User blog comment:Bermuda/Dos and Don'ts in Requesting for Rights/@comment-1635895-20110719114034

Great list. I strongly agree with the grammar points of arguement. I don't expect perfect spelling and grammar, heck, I'm probably making a few typos now! But what I do expect is a message that is understandable by people reading the request. Obviously, sometimes there is the possibility of a language barrier, or perhaps a user has a disability of some sort (i.e. Dyslexia), but grammar, paraphrasing, and spelling is vital in not only requesting for rights, but vital in successfully functioning in a wiki. Also, on the point of mentioning user rights on other wikis, I think it can be beneficial if done so correctly. Obviously, requesting for rights on a wiki you've not edited greatly is daft in any case, but adding to that with "I'd be a good rollback/administrator because I'm a rollback/admin on So-and-So Wiki," will not be beneficial, at all. However, it can build a sense of trust and reliability of yourself using such rights in the community, if the community did not feel as such already. For instance, when requesting; "I have been an editor of So-and-So Wiki since 2008, in time which I have made over 17,000 edits to the wiki, and helped out countless users, as well as taking part in community discussions. I am also an administrator on This-and-That Wiki, as well as a bureaucrat on Such-and-Suchpedia," I believe is beneficial to a request for reasons stated above, and also might just be that factor that gets you the user right instead of perhaps another user. But then again, users shouldn't be wanting to become an administrator because of 'power' they think they'll receive from the position. I see no problem with striving to be an administrator, or a rollback, as that is an excellent goal for someone to set, which I have on a wiki, and in the last two months have achieved the position I wished to receive. But back to the case on people wanting to be admins, I have always thought, as well as many other users on Wikia I am sure, that an administrator is merely a janitor, with more keys than a normal user. The janitorial role is really, cleaning, organizing, helping, writing policies, etc. And the keys being the extra access an administrator has to a wiki. So those are my thoughts, and I hope they are enlightening to people. :)