Thread:Brandon Rhea/@comment-17735794-20130320005934/@comment-20644-20130320140659

Hi there. Do you mean how to attract people who can become admins, or how do you make people admins? If it's about attracting people, then the best way to attract readers and editors is to keep building pages. The longer and more interesting your pages are, and the more links they have to each other, the better your wiki will rank in search engines. This makes it more likely that people interested in your topic will be able to find you when they search! Another great addition to a wiki is videos. We host an entire video library that includes legally licensed videos you can use on your wiki. Check out the selection here.

Once you have 200 pages you can qualify for a Wikia Spotlight to advertise your wiki on similar wikis, which you can find out more about here. Many wikis have also reached out to their user base by creating Facebook or Twitter profiles and friending or following users. For other ideas on promoting your wiki, please visit our advice page here.

That said, if you were asking how to make people admins, then that's fairly simple. To do that, simply go to Special:UserRights on your wiki. Once there, type in the user's name and go to the next page. In the list of options, check the box next to "administrator." Fill in the reason, such as "They've done a great job on the wiki!" or something else you may prefer, and click the Save User Groups button. Once you do that, the person will be an administrator. Simple as that!

I hope that helps. Please let me know if you have any further questions about this.