So you think you want to be an admin? Well, you better read through this page - then you decide.
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In the early days of Wikipedia, you could just make a few edits, request for adminship, and you would likely be accepted. Well, times have changed now - a lot. Nowadays, if you're not absolutely perfect, the community is likely going to oppose you... and if you are absolutely perfect they're going to oppose you just as much, as they'll say you made yourself look like a perfect editor just to succeed RfA.
Do you meet all those criteria? Congratulations, good for you! Unfortunately, we regretfully have to tell you that you're still probably not going to become an admin. Everyone will somehow always find a reason to oppose you. Here are some of the common ones:
So just ask yourself, is it really worth it? You're probably much better off just being a normal editor with maybe just a few extra user rights. Report incidents requiring administration on the appropriate noticeboards - and leave the actual administrative tasks to the existing administrators: the lucky devils who applied for adminship back in 2040.
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