Wikipedia:RfA reform 2011/Question profiles

Suggestions for question reform
(Please remember that these are suggestions only, and because they are ideas some of them may  even be contradictory. They  are here mainly to stimulate discussion. )
 * Three standard mandatory template questions.
 * User questions are definitely optional.
 * No oppose vote can be made for not answering. Neutral vote can be made for not answering.
 * Questions from voters only, and possibly only from experienced editors.
 * Maximum of one question per user. (addressed in RfA reform Dec 2015. Fixed at 2)
 * No compound questions. (addressed in RfA reform Dec 2015. Multiple questions masquerading as one are disallowed))
 * No follow-on questions.
 * No discussion threads in the question section except one answer from the candidate.
 * Relevant questions only (see User:Kudpung/RfA criteria)
 * No trick questions deliberately contrived to lead the candidate to err on the side of negativity.
 * A maximum number of user questions.

Questioners

 * Assog is an indef blocked sock.
 * Dusti retired following his 3rd RfA.
 * The maximum number of questions asked at an RfA in this time period was 29. (This does not count 'compound' questions).
 * The average number of questions per RfA was 7.95.
 * 234 users posed questions.
 * 91 are admins.
 * 98 users posed one question only
 * 39 admins posed one question only

Editing history

 * Of the top 22 (10+ questions), 5 had less than 4,000 edits
 * The second most prolific questioner (39 questions) had 1,604 edits
 * Of the 8 highest edit counts (100,000+), the average number of questions was 2.60.
 * Of the 8 highest edit counts (100,000+), 5 are admins.
 * Of the 8 highest edit counts (100,000+), all registered in 2006 or earlier.
 * 12 users had less than 1,000 edits
 * 19 users had less than 2,000 edits
 * 50 users had less than 5,000 edits
 * 48 users had 5,000 - 10,000 edits
 * 102 users had 10,000 - 50,000 edits

Question history

 * 98 users posed 1 question
 * 31 users posed 2 questions
 * 26 users posed 3 questions
 * 18 users posed 4 question
 * 16 users posed 5 questions
 * 5 users posed 6 questions
 * 4 users posed 8 questions
 * 11 users posed 10 - 15 questions
 * 5 users posed 11 - 20 questions
 * 6 users posed 21+ questions:
 * Keepscases 23 questions, 1,583 edits
 * Doc Quintana 24 questions, 5,659 edits
 * HJ Mitchell 24 questions, 48,994 edits. Admin
 * Wifione 37 questions, 10,261 edits. Admin
 * Groomtech 39 questions, 1,604 edits
 * Fetchcomms 45 questions, 38,083 edits. Admin

Registration

 * 4 users registered since 01 Jan 2011
 * 30 users registered in 2010
 * 35 users registered in 2009
 * 29 users registered in 2008
 * 34 users registered in 2005
 * 13 users registered before 31 Dec 2004

Voter profiles (questioners)
(Research courtesy of Scottywong) This is a list of editors who posed additional questions at RfA's between April 2010 to April 2011. Note that this sortable table was compiled by a bot, and contains errors and omissions due to the wide variety of ways different editors format their questions. This page was generated on 00:17, 9 April 2011 (UTC).