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This page: is in five parts:

  • Part 1 is a table showing each editor's stats at the time of their RfA
  • Part 2 is a detailed breakdown and analysis of the criteria on which users base their !votes. The information is drawn from users' essays.
  • Part 3 is a statistical summary extrapolated by Worm That Turned from the data he researched.
  • Part 4 is a table of stats of candidates who were not successful in 2011.
  • Part 5 is a comparison table of how RfA is conducted on the English, French, German, and Italian Wikipedias.

Part 1. Data of successful candidates 2009 - 2011

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Research and data by courtesy of Worm That Turned

These tables show for each candidate at the time of RfA:

  • Tenure in months (length of membership at Wikipedia)
  • Consecutive active months
  • Edit count
  • Automated edits as a percentage
  • Approximate number of manual edits.
Successful candidates 2009 - 2012

2012

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8 promotions up to 10 May.

Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count
Dennis Brown 25 April 2012 68 8 17,735
ItsZippy 11 April 2012 33 9 8,325
Yngvadottir 8 April 2012 45 30 8,795
Scottywong 29 March 2012 61 22 12,312
Dpmuk 19 February 2012 55 5 7,355
Fayenatic london 18 February 2012 68 65 41,292
GiantSnowman 4 February 2012 72 21 69,506
MikeLynch 22 January 2012 53 15 13,780
Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count
Averages
57 22 22388
Medians
55 15 13780

2011

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50 promotions
Note: Sarek of Vulcan and HJ Mitchell are not included in this survey (re-adminship).

Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Approx Manual
Slon02 19 December 2011 25 21 19,414
The Blade of the Northern Lights 5 December 2011 20 10 21064
MichaelQSchmidt 4 December 2011 47 42 35869
Tom Morris 3 December 2011 69 12 25309
Guerillero 30 November 2011 25 16 8326
CharlieEchoTango 29 November 2011 15 5 10473
Swarm 18 October 2011 41 17 11037
Redrose64 14 October 2011 30 28 41688
Anomie 1 October 2011 75 5 15099
Richwales 24 September 2011 78 6 7716
GB fan 19 September 2011 36 36 39475
Rannpháirtí anaithnid 14 September 2011 29 5 10536
Ks0stm 13 September 2011 53 0 7671
Fluffernutter 19 August 2011 41 12 13,253
Reaper Eternal 28 July 2011 23 10 36437
Qwyrxian 26 July 2011 34 14 25748
Tyrol5 22 July 2011 33 5 13110
Worm That Turned 6 July 2011 36 11 6914 11.75 6102
TParis 16 June 2011 35 2 5728 7.89 5276
Jimp 15 June 2011 61 9 41190 0 41190
28bytes 14 June 2011 55 11 12963 32.31 8775
January 5 June 2011 21 21 14511 27.66 10497
Drmies 27 May 2011 46 35 72477 19.62 58257
Sadads 21 May 2011 67 20 62324 57.58 26437
DeltaQuad 19 May 2011 43 19 11197 24.86 8413
Catfish Jim and the soapdish 4 May 2011 43 11 12513 13.61 10809
RHM22 19 April 2011 14 6 3894 0 3894
Bahamut0013 13 April 2011 49 37 21051 6.38 19707
Salvio giuliano 2 April 2011 16 3 18613 46.22 10010
Feezo 26 March 2011 76 4 9238 8.53 8450
Valfontis 25 March 2011 51 5 58644 7.06 54504
21 March 2011 13 13 50150 41.97 29102
JaGa 16 March 2011 56 12 74935 40.18 44826
Peridon 14 March 2011 35 16 15058 0 15058
Gfoley4 12 March 2011 13 8 22121 38.12 13688
Neelix 3 March 2011 60 7 109915 -
Kudpung 2 March 2011 53 15 27170 14.86 23133
Boing! said Zebedee 1 March 2011 42 15 32807 39.65 19799
The Bushranger 23 February 2011 33 5 22275 2.28 21767
ErrantX 18 February 2011 59 9 10768 8.49 9854
Rami R 14 February 2011 55 0 4429 19.05 3585
ErikHaugen 10 February 2011 72 6 5942 0.04 5940
5 albert square 7 February 2011 23 18 33553 70.31 9962
Acdixon 2 February 2011 53 2 14942 0 14942
Ponyo 2 February 2011 59 24 22013 0.01 22011
Gonzonoir 2 February 2011 37 5 13841 15.03 11761
Smartse 1 February 2011 37 7 18314 12.05 16107
Gimme danger 15 January 2011 56 11 19901 0 19901
Lear's Fool 10 January 2011 18 2 7347 44.90 4048
Ironholds 8 January 2011 45 45 60077 29.45 42384
Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Approx Manual
Averages (24/05/2011)
42 13 25181 20.79346 18080.58
Medians (24/05/2011)
41 11 18301 14.235 15000

