immediate transfer and I think that the only way everyone wins from this situation is if the transfer takes place as originally planned and agreed on. Rather than presenting things this way I think that the way to proceed is to attempt to have a civilized dialogue with members of the board. We (sysadmins) have been trusted with day-to-day management of Miraheze until now so I think that we deserve a dialogue and to have a say about this. 

This comment is made using information I have in my role as a System Administrator but does not reflect Miraheze in an official capacity.