User:Quartermaster/RfA review

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Questions

When thinking about the adminship process, what are your thoughts and opinions about the following areas:

Candidate selection (inviting someone to stand as a candidate)
... Don't really think about it. Most people I'd nominate are already editors.
Administrator coaching (either formally or informally)
... Don't see anything wrong with this, but could be convinced by argument.
Nomination, co-nomination and self-nomination (introducing the candidate)
... Co-nomination? Why? Self-nomination? Sure. No problem.
Advertising and canvassing
... Announcing to others that you may know, that's cool. Formal campaigns? Nope.
Debate (Presenting questions to the candidate)
... One of the best parts of the process. I love reading the questions and answers.
Election (including providing reasons for support/oppose)
... Only participated once and it was painless.
Withdrawal (the candidate withdrawing from the process)
... Respect their wishes, I say.
Declaration (the bureaucrat closing the application. Also includes WP:NOTNOW closes)
... Take your time doing this. What's the hurry?
Training (use of New Admin School, other post-election training)
... No thoughts since I'm not an admin but the idea seems valid.
Recall (the Administrators Open to Recall process)
... Definitely. But it shouldn't be easy to do.

When thinking about adminship in general, what are your thoughts and opinions about the following areas:

How do you view the role of an administrator?
... Garbage man who picks up after others (that's a good thing).
What attributes do you feel an administrator should possess?
... Patience, um, patience, and, oh yeah, patience.

Finally, when thinking about Requests for Adminship:

Have you ever voted in a request for Adminship? If so what was your experience?
... Yes. Painless.
Have you ever stood as a candidate under the Request for Adminship process? If so what was your experience?
... Nope.
Do you have any further thoughts or opinions on the Request for Adminship process?
... Is there a way to become an admin temporarily? I'm not talking a probationary period, I mean the ability to test drive being an admin. Some people might bail out (too much work), and others might see that they would be good for the site. Just wondering.

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This question page was generated by {{RFAReview}} at 16:49 on 23 June 2008.