I can see where this would be disappointing Imagine being supported by the likes of John Carter and Dougweller with that result Having said that and being able to look at this a bit more objectively I m glad they are subjecting candidates to a bit more scrutiny than they were a few years ago when it was kind of automatic and people nominated themselves We have a number of admins not too many who really shouldn t be holding that job But having decided a long time ago that I did not want to be one it doesn t seem like a big deal to me Not that would I be electable BTW It seems to me that admins are now responsive to vandal control which is my main complaint For me they don t really do anything else that is worthwhile and worse get recruited to do a lot of things that I wouldn t want to do which would be distracting from my editing Please don t think that the way the decision went was any reflection on your reputation in Wikipedia I really don t recognize most of those people Almost everyone would have voted for you who had worked with you I wish I had known about the nomination I once found that there were lurkers who did not edit but jumped in for pov Rfc on controversial topics I suppose it s that way now for admin nominations If you have ever held an opinion that this lurking group doesn t care for that s it But just the opinion of a couple of dozen low edit folks maybe For the hundreds of high producing workers at large the opinion is much different So please reconsider The results are unimportant in the long run You didn t pick Sarah Palin as a vice admin running mate did you In that case I might change my opinion