User blog comment:Sannse/Navigating the Wilds of Adminship/@comment-5285329-20130801223401/@comment-8-20130802175701

Absolutely. One thing to remember is that all the admins and contributors on your wikis are there because they want to be. If they aren't enjoying what they do, then eventually they are going to find another place to be. So letting admins (and contributors) work in areas they enjoy, makes it more likely they will stay.

Something I've seen done, which I don't recommend, is tasks being fully assigned by the founder. That will quickly make people want to go elsewhere, where they aren't being told to do something they don't want to do!

That's not to say that some admin tasks aren't tedious or irritating, but if they are part of a role you enjoy and that allows you to do the editing you prefer to do, that's going to make you want to stay.