User:Coldmachine/RfA Expectations

I've recently taken an interest in RfA for three reasons:

1. The project needs more administrators;
2. Specifically, the project needs more active administrators;
3. It's important for the wider community to have an input in choosing in whom they're placing trust to help manage/maintain the place.

Becoming an admin is a big deal, contrary to Jimbo's quote cited at WP:ADMIN. The recall process is broken (i.e. unenforceable) and admins are given the 'bit' indefinitely. It's important that the right candidates are entrusted, by the community, with the tools required to perform maintenance work. What I think Jimbo really was getting at, and has been misunderstood about, is that becoming an admin should have nothing to do with privilege, station, or importance but rather be about helping to maintain the project by labouring in areas which might require more discretion than usual.

So, here are the expectations I have of RfA candidates in order to offer a !vote of support. If you want to discuss any of these views with me feel free to drop a message on the talk page.