Wikipedia:RfA reform 2011/Candidates

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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.

Successful candidates 2009 - 2012

2012 8 promotions up to 10 May. Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Dennis Brown 25 April 2012 68 8 17,735 ItsZippy 11 April 2012 33 9 8,325 Yngvadottir 8 April 2012 45 30 8,795 Scottywong 29 March 2012 61 22 12,312 Dpmuk 19 February 2012 55 5 7,355 Fayenatic london 18 February 2012 68 65 41,292 GiantSnowman 4 February 2012 72 21 69,506 MikeLynch 22 January 2012 53 15 13,780 Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Averages 57 22 22388 Medians 55 15 13780 2011 50 promotions Note: Sarek of Vulcan and HJ Mitchell are not included in this survey (re-adminship). Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Approx Manual Slon02 19 December 2011 25 21 19,414 The Blade of the Northern Lights 5 December 2011 20 10 21064 MichaelQSchmidt 4 December 2011 47 42 35869 Tom Morris 3 December 2011 69 12 25309 Guerillero 30 November 2011 25 16 8326 CharlieEchoTango 29 November 2011 15 5 10473 Swarm 18 October 2011 41 17 11037 Redrose64 14 October 2011 30 28 41688 Anomie 1 October 2011 75 5 15099 Richwales 24 September 2011 78 6 7716 GB fan 19 September 2011 36 36 39475 Rannpháirtí anaithnid 14 September 2011 29 5 10536 Ks0stm 13 September 2011 53 0 7671 Fluffernutter 19 August 2011 41 12 13,253 Reaper Eternal 28 July 2011 23 10 36437 Qwyrxian 26 July 2011 34 14 25748 Tyrol5 22 July 2011 33 5 13110 Worm That Turned 6 July 2011 36 11 6914 11.75 6102 TParis 16 June 2011 35 2 5728 7.89 5276 Jimp 15 June 2011 61 9 41190 0 41190 28bytes 14 June 2011 55 11 12963 32.31 8775 January 5 June 2011 21 21 14511 27.66 10497 Drmies 27 May 2011 46 35 72477 19.62 58257 Sadads 21 May 2011 67 20 62324 57.58 26437 DeltaQuad 19 May 2011 43 19 11197 24.86 8413 Catfish Jim and the soapdish 4 May 2011 43 11 12513 13.61 10809 RHM22 19 April 2011 14 6 3894 0 3894 Bahamut0013 13 April 2011 49 37 21051 6.38 19707 Salvio giuliano 2 April 2011 16 3 18613 46.22 10010 Feezo 26 March 2011 76 4 9238 8.53 8450 Valfontis 25 March 2011 51 5 58644 7.06 54504 Fæ 21 March 2011 13 13 50150 41.97 29102 JaGa 16 March 2011 56 12 74935 40.18 44826 Peridon 14 March 2011 35 16 15058 0 15058 Gfoley4 12 March 2011 13 8 22121 38.12 13688 Neelix 3 March 2011 60 7 109915 - Kudpung 2 March 2011 53 15 27170 14.86 23133 Boing! said Zebedee 1 March 2011 42 15 32807 39.65 19799 The Bushranger 23 February 2011 33 5 22275 2.28 21767 ErrantX 18 February 2011 59 9 10768 8.49 9854 Rami R 14 February 2011 55 0 4429 19.05 3585 ErikHaugen 10 February 2011 72 6 5942 0.04 5940 5 albert square 7 February 2011 23 18 33553 70.31 9962 Acdixon 2 February 2011 53 2 14942 0 14942 Ponyo 2 February 2011 59 24 22013 0.01 22011 Gonzonoir 2 February 2011 37 5 13841 15.03 11761 Smartse 1 February 2011 37 7 18314 12.05 16107 Gimme danger 15 January 2011 56 11 19901 0 19901 Lear's Fool 10 January 2011 18 2 7347 44.90 4048 Ironholds 8 January 2011 45 45 60077 29.45 42384 Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Approx Manual Averages (24/05/2011) 42 13 25181 20.79346 18080.58 Medians (24/05/2011) 41 11 18301 14.235 15000 2010 75 successful candidates Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Auto % Approx Manual Edits Grondemar 31 December 2010 13 1 7438 11.15 6609 Panyd 28 November 2010 38 4 5734 20.46 4561 PresN 19 November 2010 54 24 23200 0.07 23184 Sphilbrick 18 November 2010 26 20 13807 1.57 13590 VernoWhitney 12 November 2010 11 11 21958 0.43 21864 TheCatalyst31 31 October 2010 40 40 20436 5.12 19390 Diannaa 28 October 2010 13 13 13133 9.91 11832 Elen of the Roads 28 October 2010 30 19 7312 12.18 6421 Leyo 25 October 2010 48 - 3000 (50k cross wiki) Vejvančický 16 October 2010 32 29 16647 0.11 16629 Looie496 11 October 2010 31 4 10702 0 10702 Eagles247 5 October 2010 18 15 17675 5.23 16751 Ron Ritzman 21 September 2010 69 7 36736 3.88 35311 Wifione 15 September 2010 18 11 6484 21.04 5120 Magog the Ogre 11 September 2010 26 2 8703 20.09 6955 BigDom 7 September 2010 50 16 14125 12.59 12347 Connormah 2 September 2010 50 16 19912 15.97 16732 HelloAnnyong 1 September 2010 55 37 21521 9.50 19477 Dana boomer 31 August 2010 33 1 22396 1.72 22011 Mandsford 31 