No, because the users do vote for them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Successful_requests_for_adminship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Success

No, because the users do vote for them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Successful_requests_for_adminship http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Successful_requests_f... -- successful elections http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unsuccessful_adminship_candidacies_(Chronological) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Unsuccessful_adminshi... -- unsuccessful elections