Wikipedia:RfA reform 2011/Candidates

This page: is in five  parts:
 * Part 1 is a table showing each  editor's stats at  the time of their RfA
 * Part 2 is a detailed breakdown and analysis of the criteria on which users base their !votes. The information  is drawn from users' essays.
 * Part 3 is a statistical summary extrapolated by Worm That Turned from the data he researched.
 * Part 4 is a table of stats of candidates who were not  successful  in  2011.
 * Part 5 is a comparison table of how RfA  is conducted on  the English, French, German, and Italian Wikipedias.

Part 1. Data of successful candidates 2009 - 2011

 * Research and data by  courtesy  of Worm That Turned

These tables show for each candidate at the time of RfA:
 * Tenure in months (length of membership at Wikipedia)
 * Consecutive active months
 * Edit count
 * Automated edits as a percentage
 * Approximate number of manual edits.

2012
8 promotions up to 10 May.

2011
50 promotions Note: Sarek of Vulcan and HJ Mitchell are not included in this survey (re-adminship).

2010
75 successful candidates

2009
121 successful candidates.

Part 2. Users' criteria for adminship

 * Research and data by  courtesy  of Worm That Turned

Analysis of RfA criteria drawn from user essays. Note: Some are out of date, some are by banned users.

Vetted
These essays have been edited in the last 18 months. Does not include blocked users' essays.

Essays with numerical criteria

 * 1) User:America69/RfA criteria - (2008) Criteria, and advice for candidates
 * 2) Bearian's RfA Standards - (2010) Precise
 * 3) User:Beetstra/RfA criteria
 * 4) User:Chet B Long/RFA-standards
 * 5) User:Coffee/RFA-standards
 * 6) User:Crazymonkey1123/Personal Grading Criteria for RfA Requests (was User:Crazymonkey1123/RfA Criteria)
 * 7) User:CT Cooper/Requests for adminship/Criteria
 * 8) User:Dlohcierekim/On_RfA - (2008) Comprehensive. Regularly updated (User:Dlohcierekim/standards - In tabular form)
 * 9) User:Fastily/RfA_Rationale - short, concise. Major contributor to RfA and WT:RfA
 * 10) User:Gosox5555/Rfa
 * 11) User:Inka 888/RFA criteria
 * 12) User:Kraftlos/admin criteria
 * 13) User:Kudpung/RfA criteria
 * 14) User:Mkdw/RfA Standards
 * 15) User:LedgendGamer/RfA
 * 16) User:MJ94/RFA Rationale
 * 17) User:Paul2387/Standards for RfA's
 * 18) User:Phantomsteve/RfA standards
 * 19) User:Pmlineditor/RfA rationale
 * 20) User:Pol430/RfA Criteria
 * 21) User:Pookeo9/RFA
 * 22) User:Porchcrop/Getting adminship
 * 23) User:Reaper Eternal/RfA Criteria
 * 24) User:Steve2011/RfA
 * 25) User:Swarm/RfA criteria - (25 February 2011) - very up-to-date
 * 26) User:The High Fin Sperm Whale/RfA expectations
 * 27) User:The Utahraptor/RfA criteria
 * 28) User:Tommy2010/RFA

Essays with non-numerical criteria

 * 1) User:A Nobody, RfA Standards - (2009) Comprehensive
 * 2) User:Avenged Eightfold/Criteria
 * 3) User:Buggie111/Rfa criteria (Numerical, but on scoring system, so difficult to account for)
 * 4) User:Deckiller/RfA criteria
 * 5) User:Eclipsed/RfA Criteria
 * 6) User:FT2/RfA
 * 7) User:Katerenka/RfA
 * 8) User:MBK004/RfA
 * 9) User:Peter/RfA criteria
 * 10) User:Salvio giuliano/RfA criteria
 * 11) User:Smithers7/RfA
 * 12) User:SilkTork/RfA(User:SilkTork/administration - (2010) Criteria, and advice for candidates)
 * 13) User:True Pagan Warrior/RfA
 * 14) User:WereSpielChequers/RFA criteria (also (also - major contributor to RfA and WT:RfA)

General Essays

 * 1) User:AGK/Essays/RFA - (2008) Advice for new sysops. Regularly updated.
 * 2) User:Jahiegel/Views on Wikipedia/Requests for adminship
 * 3) User:Pi/Use of Edit Counts as Criteria in RfA
 * 4) User:Sven Manguard/Failed RfA Advice
 * 5) User:Thorncrag/On RfA content-building
 * 6) User:Tisane/Characteristics desirable in an admin(User:Tisane/Self-nominations for adminship as prima facie evidence of power hunger)
 * 7) User:VictorianMutant/RfA
 * 8) User:Waterfox/RfA criteria

