User blog comment:Sannse/Navigating the Wilds of Adminship/@comment-413936-20130804063434

Probably another thing to note, though it's implied in the article, is teamwork within the administration itself, in particular between bureaucrats and admins. This definitely can vary from one wiki to another as the roles of admins and bureaucrats vary. Some may be good at templating, javascript, or bots, while others may be able to whip up a full-length article like magic. For series that have wikis in numerous languages, it can sometimes be useful to have some form of "ambassadorial" adminship for communicating back and forth or for resolving vandalism / spam that's been targeted at multiple of them.

An additional thing, though more awkward than a pitfall proper, is when you find yourself given admin or bureaucrat rights without notice and don't realize that you could have done something about vandalism that had been going on for a year or more. Been there, done that, but ended up finding two great admin candidates to share the load. I guess this can be applied to the benefits of communication : D