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{{subst:rfaf}} -- failed header

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Admin promo

Congratulations! It's my pleasure to let you know that, consensus being reached, you are now an administrator. You should read the relevant policies and other pages linked to from the administrators' reading list before carrying out tasks like deletion, protection, banning users, and editing protected pages such as the Main Page. Most of what you do is easily reversible by other sysops, apart from page history merges and image deletion, so please be especially careful with those. You might find the new administrators' how-to guide helpful. Cheers! -- ~~~~

Admin failed

Your adminship nomination didn't achieve consensus. Please look at the reasons voters opposed your nomination and this will be a big aid to succeeding in the future. Many initially failed nominees have gone on to be admins later. Cheers, ~~~~

Bureaucrat removal early

'''Bureaucrat removal at ~~~~~ by ~~~ with (o/o/o). Original end time

~~~~~ - withdrawn by bureaucrat ~~~ at ( )

Bureaucrat removal message

I'm sorry to let you know that I removed your RfA as incapable of promotion. Early removal is an opportunity for the candidate to assess his or her RfA, read the comments of the community, and so better prepare for a future nomination to adminship. Good luck to you then! -- ~~~~

Crat promo

Congratulations. You are now a member of the Heartless Bureaucracy®. Here are just a few points of advice. Please review these carefully. They may make the difference of the community trusting you (and by extension the entire process) or not.

1. Do what you're supposed to do.

2. Don't do what you're not supposed to do.

3. Keep only your own counsel or that of other bureaucrats when a decision must be made.

4. Ask another bureaucrat if you have any questions whatsoever.

5. Read what other bureaucrats have said in answering questions about controversial promotions they have made or failed. Before even considering promoting or removing in a controversy, feel that you are on firm ground.

6. Be consistent. If you have to make a tough decision, review how you yourself have made tough decisions in the past. Be prepared to answer: "Why did you just fail Richard Roe where you previously promoted John Doe." If your answer is bad, confidence in your work will plummet.

7. Before making a potentially controversial decision, ask yourself: "If this decision is criticized, do I know how I will respond?" And note that you may be questioned on decisions that appear obvious to almost anyone.

8. Once you make a decision, you are like an umpire, never change it except under the most unusual circumstances, such as the revelation of an important compelling fact, such as that the "successful" candidate is a fugitive war criminal. Ignore this advice and your decisions will be constantly questioned.

9. Do not second guess other bureaucrats' decisions. If it may become necessary to reverse what a bureaucrat has done in truly extraordinary circumstances discuss it with bureaucrats more seasoned than yourself.

Having said all that, enjoy having reached the pinnacle (*cough*) of unpaid English Wikipedia responsibility! :) -- Cheers,

Questions for the candidate

A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters, if you would kindly respond:

:1. Have you read the section on Administrators?

::A.

:2. Are you interested in, and do you think you'll have some time to perform, the chores that only sysops have access to do, to help keep Wikipedia up to date?

::A.

:3. If you become a sysop, which sysop chore or chores (WP:VFD, recent changes, watching for vandals and vandalism, responding to editor requests for assistance, any other) do you especially think you would be able to help with.

::A.

:4. In your opinion, what article have you contributed the most succesfully and helpfully to?

::A.

:5. In your opinion, what has your best contribution to the running and maintenance of Wikipedia been? (i.e., have you reverted a bad stretch of vandalism, done extensive work categorizing articles, helped mediate a dispute?)

::A.

:6. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and will deal with it in the future?

::A.

:Thanks and good luck!

Extended nomination