User:Amarkov/RfA standards

RfA standards
If you'd like numerical standards, please go to /numerical.

If I have reason to believe that you are only doing something because you wish to be an admin, and not because you actually enjoy it, I will oppose you, and I will consider nothing else. I have no interest in evaluating candidates who try to pretend they'll do things they won't. It is a waste of my time. Really, RfA is not a political campaign.

Oppose
The following things will cause me to oppose you, period. No questions at all.
 * 1) Any block at all for threats. Those are entirely unacceptable. Even if you somehow weaseled out of the indefblock which should be given, you should never have admin powers.
 * 2) Being under an Arbcom remedy of an article ban, article probation, or general probation. If the reasoning behind this isn't clear, that is a problem.
 * 3) Being under any type of probation. That is a sign that the community does not trust you with the priveleges you have, so why would we trust you with more?
 * 4) A justified block within the last month. Duh.
 * 5) Less than some number of projectspace edits. You must show you are familiar with process, not just assert it. I would have an exact number, except experience tells me that invariably, when I think I have a reasonable number, I ignore it half the time.
 * 6) Less than 3 months of experience. I have no idea why people think they'll suceed with 4 weeks of editing.
 * 7) An acceptance statement and/or answers to questions which indicate you have no qualifications for adminship other than vandal fighting. You must understand that adminship is not simply a godmode version of Vandalproof, which some people don't seem to get.
 * 8) Any answers which read like "I want to be an admin so I will have more influence". You won't.
 * 9) Responding to every single oppose. It's okay to respond to a few, but to respond to every single one, even "per X", is bad.
 * 10) Canvassing for your RfA. You do not recruit people to comment on an RfA. Ever.
 * 11) It would look stupid if this list were exactly 10 things long.

Neutral
The following things will likely cause me to go neutral, although I may go with weak support or weak oppose. Possibly even a regular oppose or stronger, if you've done enough of them.
 * 1) A justified block within the last four months. You really shouldn't get blocked.
 * 2) Canvassing for an AfD. While slightly better than canvassing for an RfA, because AfD suffers less from headcountitis, it's still bad. Note that I do not consider notifying the overseeing Wikiproject or the article authors canvassing, but anything else, I will. Including canvassing everyone who has ever edited the article.

Support
If you don't have any of the above listed problems, I will probably support you. Do not construe this as a free support, because I know that the instant I save this, the next 10 RfAs I can't support will have problems I never thought to put here.

RfB standards
Be a good admin. There is absolutely no point in numerical standards here. Bonus points if you answer my optional question well:


 * number. What would you do if another bureaucrat disagreed with your decision to promote an admin candidate?
 * A:

I should note that I don't have a good answer to this.