On 12/09/05, uninvited@nerstrand.net uninvited@nerstrand.net wrote: The commons community has turned down several
requests for adminship from en.wikipedia admins in good standing who wished to become admins at commons in order to deal with vandalism on commons that affected en. It is commons policy that significant involvement in commons in particular is a requirement for adminship, regardless of involvement in other projects.
Any failures to gain commons adminship probably has more to do with the attitude of those applying then any general policy (I note that you failed in your application, uninvited).
It is not unreasonable to reject adminship requests made by those who have no interest in the well-being of the project. I was recently voted an admin unopposed despite having no uploads and very few edits - but I have actively fought image vandalism there.
Quite a number of other en.wp admins have also succeeded - because they did not simply "demand" adminship because they already have it elsewhere, but because they demonstrated that they care about the Commons.
Dan