User blog comment:Sannse/Admin Philosophy Revisited/@comment-168424-20170925184418

One thing that should probably be mentioned is that anyone who starts a wiki immediately becomes an admin, so from that perspective the actual criteria for becoming and admin is quite low.

I'm not sure if we should have lower expectations for wiki founders, but admins picked by some process tend to be better, if there is a good process (democratic, meeting some standard of edit quality, dedication to the topic, knowledge of the topic, etc.). Founders often have mostly just enthusiasm for the topic, so when that enthusiasm wanes, they often disappear.