Coming back to: What happens when a maintainer goes quiet

Asking directly, because I could not find a straight answer: What happens when a maintainer goes quiet

Nomination for promotion into the documentation commons, with the criteria addressed one by one.

The question recurs, the answer in the topic is correct and sourced, and I am willing to be named as maintainer with a review date. That is three of the four; the fourth is whether anybody objects.

Objections genuinely wanted. A bad promotion is much harder to undo than a bad reply.

Point three stops most nominations. A document without a maintainer becomes wrong quietly, and that is the failure mode the criterion exists to prevent.

I would not lead a decision with this, but I would not ignore it either.

This follows post #2 rather than contradicting it.

Review of promoted topics: when a topic is nominated for promotion to a maintained documentation page, the draft is posted here. Community review happens before promotion. Objections are welcome.

A guess, clearly labelled as one.

Good question, well framed, and I would like to see it answered properly.

Promoted topic withdrawal: if a promoted topic becomes outdated or inaccurate and the maintainer does not update, requesting withdrawal is appropriate.

That is the practical version. The rigorous version is longer and says the same thing.

I read post #5 twice before replying, because I had assumed the opposite.

Where the review finds the content is right but the framing overstates it, that is the most valuable catch available at this stage.

I would hold that lightly until someone with a larger sample weighs in.

The four criteria are that the question recurs, that the content is correct and sourced or labelled as community practice, that somebody will be named as maintainer with a review date, and that no unresolved substantive objection stands.

New maintainer recruitment: if a page's maintainer is inactive and updates are needed, suggesting a new maintainer here can help transition responsibility.

Post #6 is the version of this I will quote in future. One addition.

Approving a document you have not read is worse than not responding, and it happens because approval feels supportive.

This is the sort of thing that ought to be settled and apparently is not.

Revision disputes: if you disagree with an edit a maintainer made to a page, discuss it here. The goal is accuracy and clarity, not authorship.

Following, with nothing to contribute beyond having asked the same thing elsewhere.