Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Statistics
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There is no official standard on RFA, since everybody is free to express an opinion on the request for adminship as they see fit. Analysis shows that in order to be successful, a candidate must have (1) experience, and (2) community trust. Experience is indicated by having been around for a few months and having participated in a number of (though by no means all) different areas. Community trust is generally given to people who have been seen to make sensible edits, explain themselves when asked, and be able to keep their head in a dispute.
The following table was compiled by User:Durin and shows de facto standards for RFA, as of August 2006.
| August 2006 RfA in Review | This month | Last month | Feb-Jul |
|---|---|---|---|
| New RfAs posted: | 72 | 78 | 459 |
| Successful RfAs: | 27 (38%) | 26 (33%) | 183 (40%) |
| Early withdrawn RfAs: | 29 (40%) | 38 (49%) | 191 (42%) |
| Self nominations: | 38 (53%) | 39 (50%) | 216 (47%) |
| Noms with <1000 edits: | 17 (24%) | 19 (24%) | 99 (22%) |
| Average number of opinions expressed per successful RfA: | 76 | 97 | 86 |
| Average number of opinions expressed per unsuccessful RfA:1 | 62 | 79 | 71 |
| Success rates based on edit count of all nominees with at least... | |||
| All RfAs | 38% | 33% | 40% |
| >1000 edits | 49% | 44% | 51% |
| >2000 edits | 55% | 48% | 57% |
| >3000 edits | 61% | 53% | 62% |
| >4000 edits | 67% | 49% | 61% |
| >5000 edits | 67% | 50% | 61% |
| Success rates based on time on Wikipedia of all nominees with at least... | |||
| >2 months | 41% | 35% | 43% |
| >4 months | 47% | 38% | 46% |
| >6 months | 53% | 42% | 49% |
| Average edit count of successful noms: | 7499 | 6776 | 6222 |
| Average edit count of unsuccessful noms: | 3888 | 3262 | 3052 |
- 1 - Unsuccessful nominations only includes those nominations that were not withdrawn early and were not successful. This is the smallest subset of RfAs, typically comprising less than 20% of all RfAs.
Success rate over time
Nominations per week
Admins and articles