Other essays

 * 1) User:21655/RFA standards
 * 2) User:Access Denied/admin criteria
 * 3) User:Aditya/RfA
 * 4) User:Amarkov/RfA standards
 * 5) User:Animum/RfA criteria - (2008) User 'Has no criteria'. (User:Animum/RFA - (2008) Addresses top-level issues that are still unresolved)
 * 6) User:Anonymous anonymous/RFA Criteria
 * 7) User:AtheWeatherman/RFA criteria
 * 8) User:Balloonman/RfA Criteria
 * 9) User:Batmanand/Opinions/RfA
 * 10) User:Brendenhull/RFA requirements
 * 11) User:BryanG/RfA criteria
 * 12) User:Cameron/Rfa
 * 13) User:Chacor/RFA criteria
 * 14) User:Chillum/RfA standards
 * 15) User:Coldmachine/RfA Expectations
 * 16) User:Cyde/Admin criteria
 * 17) User:Davidwr/Administration is not for new users - (2008) Short advice for WP:NOTNOW failures
 * 18) User:Danntm/RFA
 * 19) User:Draicone/RfA Standards
 * 20) User:Dureo/rfa
 * 21) User:Dylan620/RfA criteria
 * 22) User:Epbr123/My RFA criteria
 * 23) User:EVula/opining/RfA ramblings
 * 24) User:Evilphoenix/Admin criteria
 * 25) User:EWS23/RFA
 * 26) User:False Prophet/Rfa criteria
 * 27) user:fl/RfA criteria
 * 28) User:Flaming/RFA
 * 29) User:Giggy/RfA criteria
 * 30) User:Gnangarra/RfA thoughts
 * 31) User:Grandmasterka/My RfA Criteria
 * 32) User:Hmwith/rfa
 * 33) User:Jc37/RfA/Criteria
 * 34) User:Juliancolton/Clueful RfA quotes (User:Juliancolton/No Big Deal)
 * 35) User:K50 Dude/RfA Criteria
 * 36) User:Katalaveno/RFA Standards
 * 37) User:Keeper76/RfA
 * 38) User:Kim Dent-Brown/criteria
 * 39) User:Mets501/RfA standards
 * 40) User:Queerbubbles/RFA
 * 41) User:Legolost/Admin Assessment Scale
 * 42) User:Littleteddy/Standards
 * 43) Mackensen
 * 44) User:Majorly/RfA/standards
 * 45) User:Next-Genn-Gamer/RFAs
 * 46) User:Nomader/RfA criteria
 * 47) User:NoSeptember/RfA standards
 * 48) User:Onthost/RFA
 * 49) User:Orfen/RfA
 * 50) User:Opabinia regalis/RfA criteria
 * 51) User:Pedro/RFA Standards (User:Pedro/RfA review - major contributor to RfA and WT:RfA)
 * 52) User:PeterSymonds/RfA criteria
 * 53) User:Phoenix-wiki/RFA criteria
 * 54) User:Red Phoenix/Criticism of RFA Criteria
 * 55) User:Richard0612/thoughts on/RfA thanks
 * 56) User:Sephiroth_BCR/RfA_Criteria
 * 57) User:SFGiants/RfA grading
 * 58) User:Spangineer/criteria
 * 59) User:Spawn Man/RfA Standards
 * 60) User:TedE/Administrator standards
 * 61) User:T-rex/essays/Adminship is a big deal
 * 62) User:The Bread/Admin
 * 63) User:The Land/RfA Guide
 * 64) User:Themindset/RFA
 * 65) User:Titoxd/RfA standards
 * 66) User:Tuspm/RFA Criteria
 * 67) User:Useight/RFA Standards
 * 68) User:UpstateNYer/Admin
 * 69) User:Winger84/Standards for Adminship
 * 70) User:Wisdom89/RfA philosophy and criteria
 * 71) User:X!/RfA Standards
 * 72) User:Xenon54/RfA Criteria
 * 73) User:Xenocidic/RFA
 * 1) User:Xenon54/RfA Criteria
 * 2) User:Xenocidic/RFA

Metrics drawn from all essays

 * Edit count:
 * 300
 * 800
 * 1000 x11
 * 1500 x3
 * 2000 x12
 * 2500 x4
 * 3000 x12
 * 3500
 * 4000 x2
 * 4500
 * 5000 x6
 * 6000 x5
 * 10000


 * Edit count if automated
 * 500
 * 3500
 * 5000 x2


 * Maximum automated edits as a percentage of edit count
 * 20%
 * 50%
 * 60%
 * 65%


 * Mainspace minimum edits
 * 50
 * 25% min x4
 * 150
 * 500 x2
 * 600
 * 700 x2
 * 1000 x11
 * 1500 x2
 * 3000 x2
 * 65% max


