Thread:Tupka217/@comment-28083312-20161206184433/@comment-28083312-20161206191422

Oh good! I’ll just post it here for y’all to read if ya want.

Dear Wikia Staff,

I recently read the Help Page about the Community Council, & it said that Staff would review the entirety of an applicant’s Wikia Activity to see if they were the right fit, but it didn’t go into details about what might make a candidate more appealing/more fit for the job. I wanted to ask, are there any tips for improvement, or desirable qualities in Councilors, that perhaps I could work to cultivate?

If it’s a secret or something, then I guess you may consider this my request/application to join. I’m interested in joining because I have been here long & utilized a great deal of Wikia’s Infrastructure, so I am always interested in new additions that expand the way Wikis run. I’m also reasonably critical of additions that I feel are superfluous, or that would generate a good deal of negative user-feedback, & I believe my words on the subject would be an aid to you.

As far as my qualifications, I believe you will find me to be quite active, & occupying several leadership roles on many Wikis, where I would like to think that I do a fairly good job at running. I would also like to be open about my faults, but the only two faults I would seriously consider to be counter to the way Wikis operate would be: A) A lax attitude when it comes to the tolerance of adult language & content in community discourse, & B) A tendency to overuse page protection.

The reason for the former is due to my classical liberalist beliefs which I have no shame for, & the reason for the latter is due to a very successful protection campaign on my main Wiki of activity, the Diep.io Wiki, which may have tainted my judgment of when to use protection on other Wikis in favor of a more preemptive approach. Because sockpuppetry was such a serious problem there, & because most of the content was well established, I began move-protecting & semi-protecting most of the Main Namespace pages. I consider it a success because there was only a small drop in contributions, since most of the editors are longstanding, but there was a massive minimization of vandalism.

Besides those two, I may have taken a more ruler-esque role on the Diep.io Wiki because of the younger age demographic, but I am still ultimately accountable to the Wikia content & the communities that support it, & I use my better judgment to ensure the smooth functioning of that Wiki, as with all the Wikis I manage, which brings me finally to why I believe myself to be a decent candidate for Community Council.

Throughout my time on Wikia I have been in correspondence with Wikia Staff often, about concerns, adding features, or in the interest of learning, & I have come a long way since I began my time here those few years ago, largely from reaching out to other Wiki communities to learn from them. I have only just learned about the significance of the Community Council a short time ago, though I was aware of its existence, but I feel that my extensive time & efforts made on the many Wikis I contribute to, & the experience I’ve gained therein, make me an ideal candidate to become a preliminary tester for new content that Wikia Staff has in store. I am sure you will find your own answers if or when you review my activity, & draw your own conclusions, but if you’ll have me, then I am willing to serve, & if you decide that I am unfit, then I am always willing to improve in any way that I can.

Anxiously waiting,

~Ursuul