User blog comment:Sannse/I Want to Be an Admin/@comment-4143277-20140514164212

I have to agree with "you don't need to have rights or a profile badge to be helpful". I see many too people going "plz can I be admin" or whatever, where I think they just want the rights for the personal satisfaction rather than benefiting the wiki like what they're designed for.

Take for example me, I am an admin on two big wikis. However, when I first joined them, my mindset was not "I am going to edit this wiki so I can be admin". I just got on with editing; as most of you know, most of editing tasks can be done without admin privileges. It slightly disappoints me when I get the feel someone wants admin rights just for the heck of it. It is best to just edit wikis to the best of your ability, have a good standing on the wiki too, be kind, helpful and assist the community as much as you can then if people see you fit as an admin it will most likely go that way - but remember you don't have to be an admin to stand out on a wiki.

Tl;dr: Remember - extra rights exist for benefiting wikis, not for one's own personal satisfaction. :P