User blog comment:Yen-ui Chuang/Does anyone know how to become an admin/@comment-5785681-20140306224350

It's weird, but wanting to be an admin is probably the least likely thing that will make you shine as a possible admin to the current admins of any wikia in which you're interested. Think... dedicated, low-key, helpful and enjoying the ride. Make solid contributions and lots of them on a regular basis over a significant length of time. Be a shining star editor and a team player. Learn the ropes, be willing to self-teach or be taught editing and know your fandom. A wiki is only as good as the accuracy of its data. Fans know their stuff and so you must, as well.

Then, one day, if the current admins don't extend an invitation, just ask if they need help and let it go. You may be pleasantly surprised to see your status shift from editor to admin. And that's when the real work begins. Adminship is a labor (i.e. work)  of love, not a power trip, so don't expect thank-yous, praise, or minions you can boss around. Just keep doing what you've been doing all along but add vigilance to your list of qualities. You are now the wikia's protector and advocate.

Beyond that and despite past practice, I see adminship as going beyond "mop and broom." It's just my opinion, of course, but a good admin is a role model who puts the fandom at the heart of their "watch." A great admin does that, too, but also has a vision to move the wikia forward somehow - whether it's more members, more info, a higher place in a search engine list -- whatever will bring folks to that wikia. You'd assume that anyone who joins a wikia wants that, but they don't. Some just come for fun and that's AOK. But an admin with a Big Picture mentality can turn a good wikia into a great one.

Now I will shut up. :)

Luxartisan (talk) 22:43, March 6, 2014 (UTC)