Wikipedia:Unsuccessful adminship candidacies/W

This page lists failed discussions on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship that were started after April 2004, which is when requests for adminships started being listed on separate pages. The links below are of nominations for candidates whose usernames began with the letter W at the time of their first nomination, and nominations that followed are included where known.

A summary of the reason for the unsuccessful candidacy is included in most cases:

• failed means the candidate received fewer support than oppose votes;
• consensus not reached means the candidate received at least as many support as oppose votes, but support was deemed by bureaucrats to be insufficient;
• withdrawn by bureaucrat usually means that a bureaucrat judged that the nomination could not have succeeded at the time of withdrawal;
• withdrawn by candidate and all other reasons. No inference should be drawn from this wording. If you want to know exactly why the nominee was not promoted, follow the nominee's RfA link.

See also: List of failed RfAs (Chronological)

• W1k13rh3nry, 4 April 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/4/0)
• Wackslas, 4 April 2015 - Closed per WP:NOTNOW by User:Dusti at (0/13/1)
• Wackymacs, 5 November 2005 - withdrawn by candidate at (18/8/6)
• Wadester16, 17 February 2009 - consensus not reached at (56/29/11)

  Wadester16, 12 May 2009 - promoted at (64/7/1)

• Wael.Mogherbi, 15 February 2009 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by User:Tiptoety at (0/4/0)
• Walter, 29 December 2005 - consensus not reached at (35/16/4)
• Walton monarchist89, 12 November 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (3/6/4)

  Walton monarchist89, 20 April 2007 - promoted at (68/12/8)

• Wandalstouring, 28 February 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (12/9/6)
• Wantok, 20 June 2007 - failed at (18/21/7)
• WarthogDemon, 28 March 2008 - no consensus at (61/21/4)
• Water Bottle, 11 September 2005 - consensus not reached at (7/5/4)

  Water Bottle, 12 February 2006 - promoted at (48/1/0)

• wavelab1, 1 June 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by EVula at (0/1/0)
• WCityMike, 3 June 2006 - failed at (12/26/6)
• WeBuriedOurSecretsInTheGarden, 20 January 2008 - withdrawn by candidate at (11/22/6)

  WBOSITG - 13 May 2008, promoted (104/10/4)

• Weegeerunner, 6 June 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/7/3)
• Weirdy, 19 April 2006 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Essjay at (0/17/2)
• Wenli, 31 October 2007 - not promoted (19/15/4)
• Werdna648, 3 May 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (42/20/8)

  Werdna648, 12 July 2006 - consensus not reached at (67/40/9)

  Werdna, 11 September 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (43/19/2)

  Werdna, 2 February 2007 - consensus not reached at (181/89/12)

  Werdna, 27 May 2008 - promoted (186/5/3)

• Wereon, 13 March 2005 - failed at (5/18/0)
• WereSpielChequers, 03 October 2008 - unsuccessful at (40/21/7)

  WereSpielChequers, 12 February 2009 - promoted at (100/7/2)

• Wetman88, 3 April 2009 - closed as WP:NOTNOW (0/4/0)
• Weyes, 10 June 2005 - declined at (9/0/0)

  Weyes, 23 June 2005 - vote nullified and restarted because of irregularities at (49/17/1)

  Weyes, 1 July 2005 - consensus not reached at (47/18/3)

  Weyes, 18 March 2006 - declined at (1/0/0)

• WhatWouldEmperorNortonDo, 13 December 2005 - failed at (4/16/1)
• WHEELER, 3 May 2004 - failed at (2/14/1)
• Whiteandnerdy111, 24 December 2007 - withdrawn at (0/7/1)
• White Shadows, 7 July 2010 - Withdrawn (10/25/13)
• Who, 24 July 2005 - consensus not reached at (19/9/2)

  Who, 30 September 2005 - promoted at (73/1/0)

• Wiki Greek Basketball, 23 December 2009 - closed as WP:NOTNOW at (1/38/4) by Bibliomaniac15

  Wiki Greek Basketball, 2 January 2010 - closed as WP:NOTNOW at (1/14/0) by Anonymous Dissident

• WikiCats, 14 October 2006 - withdrawn by User:Gwernol at (0/9/0)
• Wikicology 30 October 2015 - withdrawn by candidate at (9/20/1)
• WikiCopter, 13 September 2010 - closed as WP:NOTNOW at (4/13/5)

  WikiCopter 2, 07 March 2011 - closed per WP:NOTNOW at (3/18/2)

• Wikid77, 29 September 2013 - closed per WP:SNOW at (4/21/6)
• Wikidudeman, 2 August 2007 - candidate withdrew at (56/24/2)

