Wikipedia:RfA reform 2011/Question profiles

WP:RFA2011/QUESTIONSWP:RFA2011/QUESTIONS

This page in a nutshell: This is part of the project for reform of the admin selection process. It covers a detailed sortable table of questioner profiles, issues, and suggestions for discussion concerning the questions that are posed during RfA. Feel free to add other stats/percentages/analysis, etc. Other views, comments, and solutions are more than welcome on this page's talk page.

This project is divided into sub pages in order to keep discussions focused and on track.
Read the main page first, then join a discussion on the respective page.
Please do not start a new thread or a new sub page on something that is already under discussion - see the TOC on each talk page.

Suggestions for question reform

(Please remember that these are suggestions only, and because they are ideas some of them may even be contradictory. They are here mainly to stimulate discussion. )

Three standard mandatory template questions.
User questions are definitely optional.
No oppose vote can be made for not answering. Neutral vote can be made for not answering.
Questions from voters only, and possibly only from experienced editors.
Maximum of one question per user. (addressed in RfA reform Dec 2015. Fixed at 2)
No compound questions. (addressed in RfA reform Dec 2015. Multiple questions masquerading as one are disallowed))
No follow-on questions.
No discussion threads in the question section except one answer from the candidate.
Relevant questions only (see User:Kudpung/RfA criteria#The questions they ask)
No trick questions deliberately contrived to lead the candidate to err on the side of negativity.
A maximum number of user questions.

Miscellaneous stats

Questioners

Assog is an indef blocked sock.
Dusti retired following his 3rd RfA.
The maximum number of questions asked at an RfA in this time period was 29. (This does not count 'compound' questions).
The average number of questions per RfA was 7.95.
234 users posed questions.
91 are admins.
98 users posed one question only
39 admins posed one question only

Editing history

Of the top 22 (10+ questions), 5 had less than 4,000 edits
The second most prolific questioner (39 questions) had 1,604 edits
Of the 8 highest edit counts (100,000+), the average number of questions was 2.60.
Of the 8 highest edit counts (100,000+), 5 are admins.
Of the 8 highest edit counts (100,000+), all registered in 2006 or earlier.
12 users had less than 1,000 edits
19 users had less than 2,000 edits
50 users had less than 5,000 edits
48 users had 5,000 - 10,000 edits
102 users had 10,000 - 50,000 edits

Question history

98 users posed 1 question
31 users posed 2 questions
26 users posed 3 questions
18 users posed 4 question
16 users posed 5 questions
5 users posed 6 questions
4 users posed 8 questions
11 users posed 10 - 15 questions
5 users posed 11 - 20 questions
6 users posed 21+ questions:

Keepscases 23 questions, 1,583 edits
Doc Quintana 24 questions, 5,659 edits
HJ Mitchell 24 questions, 48,994 edits. Admin
Wifione 37 questions, 10,261 edits. Admin
Groomtech 39 questions, 1,604 edits
Fetchcomms 45 questions, 38,083 edits. Admin

Registration

4 users registered since 01 Jan 2011
30 users registered in 2010
35 users registered in 2009
29 users registered in 2008
34 users registered in 2005
13 users registered before 31 Dec 2004

Voter profiles (questioners)

(Research courtesy of Scottywong)

This is a list of editors who posed additional questions at RfA's between April 2010 to April 2011. Note that this sortable table was compiled by a bot, and contains errors and omissions due to the wide variety of ways different editors format their questions. This page was generated on 00:17, 9 April 2011 (UTC).

