tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942189569807809109.post5740407852136215405..comments2023-03-23T14:03:00.152+00:00Comments on Musings of Majorly: RFA community is brokenMajorlyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01620431785470531303noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942189569807809109.post-42155051368076101992009-01-13T19:49:00.000+00:002009-01-13T19:49:00.000+00:00Great post, thanks for focusing on an important to...Great post, thanks for focusing on an important topic.<BR/><BR/>I think what is needed is some effective guidance and leadership in the realm of "how should we think, as a community, about RFAs?"<BR/><BR/>The guidelines of Wikipedia as a whole are not sufficient to establish a safe and sane space for evaluating effective administrators.<BR/><BR/>I believe that running for adminship, in nearly all cases, involves a MIX of these two things: (a) the candidate seeks some validation from the community for the contributions they've made to the project, and (b) the candidate is making a selfless offer to make contributions on a higher level. Entirely apart from whether the candidate is worthy of being granted adminship, his or her service to the community should be gratefully acknowledged in pretty much every case. Evaluating candidates who do not succeed may feel like a waste of time, but it's not; these people are worthy of serious and civil consideration. Every one of them.<BR/><BR/>In my own RFA, I suggested that I might alter my behavior significantly -- that I might switch from primarily building content, to regularly patrolling noticeboards, etc. In hindsight, it was a silly idea, and I probably did so thinking that it would make my candidacy more attractive; but I didn't do so out of any willful intent to deceive the community. This was pointed out to me in the RFA; I appreciate that it was pointed out, but am frustrated by the negative tone that some editors chose to take. I regret the approach I took, but I certainly didn't intend to deceive the community or abuse the process; I just didn't have a realistic outlook on the subject.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, if there's one thing I think needs to change about the RFA process, it's that the community needs to put some careful thought into how to treat candidates. Personally, when I participate in RFAs, I try to call out incivility on the part of participants/voters, and redirect their comments onto my own, or their own, talk page, and away from the RFA page. It's only a micro-level solution, but I think this is the sort of thing that will ultimately improve the atmosphere at RFA/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942189569807809109.post-73355307184000423332009-01-12T17:22:00.000+00:002009-01-12T17:22:00.000+00:00Excellent post, Majorly. The RfA process needs t...Excellent post, Majorly. The RfA process needs to be discussed more, because we are hurting a lot of good people.David Shankbonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823790274218778904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942189569807809109.post-27416621512693337672009-01-12T12:51:00.000+00:002009-01-12T12:51:00.000+00:00But something about the car changed. It must have ...But something about the car changed. It must have been affected in some way to make it stop working. In the case of RFA, it is the community preventing it from doing its job.Majorlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01620431785470531303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3942189569807809109.post-50939956786258911472009-01-12T12:15:00.000+00:002009-01-12T12:15:00.000+00:00Small comment: A broken car once did work. ;-)Small comment: A broken car once did work. ;-)Jon Harald Søbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665190136571504166noreply@blogger.com