Wikipedia:Unsuccessful adminship candidacies/A

This page lists failed discussions on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship that were started after April 2004, which is when requests for adminships started being listed on separate pages. The links below are of nominations for candidates whose usernames began with the letter A at the time of their first nomination, and nominations that followed are included where known.

A summary of the reason for the unsuccessful candidacy is included in most cases:

failed means the candidate received fewer support than oppose votes;
consensus not reached means the candidate received at least as many support as oppose votes, but support was deemed by bureaucrats to be insufficient;
withdrawn by bureaucrat usually means that a bureaucrat judged that the nomination could not have succeeded at the time of withdrawal;
withdrawn by candidate and all other reasons. No inference should be drawn from this wording. If you want to know exactly why the nominee was not promoted, follow the nominee's RfA link.

A Cool Editor, 19 September 2008 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by UltraExactZZ at (0/2/0)
A new name 2008, 17 September 2009 - consensus not reached (100/45/9)
GB fan, 18 September 2011 - promoted (88/1/0)
A Raider Like Indiana, 31 July 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by EVula at (4/12/5)
A.Minkowiski, 25 June 2014 - closed per WP:NOTNOW (0/13/3)
A3RO, 13 October 2009, closed per WP:SNOW (2/11/3)
A520, 24 December 2011, closed per WP:SNOW (1/11/2) by Hurricanefan25
A930913, 9 January 2011, closed per WP:SNOW (0/11/0) by Ktr101
Aarktica, 30 July 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (1/6/3)
Aaron teh tennisman, 16 June 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/6/0)
Aaron Brenneman, 3 November 2005 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Nichalp at (3/14/8)
Aaron Brenneman, 9 February 2006 - promoted (110/30/7)
AaronS, 10 March 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (10/16/4)
AaronSchell, 3 June 2008 - closed per WP:NOTNOW at (0/1/0)
ABCD, 22 January 2005 - failed (4/8/4)
ABCD, 25 March 2005 - vote nullified and restarted at (16/9/2)

ABCD, 2 April 2005 - promoted (26/7/1)
Abce2, 15 June 2009 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by iMatthew at (0/7/0)
Abd, 10 October 2007 - closed by Acalamari in accordance with WP:SNOW at (0/9/0).
Abd, 17 February 2008 - failed at (24/30/13)
Abela2006, 20 March 2007 - withdrawn by admin at (1/2/1)
AbigailAbernathy, 14 May 2014 - withdrawn by candidate at (3/17/0)
Abir Rahman Saif, 20 February 2014 - closed per WP:SNOW by Trevj (0/1/0)
Abu badali, 14 August 2006 - consensus not reached at (26/26/7)
Ac1983fan, 30 March 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/5/0)
Acalamari, 28 March 2007 - consensus not reached at (40/28/14)
Acalamari, 4 July 2007 - successful (104/1/1)
ACBest, 29 July 2007- withdrawn per WP:SNOW by O at (2/10/5)
- ACBest, 6 February 2008 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by Rudget at (1/11/0)
Accdude92, 20 October 2009 - withdrawn per WP:NOTNOW by PeterSymonds (talk) at (0/8/0)
Access Denied, 11 Novemeber 2010 - withdrawn by candidate at (20/34/11)
Acebrock, 7 April 2006 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Essjay at (5/25/7)
Acetic Acid, 5 September 2005 - nomination declined at (5/5/2)
Acetic Acid, 31 October 2005 - promoted (92/9/3)
Activision45, 11 December 2005 - withdrawn by candidate at (1/10/2)
Adolphus79, 3 December 2008 - consensus not reached at (55/29/8)
Adam1213, 3 October 2005 - failed (0/9/0)
Adam1213, 14 October 2005 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Rdsmith4 at (0/4/1)

Adam1213, 31 January 2006 - failed (12/32/8)
adamfinmo‎, 27 November 2009 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by SoWhy at (3/6/5)
AdamRetchless, 5 April 2004 - consensus not reached (6/4/1)
Addatron, 30 June 2006 - withdrawn by admin Oleg Alexandrov at (0/2/0)
Addihockey10, 29 September 2009 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by Useight at (2/12/1)
Addihockey10 2, 31 May 2010 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by HJ Mitchell at (0/11/3)

