User:Darth Culator/essays

This is a construction site for things that I've wanted to say for a while. If they offend you, you're probably one of the ones they're targeted at, and I don't much care about your opinion.

=If you want power don't seek it= WP:HUMBLE Essay Just what it says on the tin.

As Wookieepedia grows in publicity and usership, there seem to be an increasing number of people making obvious, unsubtle, and generally un-classy attempts to get what they perceive as a promotion or a status symbol.

This thinking is inherently wrong and stupid.

Having rollback, being an administrator, or joining the Inquisitorius or Agricorps is not a privilege. It's a responsibility. It's an unpaid part-time job.

And getting one of those positions isn't like getting a cookie. It is the result of the community recognizing your readiness to accept greater responsibilities, based on your efforts to maintain and improve the quality of Wookieepedia. The quality of Wookieepedia as an encyclopedia, not as MyWookieeSpace.

Here's a short list of rules for getting ahead:
 * 1) If you ask for adminship, you're not going to get it. There was a time when that kind of behavior could fly, and it ended around 2006.
 * 2) If you try to promote yourself by deprecating others, it won't work. You'll gradually turn people against you and probably end up banned.
 * 3) If you're already an admin at another site, WE DON'T CARE. In fact, depending on which site you're an admin on, it may make Wookieepedians prejudge you as immature and/or dumb. If you've ever been associated with Darthipedia, Halopedia, Star Wars Fanon, Disney Channel Wiki, or Club Penguin, do your best to keep that fact a secret for as long as possible. You may want to start a whole new account, even if that means you have to wait a year.
 * 4) If you try to produce a large quantity of edits without being particularly concerned about quality, this won't win you any points, and eventually people may get so fed up with your crap output that you'll get banned.
 * 5) If you've been around a while but have few contributions, your "tenure" won't do you any good.

=Even if you're not an adult, act like one= WP:GROWUP Essay Behave like a child and we'll treat you like a child.

=Don't be an idiot= WP:STUPID Essay Things not to do before proving your usefulness.

=You are not special= WP:STUFFIT Essay It doesn't matter what your mommy told you. You're not special.