Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Optional RfA candidate poll

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This optional polling page is for experienced editors who intend to request administrative privileges (RfA) in the near future and wish to receive feedback on their chances of succeeding in their request.

This page is not intended to provide general reviews of editors. To seek feedback on what you can do to improve your contributions to Wikipedia, ask a friendly, experienced editor on the editor's talk page for help.

Disclaimer: Before proceeding, please read advice pages such as Advice for RfA candidates. The result of a poll may differ greatly from an actual RfA, so before proceeding, you should evaluate your contributions based on this advice as well as recent successful and failed requests. Look at past polls in the archives and consider the risk of having a similar list of shortcomings about yourself to which anyone can refer. You may want to consider asking an editor experienced at RfA, such as those listed at Wikipedia:Request an RfA nomination, their thoughts privately.

Instructions

Potential candidates

To request an evaluation of your chances of passing a request for adminship in the next 3 to 6 months, add your name below and wait for feedback. Please read Wikipedia:Not now before adding your name to this list.

Responders

Responders, please provide feedback on the potential candidate's likelihood of passing an RfA at this time. Please be understanding of those who volunteer without fully appreciating what is expected of an administrator, and always phrase your comments in an encouraging manner. You can optionally express the probability of passing as a score from 0 to 10; a helper script is available to let you give a one-click rating. For more detailed or strongly critical feedback, please consider contacting the editor directly.

Closure

Potential candidates may opt to close or withdraw their ORCP assessment request at any time. Polls are normally closed without any closing statement after seven days (and are archived seven days after being closed). They may be closed earlier if there is unanimous agreement that the candidate has no chance at being granted administrative privileges.

Sample entry

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*5/10 - Edit count seems okay, but there will be opposers saying you need more AfD participation. [[User:Place holder|Place holder]] ([[User talk:Place holder|talk]]) 00:00, 1 January 2015 (UTC)

Sarrail: October 5, 2022

The following discussion is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

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Sarrail (talk · contribs · logs · block log · page moves · count · edit summaries · non-automated edits · articles created · BLP edits · AfD votes · XfD votes · admin score (beta) · CSD log · PROD log · no prior RfA)

Hey editors...

I have been around for a few years now, and made at least a couple thousand edits. I have "starred" most in anti-vandalism edits. Giving out warnings, reporting them to WP:AIV... lots of work. Over the years, I have viewed that many, many admins have blocked WP:NOTHERE editors and revert vandalism. I wish to be part of this too. And so, I wish to recieve reviews from you, experienced editors and admins. BTW, I'm really nervous about these ratings-but I'll be happy whatever rating you give me :) Sarrail (talk) 15:04, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

• 3/10: I think you're on the right track, but I see a lot of problems. The first is that you have ~1,600 non-automated edits to the mainspace, which is far too low. You have more semi-automated edits than non-automated ones, and I know this is because of your anti-vandal work, but this leads to my second problem. Which is that you need a strong reason for wanting the tools. Anti-vandalism and "block[ing] WP:NOTHERE editors" does not cut it. You'll be told that anti-vandalism work does not require the admin tools. The third problem is content creation. You've made some articles, but you don't seem to have made any full articles. Most are just start/stub-class, which the voters won't like. Same issue in content deletion. You've nominated three articles for deletion and two were speedy kept. You've never voted at an AfD before, and your contributions are practically 0 across the board at XfD. You don't maintain a CsD or PROD log (if I had to guess, I would say you've never done either of these). That is all the criticism I have. I would suggest working on all these things before running. —VersaceSpace 🌃 16:28, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

  Hey VersaceSpace, thank you for your suggestions. Yeah, this is my first reason why it is too early for RFA just yet. --- Sarrail (talk) 16:29, 5 October 2022 (UTC)

• 1/10 You fail my RfA criteria. You've created about a dozen articles many of which are worthless sports tables all of which could be deleted for lacking notability. You have one failed GA nomination. You have only ever cast three !votes at AfD (all recently) and only one of those matched the outcome, so that is a non-starter. Generally speaking, you cannot get elected at RfA as a countervandal. It's not impossible but the modern audience isn't going to go for it, especially when they do not know you. You need to spend more time in Wikipedia space, improve content, and earn attention. My biggest problem is that you, like many, came here to get roasted because you would not read the note at the top of the page about RfA advice. That is the biggest statement about not having clue and proof you ought not ever be an admin. Chris Troutman (talk) 19:08, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

  Hi @Chris troutman: Thank you for your advice. Well, for sure. I’m about

  to start wondering if I’ll ever become an admin. Sarrail (talk) 19:45, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

  If you feel that you have got feedback, I would suggest opting to close this discussion.

  While I would say (based on the above feedback) that RfA is something not for the short term, it doesn't mean that you won't ever become an admin. I came here for a rating in 2018 and I got a 0/10 from one editor, and I am now an admin. While following my route won't necessarily work for everyone, I took the feedback from my 2018 poll and worked on it which ultimately helped improve my chances at RfA. Dreamy Jazz ^{talk to me | my contributions} 21:00, 6 October 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.