Addihockey10 3, 26 Oct 2010 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by Frank at (1/20/1)
Addshore, 19 May 2008 - consensus not reached (64/34/19)
Addshore, 5 November 2008 - promoted (126/22/6)
AdirondackMan 2 Dec 2008 - closed per wp:NOTNOW (0/0/0)
- AdirondackMan, 13 December 2008 - withdrawn by candidate (0/4/1)
Admiral Roo, 9 September 2005 - failed (1/12/3)
Adriaan 1, 5 September 2006 - withdrawn by user Rory096 at (0/10/0)
Adun12, 7 February 2007 - withdrawn by user Somitho at (0/6/2)
Adyniz, 8 February 2010 closed per WP:SNOW by Ktr101 at (2/8/2)
Afaprof01, 4 October 2009-closed by Ktr101 at (0/9/0)
AfC, 6 June 2005 - failed (0/12/0)
Aflumpire, 10 October 2007 - withdrawn by admin WJBscribe at (0/7/0)
Agateller, 23 June 2006 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Nichalp at (22,40,10)
Agent003, 30 July 2005 - failed (0/9/0)
AgentB1, 13 September 2009 - closed per WP:SNOW by iMatthew (0/4/0)
Agentsoo, 2 August 2005 - failed (0/5/4)
Agüeybaná, 14 October 2007 - failed (34/43/8)
Ahadland1234, 20 March 2007 - withdrawn by candidate (0/3/0)
Aido2002, 6 June 2006 - withdrawn by admin Rje at (1/12/0)
Aiken drum, 27 October 2010 - withdrawn at (15/27/11)
Airbus A300, 9 August 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (2/7/0)
Airplaneman, 8 March 2010 - withdrawn by candidate at (28/20/7)
Aitias, 9 February 2008 - consensus not reached at (32/21/8)
Aitias 2, 23 May 2008 - consensus not reached at (66/27/6)

Aitias 3, 17 September 2008 - promoted (73/3/4)
AKGhetto, 11 March 2006 - consensus not reached (24/12/5)
Akhamenehpour, 28 March 2008 - per WP:NOTNOW (0/3/0)
AKMask, 13 June 2007 - consensus not reached (70/25/8)
Aktron, 1 October 2007 - withdrawn by candidate (14/10/4)
Alan16, 7 August 2009 - withdrawn by candidate (10/14/7)
Alan16 2, 3 January 2010 - withdrawn by candidate (6/21/7)
Alan De Smet, 28 October 2008, withdrawn by Nichalp (6/25/9)
AlanH, 12 January 2008, failed (1/3/1)
Alan Liefting, 27 June 2006 - failed (39/56/11)
AlanM1, 29 July 2014 - failed (47/33/14)
Alansohn, 31 October 2010 - failed (22/25/12)
AlbertHerring, 17 March 2008, withdrawn by non-crat User:Anonymous Dissident at (2/3/1)
AlbertR, 5 September 2005 - withdrawn by user Acetic Acid at (1/12/2)
Aleenf1, 22 April 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (1/5/0)
Alexander.hugh.george, 12 June - closed per WP:NOTNOW by Juliancolton at (0/3/0)
Alex Bakharev, 12 January 2006 - consensus not reached (70/23/2)
Alex Bakharev, 24 February 2006 - promoted (88/14/9)
alexsautographs, 15 January 2010 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by DarkFalls at (0/18/0)
alexsautographs, 15 January 2010 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by Pedro at (1/8/0)
Alex43223, 19 March 2007 - consensus not reached at (30/18/5)
Alfakim, 9 July 2006 - failed (14/25/8)
A Link to the Past, 9 October 2005 - withdrawn by user Acetic Acid at (6/17/7)
A Link to the Past, 9 April 2006 - consensus not reached (33/32/11)
Ali, 22 April 2007 - candidate withdrew (0/3/0)
AlienX2009, 17 June 2009 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by NuclearWarfare (0/4/0)
Ali'i, 19 June 2008 - consensus not reached at (70/55/14)
ALK, 2 January 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (1/6/0)
Alkivar, 30 March 2005 - consensus not reached (28/21/3)
Alkivar, 7 July 2005 - consensus not reached (23/17/4)

