User blog comment:Sannse/How to Block Someone in Your Community the Right Way/@comment-749631-20160929034927/@comment-24258073-20160929044207

If an admin is actively trying to thwart any discussion taking place regarding whether or not they should remain an admin, then that would be against Wikia's terms of use. It's much easier if the user is just an admin because a bureaucrat can just demote them, but if the user is a bureaucrat, then they can only have their status revoked by themselves and Wikia Staff (and Wikia Helpers and Wikia Utilities). Under most circumstances, Wikia Staff will only demote a bureaucrat if a community consensus has been reached.

I know for a fact that a bureaucrat once refused to allow a discussion regarding their demotion from taking place, which eventually left Wikia Staff no choice but to globally block them until the discussion period had finished. That user is no longer a bureaucrat and they have been temporarily blocked by the new admins of that wiki.