My criteria for an RfA support:
- Civil, patient, helpful, and kind
- I like to see that this is invariably so with new users.
- Self-aware
- I'm much more concerned with whether or not a candidate knows where their weaknesses lie and knows which things it's best they not muck about with than I am with their specific policy-knowledge gaps.
- Willing to seek and accept advice
- Able to disagree without becoming disagreeable
- Able to hear criticism without treating it as an attack
- Maybe content creation
- If 1 through 5 are all excellent, I don't care about content creation. If any of them are not excellent, content creation is a must and lack of it is a deal-breaker for me, and honestly if 1 through 5 aren't at least "pretty darn good" then I won't support. Few administrative tasks require experience at content creation; most !voters who require it do so as a way of ensuring admins will be able to empathize with content creators and therefore be more likely to approach them helpfully. An editor who has the right temperament -- that is, has all of the qualities 1 through 5 -- is going to approach any well-intentioned editor helpfully. Without qualities 1 through 5, maybe content creators should just stay focussed on content as their best contribution.