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 | This page in a nutshell: "Resigning under a cloud" means a user who resigns from a position of trust in dubious circumstances, where their conduct might otherwise have come under scrutiny or sanction and the resignation may have prevented that scrutiny or sanction taking place. Such a user may be refused the right at a later time to automatically reclaim that role without going through usual processes to confirm they still have the community's trust. The term is purely descriptive of the circumstances of resignation and does not automatically imply any wrongdoing. |
On English Wikipedia, under a cloud describes a user who resigns from a position of trust in the community that must be formally granted or agreed, in circumstances where there may be grounds to believe this was done rather than face imminent exposure, scrutiny or sanction over possible inappropriate conduct or activity of theirs.