I discovered the stupidness of RFA when I nominated Mac Davis. He was rejected because (1) he made a copyvio in his second edit! OMG (2)He doesn't go on AFD (3) He's 14 (not because he's immature, becuase he's 14. One editor said that hs deny vote was based solely on his gae, regardless of maturity) and (4) He made it so that when you roll over his signature, it makes a crosshair. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/Mac_Davis for details. I thought adminsip was absolutely no big deal. On 10/21/06, ScottL scott@mu.org wrote:
Same boat here but as I spend less time on wikipedia lately its not a big deal. I find that less responsibility makes things more fun in many cases anyway. I am especially the same in that I don't have a lot of confidence in my writing, well and I can be a bit argumentative at times (though usually polite).
SKL
Oskar Sigvardsson wrote:
I'm fairly similar to you, I've been around for a little more than two years (June 2004), I have around 2000 edits, I've proven myself to be curteous, I've participated in process, I do occasional vandal-fighting. Most of my wikipedia time is spent helping clueless newbies do their first articles (that right there should qualify me, you have to have the patience of a small planet!). I'm very familiar with process (as much as anyone can, given how much process we have). I don't get into arguments much, if I see one I try to defuse it. If I do get into an argument, I argue curtiously and respectfully. I'm a stand-up guy. I'm not a very good writer though, so I tend not to make big article improvements, but I've helped out the encyclopedia in many other ways. I feel like I've improved it. I see no reason why I shouldn't be allowed to be an admin.
But I would never pass an RfA. I mean, if someone would nominate me, I would accept (although I don't think anyone will), but I'm pretty sure that I would get shot down pretty easily because of my edit-count and my less than stellar involvement with articles. But I have helped with the encyclopedia, in many ways. With admin-tools, I know I could help more. That doesn't seem likely though. It's bordeline mental, what RfA has become.
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