User	Questions asked	Edit count	First edit	Admin
Pharaoh of the Wizards	1	34748	October 3, 2006	No
Wingdude88	1	383	February 21, 2010	No
Soundvisions1	1	10242	November 6, 2007	No
Wireless Keyboard	1	4762	April 20, 2009	No
Begoon	7	6287	September 13, 2009	No
MJ94	2	4312	May 29, 2009	No
Ironholds	2	62006	April 2, 2008	Yes
Rami R	1	4713	August 6, 2006	Yes
Perseus8235	1	857	February 4, 2011	No
Access Denied	7	8709	May 22, 2010	No
Elvey	1	2747	February 21, 2005	No
ScottyBerg	2	6905	January 17, 2010	No
Heymid	1	9375	January 15, 2010	No
Shawn in Montreal	2	47534	October 23, 2006	No
Doc Quintana	24	5659	September 16, 2009	No
Soap	1	18835	January 8, 2006	Yes
2over0	2	14781	August 3, 2005	Yes
Hi878	1	9679	November 29, 2008	No
Suomi Finland 2009	3	4112	September 8, 2009	No
MC10	18	21493	May 31, 2006	No
RadManCF	1	1346	November 22, 2008	No
RP459	5	7268	February 8, 2008	No
King of Hearts	5	40674	May 5, 2005	Yes
Cardamon	9	1962	August 19, 2006	No
Sandstein	1	46671	July 31, 2005	Yes
Pilif12p	1	3205	October 20, 2008	No
Látches	1	3789	August 4, 2010	No
Alansohn	3	358904	May 23, 2005	No
Guerillero	1	5431	November 6, 2009	No
SoWhy	4	29744	March 25, 2004	Yes
SoCalSuperEagle	1	11152	December 5, 2006	No
MacMed	1	2626	May 12, 2009	No
Diego Grez	2	19148	June 4, 2007	No
UncleDouggie	2	7582	February 23, 2006	No
Explicit	3	64123	July 11, 2007	Yes
Avenged Eightfold	1	15720	July 28, 2007	No
Gfoley4	2	24628	February 18, 2010	Yes
Collect	3	15867	June 21, 2006	No
MichaelQSchmidt	5	29438	January 10, 2008	No
Bwrs	3	4530	May 19, 2008	No
Airplaneman	3	36545	February 20, 2008	Yes
Seth Kellerman	2	100	March 12, 2010	No
TParis	2	4669	September 5, 2008	No
Doh5678	1	662	January 5, 2011	No
HJ Mitchell	24	48994	March 30, 2009	Yes
Keepscases	23	1583	May 7, 2007	No
Fastily	15	37277	January 14, 2008	No
The Blade of the Northern Lights	3	12344	March 5, 2010	No
Hegvald	1	1282	September 22, 2007	No
Aiken drum	1	7245	September 28, 2009	No
TeleComNasSprVen	2	10300	February 28, 2010	No
OlEnglish	2	52131	May 26, 2008	Yes
Kraftlos	7	12479	November 26, 2006	No
Townlake	14	2628	March 24, 2007	No
Noloop	1	2793	March 12, 2009	No
BrownHairedGirl	2	239417	January 8, 2006	Yes
Madrid 2020	1	307	October 3, 2009	No
Sole Soul	1	8901	November 4, 2005	No
Salvio giuliano	14	19043	December 10, 2009	Yes
Richwales	7	5394	March 6, 2005	No
TomStar81	1	26759	September 3, 2004	Yes
Gigs	3	10694	September 25, 2005	No
Minimac	3	17903	October 23, 2009	No
Alpha Quadrant	8	13723	April 21, 2010	No
Robofish	3	41909	January 15, 2006	No
Armbrust	16	67911	December 3, 2008	No
Tikiwont	4	28521	October 19, 2006	Yes
Coffee	4	19362	April 6, 2007	Yes
FT2	1	42835	July 11, 2004	Yes
Epeefleche	3	66718	July 7, 2006	No
Lear's Fool	5	9205	July 10, 2009	Yes
Baseball Watcher	1	3490	December 13, 2010	No
Hasteur	3	2589	November 13, 2007	No
Mattinbgn	3	44395	September 25, 2006	Yes
Panyd	5	6269	October 13, 2007	Yes
WikiCopter	3	2938	August 6, 2010	No
Tedder	2	46820	April 28, 2005	Yes
TCO	4	8968	April 8, 2007	No
7	1	32287	December 6, 2007	Yes
Ais523	1	11521	June 7, 2006	No
Legolas2186	1	26616	June 24, 2008	No
Tommy2010	17	68085	February 20, 2010	No
MWOAP	3	1	September 4, 2010	No
Esteffect	1	6281	February 18, 2005	Yes
Atama	4	10995	November 22, 2006	Yes
Seresin	1	14588	March 3, 2007	Yes
Hokeman	1	9230	February 27, 2006	No
Guoguo12	4	8924	March 14, 2008	No
Phantomsteve	12	26366	May 25, 2005	Yes
SlimVirgin	1	113798	November 5, 2004	Yes
Lambanog	14	3120	October 4, 2009	No
Dank	2	41049	December 7, 2007	Yes
Dusti	9	0	Unknown	Unknown
Uncle G	6	42602	January 6, 2005	Yes
Wayne Olajuwon	1	42470	May 29, 2010	No
Nn123645	1	9963	June 27, 2007	No
Parrot of Doom	7	30972	December 25, 2005	No
Ebe123	1	3266	February 6, 2010	No
Newyorkbrad	1	27861	February 25, 2006	Yes
Leaky caldron	6	6474	February 23, 2006	No
Morgankevinj	4	1810	July 6, 2010	No
BigDom	4	14771	July 19, 2006	Yes
Buggie111	2	4696	November 30, 2009	No
Sven Manguard	10	13314	September 19, 2010	No
Shadowjams	6	63303	January 22, 2009	No
Seddon	1	6223	November 1, 2006	Yes
Snottywong	3	8600	March 17, 2007	No
ErikHaugen	1	6949	March 25, 2005	Yes
Chzz	6	82677	April 29, 2008	No
1234r00t	3	4332	May 4, 2010	No
Nakon	5	53334	December 13, 2005	Yes
WereSpielChequers	7	84887	April 9, 2007	Yes
Off2riorob	1	60966	December 4, 2008	No
Jc37	7	32340	February 12, 2006	Yes
CT Cooper	2	22792	March 16, 2007	Yes
Scientizzle	1	24438	March 3, 2006	Yes
Pedro	1	20541	July 28, 2006	Yes
Decltype	3	19379	December 18, 2005	Yes
