User:MattWade/Admin/RfACriteria

RFA Criteria
To gain my support during an RfA, one must meet certain criteria that I have set forth below. The list is placed in general order of importance. At any time I may sway a little from it depending on the user. I will only consider candidates that exceed the WP:NOTNOW criteria. You will be graded upon:
 * 1) Full disclosure of past issues (expose all skeletons);
 * 2) *This is vital; if I don't feel you're trustworthy, you won't get my !vote. Anything you may try to be hiding will be found by another user
 * 3) Thorough and truthful answers to questions;
 * 4) Explicit mention that tools will be used with caution at first;
 * 5) Proof of a sense of humor;
 * 6) Edit count ≥ 2500 (for the most part);
 * 7) If you've been blocked, I want a full and thorough explanation as to why;
 * 8) High edit summary (it needn't be 100% but at least 90% is preferable);
 * 9) Some featured work (pictures, articles, lists, sounds, valued pictures, etc);
 * 10) Some interaction in WikiProjects; and
 * 11) Anything else I may deem appropriate at the time. Feel free to try to sway me. The goal is to get to know you well and judge you by your character and wikipast.

I do not vote neutral. If I feel you're right on the cusp between oppose and support and you seem like you can be trusted with the tools, end up being a net positive, and there's no huge negative in your past, a neutral will be a support (mostly per WP:WTHN). Also, just because I !vote one way at one time is not a guarantee that I will not switch later on based on more information; this can be both good and bad: prove to me you deserve the role, I could go oppose→support; someone unearths bad dirt on you, I could go support→oppose.

Also important to note: A few mistakes can be overlooked if the candidate has an otherwise positive and constructive history. Admins may have more powers, but can only cause so much damage, and a minor mistake by an admin is easily fixed. Everyone has a learning curve and everyone learns on the job as a new admin.


 * See my RfA voting record.