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Contents 1 RfA Survey 1.1 Various Factors 1.1.1 Regular IRC Users 1.1.2 Admin on another wiki 1.1.3 Bots 1.2 Weights 1.2.1 All Maintenance 1.2.2 All Article work 1.2.3 Even balance of maintenance/article work 1.2.4 Prior editing tests in mainspace 1.2.5 Prior vandalism (with a large number of edits since then) 1.2.6 Template/Category work 1.3 Bad RfA's 1.3.1 <100 edits 1.3.2 High edits, low mainspace 1.3.3 2K edits with no wikipedia-space 1.3.4 Almost all vandalism 1.4 Comments 1.4.1 Current standards 1.4.2 What ways can RfA be improved 1.4.3 Restrictions 1.4.4 Misc

[edit] RfA Survey

NOTE: THESE ARE PRE-COMPLETION DETAILS. ONCE THE SURVEY IS COMPLETE, THEY MIGHT BE DIFFERENT

The survey is still open. You can complete it here.

[edit] Various Factors

[edit] Regular IRC Users

Being active in IRC negatively affects RfA's. Several users also dislike IRC, but dismiss it as not relevant/unimportant.

[edit] Admin on another wiki

In this example, I used commons.

This is a very interesting result, as this did cause a higher percentage of supports, but also a higher percentage of opposes. Comments were mostly regarding other factors, indicating they changed their vote without realising.

[edit] Bots

Running bots, and participating in BRFA's seems to have no effect at all on a candidate. Some people commented that it was a plus, however no change in votes.

[edit] Weights

This was a section to see how much importance various factors were.

[edit] All Maintenance

Low importance

[edit] All Article work

High importance

[edit] Even balance of maintenance/article work

Mid importance

[edit] Prior editing tests in mainspace

Low importance

[edit] Prior vandalism (with a large number of edits since then)

Low importance

[edit] Template/Category work

Low-Mid importance

[edit] Bad RfA's

These were a selction of RfA's that would normally get closed or be a likely candidate for a WP:SNOW closure. I have provided the most common choice of answer

[edit] <100 edits

Recommend withdrawl

[edit] High edits, low mainspace

Recommend withdrawl/moral support (tied)

[edit] 2K edits with no wikipedia-space

Moral support

[edit] Almost all vandalism

Close

[edit] Comments

These were users comments, I have taken several of them and grouped them here

[edit] Current standards

Almost unanimous, they are too high. Too much editcountitis. Too much focus on mainspace contributions, ignoring maintenance.

[edit] What ways can RfA be improved

Eliminating (or greatly reducing) editcountitis. Make it into more of a discussion (currently a vote).

[edit] Restrictions

None at all. Some people prosoed some, and some were incredibly high, and some made sense. It's one thing that will never be agreed on.

[edit] Misc

Some people are making their personal criteria stricter. Needs to be a lower % for success, as often all the opposes are for one thing, and there are many reasons for the supports.