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An RFA is when a user enters either himself or is entered to try to recieve the administaretive tools. Any one can vote at a RFA(except for IPs), and the RFA is only sucessful when a user has at least 75% support. An RFA can be withdrawn by an Crat by a users request, the user himself can withdraw it if it's failing badly, or any user could by request of the user up for adminship. Once the user succeeds, he will recieve tools(aka "the mop")such as protecting a page, blocking users, closing an RFA, and etc.
Age and Adminship
editA user under the age of 18 entered an RFA in June of 2008 which recieved alot of votes becauseof the user's age. One !vote imputicular stated: "How can I trust a user who has a bedtime to be an admin?" Because of this statement, a lengthy discussion was held at Wikipedia talk:RFA about wether or not age should play a part in an RFA. Some users said that a user under 18 should not be able to be an admin. Others counter attacked saying that: if a user under 18 should show the maturity to be an admin, then they should have a fair RFA. Later, a user under 18 started a cabal