Josephyr's Top 3
Hello all!
I am Josephyr, and I am writing this because I’m addicted to Wikia going to share a couple of my favorite things about Wikia!
So, as a quick background overview, I first found Wikia after I Google-searched a game my brother was playing. Upon stumbling upon this thing called a “wiki”, I was instantly shocked at how organized and creatively it was set up. I quickly dove into editing, and every since then, it’s become one of my favorite pastimes. So since that is all clear, let me jump right into my favorite things about Wikia!
1. The ability to create a wiki on any topic, and edit and grow it into a wonderful database.
This was, and still is, my #1 favorite thing about Wikia. Battle Nations (the game I mentioned earlier) was s…
The Road to Becoming an Administrator
Hello everyone! This is my first blog on Community Central (took me long enough!), and I decided to talk about a well-covered, but important topic - the road to adminship.
For some, traveling the road to becoming an admin is easy; for some it's hard; for some it's confusing; for some it's difficult. I hope to provide the best possible route to receiving administrator rights on a wiki in the clearest possible steps.
First, one must ask themselves, "Why do I want to be an administrator?" This is the first and most important step on the journey. A user should not solely seek this position for the title, influence, or power that it holds. A person desiring to have SysOp rights should want them in order to further help the wiki, whether that is t…