User:MattWade/Admin/RfACriteria
RFA Criteria[edit]
 | This page in a nutshell: Overly net postitive to the project, extremely trustworthy, and no major skeletons ≈ Support |
To gain my support during an RfA, one must meet certain criteria that I have set forth below. The list is placed in general order of importance. At any time I may sway a little from it depending on the user. I will only consider candidates that exceed the WP:NOTNOW criteria. You will be graded upon:
- Full disclosure of past issues (expose all skeletons);
- This is vital; if I don't feel you're trustworthy, you won't get my !vote. Anything you may try to be hiding will be found by another user
- Thorough and truthful answers to questions;
- Explicit mention that tools will be used with caution at first;
- Proof of a sense of humor;
- Edit count ≥ 2500 (for the most part);
- If you've been blocked, I want a full and thorough explanation as to why;
- High edit summary (it needn't be 100% but at least 90% is preferable);
- Some featured work (pictures, articles, lists, sounds, valued pictures, etc);
- Some interaction in WikiProjects; and
- Anything else I may deem appropriate at the time. Feel free to try to sway me. The goal is to get to know you well and judge you by your character and wikipast.
I do not vote neutral. If I feel you're right on the cusp between oppose and support and you seem like you can be trusted with the tools, end up being a net positive, and there's no huge negative in your past, a neutral will be a support (mostly per WP:WTHN). Also, just because I !vote one way at one time is not a guarantee that I will not switch later on based on more information; this can be both good and bad: prove to me you deserve the role, I could go oppose→support; someone unearths bad dirt on you, I could go support→oppose.
Also important to note: A few mistakes can be overlooked if the candidate has an otherwise positive and constructive history. Admins may have more powers, but can only cause so much damage, and a minor mistake by an admin is easily fixed. Everyone has a learning curve and everyone learns on the job as a new admin.
- See my RfA voting record.