User blog comment:ForestFairy/Becoming an Admin Is Easy, Being an Admin Not So Much/@comment-5785681-20150802162222

Good gosh. If admins had to know everything before becoming an admin, Wikia wouldn't exist! Good  admins know their strengths and their weaknesses and are humble enough to admit them to the membership. Everyone comes to adminship at different points in their learning curve using wiki tools and some will always be better than others. Being an admin means being a "guide" not a "boss" and being more "of service" and less "in charge." But it is a responsibility which means being present, learning what needs to be learned, listening actively, keeping an open mind to new ideas and...I have found that being personable and polite goes a very long way to keeping contributors happy. I know this is going to sound trite but if you can smile while you're typing an email/message to someone, it's difficult to write something mean or in a mean manner. Just is. ::shrug::  Angelle aka Luxartisan (talk) 16:22, August 2, 2015 (UTC)