User blog comment:Lady Aleena/Lonely editor fatigue/@comment-5558012-20171011052659

This seems to focus solely on the lone editor editing and/or acting in a negative way and it's misleading to me. I was a (mostly) lone editor over periods of time on a wiki. I kept the wiki going and vastly improved it (I, for one, won't try to say I did all of it entirely alone, of course there were some other key contributors that gave important hands too). I've felt what it feels like being lonely and wanting the wiki to have more positive contributors. On multiple occasions I thought of quitting and throwing in the towel for that reason. I wasn't creating a personal website, I wanted to work with other people like myself. Thankfully I can do that easier now.

One of the main things that kept me going was thinking of the readers (later on I started mentoring a user I saw with Admin potential). I watched the viewership increase and I thought about them and the benefit the wiki had on the fandom. Plus I had put in a lot (no exaggeration) of time and energy in cleaning, building, and maintaining the wiki.

In regards to Cheeseskates' comment below, I was certainly the battery that was keeping the wiki running forward. Sure someone would have eventually stepped in to try and do what I did. While this is true, I've never thought I was better than the other editors that gave some time to assist too. Heck, some of the stuff on the wiki never would have been created without their help sharing material and their knowledge. That said, I've helped teach the newer leaders on the wiki so the wiki isn't so dependent on me and that's something I think every lone Admin should try to do.