User talk:RyanCross



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Clearly you already know some of what's in Template:Welc. Keep up the good work.

Robin Patterson 05:15, 9 August 2008 (UTC)

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Hi, Ryan. I talked to you on the Baseball wiki about your multiple requests for admin rights on various wikis. In your first week on Wikia (Aug 1-7), you adopted one wiki, founded another, and were granted admin rights on a third. You also posted requests to become admin on five other wikis.

I'm happy to see your enthusiasm, but I told you on August 8th that it's generally not a good idea for one person to become an admin on so many wikis at once. Being an admin is a big job, with a lot of responsibility, and if you spread yourself too thin, then you can't do that job properly. I encouraged you to focus on Baseball, and build up the community there before moving on to another wiki. You agreed to do that.

Since then, you've become admin on Admin Tools, Baseball Cards and Earthquakes. You have a list of your wikis on your user page, with a colored-star system that suggests that you're keeping score.

Meanwhile, your contributions to the Baseball Wiki have dwindled to about one edit a day. You've made one article for New York Yankees, and you haven't edited Baseball Cards, Earthquakes or Texas Rangers at all since you've been granted admin access.

It seems to me that you're more interested in the admin tools themselves than you are in building up the content or the community of the wikis that you're on. You told me last week that you wouldn't ask for any more adminships, but you've continued to request admin powers. I'm concerned about this. What do you think we should do about it? -- Danny (talk ) 18:50, 15 August 2008 (UTC)


 * I've been thinking, and I think I only want to be an admin on three wikia, 1) Baseball Wiki and 2) Admin Tools Wiki, and 3) Baseball Cards Wiki. Actually, I've been an admin on the Earthquakes wiki under a different name. That was actually the first wikia I've been an admin on. When I became an admin there, it was only automatic. Meldshal42 asked me to create an account, I did under a different name, and he gave me permissions without me asking. And then I changed to a different name then Meldshal gave me permissions on that other account. Anyway, my plan is to only be a sysop on three wikia for now, just until the wikia I'm a sysop/bureaucrat at become reasonably active. I would call "active" about having a good amount of active users who edit almost everyday. As for the other wikis... I wouldn't mind a desysopship. But I would have to tell people I'll be leaving for a while. To be honest, I'm best at doing technical stuff, which is the reason why I asked for sysop rights on a few wikis, to help that wikia in that one area. The only problem is, at Baseball Cards Wiki and probably the Texas Rangers Wiki, the founders there are relying on me to be there if they need something done by an admin/bureaucrat which is me, since they don't really have an admin/bureaucrat experience. Until those wikis get a few more active administrators and bureaucrats, I'd be happy to be revoked of my rights when that happens over there since I won't be needed much anymore. And if I do move on on another wiki when Baseball Wiki is really active, I could just ask again at those wikis. What do you think? Sounds good? If not, the wikis I would still like to be an admin/bureaucrat at would be Baseball Wiki, Baseball Cards Wiki, and Admin Tools Wiki. I hope that will be alright, but please tell me what you think before you take action. Thanks! -- RyanCross (talk ) 00:25, 16 August 2008 (UTC)