Thread:TheFallenOneGOTH/@comment-24992391-20140125233044/@comment-1038387-20140126003238

Ouch. I didn't mean to be this cruel.


 * 1) Your wikis aren't about you. Still, there's a lot out them without a clear mission statement.
 * 2) What is Reference365? A wiki about a company called Reference365? Or a program? Or is it a wiki about references?
 * 3) A way to start, for example, would be to make sure your main page contains no red links.
 * 4) Not in any physical sense, I hope.
 * 5) That makes sense.
 * 6) My best advice if you want to be a good wikian: don't worry about being a good wikian. We come in all shapes and sizes. As long as you feel you're doing a good job, you're a good wikian. Noone's in here for the gratification, we're here because we like to write about stuff. Well, most of us are. Again, we come in all shapes and sizes.
 * 7) My apologies. I can be blunt sometimes. But you're not going to let that get in the way, right?
 * 8) I was a bit ruder than I intended, so I thoroughly deserve being yelled at.
 * 9) My main critique of your wikis was not their quality - it was their subject matter. Some topics are so specific there's just no chance of getting contributors. A wiki functions if it fills a gap in the available info on the internet. A gap that needs to be plugged.
 * 10) Good. As I'm typing, I see Emerson's got this one covered.
 * 11) Nope. You're a good wikian in training. It takes time. The only bad wikians are vandals, spammers and trolls.
 * 12) Good. But maybe it's an idea to set up one wiki before starting another.
 * 13) Maybe Help:Attracting contributors will help. But as I said, if there's noone who wants to edit, that won't help.
 * 14) Nope.

You're not horrible. Never think you're horrible. There's no dichotomy here between good and horrible - there are all kinds of wikians. With you, most hiccups seem to be coming from inexperience. There's room for improvement.

Don't worry about what others think about you. Be your own wikian.

There. That was less blunt, wasn't it?