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

Final tally: (0/4/2); closed per WP:SNOW by Juliancolton at 16:58, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Parker1297 (talk · contribs) – I would like to become an Admin to help mainly with vandalism. Parker1297 (talk) 15:53, 29 July 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:Protecting pages and prevent vandalism.

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

A:My best contributions are with pages that deal with anything local to me.

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:NO

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1. WP:NOTNOW. Not enough experience. Shappy ^talk 16:28, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
2. Oppose Sorry, but I don't see a need for the mop, and per the lack of experience. Sorry. America69 (talk) 16:34, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
3. Oppose 11 year old. Plutonium27 (talk) 16:51, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
4. Oppose Sorry, but as someone who just barely passes the suggested minimum hurdle of 2000 edits, but doesn't feel qualified (yet), I'd need to see an explanation fo why this situation is special. --SPhilbrickT 16:56, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

1. Thank you for submitting your RFA. While I applaud enthusiasm, I'm afraid you do not yet possess sufficient knowledge/experience for the community to have confidence in your readiness to become an admin.

   Generally, It has been my experience that it takes at least 2,000 non-automated edits in a variety of areas to demonstrate a knowledge of policy and guidelines that is enough to attempt adminship. While it is possible to pass with below that, nominees have very rarely done so in recent times.

   • 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, and WP:RfPP] to learn when to do these things.
   • As an administrator, you would need to be able to explain clearly the reasons for one's decisions, review one's decisions and change one's mind when it is reasonable to do so, review one's decisions and stand firm when it is reasonable to do so, and be able to negotiate a compromise. Admins need a familiarity with dispute resolution. The ability to communicate clearly is essential.
   • I and many others believe that the best way to learn the basic theories and policies behind adminship is to work with articles. As everything else exists solely to support the articles' continued growth and stability, all Wikipedia administrators should know what it is like to not only defend those well-being of the articles, but to also help grow them. I recommend participation in WP:DYK, WP:GA, WP:FL, or WP:FA as the surest ways to gain article building experience.

   My suggestion would be to withdraw and try again in another few months and couple thousand edits. Many nominees have found it helpful to obtain 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. NW (Talk) 16:08, 29 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

2. Keep up the good work, get some more experience and I'm sure you will be fine. Just not yet. :) – B.hotep •talk• 16:14, 29 July 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.