Anecdotally, I see a lot of people decline the opportunity because the
RFA gauntlet is so obnoxious.
Looking around, reform of RfA seems to have been thought of seriously in
2006, but perhaps not since. [[Wikipedia:Admin coaching]] has offered
one solution: is this not being productive?
I'm writing from the POV of having just nominated somebody for admin
who did not succeed, and where the discussion was exceptionally
rancorous--an expoerience I think everyone on both sides found very
unpleasant.
I nonetheless think we are basically doing it right. As judging by
results, we have
