Forum:The State of the Wiki

Alright, for all you wannabe admins, this is my essay for you to improve this site. The following is what I observed from my time as an admin, I am trying to keep it as unbiased as possible. I'm not an admin anymore (thank god) so I have a much looser leash so I don't need to be afraid to speak my mind.

First, let's build some background information on the current active admins. Zerouh, is a good person at heart but can sometimes put his union first, as you can see the majority of his edits are talk page edits and edits on his union, he eagerly updates his union page every so often, he can easily be contacted through his talk page, he is usually quick to respond. Zerouh usually likes to work alone on templates and other things, you shouldn't be nosey and try to fix up things that he messed up on, just leave him a message and he should fix it promptly. Now to Soldier 1033, he too is good at heart but can seem to bear the role of 'dictator' but that's only because he is the only active veteran admin on this site and he has a lot more experience with the policies and other admin related stuff.

Secondly, I'll take you through the basics of adminship. At first you feel so good to be an admin, you get like 2 new tools! The new tools are the ability to protect pages and block users, neither of which should be abused. Later you notice that not all of the admins will agree 100% of the time, don't jump the gun and say you have the best ideas and that everyone should listen to you, that's not how it works, you should discuss with all the active admins and come up with a compromise (that didn't happen when I was admin). Also, being an admin does not make you the god of this wiki, you're only the janitor of the wiki, you clean up all the crap here. If you enjoy cleaning up the crap of the wiki, then admin is the job for you!

Finally, these are, in my opinion, ways to improve the wiki in the future. I have started a poll on the main page asking whether you are willing to vote in an RfA/R/B. Also on a side-note, how you vote on an RfA should not be based on if he's your friend or enemy, it should be based on whether the person will be a good admin or a bad one. Also, everyone who got admin or rollback rights from Soldier should re-do their request because the community can be less biased and more understanding than a sole person.

Comment please. ʇןoʌǝɹ pǝɹ 20:55, September 20, 2010 (UTC)