[WikiEN-l] declining numbers of EN wiki admins

[Charles Matthews]

David Gerard wrote:
> On 26 March 2010 08:57, Charles Matthews
> <charles.r.matthews at ntlworld.com> wrote:
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>> Given that WikiProjects generally will have a better idea of the
>> character and contributions of participants (compared to those whose
>> idea of RfA is an extended box-ticking process), I'd like to see
>> projects look around and nominate some of their stalwarts who don't yet
>> have the mop and bucket.
>>     
>
>
> Anecdotally, I see a lot of people decline the opportunity because the
> RFA gauntlet is so obnoxious.
>
>   
Looking around, reform of RfA seems to have been thought of seriously in 
2006, but perhaps not since. [[Wikipedia:Admin coaching]] has offered 
one solution: is this not being productive? One thing that occurs to me 
is that a self-test page could be useful.

Charles