 * Talk minimum edits
 * 50 x2
 * 70
 * 100
 * 200 x2
 * 30% min


 * User minimum edits
 * 50 x2


 * User Talk minimum edits
 * 50
 * 100
 * 200
 * 500


 * Activity in past 6 months
 * 1 edit per month
 * 50 edits per month
 * 100 edits per month x3
 * 150 edits per month x2
 * 300 edits per month x2
 * 500 edits per month x2


 * WP space minimum edits
 * 10% min
 * 20
 * 50
 * 100
 * 200
 * 250 x3
 * 300 x4
 * 350 x2
 * 500 x4
 * 750
 * 1000


 * WP Talk
 * 10
 * 20
 * 50 x2


 * Template
 * 50
 * 100


 * Tenure
 * 2 months x2
 * 3 months x12
 * 4 months x7
 * 5 months x2
 * 6 months x18
 * 7 months
 * 8 months
 * 9 months x3
 * 10 months
 * 1 year x8
 * 18 months
 * 2 years


 * Blocks
 * Clean Block Log x20
 * Not blocked within
 * 1 month
 * 3 months x2
 * 4 months
 * 6 months x9
 * 8 months x3
 * 10 months
 * 1 year x5
 * 2 year x2


 * Edit summaries
 * "Good" Required x2
 * 50%
 * 70%
 * 75%
 * 80% x2
 * 85% x3
 * 90% x4
 * 95% x2
 * 97%
 * 99% x3
 * 100% x4


 * Other
 * Good Article credits or Featured Article credits x10

Stats
Edit count:
 * Total Numbers - 59
 * Mean - 2840.67797
 * Median - 2500
 * Mode - 2000,3000

Tenure (months):
 * Total Numbers - 57
 * Mean - 6.59649
 * Median - 6
 * Mode - 6

Metric

 * Clean block log x5
 * 8m since last block


 * 3m tenure x2
 * 6m tenure x3
 * 8m tenure
 * 1y tenure
 * 2y tenure


 * 150 edits per month last 6 months
 * 100 edits per month for 2 years


 * 1000 mainspace edits x2
 * 5000 mainspace edits


 * 300 WP edits
 * 500 WP edits


 * 500 WT edits


 * 100 MW talk edits


 * 100 Template edits


 * 2000 total edits x2
 * 3000 total edits x4
 * 3500 total edits
 * 5000 total edits
 * 6000 total edits


 * 14 years old min


 * 100% Edit summary x2


 * No vandalism for 3 years

Non-Metric

 * 5 out of 10 users mentioned
 * Regular AIV, UAA, RFPP, and AfD


 * 4 out of 10 users mentioned
 * Good edit summary usage
 * Civility


 * 3 out of 10 users mentioned
 * Article work
 * Well versed in policy


 * 2 out of 10 users mentioned
 * Having rollback
 * Good Userpage
 * Not too much Drama
 * Good CSD tagging
 * Not admin coached
 * Good BLP work
 * Not bitey
 * Active in at least 1 wikiproject
 * Good communication
 * 1 user mentioned
 * WP:AOR
 * Know the difference between block and ban
 * Barnstars
 * Regular edit history
 * Patroller
 * Manual edits
 * Appropriate username & sig
 * Email enabled
 * Appropriate archiving on usertalk
 * Majority of work outside userspace
 * Good Wikipedia space work
 * Avoids COI

Metric

 * 6 months x3
 * 8 months tenure x2
 * 9 months tenure
 * 12 months tenure x2
 * 2 years tenure


 * 1000 edits
 * 2000 edits
 * 3000 edits
 * 3500 edits
 * 5000 edits x3
 * 6000 edits


 * 1000 mainspace edits x3
 * 3000 mainspace edits


 * 300 WP edits
 * 500 WP edits


 * 2500 manual edits
 * 10000 manual edits


 * More than 30% to Talk and WP space


 * Less than 20% automated
 * Less than 60% automated
 * Less than 65% automated edits


 * Clean block log x3
 * 6 months clean block log
 * 9 months clean block log
 * 12 months clean block log
 * 2 years clean block log


 * More than 4 well created articles


 * More than 200 NPP


 * Less than 5% declined CSD
 * Less than 50% declined CSD


 * More than 10 advice edits to help desk


 * More than 50 edits to AfD
 * More than 6 edits to XFD


 * More than 10 edits to RfA
 * More than 3 edits to RfA


 * 99% edit summary
 * 100% edit summary x2

Non Metric

 * 5 of 9 editors mentioned
 * Well versed in policy
 * 3 of 9 editors mentioned
 * Vandal fighter
 * Has rollback (or other flag)
 * Civility
 * 2 of 9 editors mentioned
 * Participated in ANEW, ANI or AN
 * Involved in 1 wikiproject
 * CSD tags per policy
 * Regular AIV, UAA, RFPP & AFD
 * 1 of 9 editors mentioned
 * Super-majority of edits in mainspace and article talk
 * Article work
 * Well versed in templates
 * specifically needs the tools
 * Mature
 * Auto patroller
 * Good BLP work
 * WP:AOR
 * Good edit summaries