2010

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75 successful candidates

Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Auto % Approx Manual Edits
Grondemar 31 December 2010 13 1 7438 11.15 6609
Panyd 28 November 2010 38 4 5734 20.46 4561
PresN 19 November 2010 54 24 23200 0.07 23184
Sphilbrick 18 November 2010 26 20 13807 1.57 13590
VernoWhitney 12 November 2010 11 11 21958 0.43 21864
TheCatalyst31 31 October 2010 40 40 20436 5.12 19390
Diannaa 28 October 2010 13 13 13133 9.91 11832
Elen of the Roads 28 October 2010 30 19 7312 12.18 6421
Leyo 25 October 2010 48 - 3000 (50k cross wiki)
Vejvančický 16 October 2010 32 29 16647 0.11 16629
Looie496 11 October 2010 31 4 10702 0 10702
Eagles247 5 October 2010 18 15 17675 5.23 16751
Ron Ritzman 21 September 2010 69 7 36736 3.88 35311
Wifione 15 September 2010 18 11 6484 21.04 5120
Magog the Ogre 11 September 2010 26 2 8703 20.09 6955
BigDom 7 September 2010 50 16 14125 12.59 12347
Connormah 2 September 2010 50 16 19912 15.97 16732
HelloAnnyong 1 September 2010 55 37 21521 9.50 19477
Dana boomer 31 August 2010 33 1 22396 1.72 22011
Mandsford 31 August 2010 40 26 17157 0 17157
Michig 30 August 2010 50 26 22929 2.64 22324
Amatulic 27 August 2010 58 10 12824 0.01 12823
WOSlinker 25 August 2010 45 22 128360 -
Airplaneman 25 August 2010 31 17 28760 18.19 23529
Nikkimaria 24 August 2010 61 20 11346 21.80 8873
Dabomb87 23 August 2010 38 26 60500 3.50 58383
Fainites 20 August 2010 42 42 17269 0.01 17267
Jmh649 20 August 2010 25 25 27019 4.20 25884
Nev1 17 August 2010 59 48 30730 0 30730
GorillaWarfare 16 August 2010 38 8 6116 28.55 4370
Mkativerata 9 August 2010 35 8 11745 8.32 10768
Jujutacular 29 July 2010 13 13 8220 3.5 7932
Joe Decker 29 July 2010 65 5 6076 1.68 5974
Bsadowski1 29 July 2010 68 10 10836 50.58 5355
Favonian 26 July 2010 27 14 64875 49.59 32703
Thumperward 25 July 2010 57 53 76771 7.01 71389
Fetchcomms 9 July 2010 10 10 27019 16.77 22488
MGA73 6 July 2010 21 1 1358 (1077533 cross wiki)
Theleftorium 27 June 2010 27 23 27135 9.88 24454
NativeForeigner 22 June 2010 61 7 5267 20.10 4208
JamesBWatson 21 June 2010 47 16 27622 14.02 23749
Soap 16 June 2010 54 22 13398 11.09 11912
TFOWR 11 June 2010 29 2 14948 1.57 14713
7 5 June 2010 30 15 24776 38.14 15326
Waldir 31 May 2010 64 7 10239 6.85 9538
Arsenikk 23 May 2010 47 10 26676 7.87 24577
Bradjamesbrown 22 May 2010 45 7 56301 0 56301
AlexandrDmitri 20 May 2010 16 - 4824 7.59 4458
Tide rolls 19 May 2010 25 15 121953 -
Blurpeace 3 May 2010 28 4 5658 27.23 4117
Shirik 3 May 2010 17 6 12072 23.40 9247
HJ Mitchell 1 May 2010 14 7 13226 3.85 12717
Ceranthor 24 April 2010 38 26 16754 10.22 15042
Barek 24 April 2010 46 29 26507 0.01 26504
Eustress 24 April 2010 30 1 11354 0 11354
Jamesofur 22 April 2010 40 0 3552 48.53 1828
Kww 20 April 2010 40 36 41270 0 41270
Excirial 16 April 2010 31 2 67555 34.85 44012
Elockid 10 April 2010 12 11 12023 15.99 10101
Polargeo 6 April 2010 15 6 6752 6.50 6313
Tim Song 11 March 2010 52 6 14093 0 14093
The Wordsmith 1 March 2010 60 5 4778 22.81 3688
Kingpin13 15 February 2010 18 15 43478 62.83 16161
Mike Cline 12 February 2010 38 4 13874 0 13874
Father Goose 9 February 2010 43 3 7856 0.16 7843
Phantomsteve 9 February 2010 58 8 18514 32.83 12436
J04n 9 February 2010 15 15 48090 5.14 45618
Calmer Waters 5 February 2010 8 6 12836 15.28 12540
Taelus 2 February 2010 52 9 3076 4.66 2933
Leonard^Bloom 29 January 2010 28 9 17461 28.18 12540
Everyking 25 January 2010 72 72 126733 -
Bwilkins 25 January 2010 47 20 10409 21.17 8205
Floquenbeam 19 January 2010 18 8 3565 10.67 3185
Rlendog 16 January 2010 34 24 22212 5.82 20919
Olaf Davis 11 January 2010 47 0 5151 1.07 5096
Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Auto % Approx Manual Edits
Averages
37.48611 15.40278 24356.04 12.43609 17277.98
Medians
38 11 15797.5 7.87 13590.23

2009

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121 successful candidates.

Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Manual
Shubinator 30 December 2009 12 12 11043 0 11043
RL0919 26 December 2009 54 8 5790 2.77 5630
Ucucha 15 December 2009 58 4 6881 3.16 6664
SpacemanSpiff 10 December 2009 8 8 12039 13.16 10455
MrKIA11 10 December 2009 28 27 28792 0.79 28565
Killervogel5 9 December 2009 54 24 16000 3.10 15504
Ronhjones 26 November 2009 21 12 32830 32.69 22098
2over0 26 November 2009 52 23 8373 5.54 7909
Fences and windows 23 November 2009 36 12 15517 5.56 14654
Atama 20 November 2009 37 6 6928 0.39 6901
Arbitrarily0 17 November 2009 18 4 6491 9.87 5850
Hawkeye7 17 November 2009 54 3 8902 0.01 8901
JohnCD 16 November 2009 42 26 42622 0 42622
Amorymeltzer 15 November 2009 48 12 8771 3.90 8429
Fribbulus Xax 14 November 2009 28 21 15636 0 15636
Franamax 10 November 2009 28 24 11782 0.02 11780
Bellhalla 9 November 2009 60 28 78905 6.52 73760
Explicit 2 November 2009 28 25 34474 13.80 29717
Dumelow 1 November 2009 44 2 9111 6.38 8530
Malik Shabazz 29 October 2009 35 34 30994 11.24 27510
Materialscientist 25 October 2009 14 8 8369 -
Tinucherian 21 October 2009 28 21 49925 55.68 22127
The Earwig 17 October 2009 16 8 7784 5.87 7327
MLauba 17 October 2009 10 8 5452 15.42 4611
Tcncv 13 October 2009 20 2 10743 35.36 6944
Abecedare 1 October 2009 36 10 12918 2.38 12611
Mjroots 26 September 2009 50 23 41770 0 41770
OlEnglish 26 September 2009 17 11 19926 2.33 19462
Bob the Wikipedian 26 September 2009 41 9 7329 2.78 7125
The ed17 26 September 2009 43 19 23185 2.00 22721
Willking1979 14 September 2009 19 16 25995 37.93 16135
MuZemike 14 September 2009 17 16 25710 12.24 22563
Jafeluv 8 September 2009 19 10 11062 0.33 11025
MZMcBride 4 September 2009 52 25 68372 2.18 66881
Beeblebrox 30 August 2009 26 19 24142 9.11 21943
Maedin 28 August 2009 14 14 3393 0 3393
Sky Harbor 28 August 2009 53 0 8270 0 8270
NuclearWarfare 26 August 2009 23 15 43353 28.96 30798
Chamal N 25 August 2009 17 3 11249 22.01 8773
Jake Wartenberg 24 August 2009 54 9 15085 57.30 6441
Maunus 19 August 2009 50 5 11981 0.22 11955
Fribbler 13 August 2009 26 0 3952 16.29 3308
Steve 11 August 2009 26 25 13853 2.19 13550
Cobi 10 August 2009 27 0 4963 14.19 4259
Killiondude 9 August 2009 13 11 12144 37.82 7551
ThaddeusB 29 July 2009 12 4 10226 17.40 8447
Tedder 21 July 2009 52 10 12951 11.14 11508
Kateshortforbob 17 July 2009 34 3 8513 14.69 7262
Skomorokh 14 July 2009 35 25 41122 9.60 37174
Davemeistermoab 11 July 2009 31 12 5024 0 5024
Fastily 10 July 2009 19 9 10952 7.97 10079
Pastor Theo 9 July 2009 7 7 4889 0 4889
Mikaey 8 July 2009 20 7 9462 35.81 6074
Mlaffs 1 July 2009 19 19 68041 3.62 65578
decltype 1 July 2009 43 7 10134 16.67 8445
Patar knight 27 June 2009 34 10 7436 13.05 6466
Cool3 27 June 2009 45 5 6924 2.63 6742
Wtmitchell 26 June 2009 57 33 21333 25.92 15803
Plastikspork 25 June 2009 23 8 16786 -
Jarry1250 24 June 2009 31 7 8394 17.05 6963
Ched Davis 18 June 2009 8 7 10455 24.42 7902
Mazca 18 June 2009 50 16 4973 13.60 4297
Enigmaman 15 June 2009 29 19 24706 1.60 24311
Colds7ream 9 June 2009 40 8 3523 6.20 3305
Mifter 6 June 2009 16 1 12724 28.39 9112
Backslash Forwardslash 5 June 2009 10 8 13533 30.13 9456
Billinghurst 4 June 2009 18 0 7121 37.55 4447
CactusWriter 31 May 2009 14 14 7871 7.82 7255
FlyingToaster 18 May 2009 39 9 18401 44.43 10225
Kotra 17 May 2009 43 19 6817 0 6817
Runningonbrains 16 May 2009 39 6 12386 6.80 11544
JamieS93 12 May 2009 19 16 9121 7.34 8452
Wadester16 12 May 2009 34 9 7611 0 7611
Rosiestep 11 May 2009 24 23 22877 10.48 20479
Rambo's Revenge 11 May 2009 26 15 6817 1.16 6738
Laser brain 11 May 2009 17 5 3493 3.22 3381
Dinoguy1000 9 May 2009 32 17 11036 2.43 10768
Rjanag 5 May 2009 9 9 25694 0.01 25691
Graeme Bartlett 2 May 2009 52 28 20947 0.28 20888
TheDJ 25 April 2009 49 7 17741 3.41 17136
Vianello 22 April 2009 15 14 10099 29.64 7106
Law 21 April 2009 8 8 5148 37.24 3231
Foxy Loxy 17 April 2009 37 8 7517 8.65 6867
Orlady 15 April 2009 54 10 29326 0.18 29273
Spinningspark 15 April 2009 26 17 10156 0.00 10156
Closedmouth 15 April 2009 44 25 96355 -
Drilnoth 13 April 2009 7 7 18908 6.25 17726
BOZ 13 April 2009 39 24 17041 0 17041
AdjustShift 11 April 2009 10 8 6187 3.08 5996
Tassedethe 9 April 2009 12 12 69399 -
Toon05 9 April 2009 30 5 7027 11.69 6206
AlexiusHoratius 7 April 2009 30 18 25746 0 25746
Paxse 5 April 2009 42 6 14811 12.40 12974
Smith609 28 March 2009 39 25 17149 0.06 17139
LinguistAtLarge 27 March 2009 42 5 4993 3.01 4843
Mentifisto 25 March 2009 30 3 29621 42.14 17139
Someguy1221 25 March 2009 27 27 19204 9.91 17301
Al Ameer son 24 March 2009 25 18 18368 0 18368
Ged UK 21 March 2009 17 16 11603 16.23 9720
OverlordQ 20 March 2009 60 1 12168 21.84 9511
Tnxman307 17 March 2009 17 17 16691 16.77 13892
Camw 11 March 2009 51 3 9759 34.88 6355
Bettia 9 March 2009 16 7 4675 24.24 3542
Mufka 8 March 2009 29 29 36912 34.75 24085
Admiral Norton 7 March 2009 19 15 10022 5.13 9508
Valley2city 6 March 2009 39 3 6000 19.31 4841
Mfield 27 February 2009 37 11 6267 17.51 5170
Msgj 24 February 2009 61 13 15379 13.19 13351
Amalthea 21 February 2009 42 9 8417 6.62 7860
S@bre 18 February 2009 39 20 13829 0 13829
Nja247 14 February 2009 37 5 3683 0 3683
WereSpielChequers 12 February 2009 23 13 22454 0.03 22447
Somno 7 February 2009 16 14 5693 4.58 5432
RegentsPark 2 February 2009 19 11 4467 3.14 4327
Rootology 1 February 2009 40 2 10024 0 10024
R'n'B 22 January 2009 28 28 19359 -
PeterSymonds 22 January 2009 38 4 17207 5.59 16245
Geni 21 January 2009 59 53 20094 0 20094
Kanonkas 17 January 2009 19 10 4050 11.20 3596
CRGreathouse 16 January 2009 35 0 5044 0 5044
Climie.ca 11 January 2009 23 11 6444 0 6444
Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Manual
Averages
30.73554 13.1157 16777.98 11.0825 13793.78
Medians
29 11 11249 6.225 9509.19
Year Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Approx Manual
Averages
2012 (to 10 May) 57 22 22388
2011 42 13 25181 20.79346 18080.58
2010 37.48611 15.40278 24356.04 12.43609 17277.98
2009 30.73554 13.1157 16777.98 11.0825 13793.78
Medians
2012 (to 10 May) 55 15 13780
2011 41 11 18301 14.235 15000
2010 38 11 15797.5 7.87 13590.23
2009 29 11 11249 6.225 9509.19

Part 2. Users' criteria for adminship

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Research and data by courtesy of Worm That Turned

Analysis of RfA criteria drawn from user essays.
Note: Some are out of date, some are by banned users.

User essays

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All essays used in this survey, broken down into different areas

Vetted

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These essays have been edited in the last 18 months. Does not include blocked users' essays.

