User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Tips for becoming an admin/@comment-5047216-20121211213324

Well, when I became an admin on Ōkami Wiki, I learned a few helpful things that helps others become an admin, listed here:
 * Don't actually try to become an admin - no one likes users who only wants to become one for the title or power, and no one doesn't like users who bother bureaucrats for adminship.
 * Be active and make contributing edits - being active is one of the best ways to gain trust by the community, and contributing edits means you made those edits for the better meant of the wiki, not for your editcount
 * Be nice - being nice is another good way to become one, whenever someone needs help, or someone made a even terrible edit, just politely tell them what they did wrong and say what they could do next time to avoid making that kind of edit
 * Ask before doing something major to the wiki - for example, if you're making a new project, or improving a major aspect of the wiki (such as templates), always ask the communtiy first. You definitely won't get promoted if you do something without permission.
 * Always abide the policies at the wiki - users who don't will definitely not become an admin at a wiki if they don't abide the policies there. Respecting and following the rules at a wiki is another great way to become an admin.
 * Ask to become an admin at a wiki when needed - some wiki's may not need admins' while others may, it depends on the amount of admins and the amount of active admins'.
 * Always use edit summaries to explain your edits - Edit summaries, particularly when editing something that someone else has just added, helps explain why you're "correcting" their addition, so they don't take it the wrong way.
 * Always be neutral and factual in those edit summaries - While a pun or wordplay may be acceptable, users who leave sarcastic, snarky or passive aggressive edit summaries really shouldn't be admins, as it shows they don't respect other users.