Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-2248043-20160109084630/@comment-5007040-20160109093721

A good admin is usually somebody who's very active on the wiki though this doesn't mean the one with the most edits is the one to choose. Somebody who knows the wiki and what to do/improve on the wiki. If it's a big wiki it's a benefit if that user is already an admin somewhere else. (s)he knows the admin tools then and knows how to handle them. Also very important is that the user doesn't have enemies on the wiki, (s)he listens to everybody and can react quickly and fairly to situations. Another advantage is if (s)he has knowledge of some coding (css/html js probably). Of course there are many other things you have to take into account by choosing an admin, but I think the things mentioned abover are pretty important.

However you start with 'I don't want a staff position'. What does this mean? Are you not an admin/b'crat on the wiki itself or something? Then it's kind of hard to choose an admin since you can't promote that person or do the admins out there discuss this with the whole community?

Hope this helps a little bit by choosing somebody :)