User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Tips for being a great admin/@comment-4668895-20121026005004

To be honest, adminship is no big deal. Best way to be a helpful yet sensible admin is to use common sense in which you may use your best judgement, use blocking practices, and other admin functions. Try not to take acquiring adminship as a big deal, as the main idea of a wiki is to build content within a community, where in the community the admin may help maintain it. An admin's role in the community may sound like you are some kinda of leader or something, but that's not the entire case. Yes, it is important to be a leader in a collection of cases, but it is even more important to be a user and contribute. Being a great admin can mean a lot of things, technical and social. It's important to get to know the technical side of Wikia, as well as be social with events and users. Try not to be that "strict admin" as that can lead to less users and a less friendly place. Admins write a bunch of policies, which is a good thing, but it tends to slip through users' minds as policies start to increase, a good way is to make everything simple yet fair, so that everyone is experiencing a good visit at your wiki. I find that Wikia is a great place to "collaborate, contribute, and create", but it's also a great place to present how you are. Admins should present themselves in such a way that when a user thinks of them, they think helpfulness, technical, and friendly. Furthermore, admins should not always stick a voice in threads or forums that may start edit wars or start a whole "event"; best to close those. The main role of an admin is to make sure the wiki runs smoothly and in an efficient way, yet the admin them self should stay a fresh, friendly figure.