Authors comments  I posted the following comments on the userpage but moved them now to this talk page with minor edits  The following changes are suggested   Mark Requests for Adminship as historical and open the new process Sysop Applications  Replace the standard three RFA questions with the six questions shown below    Question   how the applicant intends to use the sysop tools  is similar to old question    Question  asking for the applicants article writing experience is based on old Question    I have removed old question  about conflicts with other users  Questions  and  are added to establish minimum criteria  Only one user Lustigerseth who failed these criteria has become a sysop in the last several years  Having these criteria on the application should eliminate the need for WPNOTNOW closes to premature RFAs  Questions  and  are added to establish the candidates character for honesty  Why this wasnt done years ago after the Archtransit scandal is hard for me to understand  Disclosure of material negative information should be expected of all applicants  Remove the old system of voting support oppose or neutral with a reason in your vote  Instead vote support or oppose without giving a reason  Then if you choose to give a reason you may comment in the Concerns section or on the talk page of the Application  This change will reduce the pileon effect of oppose voting  Normally in old RFAs support voters vote without saying much whereas oppose voters write long comments  The oppose votes are disorganized insofar as oppose vote number  may refer back to oppose votes number  and   The cumulative effect of oppose votes with long reasons is to say we hate you    The new model removes this asymmetry  You can still oppose but you cant say more in your oppose vote than a supporter would say in her support vote  The cumulative effect of bare support and oppose votes is some of us like you and some dont  To the extent that reasons for opposing the candidate need to be explained the voter can explain in the Concerns section  No neutral votes  If you dont want to vote nobody is forcing you  Neutral votes are pointless  We can decide later what a passing score should be  For now we can allow bureaucrats to use their discretion as they currently do  The following features will be maintained from the old RFA process  Bureaucrats decide the outcome after a day discussion  A nominator may praise the candidate  That is probably the one positive aspect of old RFA that is worth preserving