  Wikidudeman, 21 January 2008 - candidate withdrew at (98/32/3)

• Wikieditor222, 2 June 2008 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/6/0)
• Wikifan798, 9 November 2009 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by Rje at (0/3/0)
• Wikihermit, 9 June 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (2/11/1)

  Wikihermit 4 September 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (28/18/6)

• Wikiman1717, 16 June 2011 - closed as WP:NOTNOW by non-bureaucrat Hersfold at (0/0/0)
• WikiMan53, 21 December 2006 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Essjay at (0/11/0)
• Wikimayor, 19 February 2016 - withdrawn by bureaucrat WJBscribe at (0/12/0)
• Wikipedian2, 4 December 2008 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/3/1)

  Wikipedian2 2, 3 April 2011 - closed per WP:NOTNOW at (0/5/0)

  Wikipedian2 3, 15 April 2011 - closed per WP:NOTNOW at (0/4/1)

• Wikipedialuva, 30 September 2007 - closed per snowball clause at (1/8/2)
• WikipedianProlific, 4 September 2007 - no consensus to promote at (68/23/8)
• Wikipediarules2221, 21 February 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (1/10/0)
• Wikipeedio, 20 March 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/8/0)
• Wikisteph888, 9 August 2007 - closed in accordance with WP:SNOW by Acalamari at (0/9/0)
• Wikitank, 12 December 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by EVula at (0/1/0)
• Wikiwoohoo, 12 October 2005 - failed at (1/10/3)

  Wikiwoohoo, 13 November 2005 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Nichalp at (0/9/4)

  Wikiwoohoo, 10 December 2006 - consensus not reached at (51/20/6)

  Wikiwoohoo, 4 March 2009 - withdrawn by candidate at (16/13/0)

  Wikiwoohoo, 26 February 2010 - closed as unsuccessful at completion by non-bureaucrat Frank at (29/27/12)

• Wilbysuffolk, 5 April 2011 - closed per WP:SNOW at (0/8/0)
• Wildthing61476, 30 May 2007 failed at (5/10/9)
• Wildnox, 27 January 2007 - failed at (11/18/10)
• Wilhelmina Will, 30 May 2010 - closed per WP:NOTNOW at (4/22/5)
• WillC, 24 May 2006 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Taxman at (4/39/3)
• Willdude123, 01 April 2012 - closed per WP:NOTNOW at (4/19/0)
• William M. Connolley, 14 July 2005 - consensus not reached at (67/29/5)

  William M. Connolley, 14 January 2006 - promoted at (129/23/4)

• William S. Saturn, 27 August 2010 - withdrawn by candidate at (7/21/0)
• WilliamKF, 3 March 2007 - withdrawn by bureaucrat - (6/8/7)
• Williamborg, 23 July 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (8/15/4)
• will merchant, 3 January 2007 - withdrawn by admin (aeropagitica) at (2/8/3)
• Willking1979, 27 May 2009 - consensus not reached (38/33/15)

  Willking1979, 15 September 2009 - promoted at (57/5/5)

• WinEuro, 1 July 2012 - closed per WP:SNOW by Ktr101 at (0/3/0)
• Winhunter, 26 June 2006 - consensus not reached at (41/15/5)

  Winhunter, 4 September 2006 - promoted at (57/0/3)

• Wisdom89, 17 October 2007 - consensus not reached at (14/13/5)

  Wisdom89, 28 January 2008 - consensus not reached at (13/13/7)

  Wisdom89, 22 April 2008 - withdrawn by candidate (67/38/5)

  Wisdom89, 8 November 2008 - withdrawn by candidate at (47/14/8)

• Wizardry Dragon, 16 January 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (20/22/5)
• Wjmummert, 15 April 2008 - withdrawn by candidate before transclusion at (0/3/1)
• Woe90i, 28 October 2011 - closed per WP:SNOW at (2/11/2)
• Wolfpawz, 26 April 208 - closed per WP:SNOW at (3/6/1)
• Wonderfool, 25 May 2005 - failed at (1/12/2)

  Wonderfool, 26 May 2005 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/1/1)

• Wooyi, 29 January 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (1/4/0)

  Wooyi, 29 March 2007 - withdrawn by admin Majorly at (2/12/2)

• WWEFAN99, 11 August 2008 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by Sceptre at (1/6/0)

  WWEYANKS52, 25 February 2009 - closed as unsuccessful by Kingturtle at (13/38/8)

• Wwesocks, 14 June 2009 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by PeterSymonds at (1/10/0)