A KoL Wiki talk:Administrators
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Need more admins?
Moved discussion originally posted on my talk page --Quietust (t|c) 23:31, 22 November 2011 (CET)
Hey, do you guys need more wiki admins? I'm sure you've noticed that a fair percentage of spam blankings are from me, and that I've occasionally done other edits here; I am a former prominent user (User:Improv) on Wikipedia, I've set up/maintained/adminned MediaWiki for a few other groups, and don't mind fighting spam a bit more directly here. If you have enough admins, no worries, just thought I'd make the offer. I'm "pgunn" in KOL. Cheers. --Improv 19:23, 22 November 2011 (CET)
- i think it was douglas adams who said something about those who desire power being kept as far away from it as possible. kol goes further, and asking how you become a mod will explicitly disqualify you from ever becoming one. i don't make the decisions here, though. the fact that you can't follow simple instructions (read the top of the page) suggests that in this case dna may have had a point. --Evilkolbot 21:00, 22 November 2011 (CET)
- Wow, snarky! I popped down to the bottom of the page to see what you were talking about, just saw more comments, and assumed your instructions were outdated. It's pretty much a tradition on MediaWikis that talk pages are used in the way I just did anyhow; yeah, I didn't really read your instructions because at least by the standards of most wikis it's pretty strange to have such instructions. I now see that apparently the thing you wanted comments to land above has already been passed with other contents. Still, there was no need to be so rude about it, particularly when someone just makes a friendly offer. Still, I imagine you're probably not too keen to back off on the initial growl, so I guess I'm not likely to go anywhere with my offer. Cya around, I guess. --Improv 21:15, 22 November 2011 (CET)
- i was expressing an opinion, not trying to be snarky. forgive me. as i said, i don't make the decisions so my backing off or not is immaterial. it's Jinya who does. and i'm not quietust, either. you may find that the friendly offers are the ones you have to think most about. --Evilkolbot 21:49, 22 November 2011 (CET)
- In a sense you're right though; there are some people who are really really gung-ho about getting positions of power, and excessive eagerness to do so is generally a bad sign. There were a few people who crept into the upper eschelons of Wikipedia who were definitely unsuitable, and they made things pretty difficult for the rest of us. Still, I think there's a big difference between a friendly offer and a dedicated campaign. I do understand the skepticism, I just don't think I really should qualify for it because it doesn't really matter much to me either way and I've already been helping out here. It's possible I read too much hostility into your words. Anyhow, best wishes. --Improv 22:12, 22 November 2011 (CET)
- i was expressing an opinion, not trying to be snarky. forgive me. as i said, i don't make the decisions so my backing off or not is immaterial. it's Jinya who does. and i'm not quietust, either. you may find that the friendly offers are the ones you have to think most about. --Evilkolbot 21:49, 22 November 2011 (CET)
- Wow, snarky! I popped down to the bottom of the page to see what you were talking about, just saw more comments, and assumed your instructions were outdated. It's pretty much a tradition on MediaWikis that talk pages are used in the way I just did anyhow; yeah, I didn't really read your instructions because at least by the standards of most wikis it's pretty strange to have such instructions. I now see that apparently the thing you wanted comments to land above has already been passed with other contents. Still, there was no need to be so rude about it, particularly when someone just makes a friendly offer. Still, I imagine you're probably not too keen to back off on the initial growl, so I guess I'm not likely to go anywhere with my offer. Cya around, I guess. --Improv 21:15, 22 November 2011 (CET)
