User blog comment:Dopp/Technical Update: May 17, 2011/@comment-5926766-20110518063610/@comment-1025281-20110519115455

If it's going to be thirty days, the old admin shouldn't lose bureaucrat rights unless a further long period passes, and the adopter shouldn't gain bureaucrat rights until later. At the moment, what I can see is potential for unsavoury takeovers.