Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship/2013 RfC

Thanks, and first two categories

First, heartfelt thanks to all the voters for participating ... all of the recent discussions on RfA feel more promising than past discussions. Thanks also to Ed and Seraphimblade ... the bigger the RfC, the harder it is to get closers. That's how I wound up as a closer for the final rounds when I said I wouldn't be ... after extensive notice, we were still short of closers. There have been no complaints about Ed, Seraphimblade or me so far ... but this RfC specifically allows the voters to reject the closers at this stage, so ... speak up :)

Second ... I'm fine with the closers' call excluding the first category (negative comments in RFA discussions) and second category (few restrictions in who can participate in RFA), because those issues seem to be deadlocked for now. Perhaps if we try discussing other things that got more support, and actually implement those things, we'll find something more is needed ... then I'm sure people will be willing to consider other ideas. The main thing is ... I don't want to lose the participation of people who have been interested mainly in those categories ... so, talk to me guys, how do we keep your interest? What do you see in the other categories that might work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 12:47, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

P.S. I hesitate to make a specific suggestion when I'm about to put a closer hat on, but I don't want to lose the participation of a large chunk of voters, and I don't think we have to: note that opposers' comments in this and other RfCs have only objected to taking actions against voters and against comments during individual RfAs. Suggestions have been made that some of what Category 1 and Category 2 people want could be handled outside individual RfAs ... if you could find a way to make prospective RfA candidates aware of what you want to say about what they should or shouldn't take seriously at RfA. As a bonus, this approach would put you firmly in Category 4 territory ("No explicit criteria for adminship"), which we definitely will be discussing during this RfC. - Dank (push to talk) 15:27, 2 February 2013 (UTC)