User:FreplySpang/RFATalk

The three-month commitment involved in this process seems like too much to me. Who can make that kind of commitment? Even the most dedicated Wikipedians find that their participation ebbs and flows over time - for instance, ArbCommers go on break or resign. Illness, work, family and other off-line issues draw editors' attention away from Wikipedia unexpectedly. Sometimes, it's the people who most think they can commit for months at a time that are closest to burning out. A formal commitment to one month pre-RfA and 60 days' coaching afterwards seems like an unrealistic promise to potential admins. If it's required, then I don't think many admin-coach pairs will make it through the whole thing, and we'll be darn short on new admins.