Thread:Hackey5/@comment-7139687-20130421002826/@comment-5645428-20130421053116

The DragonVale Wiki is rather well known to many of our editors. We are planning on working with them in the future seeing they are organised, well presented and high quality wiki, at least coming from me, an administrator of another similar wiki. Reason I mention them, is unlike us, they have a largely scaled and extensive promotion system for the different positions such as chat moderator, rollback, sysop, and another roll known as "Wiki Moderator", which we are at a lack of finding on our wiki. They have a massive process which is too complicated for me to explain here. Asking to be promoted is the last thing you'd do. You have to work the process, which is pretty strict and would not give the opportunity to all the people interested. One thing I can tell you, is you need at least two months experience to even be elligible for chat moderator there.

I'm making it clear now, that asking will achieve nothing in increasing your chances. If you were familiar with OpenFeint while it was around, they were specific saying that asking to be a moderator would reduce your chances of becoming one. We aren't like that, and also unlike the DragonVale wiki in the fact that we simply select an editor we are pleased with when we feel hiring another is necessary. Psyche was chosen mainly for his friendly and positive attitude along with responsible behaviour, more so than his editing abilities. And not even on the wiki, it was on the Battle Bears Forum where he demonstrated his "worthiness" (you're great Psyche, I know you're reading this). He didn't ask once either. I cannot guarantee you will ever be selected, but stick with us for long enough, learn the ropes, and then how to build planes out of them. Not everyone has what it takes, but everyone has the chance to prove themselves. The wiki is far from the whole picture, as we also have beta testing going and have to do a heap of stat work and research amongst other things. I told you before, get involved with our PM on the Battle Bears Forum. If we get to know you better, of course you'll have a greater chance. That be the first step I'd recommend you take.

And administrators are willing to sit down and read my walls of text. That's step zero. :)