Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Statistics

There is no official standard on RFA, since everybody is free to express an opinion on the request for adminship as they see fit. Analysis shows that in order to be successful, a candidate must have (1) experience, and (2) community trust. Experience is indicated by having been around for a few months and having participated in a number of (though by no means all) different areas. Community trust is generally given to people who have been seen to make sensible edits, explain themselves when asked, and be able to keep their head in a dispute.

The following table was compiled by User:Durin and shows de facto standards for RFA, as of August 2006.


 * 1 - Unsuccessful nominations only includes those nominations that were not withdrawn early and were not successful. This is the smallest subset of RfAs, typically comprising less than 20% of all RfAs.

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