The following discussion is preserved as an archive of a request for adminship that did not succeed. Please do not modify it.

Final: (0/2/0) closed at 04:23, 23 August 2009 (UTC) per WP:NOTNOW by non-crat \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk)

Jfk52917 (talk · contribs) – Fellow editors of Wikipedia, I wish to become an administrator of Wikipedia because I want to do more for Wikipedia. I have wished to for many years now, but have not been able to. Now, instead of boring you with all kinds of details and such, I will just get to the point: please consider me for administrator. Thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jfk52917 (talk • contribs) 04:08, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Candidate, please indicate acceptance of the nomination here:

Dear candidate, thank you for offering to serve Wikipedia as an administrator. It is recommended that you answer these optional questions to provide guidance for participants:

1. What administrative work do you intend to take part in?

A: I intend to take part in helping to protect pages and maybe helping like Neurolysis has helped me.

2. What are your best contributions to Wikipedia, and why?

A: My best contributions to Wikipedia are to the Michigan portal because I happen to know some news from there and I think that editing the portal is very helpful to those searching about Michigan.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or have other users caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and how will you deal with it in the future?

A: Actually, I have never gotten into a conflict over editing in the past, but to handle it, I would see where I could report such a conflict to Wikipedia, kindly message the user, and ask if we could resolve the conflict.

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• I have fixed the nomination for the user, it was previously malformed. \ Backslash Forwardslash / (talk) 04:15, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2. Thank you for submitting your RFA. While I applaud enthusiasm, I'm afraid you do not yet possess sufficient knowledge and experience for the community to have confidence in your readiness to become an admin. But that does not mean that we will never have confidence in you.

   For the most part, it requires at least 3,000 edits in a variety of areas to learn policy and guidelines well enough to attempt adminship. Nominees need to show the ability to contribute a number of significant edits to build the encyclopedia.

   However, if you work on vandalism patrol, most people would like a few thousand more.

   The Admin tools allow the user to block and unblock other editors, delete and undelete pages and protect and unprotect pages. Nominees will therefore do well to gain experience and familiarity with such areas as WP:AIV, WP:AFD, WP:CSD, Wikipedia:Protection policy, and WP:BLOCK to learn when to do these things.

   As an admin, you will inevitably have to...

   1. Explain clearly the reasons for one's decisions.
   2. Review one's decisions and change one's mind when it is reasonable to do so.
   3. Review one's decisions and stand firm when it is reasonable to do so
   4. Negotiate a compromise.

   Admins need a familiarity with dispute resolution. The ability to communicate clearly is essential.

   Article building is the raison d'être of Wikipedia. I recommend significant participation in WP:GA or WP:FA as the surest way to gain article building experience.

   If you are not the type of person who likes to write content, there's plenty of other article work you can do (WikiGnomeing for start).

   My suggestion would be to withdraw and try again in another 3 months and 3,000 edits. Many nominees have found it helpful to submit an Editor Review or to receive Admin coaching before submitting their RfA and after passing that benchmark. Hope this helps. Good luck and happy editing. Until It Sleeps ^{Wake me}

3. Oppose. Sorry, you have less than 100 edits to your name. Please come back when you have more experience. Mikaey, Devil's advocate 04:20, 23 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

The above adminship discussion is preserved as an archive of the discussion. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the talk page of either this nomination or the nominated user). No further edits should be made to this page.