August 2010 40 26 17157 0 17157 Michig 30 August 2010 50 26 22929 2.64 22324 Amatulic 27 August 2010 58 10 12824 0.01 12823 WOSlinker 25 August 2010 45 22 128360 - Airplaneman 25 August 2010 31 17 28760 18.19 23529 Nikkimaria 24 August 2010 61 20 11346 21.80 8873 Dabomb87 23 August 2010 38 26 60500 3.50 58383 Fainites 20 August 2010 42 42 17269 0.01 17267 Jmh649 20 August 2010 25 25 27019 4.20 25884 Nev1 17 August 2010 59 48 30730 0 30730 GorillaWarfare 16 August 2010 38 8 6116 28.55 4370 Mkativerata 9 August 2010 35 8 11745 8.32 10768 Jujutacular 29 July 2010 13 13 8220 3.5 7932 Joe Decker 29 July 2010 65 5 6076 1.68 5974 Bsadowski1 29 July 2010 68 10 10836 50.58 5355 Favonian 26 July 2010 27 14 64875 49.59 32703 Thumperward 25 July 2010 57 53 76771 7.01 71389 Fetchcomms 9 July 2010 10 10 27019 16.77 22488 MGA73 6 July 2010 21 1 1358 (1077533 cross wiki) Theleftorium 27 June 2010 27 23 27135 9.88 24454 NativeForeigner 22 June 2010 61 7 5267 20.10 4208 JamesBWatson 21 June 2010 47 16 27622 14.02 23749 Soap 16 June 2010 54 22 13398 11.09 11912 TFOWR 11 June 2010 29 2 14948 1.57 14713 7 5 June 2010 30 15 24776 38.14 15326 Waldir 31 May 2010 64 7 10239 6.85 9538 Arsenikk 23 May 2010 47 10 26676 7.87 24577 Bradjamesbrown 22 May 2010 45 7 56301 0 56301 AlexandrDmitri 20 May 2010 16 - 4824 7.59 4458 Tide rolls 19 May 2010 25 15 121953 - Blurpeace 3 May 2010 28 4 5658 27.23 4117 Shirik 3 May 2010 17 6 12072 23.40 9247 HJ Mitchell 1 May 2010 14 7 13226 3.85 12717 Ceranthor 24 April 2010 38 26 16754 10.22 15042 Barek 24 April 2010 46 29 26507 0.01 26504 Eustress 24 April 2010 30 1 11354 0 11354 Jamesofur 22 April 2010 40 0 3552 48.53 1828 Kww 20 April 2010 40 36 41270 0 41270 Excirial 16 April 2010 31 2 67555 34.85 44012 Elockid 10 April 2010 12 11 12023 15.99 10101 Polargeo 6 April 2010 15 6 6752 6.50 6313 Tim Song 11 March 2010 52 6 14093 0 14093 The Wordsmith 1 March 2010 60 5 4778 22.81 3688 Kingpin13 15 February 2010 18 15 43478 62.83 16161 Mike Cline 12 February 2010 38 4 13874 0 13874 Father Goose 9 February 2010 43 3 7856 0.16 7843 Phantomsteve 9 February 2010 58 8 18514 32.83 12436 J04n 9 February 2010 15 15 48090 5.14 45618 Calmer Waters 5 February 2010 8 6 12836 15.28 12540 Taelus 2 February 2010 52 9 3076 4.66 2933 Leonard^Bloom 29 January 2010 28 9 17461 28.18 12540 Everyking 25 January 2010 72 72 126733 - Bwilkins 25 January 2010 47 20 10409 21.17 8205 Floquenbeam 19 January 2010 18 8 3565 10.67 3185 Rlendog 16 January 2010 34 24 22212 5.82 20919 Olaf Davis 11 January 2010 47 0 5151 1.07 5096 Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Auto % Approx Manual Edits Averages 37.48611 15.40278 24356.04 12.43609 17277.98 Medians 38 11 15797.5 7.87 13590.23 2009 121 successful candidates. Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Manual Shubinator 30 December 2009 12 12 11043 0 11043 RL0919 26 December 2009 54 8 5790 2.77 5630 Ucucha 15 December 2009 58 4 6881 3.16 6664 SpacemanSpiff 10 December 2009 8 8 12039 13.16 10455 MrKIA11 10 December 2009 28 27 28792 0.79 28565 Killervogel5 9 December 2009 54 24 16000 3.10 15504 Ronhjones 26 November 2009 21 12 32830 32.69 22098 2over0 26 November 2009 52 23 8373 5.54 7909 Fences and windows 23 November 2009 36 12 15517 5.56 14654 Atama 20 November 2009 37 6 6928 0.39 6901 Arbitrarily0 17 November 2009 18 4 6491 9.87 5850 Hawkeye7 17 November 2009 54 3 8902 0.01 8901 JohnCD 16 November 2009 42 26 42622 0 42622 Amorymeltzer 15 November 2009 48 12 8771 3.90 8429 Fribbulus Xax 14 November 2009 28 21 15636 0 15636 Franamax 10 November 2009 28 24 11782 0.02 11780 Bellhalla 9 November 2009 60 28 78905 6.52 73760 Explicit 2 November 2009 28 25 34474 13.80 29717 Dumelow 1 November 2009 44 2 9111 6.38 8530 Malik Shabazz 29 October 2009 35 34 30994 11.24 27510 Materialscientist 25 October 2009 14 8 8369 - Tinucherian 21 October 2009 28 21 49925 55.68 22127 The Earwig 17 October 2009 16 8 7784 5.87 7327 MLauba 17 October 2009 10 8 5452 15.42 4611 Tcncv 13 October 2009 20 2 10743 35.36 6944 Abecedare 1 October 2009 36 10 12918 2.38 12611 Mjroots 26 September 2009 50 23 41770 0 41770 OlEnglish 26 September 2009 17 11 19926 2.33 19462 Bob the Wikipedian 26 September 2009 41 9 7329 2.78 7125 The ed17 26 September 2009 43 19 23185 2.00 22721 Willking1979 