Thread:Leviatree/@comment-3218221-20200704035814

Sorry in advance for the multiple messages! I also wanted to respond to this...


 * Leviatree wrote: I noticed your profile says your busy with your thesis, so please don't feel pressured to reply. I don't check the wiki that often (wiki editing is much more laborious than expected... procrastination...)

...but I thought it deserved a separate thread of its own. Also helps organization-wise.

Thanks for your patience; I did send her a hot mess of a rough draft, but 'hot mess' means I have so much still to do on the thesis front.

Of course, on the wiki front as well; you're absolutely right about wiki editing. A lot of time and effort goes into it, doesn't it? Adding robust personality sections, expanding chronologies, looking up references... these are time-consuming tasks separately and altogether, just to name a few. This is why FANDOM describes Wikis as community-driven, not individual-driven; Wikis need communities (with active contributors) to thrive.

That you've stuck around and chipped in--even knowing now this is hard work--well, I'm very grateful. Every edit truly does count, especially on Wikis with few editors. I am the sole administrator of Baccano! Wiki, and founded the Vamp! and Etsusa Bridge Wikis before DMDP Wiki. Without communities of editors actively contributing robust content to those wikis, progress relies on me and is therefore slow on all four wikis. (Practically halted on Vamp! and EB, which I've severely neglected.)

"One individual can only do so much," but also: "one individual can do so much." Power admins and editors are proof of that. Each person who steps up to the editing plate can make a big difference in terms of wiki content, so there's a lot one can be proud of. On bad days wiki editing can seem like a chore, but on good ones? It can be pretty fun.

And remember: avoid burnout. My predecessor at Baccano! Wiki burnt out on editing (she'd also been shouldering the wiki's progress before I came along); it can happen to anyone. Chipping in when you're feeling up to it is already you contributing more than the majority of people who use the wiki, so hey; I appreciate it.

Still appreciate these names you shared last November, by the way. Did you see that I've enabled comments on my messy "DMDP names" blog post?

Edit: The sheer length of this post definitely reflects on how used I am to seeing new faces at wikis I admin... 