Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/2021 review/Brainstorming: Difference between revisions

::{{reply to|Barkeep49}}, it looks like 3 out of five of that "flight" passed, and passed easily. The number of questions asked of the candidates was lower than normal, as well. The three full-length (i.e., successful) RfA's averaged 11 questions whereas an overlapping trio of nominations from May of last year averaged 14 questions and even more recently {{u|Trialpears}}, who had not one "Oppose", faced 17. Limited sample sizes and everything as caveats, but it suggests that there is some merit. [[User:Eggishorn|<span style="background-color:#FF7400; color:#FFFFFF;">Eggishorn</span>]] [[User talk:Eggishorn|(talk)]] [[Special:Contributions/Eggishorn|(contrib)]] 01:29, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

:::I agree that there were less questions at those RfAs so on that level it was a success. But the reason I haven't organized a second flight is because of the other 2 who didn't pass. Neither has continued editing despite being good editors and 1 of them I am pretty sure wouldn't have run without the flight. I suspect the other would have run anyway and I ended up opposing them for admin but still very much wish we had them as an editor. If tranches encourage people to run who wouldn't otherwise it's only a good thing if those are people who would pass but are otherwise reluctant to run. If it draws out people who are reluctant to run and those editors are right to be reluctant it's not actually a net positive especially if they are otherwise valuable members of the community. One tranche is too small of a sample size to draw any firm conclusions but the risk of net harm is why I didn't organize more of them. Best, [[User:Barkeep49|Barkeep49]] ([[User_talk:Barkeep49|talk]]) 01:39, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

*{{tq|When RfA's were commonplace, the level of scrutiny was much lower.}} Was it {{u|Eggishorn}}? Tranches are probably a good idea - 'safety in numbers'. Candidates would feel less intimidated if they were not running alone, and indeed there have been times when several RfA running simultaneously were the norm rather than the exception. Regular tranches, say quarterly at fixed dates and requiring a minimum of two candidates, might, just might, help towards building a corps of more serious regular voters rather than the drive-by people who happen to see a watchlist notice, and socks and trolls. [[User:Kudpung|Kudpung กุดผึ้ง]] ([[User talk:Kudpung|talk]]) 04:34, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

*This would be interesting to get some statistics on.&nbsp;&#8213;&nbsp;[[User:Qwerfjkl|<span style="background:#1d9ffc; color:white; padding:5px; box-shadow:darkgray 2px 2px 2px;">Qwerfjkl</span>]][[User talk:Qwerfjkl|<span style="background:#79c0f2;color:white; padding:2px; box-shadow:darkgray 2px 2px 2px;">talk</span>]] 07:41, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

*:What statistics might those be @[[User:Qwerfjkl|Qwerfjkl]]? Best, [[User:Barkeep49|Barkeep49]] ([[User_talk:Barkeep49|talk]]) 15:51, 10 October 2021 (UTC)

 

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