User:Cyberpower678/RfA Criteria
Appearance
What is expected of an admin
[edit]- Administrators on Wikipedia are expected to satisfy a minimum of the following characteristics for the community
- The candidate repeatedly demonstrates a sense of civility with minimal rudeness.
- The candidate knows all of the basic policies including the 5 pillars.
- The candidate has a general grasp of administration policies.
- The candidate demonstrates that they can be trusted with the extra tools and power they get when becoming an admin.
What the community looks for
[edit]- When a candidate goes through an RfA the community can be quite harsh when evaluating a candidate
- They look for an edit count of generally 7000 or more.
- They look for civility.
- They look that you haven't been blocked in the last 9 months minimum.
- They look for article creation or massive vandal fighting.
- Participation in admin related areas.
- The ability to keep cool in heated debates.
- Reliable and accurate deletion nominations.
- And other stuff that can be found under User:Worm That Turned/Magic Formula
What will get me to support
[edit]- I don't ask much from candidates regarding their ability to be an admin. All I ask from them is that
- You can be trusted.
- You have at least 3000 edits.
- Within those edits you understand all editing policies, and almost all of the admin policies.
- You are experienced in a lot of areas that admins work in.
- You are civil and able to keep your cool.
- If I ask a humorous question from the list below, you answer it correctly. :)
Potential questions I may ask from time to time
[edit]- Although I usually don't ask questions I will the following questions designed to test how they respond
- Would you consider yourself open to recall?
- I don't like you. Why the hell do you think you're fit to be an admin?
- What would you do if you ... (a scenario regarding an area they wish to work in is asked).
- I will ask some scenarios questions regarding an area they wish to work in.
- Some humorous questions
- Do you prefer fruits or vegetables? (Correct answer is fruit)
- What is your favorite car? (Correct answer is BMW)
- What is your favorite color? (Correct answer is blue)