User:Corvus coronoides/RfA review

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


 * 1) Candidate selection (inviting someone to stand as a candidate)
 * 2) Administrator coaching (either formally or informally)
 * Well, I'm sort of going through admin coaching myself right now and I think it's a good idea. I don't want to be an administrator at the moment, but I believe coaching really helps introduce users to what administrators do as well as "broaden their perspective" on Wikipedia and the amount of work that goes into this amazing project.  As stated on the admin coaching page, coaching isn't a guarantee of a successful RfA, but it is useful to candidates.
 * 1) Nomination, co-nomination and self-nomination (introducing the candidate)
 * I'm going to assume that the question here is whether each of these is valid. Self-nomination, while not a "bad" thing, I think, is less valid than nomination done by others.  I believe that most people I know who are qualified to become administrators have plenty of people willing to nominate them anyway.  If someone can't find a willing nominator, then there is a problem there.
 * 1) Advertising and canvassing
 * For the most part, I haven't seen that advertising/canvassing is a huge problem, but that's because I normally only haunt RfA when I'm too lazy to add content. So I can't really commen there.
 * 1) Debate (Presenting questions to the candidate)
 * I think that asking questions of a candidate is a necessary part of the RfA process, but I don't like the idea that candidates must answer optional questions or be opposed. There are some difficult questions that may take a some time, and I think the candidate should be able to discuss the question rather than answering on the spot.
 * 1) Election (including providing reasons for support/oppose)
 * 2) Withdrawal (the candidate withdrawing from the process)
 * 3) Declaration (the bureaucrat closing the application. Also includes WP:NOTNOW closes)
 * 4) Training (use of New Admin School, other post-election training)
 * 5) Recall (the Administrators Open to Recall process)
 * 1) Declaration (the bureaucrat closing the application. Also includes WP:NOTNOW closes)
 * 2) Training (use of New Admin School, other post-election training)
 * 3) Recall (the Administrators Open to Recall process)
 * 1) Recall (the Administrators Open to Recall process)
 * 1) Recall (the Administrators Open to Recall process)

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


 * 1) How do you view the role of an administrator?
 * 2) What attributes do you feel an administrator should possess?
 * 1) What attributes do you feel an administrator should possess?

Finally, when thinking about Requests for Adminship:


 * 1) Have you ever voted in a request for Adminship? If so what was your experience?
 * 2) Have you ever stood as a candidate under the Request for Adminship process? If so what was your experience?
 * 3) Do you have any further thoughts or opinions on the Request for Adminship process?
 * 1) Do you have any further thoughts or opinions on the Request for Adminship process?
 * 1) Do you have any further thoughts or opinions on the Request for Adminship process?

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This question page was generated by RFAReview at 21:59 on 20 June 2008.