Alkivar, 8 November 2005 - promoted (69/20/8)
Alphax, 20 October 2005 - withdrawn by candidate (22/26/5)
Alphax, 15 March 2006 - consensus not reached (82/30/9)
Altruism, 28 August 2009 - Closed by ImperatorExercitus per SNOW at (2/6/1)
Amarkov, 15 February 2007 - withdrawn by candidate (32/38/1)
Amarkov, 30 June 2007 - withdrawn by candidate (18/24/1)

Amarkov, 30 November 2007 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Deskana at (3/15/0)
Ambuj.Saxena, 4 August 2006 - consensus not reached (110/40/12)
AmericanAir88, 11 August 2019 - consensus not reached (81/61/19)
Amgine, 9 May 2006 - consensus not reached (76/33/7)
AMK152, 27 June 2006 - withdrawn by candidate (1/5/1)
Ammar gerrard117, 6 June 2008 - closed per WP:NOTNOW at (0/3/0)
Ammarpad, 3 January 2019 - withdrawn by candidate at (64/40/9)
Amlnet49, 8 March - closed per WP:SNOW by PeterSymonds at (0/5/0)
Amynewyork4248, 5 June 2006 - withdrawn by candidate (0/3/0)
Anárion (same person as Jor), 15 September 2004 - consensus not reached (9/6/4)
Anárion, 29 December 2004 - consensus not reached (17/7/1)
Anbu121, 25 December 2012 - withdrawn by candidate (17/20/2)
Anarchyte, 16 June 2016 - withdrawn by candidate (81/53/18)
Andreasegde, 2 September 2006 - withdrawn by candidate (0/13/5)
Andrewmc123, 8 March 2009 - withdrawn by admin It Is Me Here (1/4/1)
Andrewmc123 2, 6 July 2009 - withdrawn by candidate (2/9/0)
Andy5190, 9 June 2006 - withdrawn by admin Titoxd (1/5/0)
AndyL, 26 April 2004 - nomination declined (3/9/9)
AndyL, 21 June 2004 - promoted (23/1/0)
Andypandy.UK, 22 July 2006 - consensus not reached at (69/27/0)
Angie Y., 3 July 2007 - withdrawn by former admin Jaranda at (0/4/0)
Anglius, 13 January 2006 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Linuxbeak at (0/34/3)
Angus Lepper - no consensus to promote (27/12/6)
Ankitbhatt - closed per WP:NOTNOW at (1/9/5)
Ankitbhatt - closed per WP:SNOW on 10/18/11
Ankitkool1988, 6 March 2011 - per WP:NOTNOW (0/1/0)
Anon126, 20 February 2008 - closed per WP:SNOW (1/11/4)
Anonymous Dissident, 10 June 2007 - withdrawn by admin Nishkid64 at (3/8/3)
Anonymous Dissident, 3 September 2007 - promoted (165/1/0)
Anonymous editor, 27 October 2005 - withdrawn by candidate at (60/36/5)
Anonymous editor, 6 January 2006 - promoted (89/7/1)
AntiDionysius, no consensus to promote, at 64.75% in the October 2024 elections
AntoineJ, 24 December 2006 - withdrawn by admin User:Llama man (0/1/0)
Ant2387, 14 July 2009 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by Shereth at (0/3/0)
Anthony5429, 13 September 2006 - withdrawn by candidate (0/3/1)
Anthony5429, 22 March 2007 - withdrawn by candidate (0/5/1)
Anthony Appleyard, 29 December 2006 - consensus not reached (41/14/4)
Anthony.bradbury, 30 November 2006 - consensus not reached at (36/21/15)
Anthony.bradbury, 31 March 2007 - promoted (108/1/1)
Anthony cfc, 9 February 2007 - withdrawn by candidate (13/12/1)
Anthony diPierro, 26 October 2004 - limited access proposal declined by candidate (4,16,3)
Anynobody, 31 March 2007 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Nichalp at (13/25/8).
APerson, 18 October 2005 - no consensus to promote at (61/33/8)
Appleboy, 14 October 2005 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Rdsmith4 at (4/8/0)
AppleJack-7, 3 June 2013 - withdrawn by admin Chaser at (0/9/2) per WP:SNOW
Apteva, 08 July 2009 - withdraw by admin Seddon per WP:NOTNOW at (0/10/1)
Apteva 2, 30 November 2012 - closed per WP:SNOW by AutomaticStrikeout at (2/27/1)
AquaStreak, 7 July 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by EVula at (1/3/0)
Arbiteroftruth, 2 July 2009 - withdrawn by candidate at (13/22/8)
ArcAngel, 15 September 2009 - withdrawn by candidate at (8/24/7)
ArcAngel 2, 10 July 2010 - withdrawn by candidate at (4/22/11)
AresAndEnyo, 21 December 2006 - withdrawn by admin (aeropagitica) at (0/6/0)
AresAndEnyo, 20 February 2008 - closed per WP:SNOW by PeterSymonds at (1/5/0)
Ari89, 24 December 2005 - withdrawn by candidate at (1/6/2)
Arienh4 20:05, 9 June 2008 (UTC) - withdrawn by candidate at (1/5/2)
Arkyan, 5 June 2007 - consensus not reached at (26/12/3)
Arkyan, 30 August 2007 - promoted (79,3,2)
Armbrust, 10 September 2010 - withdrawn by candidate at (16/21/13)
Armbrust 2, 13 May 2011 - withdrawn by candidate at (15/15/8)