14 September 2009 19 16 25995 37.93 16135 MuZemike 14 September 2009 17 16 25710 12.24 22563 Jafeluv 8 September 2009 19 10 11062 0.33 11025 MZMcBride 4 September 2009 52 25 68372 2.18 66881 Beeblebrox 30 August 2009 26 19 24142 9.11 21943 Maedin 28 August 2009 14 14 3393 0 3393 Sky Harbor 28 August 2009 53 0 8270 0 8270 NuclearWarfare 26 August 2009 23 15 43353 28.96 30798 Chamal N 25 August 2009 17 3 11249 22.01 8773 Jake Wartenberg 24 August 2009 54 9 15085 57.30 6441 Maunus 19 August 2009 50 5 11981 0.22 11955 Fribbler 13 August 2009 26 0 3952 16.29 3308 Steve 11 August 2009 26 25 13853 2.19 13550 Cobi 10 August 2009 27 0 4963 14.19 4259 Killiondude 9 August 2009 13 11 12144 37.82 7551 ThaddeusB 29 July 2009 12 4 10226 17.40 8447 Tedder 21 July 2009 52 10 12951 11.14 11508 Kateshortforbob 17 July 2009 34 3 8513 14.69 7262 Skomorokh 14 July 2009 35 25 41122 9.60 37174 Davemeistermoab 11 July 2009 31 12 5024 0 5024 Fastily 10 July 2009 19 9 10952 7.97 10079 Pastor Theo 9 July 2009 7 7 4889 0 4889 Mikaey 8 July 2009 20 7 9462 35.81 6074 Mlaffs 1 July 2009 19 19 68041 3.62 65578 decltype 1 July 2009 43 7 10134 16.67 8445 Patar knight 27 June 2009 34 10 7436 13.05 6466 Cool3 27 June 2009 45 5 6924 2.63 6742 Wtmitchell 26 June 2009 57 33 21333 25.92 15803 Plastikspork 25 June 2009 23 8 16786 - Jarry1250 24 June 2009 31 7 8394 17.05 6963 Ched Davis 18 June 2009 8 7 10455 24.42 7902 Mazca 18 June 2009 50 16 4973 13.60 4297 Enigmaman 15 June 2009 29 19 24706 1.60 24311 Colds7ream 9 June 2009 40 8 3523 6.20 3305 Mifter 6 June 2009 16 1 12724 28.39 9112 Backslash Forwardslash 5 June 2009 10 8 13533 30.13 9456 Billinghurst 4 June 2009 18 0 7121 37.55 4447 CactusWriter 31 May 2009 14 14 7871 7.82 7255 FlyingToaster 18 May 2009 39 9 18401 44.43 10225 Kotra 17 May 2009 43 19 6817 0 6817 Runningonbrains 16 May 2009 39 6 12386 6.80 11544 JamieS93 12 May 2009 19 16 9121 7.34 8452 Wadester16 12 May 2009 34 9 7611 0 7611 Rosiestep 11 May 2009 24 23 22877 10.48 20479 Rambo's Revenge 11 May 2009 26 15 6817 1.16 6738 Laser brain 11 May 2009 17 5 3493 3.22 3381 Dinoguy1000 9 May 2009 32 17 11036 2.43 10768 Rjanag 5 May 2009 9 9 25694 0.01 25691 Graeme Bartlett 2 May 2009 52 28 20947 0.28 20888 TheDJ 25 April 2009 49 7 17741 3.41 17136 Vianello 22 April 2009 15 14 10099 29.64 7106 Law 21 April 2009 8 8 5148 37.24 3231 Foxy Loxy 17 April 2009 37 8 7517 8.65 6867 Orlady 15 April 2009 54 10 29326 0.18 29273 Spinningspark 15 April 2009 26 17 10156 0.00 10156 Closedmouth 15 April 2009 44 25 96355 - Drilnoth 13 April 2009 7 7 18908 6.25 17726 BOZ 13 April 2009 39 24 17041 0 17041 AdjustShift 11 April 2009 10 8 6187 3.08 5996 Tassedethe 9 April 2009 12 12 69399 - Toon05 9 April 2009 30 5 7027 11.69 6206 AlexiusHoratius 7 April 2009 30 18 25746 0 25746 Paxse 5 April 2009 42 6 14811 12.40 12974 Smith609 28 March 2009 39 25 17149 0.06 17139 LinguistAtLarge 27 March 2009 42 5 4993 3.01 4843 Mentifisto 25 March 2009 30 3 29621 42.14 17139 Someguy1221 25 March 2009 27 27 19204 9.91 17301 Al Ameer son 24 March 2009 25 18 18368 0 18368 Ged UK 21 March 2009 17 16 11603 16.23 9720 OverlordQ 20 March 2009 60 1 12168 21.84 9511 Tnxman307 17 March 2009 17 17 16691 16.77 13892 Camw 11 March 2009 51 3 9759 34.88 6355 Bettia 9 March 2009 16 7 4675 24.24 3542 Mufka 8 March 2009 29 29 36912 34.75 24085 Admiral Norton 7 March 2009 19 15 10022 5.13 9508 Valley2city 6 March 2009 39 3 6000 19.31 4841 Mfield 27 February 2009 37 11 6267 17.51 5170 Msgj 24 February 2009 61 13 15379 13.19 13351 Amalthea 21 February 2009 42 9 8417 6.62 7860 S@bre 18 February 2009 39 20 13829 0 13829 Nja247 14 February 2009 37 5 3683 0 3683 WereSpielChequers 12 February 2009 23 13 22454 0.03 22447 Somno 7 February 2009 16 14 5693 4.58 5432 RegentsPark 2 February 2009 19 11 4467 3.14 4327 Rootology 1 February 2009 40 2 10024 0 10024 R'n'B 22 January 2009 28 28 19359 - PeterSymonds 22 January 2009 38 4 17207 5.59 16245 Geni 21 January 2009 59 53 20094 0 20094 Kanonkas 17 January 2009 19 10 4050 11.20 3596 CRGreathouse 16 January 2009 35 0 5044 0 5044 Climie.ca 11 January 2009 23 11 6444 0 6444 Candidate Date Tenure (months) Consecutive active months Edit count Automated Edit % Manual Averages 30.73554 13.1157 16777.98 11.0825 13793.78 Medians 29 11 11249 6.225 9509.19

