This page lists failed discussions on Wikipedia:Requests for adminship that were started after April 2004, which is when requests for adminships started being listed on separate pages. The links below are of nominations for candidates whose usernames began with a symbol or a number at the time of their first nomination, and nominations that followed are included where known.

A summary of the reason for the unsuccessful candidacy is included in most cases:

  • failed means the candidate received fewer support than oppose votes;
  • consensus not reached means the candidate received at least as many support as oppose votes, but support was deemed by bureaucrats to be insufficient;
  • withdrawn by bureaucrat usually means that a bureaucrat judged that the nomination could not have succeeded at the time of withdrawal;
  • withdrawn by candidate and all other reasons. No inference should be drawn from this wording. If you want to know exactly why the nominee was not promoted, follow the nominee's RfA link.

See also: List of failed RfAs (Chronological)

  • ^demon, 17 December 2005 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/10/2)
    ^demon, 25 March 2007 - promoted (80/1/0)
  • 07bargem, 30 September 2010 - withdrawn per WP:NOTNOW by Tommy2010 at 0/6/0
  • 1234r00t, 20 May 2010 - withdrawn by candidate (0/6/0)
  • 1997kB, 22 January 2020 - withdrawn by candidate (38/23/8)
  • 1ne (WikiFan04; now One), 30 August 2005 - withdrawn by candidate at (2/12/4)
    1ne (WikiFanatic; now One), 8 December 2005 - promoted (58/12/0)
  • 21655, 17 March 2008 - withdrawn by candidate at (4/8/2)
    • 21655, 19 March 2008 - withdrawn by candidate at (0/10/0)
  • 28bytes, 3 December 2010 - withdrawn by candidate at (30/24/4)
    28bytes, 14 June 2011 - promoted (128/1/1)
  • 4836.03, 3 February 2006 - withdrawn by admin Durin at (2/20/4)
  • 53180, 17 August 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by admin TKD at (3/12/0)
    53180, 17 August 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by EVula at (0/1/0)
    53180, 17 August 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by Kurykh at (0/1/0)
    53180, 17 August 2007 - withdrawn per WP:SNOW by EVula at (0/1/0)
  • 7, 21 August 2009 – closed as no consensus by Anonymous Dissident at (66/37/12)
    7, 5 June 2010 - promoted (92/2/4)
  • 80-MAN, 14 December 2005 - withdrawn by bureaucrat Cecropia at (1/12/1)
  • 9cds, 22 December 2005 - withdrawn by candidate at (1/6/5)
    9cds, 10 June 2006 - withdrawn by candidate at (13/18/3)
  • 95jb14, 8 October 2009, withdrawn by candidate at (4/22/6)
  • Σ, 9 October 2012, consensus not reached at (140/65/18)
  • বিজয় চক্রবর্তী, 7 August 2013, withdrawn per WP:NOTNOW by Marcus Qwertyus at (0/6/2)