Metric

 * 2000 edits x2
 * 4000 edits
 * 5000 edits
 * 6000 edits x2


 * 500 mainspace edits
 * 700 mainspace edits
 * 1000 mainspace edits
 * 2500 mainspace edits
 * 3000 mainspace edits


 * 100 Talk edits


 * 500 WP edits
 * 1000 WP edits


 * 20 WT edits


 * 10 File edits


 * 4 months tenure
 * 6 months tenure x3
 * 9 months tenure
 * 12 months tenure x2
 * 18 months tenure


 * 150 epm for past 12 months
 * 1 edit per month
 * Clean block log x2
 * 6m clean block log x2
 * 8m clean block log
 * 12m clean block log


 * 25% edits to articles
 * 30% edits to articles


 * less than 30% in their userspace


 * 70% edit summary
 * 80% edit summary
 * 90% edit summary

Non Metric

 * 5 of 9 editors mentioned
 * Civility
 * Regular AIV, UAA, RFPP & AFD
 * 3 of 9 editors mentioned
 * Mature
 * Has Rollback (or other flags)
 * Article work x3
 * 2 of 9 editors mentioned
 * Vandal fighter
 * Well versed in policy
 * CSD tags per policy x3
 * Gnoming work x2
 * 1 of 9 editors mentioned
 * Involved in 1 wikiproject
 * Demonstrates manual edits
 * Help newbies
 * Participate in RfA
 * Clerking work
 * Admin coached

Overall
23 out of 28 editors had a minimum number of edits they would like to see.

Space specific
There were 24 suggestions on space minimums, majority about the mainspace. (Around 12 of 28 mentioed some form of space minimum)

Edit Summaries
13 out of 28 editors mentioned edit summary usage. 5 did not give an accurate number and the rest are shown below.

Manual
4 editors suggested a minimum number of manual edits. 2 did not specify what the minimum should be
 * 2500 manual edits
 * 10000 manual edits

Activity
4 editors suggested minimum activity levels.
 * 1 edit per month
 * 100 epm for 2 years
 * 150 epm for 6 months
 * 150 epm for 12 months

Overall
25 of 28 editors gave an opinion on tenure/minimum period of active editing

Time without a block
19 of 28 editors gave an opinion on time since last block

Other

 * Maintenance
 * Regular AIV, UAA, RFPP & AFD x12
 * Good CSD tagging x7
 * Good Wikipedia space work
 * Participated in ANEW, ANI or AN x2
 * Having rollback x8
 * Vandal fighter x7


 * Civility
 * Civility x12
 * Good communication x2


 * Article work
 * Article work x7
 * Good BLP work x2
 * Super-majority of edits in mainspace and article talk x2


 * Knowledge
 * Well versed in policy x10
 * Know the difference between block and ban
 * Well versed in templates


 * Community and teamwork
 * Good Userpage x2
 * Active in at least 1 wikiproject x5
 * Barnstars
 * Appropriate username & sig
 * Email enabled
 * Appropriate archiving on usertalk


 * Other
 * Mature x4
 * Not too much Drama x2
 * Not admin coached x2
 * Not bitey x2
 * WP:AOR x2
 * Gnoming work x2
 * Regular edit history
 * Patroller
 * Avoids COI
 * specifically needs the tools
 * Auto patroller
 * Good BLP work
 * Help newbies
 * Participates in RfA
 * Clerking work
 * Admin coached

Part 3. Summary
Facts drawn from the above data:


 * The edit count of new admins has increased year on year. From a midpoint of ~11,000 to ~19,000.


 * Only one person since 2009 has gained adminship with less than 3,000 edits (He had over 1 million edits across wikis)


 * Editors who passed with less than 10,000 edits - 2009: 44 (36%), 2010: 20 (26%), 2011: 5 (18% so far)


 * The overall user criteria averages bear out as aiming for a minimum of a Journeyman editor - 2,000 edits plus 6 months experience


 * The more recent (vetted) criteria bears out as aiming for a minimum of 3,700 edits plus 9 months experience. (Closer to a Yeoman Editor but not quite)


 * Besides edit count and length of membership, the next largest concern is the blocklog - with half of those concerned wanting to see a clean block log or an average of 10 months clear.


 * After the blocking issue, edits to specific areas (generally mainspace), civility, policy knowledge, and edit summaries were equally important in the criteria stakes. The rest were a bit all over the place.

Part 4. Unsuccessful candidates in 2011
This table is also shown on the Unsuccessful RfAs page along with additional data on failed candidates.