Essays with numerical criteria
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  1. User:America69/RfA criteria - (2008) Criteria, and advice for candidates
  2. Bearian's RfA Standards - (2010) Precise
  3. User:Beetstra/RfA criteria
  4. User:Chet B Long/RFA-standards
  5. User:Coffee/RFA-standards
  6. User:Crazymonkey1123/Personal Grading Criteria for RfA Requests (was User:Crazymonkey1123/RfA Criteria)
  7. User:CT Cooper/Requests for adminship/Criteria
  8. User:Dlohcierekim/On_RfA - (2008) Comprehensive. Regularly updated (User:Dlohcierekim/standards - In tabular form)
  9. User:Fastily/RfA_Rationale - short, concise. Major contributor to RfA and WT:RfA
  10. User:Gosox5555/Rfa
  11. User:Inka 888/RFA criteria
  12. User:Kraftlos/admin criteria
  13. User:Kudpung/RfA criteria
  14. User:Mkdw/RfA Standards
  15. User:LedgendGamer/RfA
  16. User:MJ94/RFA Rationale
  17. User:Paul2387/Standards for RfA's
  18. User:Phantomsteve/RfA standards
  19. User:Pmlineditor/RfA rationale
  20. User:Pol430/RfA Criteria
  21. User:Pookeo9/RFA
  22. User:Porchcrop/Getting adminship
  23. User:Reaper Eternal/RfA Criteria
  24. User:Steve2011/RfA
  25. User:Swarm/RfA criteria - (25 February 2011) - very up-to-date
  26. User:The High Fin Sperm Whale/RfA expectations
  27. User:The Utahraptor/RfA criteria
  28. User:Tommy2010/RFA
Essays with non-numerical criteria
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  1. User:A Nobody, RfA Standards - (2009) Comprehensive
  2. User:Avenged Eightfold/Criteria
  3. User:Buggie111/Rfa criteria (Numerical, but on scoring system, so difficult to account for)
  4. User:Deckiller/RfA criteria
  5. User:Eclipsed/RfA Criteria
  6. User:FT2/RfA
  7. User:Katerenka/RfA
  8. User:MBK004/RfA
  9. User:Peter/RfA criteria
  10. User:Salvio giuliano/RfA criteria
  11. User:Smithers7/RfA
  12. User:SilkTork/RfA(User:SilkTork/administration - (2010) Criteria, and advice for candidates)
  13. User:True Pagan Warrior/RfA
  14. User:WereSpielChequers/RFA criteria (also (also - major contributor to RfA and WT:RfA)
General Essays
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  1. User:AGK/Essays/RFA - (2008) Advice for new sysops. Regularly updated.
  2. User:Jahiegel/Views on Wikipedia/Requests for adminship
  3. User:Pi/Use of Edit Counts as Criteria in RfA
  4. User:Sven Manguard/Failed RfA Advice
  5. User:Thorncrag/On RfA content-building
  6. User:Tisane/Characteristics desirable in an admin(User:Tisane/Self-nominations for adminship as prima facie evidence of power hunger)
  7. User:VictorianMutant/RfA
  8. User:Waterfox/RfA criteria

Other essays

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  1. User:21655/RFA standards
  2. User:Access Denied/admin criteria
  3. User:Aditya/RfA
  4. User:Amarkov/RfA standards
  5. User:Animum/RfA criteria - (2008) User 'Has no criteria'. (User:Animum/RFA - (2008) Addresses top-level issues that are still unresolved)
  6. User:Anonymous anonymous/RFA Criteria
  7. User:AtheWeatherman/RFA criteria
  8. User:Balloonman/RfA Criteria
  9. User:Batmanand/Opinions/RfA
  10. User:Brendenhull/RFA requirements
  11. User:BryanG/RfA criteria
  12. User:Cameron/Rfa
  13. User:Chacor/RFA criteria
  14. User:Chillum/RfA standards
  15. User:Coldmachine/RfA Expectations
  16. User:Cyde/Admin criteria
  17. User:Davidwr/Administration is not for new users - (2008) Short advice for WP:NOTNOW failures
  18. User:Danntm/RFA
  19. User:Draicone/RfA Standards
  20. User:Dureo/rfa
  21. User:Dylan620/RfA criteria
  22. User:Epbr123/My RFA criteria
  23. User:EVula/opining/RfA ramblings
  24. User:Evilphoenix/Admin criteria
  25. User:EWS23/RFA
  26. User:False Prophet/Rfa criteria
  27. user:fl/RfA criteria
  28. User:Flaming/RFA
  29. User:Giggy/RfA criteria
  30. User:Gnangarra/RfA thoughts
  31. User:Grandmasterka/My RfA Criteria
  32. User:Hennessey, Patrick/RfA Reviews/RfA Criteria
  33. User:Hmwith/rfa
  34. User:Jc37/RfA/Criteria
  35. User:Juliancolton/Clueful RfA quotes (User:Juliancolton/No Big Deal)
  36. User:K50 Dude/RfA Criteria
  37. User:Katalaveno/RFA Standards
  38. User:Keeper76/RfA
  39. User:Kim Dent-Brown/criteria
  40. User:Mets501/RfA standards
  41. User:Queerbubbles/RFA
  42. User:Legolost/Admin Assessment Scale
  43. User:Littleteddy/Standards
  44. Mackensen
  45. User:Majorly/RfA/standards
  46. User:Next-Genn-Gamer/RFAs
  47. User:Nomader/RfA criteria
  48. User:NoSeptember/RfA standards
  49. User:Onthost/RFA
  50. User:Orfen/RfA
  51. User:Opabinia regalis/RfA criteria
  52. User:Pedro/RFA Standards (User:Pedro/RfA review - major contributor to RfA and WT:RfA)
  53. User:PeterSymonds/RfA criteria
  54. User:Phoenix-wiki/RFA criteria
  55. User:Royalguard11/RFA
  56. User:Red Phoenix/Criticism of RFA Criteria
  57. User:Richard0612/thoughts on/RfA thanks
  58. User:Sephiroth_BCR/RfA_Criteria
  59. User:SFGiants/RfA grading
  60. User:Spangineer/criteria#RfA
  61. User:Spawn Man/RfA Standards
  62. User:TedE/Administrator standards
  63. User:T-rex/essays/Adminship is a big deal
  64. User:The Bread/Admin
  65. User:The Land/RfA Guide
  66. User:Themindset/RFA
  67. User:Titoxd/RfA standards
  68. User:Tuspm/RFA Criteria
  69. User:Useight/RFA Standards
  70. User:UpstateNYer/Admin#RFA_Criteria
  71. User:Winger84/Standards for Adminship
  72. User:Wisdom89/RfA philosophy and criteria
  73. User:X!/RfA Standards
  74. User:Xenon54/RfA Criteria
  75. User:Xenocidic/RFA#Standards