Year	Tenure (months)	Consecutive active months	Edit count	Automated Edit %	Approx Manual
Averages
2012 (to 10 May)	57	22	22388
2011	42	13	25181	20.79346	18080.58
2010	37.48611	15.40278	24356.04	12.43609	17277.98
2009	30.73554	13.1157	16777.98	11.0825	13793.78
Medians
2012 (to 10 May)	55	15	13780
2011	41	11	18301	14.235	15000
2010	38	11	15797.5	7.87	13590.23
2009	29	11	11249	6.225	9509.19

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.

Metrics drawn from all essays

Metrics 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

Metrics from the vetted numerical criteria essays

Summaries

A-G

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

K-Pm

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

Po-T

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

Edit counts

Overall

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

Minimum number of edits	Number of editors who suggested this.
1000	1
2000	5
3000	5
3500	2
4000	1
5000	5
6000	4

Space specific

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

Relevant space	Minimum number of edits	Number of editors who suggested this.
Mainspace	500	1
Mainspace	700	1
Mainspace	1000	6
Mainspace	2500	1
Mainspace	3000	2
Mainspace	5000	1
Article Talk	100	1
Wikipedia	300	2
Wikipedia	500	3
Wikipedia	1000	1
Wikipedia Talk	20	1
Wikipedia Talk	500	1
Template	100	1
Media wiki talk	100	1
File	10	1

Edit Summaries

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

Minimum edit summary percentage	Number of editors who suggested this.
70%	1
80%	1
90%	1
99%	1
100%	4

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

Time served

Overall

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

Minimum length of active tenure	Number of editors who suggested this.
3 months	2
4 months	1
6 months	9
8 months	3
9 months	2
12 months	5
18 months	1
24 months	2

Time without a block

19 of 28 editors gave an opinion on time since last block

Minimum time without a block	Number of editors who suggested this.
Clean block log only	10
6 months	3
8 months	2
9 months	1
12 months	2
24 months	1

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.

(Research and data by courtesy of Kudpung)

• There are no averages or mean for edits as they would provide a false picture.
• 2nd or subsequent attempts are generally not listed because these users would hardly be beginners.
• NA = Some RfA were closed before the X-tools data could be posted (NA); in this case the current data is provided, and some candidates were not opted in for X!-tools.
• Most of the withdrawals or 'no consensus' were regular experienced editors.
• Months are the full consecutive months of activity since a Wikibreak of over 30 days.
• NAC: Non admin closure
• NNEng: Non native English speaker
• VYU: Very young user (where age is known - generally under 15)
• UP: User page edits

