User:Royalguard11/RFA

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Well, I felt compelled to write something on my standards for a RFA.

Good Things

  • Experience in XfD (especially AfD)
  • at least 4-6 months of activity
  • Experience in dispute resolution (for the block portion)
  • A non-specific number of edits (over 1000 is a good start)
  • Good answer to question one (why you need the tools)
  • Vandal fighting
  • Welcoming new users/giving out test temps (although I won't oppose based on not giving warnings)
  • Being committed to the project (ie, you don't take a long wikibreak every month, ect)
  • Being a good candidate for adminship (this I decide on a case by case basis)
  • Willingness to put self in Category:Administrators open to recall

Bad Things

  • No experience in XfD
  • Receiving sanctions by the ArbComm
  • History of Blocks (except accidental/mistaken blocks)
  • History of incivility
  • Making personal attacks/attacking edit summaries
  • Vandalism across any namespace (except your own userpage, and there are some limits)
  • Having an insulting userpage
  • No experience in important areas of Wikipedia (ie- mainspace, project space)

Things I don't Care About

  • Whether or not you have contributed to a featured article, not everyone can, if you have thats a positive, if you haven't, then I don't take that into account
  • Answers to questions two and three
    • Two because I'm not going to look at the article to see your contributions (Don't get me wrong, article writing is the most important part of the project, and if you have no experience then that is not good, but how good you write isn't a sign of how good an admin you'd make, unless it's vandalism)
    • Three because I don't care if you've been in an edit conflict, unless you were uncivil (that's a bad thing)
  • Images Uploaded, not everyone can be a photographer
  • Barnstars (This is more of a clique thing)

What it Comes Down to

I will take the above into account, but my decision will be independent of my standards. I will take those into consideration, but I will probably go against my standard now and again. I decide in a case by case basis. Generally, I will not support or oppose based solely on edit counts (unless you have almost none). I reserve the right to change an/or go against my standards at any time I choose. If I ever say oppose per my standards, please notify me and I'll be more in depth (every candidate deserves that). I will only ask questions that deal with the here and now, not hypothetic. If I do ask a question, it's usually to help me further understand a candidate.

-Royalguard11(Talk·Desk) 23:03, 24 October 2006 (UTC)

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