Metrics drawn from all essays

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Metrics from all essays
Edit count
    • 300
    • 800
    • 1000 x11
    • 1500 x3
    • 2000 x12
    • 2500 x4
    • 3000 x12
    • 3500
    • 4000 x2
    • 4500
    • 5000 x6
    • 6000 x5
    • 10000
Edit count if automated
    • 500
    • 3500
    • 5000 x2
Maximum automated edits as a percentage of edit count
    • 20%
    • 50%
    • 60%
    • 65%
Mainspace minimum edits
    • 50
    • 25% min x4
    • 150
    • 500 x2
    • 600
    • 700 x2
    • 1000 x11
    • 1500 x2
    • 3000 x2
    • 65% max
Talk minimum edits
    • 50 x2
    • 70
    • 100
    • 200 x2
    • 30% min
User minimum edits
    • 50 x2
User Talk minimum edits
    • 50
    • 100
    • 200
    • 500
Activity in past 6 months
    • 1 edit per month
    • 50 edits per month
    • 100 edits per month x3
    • 150 edits per month x2
    • 300 edits per month x2
    • 500 edits per month x2
WP space minimum edits
    • 10% min
    • 20
    • 50
    • 100
    • 200
    • 250 x3
    • 300 x4
    • 350 x2
    • 500 x4
    • 750
    • 1000
WP Talk
    • 10
    • 20
    • 50 x2
Template
    • 50
    • 100
Tenure
    • 2 months x2
    • 3 months x12
    • 4 months x7
    • 5 months x2
    • 6 months x18
    • 7 months
    • 8 months
    • 9 months x3
    • 10 months
    • 1 year x8
    • 18 months
    • 2 years
Blocks
    • Clean Block Log x20
    • Not blocked within
      • 1 month
      • 3 months x2
      • 4 months
      • 6 months x9
      • 8 months x3
      • 10 months
      • 1 year x5
      • 2 year x2
Edit summaries
    • "Good" Required x2
    • 50%
    • 70%
    • 75%
    • 80% x2
    • 85% x3
    • 90% x4
    • 95% x2
    • 97%
    • 99% x3
    • 100% x4
Other

Stats

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Edit count:

Total Numbers - 59
Mean - 2840.67797
Median - 2500
Mode - 2000,3000

Tenure (months):

Total Numbers - 57
Mean - 6.59649
Median - 6
Mode - 6

Metrics from the vetted numerical criteria essays

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Summaries

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A-G
Metric
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  • Clean block log x5
  • 8m since last block
  • 3m tenure x2
  • 6m tenure x3
  • 8m tenure
  • 1y tenure
  • 2y tenure
  • 150 edits per month last 6 months
  • 100 edits per month for 2 years
  • 1000 mainspace edits x2
  • 5000 mainspace edits
  • 300 WP edits
  • 500 WP edits
  • 500 WT edits
  • 100 MW talk edits
  • 100 Template edits
  • 2000 total edits x2
  • 3000 total edits x4
  • 3500 total edits
  • 5000 total edits
  • 6000 total edits
  • 14 years old min
  • 100% Edit summary x2
  • No vandalism for 3 years
Non-Metric
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5 out of 10 users mentioned
4 out of 10 users mentioned
    • Good edit summary usage
    • Civility
3 out of 10 users mentioned
    • Article work
    • Well versed in policy
2 out of 10 users mentioned
    • Having rollback
    • Good Userpage
    • Not too much Drama
    • Good CSD tagging
    • Not admin coached
    • Good BLP work
    • Not bitey
    • Active in at least 1 wikiproject
    • Good communication
  • 1 user mentioned
    • WP:AOR
    • Know the difference between block and ban
    • Barnstars
    • Regular edit history
    • Patroller
    • Manual edits
    • Appropriate username & sig
    • Email enabled
    • Appropriate archiving on usertalk
    • Majority of work outside userspace
    • Good Wikipedia space work
    • Avoids COI
K-Pm
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  • 6 months x3
  • 8 months tenure x2
  • 9 months tenure
  • 12 months tenure x2
  • 2 years tenure
  • 1000 edits
  • 2000 edits
  • 3000 edits
  • 3500 edits
  • 5000 edits x3
  • 6000 edits
  • 1000 mainspace edits x3
  • 3000 mainspace edits
  • 300 WP edits
  • 500 WP edits
  • 2500 manual edits
  • 10000 manual edits
  • More than 30% to Talk and WP space
  • Less than 20% automated
  • Less than 60% automated
  • Less than 65% automated edits
  • Clean block log x3
  • 6 months clean block log
  • 9 months clean block log
  • 12 months clean block log
  • 2 years clean block log
  • More than 4 well created articles
  • More than 200 NPP
  • Less than 5% declined CSD
  • Less than 50% declined CSD
  • More than 10 advice edits to help desk
  • More than 50 edits to AfD
  • More than 6 edits to XFD
  • More than 10 edits to RfA
  • More than 3 edits to RfA
  • 99% edit summary
  • 100% edit summary x2
Non Metric
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  • 5 of 9 editors mentioned
    • Well versed in policy
  • 3 of 9 editors mentioned
    • Vandal fighter
    • Has rollback (or other flag)
    • Civility
  • 2 of 9 editors mentioned
    • Participated in ANEW, ANI or AN
    • Involved in 1 wikiproject
    • CSD tags per policy
    • Regular AIV, UAA, RFPP & AFD
  • 1 of 9 editors mentioned
    • Super-majority of edits in mainspace and article talk
    • Article work
    • Well versed in templates
    • specifically needs the tools
    • Mature
    • Auto patroller
    • Good BLP work
    • WP:AOR
    • Good edit summaries
Po-T
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  • 2000 edits x2
  • 4000 edits
  • 5000 edits
  • 6000 edits x2
  • 500 mainspace edits
  • 700 mainspace edits
  • 1000 mainspace edits
  • 2500 mainspace edits
  • 3000 mainspace edits
  • 100 Talk edits
  • 500 WP edits
  • 1000 WP edits
  • 20 WT edits
  • 10 File edits
  • 4 months tenure
  • 6 months tenure x3
  • 9 months tenure
  • 12 months tenure x2
  • 18 months tenure
  • 150 epm for past 12 months
  • 1 edit per month
  • Clean block log x2
  • 6m clean block log x2
  • 8m clean block log
  • 12m clean block log
  • 25% edits to articles
  • 30% edits to articles
  • less than 30% in their userspace
  • 70% edit summary
  • 80% edit summary
  • 90% edit summary
Non Metric
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  • 5 of 9 editors mentioned
    • Civility
    • Regular AIV, UAA, RFPP & AFD
  • 3 of 9 editors mentioned
    • Mature
    • Has Rollback (or other flags)
    • Article work x3
  • 2 of 9 editors mentioned
    • Vandal fighter
    • Well versed in policy
    • CSD tags per policy x3
    • Gnoming work x2
  • 1 of 9 editors mentioned
    • Involved in 1 wikiproject
    • Demonstrates manual edits
    • Help newbies
    • Participate in RfA
    • Clerking work
    • Admin coached

Edit counts

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Overall
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23 out of 28 editors had a minimum number of edits they would like to see.

