User:Alanbly/RfA Requirements

What follows is my growing list of desirable (and undesirable) qualities in an Admin on Wikipedia. These are criteria I aspire and attempt to live by, so please, call me on it if I ignore one of them. This list is growing, feel free to question my thoughts, I ask only that any questions be asked on the talk page.

Absolute Necessities

 * 1) The One-[Person]-Band
 * 2) * Shows willingness to contribute across namespaces (especially Talk namespaces)
 * 3) Good in a fight
 * 4) * Must have shown experience communicating in a variety of situations
 * 5) * Been involved (even peripherally) in at least one heated discussion or argument
 * 6) I fought the law...
 * 7) * Settles debates with policy and consensus, not browbeating or WP:TRUTH
 * 8) Architects and Librarians
 * 9) * Shows a desire to grow and improve the encyclopedia
 * 10) * Builds articles, moves toward better articles, not just better grammar

Beneficial Qualities

 * 1) Topical Diversity
 * 2) * Widget builders and WikiGnomes alike
 * 3) 100% Edit Summaries
 * 4) * It's about respect for others time, not your perceptions
 * 5) Nomination by someone else
 * 6) * And not a requested nom either
 * 7) Crosswords in Ink
 * 8) * A bold but consensus-driven editor makes a great admin

Disqualifiers

 * 1) Puppetry
 * 2) Stated/Defended opinions contrary to policy
 * 3) Plane Crashing, Uselessness, Hedonism, Shrekism, or General Offensiveness
 * WikiGremlin
 * WikiImp
 * WikiSloth
 * WikiOgre
 * WikiTroll
 * 1) Article or genre ownership
 * 2) An Agenda to Push (However righteous)

Misdemeanors

 * 1) History of vandalism, edit warring, or incivility (However long ago)
 * 2) Self-Noms
 * 3) Believing WP:IAR is the only policy

No Consensus

 * Requests_for_adminship/Biruitorul_2

Policies & Reading

 * Administrators' reading list
 * Requests_for_adminship/Template/Cheatsheet
 * WP:BLOCK v. WP:BAN
 * WP:BLP
 * WP:IAR
 * WP:SNOW