User:GregJackP/Admin criteria

''' "The purpose of admins should be to keep the riff-raff away from the content creators." '''

In order for me to support a candidate for administrator, they must, before evaluating any other factors, meet this one, single, criteria.

The candidate must have helped get at least one article up to featured article status, or at least two articles to good article status. This is intended to look at their content creation ability, not their ability to review articles and make suggestions.

This shows that they understand that this is an encyclopedia. Encyclopedias are written by content creators, and the supervisors and managers should be content creators. In order to create content, especially GA/FA content, an editor will show that they:
 * are familiar with the standards for articles (MOS, referencing, etc.),
 * know how to interact with others,
 * understand the true intent of WP:IAR, which is to bypass bureaucratic BS in order to create content

Non-content creator admins typically have no understanding of what is required to create content. Since they don't create it, they tend to rely on rigid application of rules. Some become Javert. Some just become WP:JERKS.

We don't ask non-pilots to supervise the Air Force, for non-police to supervise the cops, for non-businessmen to supervise businesses. We shouldn't ask non-content creators to supervise writers.

See User:Ritchie333/Why admins should create content as of July 30, 2015, I completely endorse Ritchie333's position as stated at that time.

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Stolen from where it was posted on User talk:Bishonen on Aug. 2, 2015.