User:Orderinchaos/RfA criteria

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The key things I look for in an admin are:

• Can the user get on with others?
• Do their actions suggest problems down the track?
• Do they understand policy, and can they understand the reasons behind the policies (often key to ensuring the spirit and not strictly the letter is enforced)
• Can they pick good edits from bad ones? (This usually involves having a decent edit history to draw on)

A strong history of good mainspace contributions/content development and a lack of drama/unnecessary controversy are to me signs of an unproblematic admin, especially if they have some experience in resolving disputes on articles.

I oppose the "recall" process and do not see it as an obligation upon admins, as I have seen it abused before on both sides.

Also see User:Gnangarra/RfA thoughts as he's expressed many of the things I look for much better than I'm likely to at this juncture.