Candidate	Date Month Year	Result	Months	Edits	Article Ed.	UP Ed.%	Score	Comments
RobertMfromLI	13 Aug 2011	Withdrawn	5	4,401	801	8%	17/15/3	NAC
CWH	25 July 2011	SNOW	72	2,689	2,064	10.15%	2/10/3	11 edits to Wikipedia space. First edit 2005.
N5iln	24 July 2011	No consensus	24	28,776	12,471	1%	50/26/7	Extended 48 hours: +2 supports on day 8, +1 supports on day 9, +2 opposes on day 9
GSorby	11 July 2011	Withdrawn	18	3,858	1,487	6.4%	1/8/0	3rd attempt
TedPavlic	11 July 2011	SNOW	13	3,274	2,573	1.7%	6/12/2	183 edits in preceding 6 months
Timl2k4	10 July 2011	SNOW	11	1,669	785	7.5%	4/9/2	NAC
E2eamon	8 July 2011	Withdrawn	20	10,043	4,121	2.4%	30/19/3
Dudemanfellabra	5 July 2011	Withdrawn	41	13,831	4,743	5.4%	11/21/10
methecooldude	1 July 2011	Withdrawn	10	3,124	1,261	4.3%	0/3/0
Wikiman1717	16 June 2011	SNOW	1	100	28	0%	0/0/0	Blocked sockpuppet
Snakenath	7 June 2011	SNOW	1	33	20	6%	0/2/0	NAC
Jsfouche	6 June 2011	No consensus	8	8,497	3,031	2.6%	45/26/6
Ttonyb1	6 June 2011	Withdrawn	35	82,183	20,357	1%	15/5/9
ke5crz	3 June 2011	SNOW	72	1,212	634	0.5%	1/4/2	Joined 2005
Ebikeguy	29 May 2011	Withdrawn	21	2,080	749	4.8%	6/14/9
Moxy	28 May 2011	Withdrawn	24	48,041	22,263	1.9%	5/6/6
Logan	21 May 2011	No consensus	29	32,899	16,187	2.8%	76/29/4
Ancient Apparition	16 May 2011	Withdrawn	12	10,734	2,429	7.8%	14/21/4
N419BH	16 May 2011	Withdrawn	8	7,934	3,023	2.4%	15/22/6
Katharineamy	8 May 2011	Withdrawn	49	87,437	20	0.01%	2/2/0	Nominator blocked for sockpuppetry
Floydian	5 May 2011	SNOW	24	18,532	6,690	3.3%	1/10/6
Hazard-SJ	1 May 2011	SNOW	10	2,872	820	14.6%	6/20/4
Andrew J powers	24 April 2011	SNOW	1	188	30	6%	0/3/0	NAC
Wikispott	24 April 2011	SNOW	4	41	8	10%	0/3/0
Ant682	23 April 2011	SNOW	1	92	3	25%	0/3/0	NAC
Cjc811	13 April 2011	SNOW	3	141	71	4%	0/4/0
SilverSoul91911	8 April 2011	SNOW	2	575	219	6%	0/5/0
Wilbysuffolk	5 April 2011	SNOW	6	2,200	NA	19%	0/8/0
Neutralhomer	29 Mar 2011	Withdrawn	33	42,988	15,792	3.9%	41/41/11	Nominated
NickPenguin	27 Mar 2011	No consensus	10	4,457	2,031	1.6%	51/30/5
SunCountryGuy01	22 Mar 2011	SNOW	3	2,747	1,180	2.5%	0/13/0	Indef blocked for sockpuppetry
My76Strat	15 Mar 2011	No consensus	12	10,390	3,538	6.8%	34/37/11
Inka 888	15 Mar 2011	SNOW	7	4,500	1,154	4.5%	1/8/0
WikiCopter (2nd)	7 Mar 2011	SNOW	35	2903	697	8%	3/18/2	*
Eduemoni	7 Mar 2011	SNOW	2	2,822	858	12%	0/6/1
Ankitkool1988	6 March 2011	SNOW	24	18	9	0%	0/1/0
Snottywong	24 Feb 2011	Withdrawn	16	7,941	1,891	7%	43/42/11
Glane23	23 Feb 2011	No consensus	35	27,573	12,723	1.4%	46/26/14
Breawycker	20 Feb 2011	SNOW	2	1,421	NA	UP%	0/8/1	First edit Sept 2008,VYU
Wcreed88	12 Feb 2011	SNOW	48	705	405	0.5%	0/11/1
GutiLucian02	5 Feb 2011	SNOW	1	237	12	45%	0/5/0	Indef blocked - Vandalism-only account
Nyswimmer	4 Feb 2011	SNOW	1	486	167	9.8%	0/5/1
Core2012	29 Jan 2011	SNOW	18	168	135	1.6%	0/9/0	1st ed 6/09
Reenem (2nd)	27 Jan 2011	SNOW	30	168	135	1.5%	4/20/3	NAC
GiantSnowman	21 Jan 2011	No consensus	52	41,797	24,148	1%	76/36/10	Nominated