Minimum number of edits Number of editors who suggested this.
1000 1
2000 5
3000 5
3500 2
4000 1
5000 5
6000 4
Space specific
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There were 24 suggestions on space minimums, majority about the mainspace. (Around 12 of 28 mentioed some form of space minimum)

Relevant space Minimum number of edits Number of editors who suggested this.
Mainspace 500 1
Mainspace 700 1
Mainspace 1000 6
Mainspace 2500 1
Mainspace 3000 2
Mainspace 5000 1
Article Talk 100 1
Wikipedia 300 2
Wikipedia 500 3
Wikipedia 1000 1
Wikipedia Talk 20 1
Wikipedia Talk 500 1
Template 100 1
Media wiki talk 100 1
File 10 1
Edit Summaries
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13 out of 28 editors mentioned edit summary usage. 5 did not give an accurate number and the rest are shown below.

Minimum edit summary percentage Number of editors who suggested this.
70% 1
80% 1
90% 1
99% 1
100% 4
Manual
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4 editors suggested a minimum number of manual edits. 2 did not specify what the minimum should be

  • 2500 manual edits
  • 10000 manual edits
Activity
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4 editors suggested minimum activity levels.

  • 1 edit per month
  • 100 epm for 2 years
  • 150 epm for 6 months
  • 150 epm for 12 months

Time served

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Overall
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25 of 28 editors gave an opinion on tenure/minimum period of active editing

Minimum length of active tenure Number of editors who suggested this.
3 months 2
4 months 1
6 months 9
8 months 3
9 months 2
12 months 5
18 months 1
24 months 2
Time without a block
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19 of 28 editors gave an opinion on time since last block

Minimum time without a block Number of editors who suggested this.
Clean block log only 10
6 months 3
8 months 2
9 months 1
12 months 2
24 months 1

Other

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  • Maintenance
    • Regular AIV, UAA, RFPP & AFD x12
    • Good CSD tagging x7
    • Good Wikipedia space work
    • Participated in ANEW, ANI or AN x2
    • Having rollback x8
    • Vandal fighter x7
  • Civility
    • Civility x12
    • Good communication x2
  • Article work
    • Article work x7
    • Good BLP work x2
    • Super-majority of edits in mainspace and article talk x2
  • Knowledge
    • Well versed in policy x10
    • Know the difference between block and ban
    • Well versed in templates
  • Community and teamwork
    • Good Userpage x2
    • Active in at least 1 wikiproject x5
    • Barnstars
    • Appropriate username & sig
    • Email enabled
    • Appropriate archiving on usertalk
  • Other
    • Mature x4
    • Not too much Drama x2
    • Not admin coached x2
    • Not bitey x2
    • WP:AOR x2
    • Gnoming work x2
    • Regular edit history
    • Patroller
    • Avoids COI
    • specifically needs the tools
    • Auto patroller
    • Good BLP work
    • Help newbies
    • Participates in RfA
    • Clerking work
    • Admin coached

Part 3. Summary

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Facts drawn from the above data:

  • The edit count of new admins has increased year on year. From a midpoint of ~11,000 to ~19,000.
  • Only one person since 2009 has gained adminship with less than 3,000 edits (He had over 1 million edits across wikis)
  • Editors who passed with less than 10,000 edits - 2009: 44 (36%), 2010: 20 (26%), 2011: 5 (18% so far)
  • The overall user criteria averages bear out as aiming for a minimum of a Journeyman editor - 2,000 edits plus 6 months experience
  • The more recent (vetted) criteria bears out as aiming for a minimum of 3,700 edits plus 9 months experience. (Closer to a Yeoman Editor but not quite)
  • Besides edit count and length of membership, the next largest concern is the blocklog - with half of those concerned wanting to see a clean block log or an average of 10 months clear.
  • After the blocking issue, edits to specific areas (generally mainspace), civility, policy knowledge, and edit summaries were equally important in the criteria stakes. The rest were a bit all over the place.

Part 4. Unsuccessful candidates in 2011

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This table is also shown on the Unsuccessful RfAs page along with additional data on failed candidates.

(Research and data by courtesy of Kudpung)

