User blog:Artimas Hunter/User Rights

Well, Forest's blog post kinda made me want to write some about this. And the fact that I'm super bored. But anyways, I just wanted to say that (as Forest said) many users want to have rights. It isn't hard tobe nominated or get a second, but when it actually comes down to the voting, it's very hard. Sometimes, you get quite offended.

And Forest made another good analogy (Sorry, i'm stealing all yourt stuff Forest ^^) She said that this wiki is like a Clan. GB is kinda the leader, Sparrow is thr med. cat and Forest is trying to become the deputy. The rollbacks are like senior warriors. I think this is actually a really good analogy. A lot of cats in the Clans want to be leader or deputy, there isn't a kit that hasn't grown up, playing games where they are fearless leaders and it's the same here. Everyone is attracted to being one of the very few, lucky people who are granted rights. But the thing is, only a few actually make it. I'm up for voting right now and someone voted against me becoming a rollback. I don't hate them, it's their opinion but it kinda made me realize how hard this was. I thought it was just stroll in, get votes, come out with more buttons available to you.

It's not impossible to get rights, but you really have to ask yourself: Can I live without this? Will I go crazy with power? Can I handle this? Will I be there? How can I help? If you can answer all of these questions well, you might be able to be a user with rights one day. But if all you can say is, "I want to have the power." then you should rethink your choice.

There are so many great users, so much creativity floating around this wikithat almost anyone would make a good rollback or sysop. But you really have to be prepared. To face some rejection when you're in voting and the hard work that follows.

Thanks for putting up with my long ramble and (for Forest) putting up with me stealing all your stuff. ^^

-- Moonbeam SkyClan will rise! 22:25, April 2, 2010 (UTC)