Giftiger wunsch	12 Jan 2011	Withdrawn	20	12,756	3,084	5.7%	7/8/1	10m active,Nominated
A930913	9 Jan 2011	SNOW	9	5,811	3,991	5%	0/11/0	80% automated edits
Cprice1000	1 Jan 2011	Withdrawn	5	1,469	NA	4%	0/11/4
Guoguo12	27 Dec 2010	Withdrawn	15	5,541	2,721	3.2%	18/19/8
Richwales	18 Dec 2010	No consensus	64	4,367	2,306	8%	58/44/9	Joined 2005. 1.332 edits in preceding 12 months
Laptopmaker	10 Dec 2010	SNOW	0	42	NA	2%	1/7/1	RfA was a hoax. Indef blocked. NAC.
Darth Stabro	7 Dec 2010	SNOW	12	1,676	NA	8%	1/12/0	Last contrib Dec 2011
28bytes	3 Dec 2010	Withdrawn	7	6,380	3,717	2.2%	30/24/4	Joined 2006
The Arbiter	29 Nov 2010	Withdrawn	4	1,713	253	23%	2/6/1	Joined 2009. 1,113 edits in preceding 12 months.
Navy blue84	14 Nov2010	Withdrawn	29	3,046	1,723	10.6%	3/10/4
Access Denied	11 Nov 2010	Withdrawn	7	8,414	2,674	10.5%	20/34/11	Auto edits: 55%. Indef blocked and banned
Endofskull	10 Nov 2010	SNOW	5	4,536	1,230	2.5%	3/14/2	Joined WP with a goal to become an admin
BuickCenturyDriver	9 Nov 2010	Withdrawn	22	5,634	2,500	9.7%	0/12/0	791 edits in preceding 12 months
Redthoreau	4 Nov 2010	Withdrawn	48	15,501	NA	NA	8/22/5	Essjay controversy. First edit 2007. Nominated
Ling.Nut	3 Nov 2010	No consensus	19	33,560	14,270	4%	113/63/7	Joined 2006.
Ezekiel63745‎	31 Oct 2010	SNOW	0.25	139	NA	NA%	0/7/0	VYU
Halil marx07	27 Oct 2010	SNOW	7	1,025	NA	20%	0/9/0	NNEng
Aiken drum	27 Oct 2010	Withdrawn	14	3,099	5,709	1%	15/27/11
Cliffmore	21 Oct 2010	SNOW	4	23	NA	17%	0/3/0
Tommy2010	10 Oct 2010	Withdrawn	9	67,870	32,096	2.4%	8/9/2
Silver seren	6 Oct 2010	No consensus	7	6,759	2,576	8.2%	37/44/15	Joined 2006. many long breaks. Nom & conom
Nations United	3 Oct 2010	Withdrawn	8	267	NA	19%	1/5/1
TransporterMan	1 Oct 2010	Withdrawn	12	3,924	807	25.3%	15/22/2	Nom & conom
07bargem	30 Sept 2010	SNOW	10	1,481	NA	UP%	0/6/0	NAC
barts1a	29 Sept 2010	SNOW	4	1,187	NA	UP%	1/11/1
Armbrust	28 Sept 2010	Withdrawn	22	47,025	32,417	UP%	16/21/13
Bobby122	23 Sept 2010	Withdrawn	3	2,346	NA	UP%	0/4/1	VYU
Secret	22 Sept 2010	Withdrawn	37	7,517	2602	5.05%	18/9/6
Joe Gazz84	19 Sept 2010	Withdrawn	4	1,520	233	UP%	0/4/1
Torchwoodwho	16 Sept 2010	SNOW	3	5,125	1,404	UP%	0/8/2	Joined 2006. Early admin close, so list as 'snow'
YOSF0113	15 Sept 2010	SNOW	1	308	NA	UP%	0/1/5	Early admin close, so list as 'snow'
WikiCopter	13 Sept 2010	SNOW	1	522	NA	UP%	4/15/5
Minimac	11 Sept 2010	Withdrawn	12	10,595	4,414	UP%	3/4/1
Terrasidius	1 Sept 2010	Withdrawn	3	5,353	3,601	UP%	11/24/13	Joined 2006. 109 edits in previous 12 months
T	30 Aug 2010	Withdrawn	5	3,972	1,955	UP%	9/15/5	Joined 2005. 582 edits in previous 12 months
JahaalChakravarti	28 Aug 2010	SNOW	1	63	NA	UP1.2%	0/3/0
GSorbyDesroid	28 Aug 2010	SNOW	8	437	NA	UP%	0/6/3
William S. Saturn	27 Aug 2010	Withdrawn	28	6,878	2,631	UP%	7/21/0
Falcon8765	27 Aug 2010	Withdrawn	21	53,859	31,217	UP%	41/26/2
Jc3s5h	19 Aug 2010	No consensus	18	5,106	2,038	UP%	38/30/8