  • There are no averages or mean for edits as they would provide a false picture.
  • 2nd or subsequent attempts are generally not listed because these users would hardly be beginners.
  • NA = Some RfA were closed before the X-tools data could be posted (NA); in this case the current data is provided, and some candidates were not opted in for X!-tools.
  • Most of the withdrawals or 'no consensus' were regular experienced editors.
  • Months are the full consecutive months of activity since a Wikibreak of over 30 days.
  • NAC: Non admin closure
  • NNEng: Non native English speaker
  • VYU: Very young user (where age is known - generally under 15)
  • UP: User page edits
Candidate Date Month Year Result Months Edits Article Ed. UP Ed.% Score Comments
RobertMfromLI 13 Aug 2011 Withdrawn 5 4,401 801 8% 17/15/3 NAC
CWH 25 July 2011 SNOW 72 2,689 2,064 10.15% 2/10/3 11 edits to Wikipedia space. First edit 2005.
N5iln 24 July 2011 No consensus 24 28,776 12,471 1% 50/26/7 Extended 48 hours: +2 supports on day 8, +1 supports on day 9, +2 opposes on day 9
GSorby 11 July 2011 Withdrawn 18 3,858 1,487 6.4% 1/8/0 3rd attempt
TedPavlic 11 July 2011 SNOW 13 3,274 2,573 1.7% 6/12/2 183 edits in preceding 6 months
Timl2k4 10 July 2011 SNOW 11 1,669 785 7.5% 4/9/2 NAC
E2eamon 8 July 2011 Withdrawn 20 10,043 4,121 2.4% 30/19/3
Dudemanfellabra 5 July 2011 Withdrawn 41 13,831 4,743 5.4% 11/21/10
methecooldude 1 July 2011 Withdrawn 10 3,124 1,261 4.3% 0/3/0
Wikiman1717 16 June 2011 SNOW 1 100 28 0% 0/0/0 Blocked sockpuppet
Snakenath 7 June 2011 SNOW 1 33 20 6% 0/2/0 NAC
Jsfouche 6 June 2011 No consensus 8 8,497 3,031 2.6% 45/26/6
Ttonyb1 6 June 2011 Withdrawn 35 82,183 20,357 1% 15/5/9
ke5crz 3 June 2011 SNOW 72 1,212 634 0.5% 1/4/2 Joined 2005
Ebikeguy 29 May 2011 Withdrawn 21 2,080 749 4.8% 6/14/9
Moxy 28 May 2011 Withdrawn 24 48,041 22,263 1.9% 5/6/6
Logan 21 May 2011 No consensus 29 32,899 16,187 2.8% 76/29/4
Ancient Apparition 16 May 2011 Withdrawn 12 10,734 2,429 7.8% 14/21/4
N419BH 16 May 2011 Withdrawn 8 7,934 3,023 2.4% 15/22/6
Katharineamy 8 May 2011 Withdrawn 49 87,437 20 0.01% 2/2/0 Nominator blocked for sockpuppetry
Floydian 5 May 2011 SNOW 24 18,532 6,690 3.3% 1/10/6
Hazard-SJ 1 May 2011 SNOW 10 2,872 820 14.6% 6/20/4
Andrew J powers 24 April 2011 SNOW 1 188 30 6% 0/3/0 NAC
Wikispott 24 April 2011 SNOW 4 41 8 10% 0/3/0
Ant682 23 April 2011 SNOW 1 92 3 25% 0/3/0 NAC
Cjc811 13 April 2011 SNOW 3 141 71 4% 0/4/0
SilverSoul91911 8 April 2011 SNOW 2 575 219 6% 0/5/0
Wilbysuffolk 5 April 2011 SNOW 6 2,200 NA 19% 0/8/0
Neutralhomer 29 Mar 2011 Withdrawn 33 42,988 15,792 3.9% 41/41/11 Nominated
NickPenguin 27 Mar 2011 No consensus 10 4,457 2,031 1.6% 51/30/5
SunCountryGuy01 22 Mar 2011 SNOW 3 2,747 1,180 2.5% 0/13/0 Indef blocked for sockpuppetry
My76Strat 15 Mar 2011 No consensus 12 10,390 3,538 6.8% 34/37/11
Inka 888 15 Mar 2011 SNOW 7 4,500 1,154 4.5% 1/8/0
WikiCopter (2nd) 7 Mar 2011 SNOW 35 2903 697 8% 3/18/2 *
Eduemoni 7 Mar 2011 SNOW 2 2,822 858 12% 0/6/1
Ankitkool1988 6 March 2011 SNOW 24 18 9 0% 0/1/0
Snottywong 24 Feb 2011 Withdrawn 16 7,941 1,891 7% 43/42/11
Glane23 23 Feb 2011 No consensus 35 27,573 12,723 1.4% 46/26/14
Breawycker 20 Feb 2011 SNOW 2 1,421 NA UP% 0/8/1 First edit Sept 2008,VYU
Wcreed88 12 Feb 2011 SNOW 48 705 405 0.5% 0/11/1
GutiLucian02 5 Feb 2011 SNOW 1 237 12 45% 0/5/0 Indef blocked - Vandalism-only account
Nyswimmer 4 Feb 2011 SNOW 1 486 167 9.8% 0/5/1
Core2012 29 Jan 2011 SNOW 18 168 135 1.6% 0/9/0 1st ed 6/09
Reenem (2nd) 27 Jan 2011 SNOW 30 168 135 1.5% 4/20/3 NAC
GiantSnowman 21 Jan 2011 No consensus 52 41,797 24,148 1% 76/36/10 Nominated
Giftiger wunsch 12 Jan 2011 Withdrawn 20 12,756 3,084 5.7% 7/8/1 10m active,Nominated
A930913 9 Jan 2011 SNOW 9 5,811 3,991 5% 0/11/0 80% automated edits
Cprice1000 1 Jan 2011 Withdrawn 5 1,469 NA 4% 0/11/4
Guoguo12 27 Dec 2010 Withdrawn 15 5,541 2,721 3.2% 18/19/8
Richwales 18 Dec 2010 No consensus 64 4,367 2,306 8% 58/44/9 Joined 2005. 1.332 edits in preceding 12 months
Laptopmaker 10 Dec 2010 SNOW 0 42 NA 2% 1/7/1 RfA was a hoax. Indef blocked. NAC.
Darth Stabro 7 Dec 2010 SNOW 12 1,676 NA 8% 1/12/0 Last contrib Dec 2011
28bytes 3 Dec 2010 Withdrawn 7 6,380 3,717 2.2% 30/24/4 Joined 2006
The Arbiter 29 Nov 2010 Withdrawn 4 1,713 253 23% 2/6/1 Joined 2009. 1,113 edits in preceding 12 months.
Navy blue84 14 Nov2010 Withdrawn 29 3,046 1,723 10.6% 3/10/4
Access Denied 11 Nov 2010 Withdrawn 7 8,414 2,674 10.5% 20/34/11 Auto edits: 55%. Indef blocked and banned
Endofskull 10 Nov 2010 SNOW 5 4,536 1,230 2.5% 3/14/2 Joined WP with a goal to become an admin
BuickCenturyDriver 9 Nov 2010 Withdrawn 22 5,634 2,500 9.7% 0/12/0 791 edits in preceding 12 months
Redthoreau 4 Nov 2010 Withdrawn 48 15,501 NA NA 8/22/5 Essjay controversy. First edit 2007. Nominated
Ling.Nut 3 Nov 2010 No consensus 19 33,560 14,270 4% 113/63/7 Joined 2006.
Ezekiel63745‎ 31 Oct 2010 SNOW 0.25 139 NA NA% 0/7/0 VYU
Halil marx07 27 Oct 2010 SNOW 7 1,025 NA 20% 0/9/0 NNEng
Aiken drum 27 Oct 2010 Withdrawn 14 3,099 5,709 1% 15/27/11
Cliffmore 21 Oct 2010 SNOW 4 23 NA 17% 0/3/0
Tommy2010 10 Oct 2010 Withdrawn 9 67,870 32,096 2.4% 8/9/2
Silver seren 6 Oct 2010 No consensus 7 6,759 2,576 8.2% 37/44/15 Joined 2006. many long breaks. Nom & conom
Nations United 3 Oct 2010 Withdrawn 8 267 NA 19% 1/5/1
TransporterMan 1 Oct 2010 Withdrawn 12 3,924 807 25.3% 15/22/2 Nom & conom
07bargem 30 Sept 2010 SNOW 10 1,481 NA UP% 0/6/0 NAC
barts1a 29 Sept 2010 SNOW 4 1,187 NA UP% 1/11/1
Armbrust 28 Sept 2010 Withdrawn 22 47,025 32,417 UP% 16/21/13
Bobby122 23 Sept 2010 Withdrawn 3 2,346 NA UP% 0/4/1 VYU
Secret 22 Sept 2010 Withdrawn 37 7,517 2602 5.05% 18/9/6
Joe Gazz84 19 Sept 2010 Withdrawn 4 1,520 233 UP% 0/4/1
Torchwoodwho 16 Sept 2010 SNOW 3 5,125 1,404 UP% 0/8/2 Joined 2006. Early admin close, so list as 'snow'
YOSF0113 15 Sept 2010 SNOW 1 308 NA UP% 0/1/5 Early admin close, so list as 'snow'
WikiCopter 13 Sept 2010 SNOW 1 522 NA UP% 4/15/5
Minimac 11 Sept 2010 Withdrawn 12 10,595 4,414 UP% 3/4/1
Terrasidius 1 Sept 2010 Withdrawn 3 5,353 3,601 UP% 11/24/13 Joined 2006. 109 edits in previous 12 months
T 30 Aug 2010 Withdrawn 5 3,972 1,955 UP% 9/15/5 Joined 2005. 582 edits in previous 12 months
JahaalChakravarti 28 Aug 2010 SNOW 1 63 NA UP1.2% 0/3/0
GSorbyDesroid 28 Aug 2010 SNOW 8 437 NA UP% 0/6/3
William S. Saturn 27 Aug 2010 Withdrawn 28 6,878 2,631 UP% 7/21/0
Falcon8765 27 Aug 2010 Withdrawn 21 53,859 31,217 UP% 41/26/2
Jc3s5h 19 Aug 2010 No consensus 18 5,106 2,038 UP% 38/30/8

