User blog comment:Anonymoustyd/User rights stuff/@comment-28241556-20141009065353/@comment-5294711-20141011003935



So you are saying that you don't have the courage to take risks when doing CM-level tasks even though you are the CGM? More power comes more responsibility, you know...

"Another reason is that I don't even know what "daily administration tasks" are."

If you don't even know what those tasks are then why are you so fast in denying them and demote yourself?! As for me, I'm not the original creator of the admin position, but I think those tasks are:


 * Receive users' messages and gives them support


 * Warn and punish spammers, vandalizers, badly-behaving users


 * Resolve crisises and arguments between users


 * Update the wiki's news, featured conceptions, polls, community corner etc. regularly


 * Give "official" feedback to conceptions, blogs, etc. and delete/fix them if needed


 * If possible, think of new ways to improve the wiki

"Wikia says admins are supposed to do admin tasks, while b'crats are supposed to be overseeing."

IMO "overseeing" itself is a very vague task, especially with a small and/or peaceful organization. One maybe looking over the wiki and give commands/directions in the background regularly and call that "overseeing", or one can just sit there and do nothing and still call that "overseeing" but nothing too big has happened, or one may also just be an inactive jerk and let the CMs do all the work even in crisis because hey, resolving crisises is "administrative task"! And still call that "overseeing", of course! I think you should just forget about "overseeing-yet-not-doing-administrative-tasks" and just live normally because, well, IMHO true overseeing simply means that you should care about the wiki more than anyone else and will do anything to make it better as a leader. It just means that you have total command. Unless it becomes too busy and messes up your life, you should also do "administrative tasks".