Comparison RfA other Wikipedias

Data as of 30 June 2011 (Recovered by Kudpung).
Due to some non updated pages in their various RfA related pages, there may be ambiguities leading to minor inaccuracies in this information.)

RfA on various Wikipedias

	Articles	Admins	Active	Candidate quals.	Voter quals.	Duration	Closed by	Threshold	Notes
English	3,670,904	1,792	730: 30+ edits last 2 months	none	none	7 days	Bureaucrats	Discretionary: almost all above 75% pass; almost all below 70% fail. 70-75% is crat discretion. Reconfirmations require less support, the lowest pass being at 61%.	Manual transclusion. Admins are desysopped after 12 months without any edits.
Dutch	712.486	65	65	1,000 - 1st edit 6 months ago	100 - 1 month	7 days	Bureaucrats	75% pass.	Manual transclusion
French	1,120,267	196	193: edited in last 3 months	None. 3000+ edits recommended.	1 week. 50+ edits	15 days.	Bureaucrats	Discretionary: Opposes count more than supports	Transclusion is automated
German	1,252,818	284	119: See note (German) below.	1 year and 'significant' 4-figure edits as as 'a writer and staff in various fields'.	Active 2+ months. 200+ edits (edits) in the article namespace (at least 50 in the last 12 months)	14 days	Bureaucrats	Discretionary: 66% with a minimum 50 support votes.	Transclusion is part automated. Desyoped after 1 year inactivity.
Italian	815.290	175 (see note 'Italian' below	103	2+ months and 500+ edits	2+ months and 500+ edits - 1st edit 60 days before the RfA	14 days	Any experienced user (usually admins) Rights assigned by Bureaucrats	80% - Complex quorum based on an average of votes on the preceding four RfA elections. See note (Italian) below.	Manual transclusion of candidacy, voting is separate. Yearly reconfirmation for all admins.
Spanish	782.861	141	81: used their tools in last 6 months	none	none?	15 days	Any admin. Rights changed by Bureaucrats	75%	Votes are not commented. Discussion on talk page. No neutral vote section
Swedish	401,338	103	1 inactive	registered	registered	7 days	Bureaucrats	75%	Votes are generally not commented. Discussion (if any) on bottom of page. No question section.