Armbrust 3, 4 August 2014 - consensus not reached at (45/42/11)
Armedblowfish, 6 June 2007 - withdrawn by candidate at (63/43/6)
Arumpostasest, 12 July 2014 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/12/2)
Ængiølå, 21 January 2014 - closure by Ktr101 per WP:NOTNOW (0/1/0)
Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, 15 October 2005 - failed (41/29/4)
As11ley, 10 June 2015 - closed by User:Floquenbeam per WP:NOTNOW (1/9/0)
asams10, 10 December 2006 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Essjay at (6/22/8)
Asenine, 1 March 2008—snowball closure by AGK (contact) at (1/10/4)
Asenine, 3 October 2008 - withdrawn by candidate at (5/17/2)
Astanhope, 27 January 2006 - withdrawn by candidate (5/13/3)
astatine-210, 10 February 2009 - closed per WP:NOTNOW by Anonymous Dissident at (3/10/2)
astroview120mm, 31 August 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by EVula at (0/4/0)
Auric 16 August 2013 - withdrawn by candidate at (11/21/6)
Autocracy, 14 March 2008 - withdrawn by candidate at (7/18/8)
AutomaticStrikeout, 16 October 2012 - withdrawn by candidate at (18/26/20)
AutomaticStrikeout 2, 3 August 2013 – withdrawn by candidate at (5/16/7)
Avant Guard, 27 September 2007 - withdrawn by candidate (0/4/2)
Averross, 11 January 2007 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Essjay at (0/16/3)
Avicennasis, 28 May 2012 - closed as unsuccessful by bureaucrat WilliamH (67/34/6)
Avruch, 19 June 2008 - withdrawn by candidate. (104/35/10)
AwesomeSponge, 10 December 2011 – NOTNOW (0/3/0)
Axiomm, 27 May 2006 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Taxman (3/23/4)
Aytakin, 27 November 2005 - withdrawn by candidate (1/6/1)
AzaToth, 26 March 2006 - consensus not reached (54,20,8)
AzaToth, 29 September 2006 - withdrawn by candidate (0/8/2)

AzaToth, 16 January 2007 - consensus not reached at (59/24/10)
A.Z., 28 April 2007 - closed early by admin Majorly (0/11/1)
Azuran, 24 May 2007 - closed early by User:Evilclown93 (0/7/1)