On 4/8/07, Tariq Ab- Jo- Tu- tariqabjotu@gmail.com wrote:
Rehashing an idea I proposed awhile ago, how about a set of standards similar to those at [[Wikipedia:Featured article criteria]] (but [[Wikipedia:Administrator criteria]] instead)? If opposing comments are not relevant to specific points in the criteria, they can be ignored. Not a perfect system, but it might be better than the current system.
It might be an advance in helping to weed out which are the frivolous oppose votes and which are not. However, there is the danger that this will become a kind of "painting adminship by numbers" process in which the candidate has to have 100 reports to AIV, 1 featured article, spotted 20 copyright violations, etc. It would have to be, as you see in person specifications in job adverts, which are necessary and which are desirable attributes.