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radek szulga wrote:

>  If I don't do
> the vanish then I could also do some copy vio clean up with Moonridden
> girl which might create another potential supporter (in a narrow
> sense) or something similar.

Cultivating a relationship with her is a good idea, as you can ask her 
later if she would nominate you for adminship. A nomination from her 
will be much less controversial/under the radar than one coming from me.

> How grueling are these processes? I recall from somewhere that a
> single block can disqualify you in the eyes of some. And of course I'm
> What happened when Halibutt tried for admin?

He got very close - IIRC he needed 75% and got like 72.5%. He got 
annoyed at flame from Lithuanians team, baited (?) and did some really 
stupid edit warring / POINT edits which sunk him as a future candidate. 
Lesson: don't loose your cool, and pray that enemy tag teams don't spot 
the nom.

> The major obstacle however is that I'm simply not sure if I want to do
> it. Being an admin looks like a lot of work, less time spend on
> content creation (which is what I like doing the most) and other forms
> of pain in the ass.

That's a common misconception. RfAdm requires an initial investement in 
the week of the nomination (timely replies to raised questions and such) 
but as soon as you pass, you are free. Admins are never checked up on 
what they do. Heck, inactive admins still retain their admin flag even 
if the leave the project... once you are an admin, you must really and 
ACTIVELY mess up to lose it. I do hardly any "admin" work regularly - I 
rollback some vandalism I stumble upon, delete an occasional page, and 
that's it :) Of course I do more in Wikispace than many, but that's just 
my interests - I could do CfD or RfC stuff if I was a regular user, too, 
I just find them interesting.

> Since I wouldn't be able to do it this summer anyway I'm just going to
> mull over it for a few weeks.


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Piotr Konieczny

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