User:MusicMaker5376/RfA review

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Questions

When thinking about the adminship process, what are your thoughts and opinions about the following areas:

Candidate selection (inviting someone to stand as a candidate)
Seems to work just fine. I think people willing to be nominated should have a way of letting others know.
Administrator coaching (either formally or informally)
Logical. Works well.
Nomination, co-nomination and self-nomination (introducing the candidate)
I think self-nominations should be abolished. If one would make a good admin, others will notice.
Advertising and canvassing
Should be banned. No harm in letting a few Wikifriends know, but when it's over 10 or so, it starts to get out of hand.
Debate (Presenting questions to the candidate)
Questions are a good idea: they let people unfamiliar with the candidate get a feel for how well they communicate. I think opposing because a candidate failed to answer a few questions is stupid.
Election (including providing reasons for support/oppose)
I think the process works well, but I think neutral votes should be abolished. If you're neutral you should just keep your mouth shut.
Withdrawal (the candidate withdrawing from the process)
I can't imagine a reason to not allow this to happen.
Declaration (the bureaucrat closing the application. Also includes WP:NOTNOW closes)
Training (use of New Admin School, other post-election training)
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Recall (the Administrators Open to Recall process)
I think all admins should be subject to recall. There are administrators hanging around from the early days of WP who were passed with the support of fewer than ten editors; I hardly think that reflects the current feelings of the community. I don't think singling out individuals is the best option -- anyone with a beef against an admin....

When thinking about adminship in general, what are your thoughts and opinions about the following areas:

How do you view the role of an administrator?
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What attributes do you feel an administrator should possess?
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Finally, when thinking about Requests for Adminship:

Have you ever voted in a request for Adminship? If so what was your experience?
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Have you ever stood as a candidate under the Request for Adminship process? If so what was your experience?
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Do you have any further thoughts or opinions on the Request for Adminship process?
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This question page was generated by {{RFAReview}} at 15:20 on 20 June 2008.