Wikipedia:RfA reform 2011/Downturns

While declining RfA figures have been noted for quite some time, 2011, particularly from August on, has seen some very significant downturns, including several all time lows.

Good news
  • August saw the lowest number of unsuccessful candidacies (4) since August 2004.
  • Last month, September, saw only one unsuccessful RfA—the lowest number of unsuccessful candidacies since we began recording them (in April 2004)!
  • As can be seen from the above chart, the number of monthly unsuccessful candidacies has declined in general.
Bad news
  • August 2011 saw only one promotion, a monthly low that has only been reached one other time in RfA history (December 2010).
  • The number of monthly candidacies has reached an all time low, with August and September each seeing only 5 RfAs and October seeing only 6.
  • The number of promotions has also reached an all time low: So far, there have been 46 promotions this year. At this point in 2010, there had been 65 promotions. At this point in 2009, there had been 96. At this point in 2003, there had been 89 promotions.
Notes

For the purposes of this page, "RfA" refers to the current process (which was created in June 2003). "All time low" is not rhetoric, it literally means the lowest level in all of RfA history.

Tabular overview

(Courtesy of WereSpielChequers)

Shortcut
Successful requests for adminship on the English Wikipedia[1]
Year Month Mean Passes Fails[N 1] RfAs[N 2]
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2024 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 12 1.9 21 29 50[N 3]
2023 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 12 7 19
2022 0 1 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 1.2 14 6 20
2021 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.6 7 4 11
2020 4 1 2 0 3 0 1 1 3 1 0 1 1.4 17 8 25
2019 2 1 0 1 1 0 3 4 1 4 2 3 1.8 22 9 31
2018 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 1 0.8 10 8 18
2017 9 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 1.8 21 20 41
2016 0 1 1 1 3 0 2 1 1 1 1 4 1.3 16 20 36
2015 2 2 1 0 3 2 2 3 0 1 3 2 1.8 21 32 53
2014 3 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 5 1 1.8 22 38 60
2013 4 5 5 1 3 3 3 1 3 2 1 3 2.8 34 39 73
2012 1 3 1 3 1 1 6 4 0 1 5 2 2.3 28 64 92
2011 3 9 9 3 6 4 4 1 4 3 2 4 4.3 52 87 139
2010 6 7 2 8 8 6 7 13 6 7 4 1 6.3 75 155 230
2009 6 9 13 14 12 12 10 11 8 7 13 6 10.1 121 234 355
2008 36 27 22 12 16 18 16 12 6 16 11 9 16.8 201 392 593
2007 23 35 31 30 54 35 31 18 34 27 56 34 34.0 408 512 920
2006 44 28 34 36 30 28 26 26 22 27 33 19 29.5 353 543 896
2005 14 9 16 25 17 28 31 39 32 67 41 68 32.3 387 213 600
2004 13 14 31 20 23 13 17 12 29 16 27 25 20.0 240 63 303
2003 2 2 8 6 10 24 11 9 17 10 9 15 10.3 123 n/a[N 4] 123
2002
[N 5]
 3 4 0 0 3 1 3.7 44 n/a[N 4] 44
Totals 2250 2481 4731[N 6]
Key
  0 successful RFAs
  26–30 successful RFAs
  1–5 successful RFAs
  31–35 successful RFAs
  6–10 successful RFAs
  36–40 successful RFAs
  11–15 successful RFAs
  41–50 successful RFAs
  16–20 successful RFAs
  51–60 successful RFAs
  21–25 successful RFAs
  More than 60 successful RFAs
Notes
Originally sourced from User:NoSeptember/Admin stats#Year to year comparison of promotions by months, copied here and colour-coded. Updates from Wikipedia:Unsuccessful adminship candidacies (Chronological)


Notes
  1. ^ Online only. By 2015 admins had started deleting "NotNow" RFAs which artificially reduces the unsuccessful figure
  2. ^ Except unsuccessful ones by email.
  3. ^ October 2024 RFA election results concluded in November. 11 elected 24 not elected 3 withdrawn
  4. ^ a b Early RFAs were done by email and only the successes are known
  5. ^ 33 had been appointed in early 2002
  6. ^ Figures for unsuccessfuls for 2002 to 2003 are not available
References
  1. ^ Wikipedia:Successful requests for adminship
See also



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