User:NuclearWarfare/NOTNOW

#[[Wikipedia:Not Now|Thank you for submitting your RFA. While I applaud enthusiasm, I'm afraid you do not ''yet'' possess sufficient knowledge/experience for the community to have confidence in your readiness to become an admin]].

#:Generally, It has been my experience that it takes at least 2,000 non-automated edits in a variety of areas to demonstrate a knowledge of policy and guidelines that is enough to attempt adminship. While it is possible to pass with below that, nominees have very rarely done so in recent times.

#:*The Admin tools allow the user to block and unblock other editors, delete and undelete pages and protect and unprotect pages. Nominees will therefore do well to gain experience and familiarity with such areas as [[WP:AIV]], [[WP:AFD]], [[WP:CSD]], and [[WP:RfPP]] to learn when to do these things.

#:*As an administrator, you would need to be able to explain clearly the reasons for one's decisions, review one's decisions and change one's mind when it is reasonable to do so, review one's decisions and stand firm when it is reasonable to do so, and be able to negotiate a compromise. Admins need a familiarity with [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]]. '''The ability to communicate clearly is essential'''.

#:*I and many others believe that the best way to learn the basic theories and policies behind adminship is to work with articles. As everything else exists solely to support the articles' continued growth and stability, all Wikipedia administrators should know what it is like to not only defend those well-being of the articles, but to also help grow them. I recommend participation in [[WP:DYK]], [[WP:GA]], [[WP:FL]], or [[WP:FA]] as the surest ways to gain article building experience.

#:My suggestion would be to withdraw and try again in another few months and couple thousand edits. Many nominees have found it helpful to obtain an [[Wikipedia:Editor review|Editor Review]] or to receive [[Wikipedia:Admin coaching|Admin coaching]] before submitting their RfA and after passing that benchmark. Hope this helps. Good luck and happy editing. ~~~~