Part 5. RfA on other Wikipedias

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Comparison RfA other Wikipedias

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Data as of 30 June 2011 (Recovered by Kudpung).
Due to some non updated pages in their various RfA related pages, there may be ambiguities leading to minor inaccuracies in this information.)

RfA on various Wikipedias
Articles Admins Active Candidate quals. Voter quals. Duration Closed by Threshold Notes
English 3,670,904 1,792 730: 30+ edits last 2 months none none 7 days Bureaucrats Discretionary: almost all above 75% pass; almost all below 70% fail. 70-75% is crat discretion. Reconfirmations require less support, the lowest pass being at 61%. Manual transclusion. Admins are desysopped after 12 months without any edits.[1]
Dutch 712.486 65 65 1,000 - 1st edit 6 months ago 100 - 1 month 7 days Bureaucrats 75% pass. Manual transclusion
French 1,120,267 196 193: edited in last 3 months None. 3000+ edits recommended. 1 week. 50+ edits 15 days. Bureaucrats Discretionary: Opposes count more than supports Transclusion is automated
German 1,252,818 284 119: See note (German) below. 1 year and 'significant' 4-figure edits as as 'a writer and staff in various fields'. Active 2+ months. 200+ edits (edits) in the article namespace (at least 50 in the last 12 months) 14 days Bureaucrats Discretionary: 66% with a minimum 50 support votes. Transclusion is part automated. Desyoped after 1 year inactivity.
Italian 815.290 175 (see note 'Italian' below 103 2+ months and 500+ edits 2+ months and 500+ edits - 1st edit 60 days before the RfA 14 days Any experienced user (usually admins)
Rights assigned by Bureaucrats
80% - Complex quorum based on an average of votes on the preceding four RfA elections. See note (Italian) below. Manual transclusion of candidacy, voting is separate. Yearly reconfirmation for all admins.
Spanish 782.861 141 81: used their tools in last 6 months none none? 15 days Any admin. Rights changed by Bureaucrats 75% Votes are not commented. Discussion on talk page. No neutral vote section
Swedish 401,338 103 1 inactive registered registered 7 days Bureaucrats 75% Votes are generally not commented. Discussion (if any) on bottom of page. No question section.

Notes

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Dutch
  • Adminship is nominally for one year and will be reconfirmed if there are less than four oppositions.
  • Bureaucrats and stewards can temporarily accord admin rights.
  • Admins with less than 50 edits in 12 months are automatically desysopped.
French
  • Candidatures are posted to the VP, and sent out on mailing lists. Edit count opt-in is automated.
  • 'Significant' contributions for voters:
    • Writing and improvement of an Article in general.
    • Entries in spaces Category, Template, Reference, Images, help
    • The addition of an article in a group
    • Adding or editing aTemplate
    • Adding or editing a reference
    • Adding animage'for an article
    • Contributing to help pages (significant non-encyclopedic)
    • The addition of interwiki links on an article.
    • The correction of spelling on an article.
German
  • Nomination transculsion partly automated.
  • Candidate's RfA page has a button to test voters' rights.
  • 'Neutral' votes are not taken into consideration.
  • Votes may be commented, but if more than one paragraph, should be on the talk page.
  • Votes should not be commented on by others, except on the talk page.
  • Admin status is revoked after one year of inactivity, and must be reacquired through a new RfA..
  • Inactive admins are broken down into many list which include among others:
    • 6 admins have not edited for 6 months
    • 34 handed their tools in
    • 74 Non re-elected after lapse of tenure.
Italian
  • Pass rate is expressed through a complex quorum that is set by the average of votes on the previous four RfA elections: (based on a much improved Google translation):
    • To prevent an administrator to be elected without a sufficiently large number of Wikipedians expressing their its support/a quorum on votes, a quorum is defined as follows:
    • For the election to be successful, the number of voters in favor of greater or equal to the value of a quorum.
    • The election is valid for the next calculation of the quorum will be necessary that the number of voters (favorable + against) is greater than or equal to the value of a quorum.
    • The quorum will be calculated by multiplying 2/3 of the average number of voters (counting only for and against) on the last four concluded elections.
    • The calculation shall take account only of the elections in which a quorum has been reached.
    • In cases of elections that take place concurrently, in the calculation of the quorum will be based on the one that received the most votes.
    • More concisely the quorum Q can be expressed as follows: Q = 2 / 3 × [(x + y + z + w) / 4] = (x + y + z + w) / 6
  • Reconfirmation after 1 year. If 15 qualified users oppose the tacit confirmation, a vote of confirmation is initiated with the same RfA system except it requires 66% to pass.
  • Adminship automatically lapses after 6 months of inactivity, or if in the last 6 months the tools were not used.
  • Lapsed admins must wait 3 months before reapplying.
  • Resigned: 51
  • Not re-elected: 14
  • Lost automatically after 6 months of inactivity: 6
  • Total former admins: 71
Spanish
  • Candidatures are posted to the VP, and sent out on mailing lists.
  • Votes are generally not commented.
  • Discussion, if any (rare), takes place on the talk page.
  • It is recommended that oppose votes are commented. However, votes are reminded that that a policy of not Personal attacks is in effect, so inappropriate comments about the candidates are not allowed into the discussion.
  • Closure by any admin. Technical rights changed by bureaucrat.
  • Almost all admins are bureaucrats as well.
  • There is no 'neutral' voting section.
  • Nominations must be notified in the Wikipedia: Billboard events, Café and the mailing list for the information of other users. To file a third of your confidence as a librarian candidate must obtain prior consent.
  • 28 admins have handed their tools in. One admin was desysoped.
Swedish
  • Votes are generally not commented.
  • Discussion, if any (rare), takes place on the bottom of the page.
  • Nominal 1 year, then re run at same conditions
  • No set procedure for desysoping

References

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