Seahorseruler	1	2029	September 27, 2009	No
Sandman888	1	7003	October 30, 2009	No
WFCforLife	7	9338	September 30, 2009	No
White Shadows	4	19156	July 22, 2009	No
True Pagan Warrior	5	6565	September 13, 2005	No
Skater	1	5580	July 19, 2007	No
NativeForeigner	1	8304	April 14, 2006	Yes
Noraft	4	5644	October 31, 2009	No
Strikerforce	1	2188	October 15, 2008	No
N419BH	1	7544	January 15, 2009	No
Pepper	1	7875	March 1, 2009	No
Cube lurker	3	9579	August 29, 2007	No
DGG	19	85101	September 5, 2006	Yes
Excirial	1	84467	October 5, 2007	Yes
Perseus, Son of Zeus	1	3203	July 8, 2010	No
Allmightyduck	2	6211	June 15, 2007	No
Connormah	3	25571	July 26, 2006	Yes
Qwyrxian	5	20120	October 21, 2008	No
Rje	1	20239	September 24, 2004	Yes
Beeblebrox	8	49141	July 21, 2007	Yes
Amatulic	3	16999	January 21, 2006	Yes
Courcelles	3	137907	September 19, 2006	Yes
Timotheus Canens	4	26470	December 31, 2005	Yes
Orlady	2	53491	August 21, 2004	Yes
Graeme Bartlett	1	38166	January 15, 2004	Yes
Etineskid	1	409	June 30, 2008	No
Nsk92	4	14310	August 20, 2007	No
SandyGeorgia	1	127250	February 3, 2006	No
Gggh	2	4192	February 19, 2008	No
Efcmagnew	8	362	December 30, 2009	No
Amalthea	3	24368	September 11, 2005	Yes
Zzuuzz	1	81643	August 3, 2005	Yes
Ryan White Jr.	1	118	January 5, 2011	No
VernoWhitney	1	29275	January 12, 2010	Yes
Clovis Sangrail	2	3011	February 1, 2007	No
Bwilkins	1	17156	March 13, 2006	Yes
Wiooiw	17	2317	May 10, 2010	No
Balloonman	5	23368	April 1, 2006	No
Unionhawk	3	8554	March 21, 2007	No
S h i v a (Visnu)	2	6469	October 19, 2008	No
Avicennasis	1	30233	August 11, 2006	No
Mr.Z-man	1	26378	December 7, 2005	Yes
N5iln	2	25754	May 15, 2006	No
Zalgo	4	7494	May 1, 2006	No
Toddst1	1	61314	May 2, 2007	Yes
Tofutwitch11	9	5017	September 1, 2009	No
Deckiller	1	32458	July 16, 2005	Yes
Hipocrite	1	18810	October 28, 2004	No
Kingpin13	1	52595	September 3, 2008	Yes
Espresso Addict	1	17317	May 14, 2006	Yes
Chase me ladies, I'm the Cavalry	1	27180	August 8, 2005	Yes
Shirik	3	15900	December 17, 2008	Yes
Peter	1	10506	August 19, 2005	Yes
ArcAngel	2	11809	September 24, 2006	No
Malleus Fatuorum	4	101919	June 3, 2006	No
Thparkth	1	3651	May 6, 2004	No
Assorg	3	0	Unknown	Unknown
RJaguar3	2	14666	April 18, 2007	No
Prodego	1	27318	September 23, 2005	Yes
Blanchardb	3	79214	September 12, 2007	No
Seraphimblade	1	20551	March 14, 2005	Yes
Kudpung	1	28791	October 18, 2006	Yes
Ojay123	1	1812	July 1, 2008	No
Xeno	1	82651	July 14, 2006	Yes
Paul Erik	2	29514	January 14, 2007	Yes
Bejinhan	1	5845	June 2, 2009	No
Mike Cline	12	24755	January 3, 2007	Yes
Wifione	37	10261	April 1, 2009	Yes
Strange Passerby	5	3678	March 19, 2010	No
Jclemens	9	29466	August 24, 2006	Yes
Worm That Turned	2	5787	July 13, 2008	No
Pol430	1	7507	December 27, 2008	No
The Utahraptor	12	14642	November 8, 2009	No
Paralympiakos	1	14613	September 23, 2009	No
Immunize	1	18223	January 7, 2010	No
Vejvančický	1	19592	March 15, 2008	Yes
Bad edits r dumb	1	646	September 14, 2010	No
Highspeedrailguy	1	685	February 24, 2011	No
Racepacket	1	15107	September 13, 2006	No
28bytes	14	11403	December 14, 2006	No
Iridescent	2	157588	February 15, 2006	Yes
Mono	7	17068	September 24, 2009	No
StephenBuxton	5	8545	February 22, 2006	Yes
Groomtech	39	1604	May 3, 2009	No
My76Strat	2	10533	March 24, 2010	No
Jimmy Pitt	1	9263	January 31, 2006	No
Deliriousandlost	5	4398	September 12, 2009	No
Hobit	11	8176	October 11, 2005	No
Jusdafax	1	52905	October 8, 2007	No
Rd232	1	46275	October 27, 2004	Yes
MuZemike	5	56521	May 31, 2008	Yes
Wackywace	1	8961	April 10, 2010	No
Casliber	1	80496	May 5, 2006	Yes
Jayjg	4	92913	January 4, 2003	Yes
Gimmetoo	6	4252	April 2, 2010	No
NuclearWarfare	13	72534	October 30, 2007	Yes
Hydroxonium	4	4189	May 19, 2010	No
Boing! said Zebedee	4	36677	September 4, 2007	Yes
Fly by Night	1	5028	January 20, 2010	No
Rockfang	2	23045	September 24, 2007	No
Likeminas	1	2613	October 3, 2007	No
Beetstra	5	100893	March 19, 2006	Yes
ClubOranje	1	14386	December 28, 2007	No
Metropolitan90	5	25534	May 9, 2005	Yes
Kayau	1	10130	September 3, 2006	No
ImperfectlyInformed	4	8213	August 16, 2007	No
Shimeru	2	7161	December 18, 2004	Yes
Fetchcomms	45	38083	October 2, 2009	Yes
SarekOfVulcan	8	30705	March 30, 2004	Yes
Frank	1	16805	May 21, 2006	Yes
Andrensath	1	881	February 5, 2008	No
Dlohcierekim	5	44216	March 3, 2006	Yes
Amorymeltzer	1	16442	December 8, 2005	Yes
Tiptoety	1	41531	May 2, 2007	Yes
Secret	1	9168	September 22, 2007	No
Geometry guy	1	28959	February 7, 2007	Yes

