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Ben E. wrote:
I'm not sure if it could be termed a "sucessful RfA". The vote tally was *17/29/7/49, *which corresponds to (Support/Oppose/Neutral/Remit to ArbCom). The "remit" votes were explicitly marked as no vote, but an encouragement to ArbCom to retake the case. Therefore, there were a total of 46 countable votes. 17/46 = 36.96%, which doesn't show a consensus for adminship in my or in any bureaucrat's book, I suppose.
Then again, 29/46 = 63.04% which isn't consensus to de-admin either...
If you count all 102 votes:
- If remit is counted as support, 64.7% support - If remit is counted as oppose, 76.5% oppose - If remit is counted as neutral, 54.9% neutral
- If neutral is counted as remit, 54.9% remit - If support is counted as remit, 64.7% remit - If oppose is counted as remit, 76.5% remit
Bottom line: no consensus.
Of course, you can argue about this as much as you want, but that's what the numbers say. In this case, I think 100-odd votes is enough to be able to say "this is a representative sample".
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