User blog comment:EmpyreanSmoke/Bureaucrat/@comment-778071-20141119155132/@comment-5619706-20141121033122

Nice to hear from you, RaghavD! And congratulations! I wish you all the best on your job. At one point, I thought you just gave up on the show is the reason why you're not here anymore. I'm also a bit caught up with my job and the annual license renewal for our profession (deadlne is December, so yeah, bit of a hustle).

Having said that, I actually don't know what to say to you guys. I never really thought this is how you see me and my activity here. I feel flattered. I don't think I deserve half the compliments you guys say.

Now I'm torn, because I really really love to help improve the wiki, and I agree we could use more admins (never really just thought I'd be given the opportunity to be one), but on the other hand, I'm also not fond of getting into messy affairs like this recent one, and I'm not sure if I could live up to the responsibility of being an admin. I mean, I'm willing to try, but I don't know if that's enough for me to meet the requirements. Also, would being an admin mean I need to be on guard all the time? Because honestly, I only started to keep an eye on the Recent Activity again because I'm currently active on the Buffyverse wiki. So, if in case I do step up to it, will I at least have some probationary period to try and test it out if I am comfortable doing it, or for me to at least familiarize myself with the role?

Again, thank you guys for the support, I did not really see this coming at all. I would have given a flat 'No' but reading your comments and knowing you believe I have the fairness and capablity also made me feel partially responsible that saying 'No' might disappoint you and deprive the community of a much-needed admin. So I'd take a closer look into it, and if it clicks, then I might give it a go?

It would also really by nice for Calebchiam and RaghavD to walk me through for the first few weeks/days? If possible? That way, I would know what hijinks to avoid as soon as possible.

I feel like if I said this whole post I'd be stuttering the whole time. I'm really flattered. I can't thank you guys enough.