v t e RfA reform 2011: Main page, sub pages, and their sections
Please add comments/new threads on the appropriate talk pages
Main page	About this project – Project overview Talk What this project is not about Goals Objectives Essential reading for task force members
Candidates	Minimum requirements – Proposal to include a minimum requirement for RfAs. Talk Criteria for candidates – Sortable tables and discussion on criteria for adminship. Ideas for WP:NOTNOW prevention. Talk Unsuccessful candidates – Tables: Tenure, edit counts, what they are doing now. More resources for WP:NOTNOW prevention. Talk
Voting	Voting – Extensive data, tables, and graphs on voting patterns and participation. Talk RfA questions – Sortable tables. Controversial questions posed by voters at RfA April 2010 – April 2011. Talk Tool: RfA Vote Counter. Complete breakdown of any editor's RfA votes.
Clerking	RfA Clerks – Ideas for clerks to moderate RfA. Talk
Draft proposals	Possible proposals – A basic summary of ideas that the task force is developing and queuing for development based on the active discussions above. Talk
Radical alternatives	Radical alternatives – Ideas and suggestions for entirely new RfA systems. Talk Pre-RfA proposal – Suggestion to have a "pre-RfA". Sysop on request - a radical alternative for creating a two-tiered admin process, where the one tier can be requested based on criteria.
Downturn	Downturns - Chart, stats, and summary of RfA nominations 2010 - 2011
Task force	Project coordinators Active participants
Current admin count: 813 (list all), 733 of them active (as of 10 September 2011). Activity is defined as 30 or more edits during the last two months. 235 have not edited in at least 3 months. (list)

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