Notes

Dutch

• Adminship is nominally for one year and will be reconfirmed if there are less than four oppositions.
• Bureaucrats and stewards can temporarily accord admin rights.
• Admins with less than 50 edits in 12 months are automatically desysopped.

French

• Candidatures are posted to the VP, and sent out on mailing lists. Edit count opt-in is automated.
• 'Significant' contributions for voters:
  • Writing and improvement of an Article in general.
  • Entries in spaces Category, Template, Reference, Images, help
  • The addition of an article in a group
  • Adding or editing aTemplate
  • Adding or editing a reference
  • Adding animage'for an article
  • Contributing to help pages (significant non-encyclopedic)
  • The addition of interwiki links on an article.
  • The correction of spelling on an article.

German

• Nomination transculsion partly automated.
• Candidate's RfA page has a button to test voters' rights.
• 'Neutral' votes are not taken into consideration.
• Votes may be commented, but if more than one paragraph, should be on the talk page.
• Votes should not be commented on by others, except on the talk page.
• Admin status is revoked after one year of inactivity, and must be reacquired through a new RfA..
• Inactive admins are broken down into many list which include among others:
  • 6 admins have not edited for 6 months
  • 34 handed their tools in
  • 74 Non re-elected after lapse of tenure.

Italian

• Pass rate is expressed through a complex quorum that is set by the average of votes on the previous four RfA elections: (based on a much improved Google translation):
  • To prevent an administrator to be elected without a sufficiently large number of Wikipedians expressing their its support/a quorum on votes, a quorum is defined as follows:
  • For the election to be successful, the number of voters in favor of greater or equal to the value of a quorum.
  • The election is valid for the next calculation of the quorum will be necessary that the number of voters (favorable + against) is greater than or equal to the value of a quorum.
  • The quorum will be calculated by multiplying 2/3 of the average number of voters (counting only for and against) on the last four concluded elections.
  • The calculation shall take account only of the elections in which a quorum has been reached.
  • In cases of elections that take place concurrently, in the calculation of the quorum will be based on the one that received the most votes.
  • More concisely the quorum Q can be expressed as follows: Q = 2 / 3 × [(x + y + z + w) / 4] = (x + y + z + w) / 6
• Reconfirmation after 1 year. If 15 qualified users oppose the tacit confirmation, a vote of confirmation is initiated with the same RfA system except it requires 66% to pass.
• Adminship automatically lapses after 6 months of inactivity, or if in the last 6 months the tools were not used.
• Lapsed admins must wait 3 months before reapplying.
• Resigned: 51
• Not re-elected: 14
• Lost automatically after 6 months of inactivity: 6
• Total former admins: 71

Spanish

• Candidatures are posted to the VP, and sent out on mailing lists.
• Votes are generally not commented.
• Discussion, if any (rare), takes place on the talk page.
• It is recommended that oppose votes are commented. However, votes are reminded that that a policy of not Personal attacks is in effect, so inappropriate comments about the candidates are not allowed into the discussion.
• Closure by any admin. Technical rights changed by bureaucrat.
• Almost all admins are bureaucrats as well.
• There is no 'neutral' voting section.
• Nominations must be notified in the Wikipedia: Billboard events, Café and the mailing list for the information of other users. To file a third of your confidence as a librarian candidate must obtain prior consent.
• 28 admins have handed their tools in. One admin was desysoped.

Swedish

• Votes are generally not commented.
• Discussion, if any (rare), takes place on the bottom of the page.
• Nominal 1 year, then re run at same conditions
• No set procedure for desysoping