Given that I've started participating in these things more often, I thought it would be worthwhile to sit down and actually articulate my RfA criteria. I recognize that there are many areas in Wikipedia that I am unfamiliar with - WP:ITN, WP:COPY, and WP:SOCK to name a few. As such, I think that having a rubric or hard set of criteria is generally unhelpful. My criteria are solely "suggestions" - A lack of any of these things does not automatically mean I'll oppose but does mean I'll look more closely through contributions/noticeboards than I might otherwise. I think admins should:

Other than that, try and have fun! RfA can be a brutal process, as evidenced by several recent examples (at the time I'm writing this essay). We're here to build an encyclopedia first-and-foremost - All the rest is just icing on the cake.