Thread:GorillaMan/@comment-5754239-20150323034845

Hey GMan,

This is going to be long, and I apologize. There's a TL;DR for you below, just in case...

Anyway.

I've been thinking about how the wiki needs to grow more, and now that you've become active again I think it's time to discuss some things. As you know, Lamiah has been inactive, almost for an entire year. She is the only Bureaucrat on the wiki and she did not leave any "backup" bureaucrats to replace her. To put it straight, I want to replace her as a Bureaucrat. Why ask you? Well, I know that when there are multiple administrators in any function there may be some conflicts over who becomes what. In fact, there's a whole thread on it on the Community Wikia. Two administrators both wanted to become Bureaucrats, made separate two factions, and then decided to argue about it. I don't want that to happen between us, especially since you've come back. I want to clear this up here and now, before we get started again.

Ever since Lamiah became inactive, I've felt like the wiki itself went into a hiatus. For several months I was the only editor on the wiki, and even then only infrequently. When you became inactive, it became pretty clear that I would have to take care of things myself for a little while. When that time came and passed, and we finally got some more active faces (like Barnswallow), the wiki started gaining more traction. Now it's what you see here today. The forums are somewhat quiet, and there aren't many dedicated editors here. It's still slow, and it still reminds me of that sluggish phase that the wiki went through.

I've been the only administrator on this wiki for a while now, and I'm really glad that you're back, regardless of however long you'll be back. It lifts some of the weight that I feel off my shoulders. I feel like I don't do enough for this wiki, and I put it off. I also admit that it's been cutting into more important things, too. It shouldn't ever have to come to that. This is a volunteer effort, as you are well aware. But, I digress.

I don't want to have this happen again. The whole "administrator alone" situation. I don't mean to say, "Hey YOU! I'm going to force you to help out this wiki!" What I mean is, I want there to be more administrators. More people to carry the wiki along. Edward, as you know from his message on your wall, is worried about this same thing. What will happen if/when I have to quit the wiki? Who will replace me, as Edward said, when I die? I need there to be someone. This wiki, this collection of ever changing binary numbers, means something to me. I want it to live. I want to be the person to appoint the people who will help this wiki along, even after that inevitable time when the game is forgotten and gone. I want to be a bureaucrat.

I need to know that you're alright with this. Are you? If you are, I'll put up a forum post and then I'll ask to adopt the wiki. As always, I'll ask before I do major things. If there's something that we can't agree on, I'll pitch it to the community. I'll probably promote you to Bureaucrat as well, but I want to know that we won't do the same things that others have done. You've done good with the Clash of Clans Wiki. I know you'll do (and have done since before I joined) well with this one.

TL;DR: Corny, overly descriptive and extremely drawn out asking of: Are you okay if I adopt the wiki (become a Bureaucrat)? and Can we make a promise here and now not to become these admins?

Thanks,

The User known as Ironwestie. ~ironwestie (talk to me) 03:48, March 23, 2015 (UTC) 