User blog comment:Sannse/Navigating the Wilds of Adminship - Revisited/@comment-5785681-20171115191203

Feeling chatty today so I'll add my thoughts on this overall discussion about adminship:

"Think first, think again, then act" is my policy as an admin. I've learned that the hard way, believe me but every lesson is a good one and makes you a better admin. It's all a learning process.

I also think a good admin reviews and updates the wiki's general guidelines so they are visible, clear, concise and easily found by editors. That way, if someone does err, they can be warned (politely) and re-directed to the guidelines, then welcomed to continue participating as a community member. You then have a tangible record of your intervention on behalf of the community as well as having provided the info to anyone who didn't know it already.

It's also important to remember that vocal tone can't be imparted with words alone so I always add caveats to most of my messages that sound like "directives" by saying something like, "I mean this in a helpful way" or something like that. I've seen emails that sounded downright harsh even if they weren't intended to be so bc the person was invisible as a screen name only.

I'll post my thoughts on "neglect" on that post specifically.

Angelle aka Luxartisan 19:12, November 15, 2017 (UTC)