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.
![](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/RfA_results_2010_-_2011.jpg/550px-RfA_results_2010_-_2011.jpg)
- 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)
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 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 11 | |||||
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 3] | 123 |
2002 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3.7 | 44 | n/a[N 3] | 44 | ||||||
Totals | 2236 | 2456 | 4692[N 5] |
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)
- Early 2003 from User:NoSeptember/RfA_chronological
- Notes
- ^ Online only. By 2015 admins had started deleting "NotNow" RFAs which artificially reduces the unsuccessful figure
- ^ Except unsuccessful ones by email.
- ^ a b Early RFAs were done by email and only the successes are known
- ^ 33 had been appointed in early 2002
- ^ Figures for unsuccessfuls for 2002 to 2003 are not available
- References
- See also
- Wikipedia:Desysoppings by month - similar list but for number of desysops per month
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