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| : Thanks! In my time away from adminship I wrote, expanded, and/or GA/FA/FL'd ten articles ({{GA inline|1967 Lake Erie skydiving disaster}}, {{GA inline|Advisory Neighborhood Commission district 7F08}}, {{FA inline|Capri-Sun}}, {{GA inline|Celebrity Number Six}}, {{GA inline|Cover-up tattoo}}, {{GA inline|Death of Richard Swanson}}, ], ], {{FL inline|Terminology of transgender anatomy}}, and {{GA inline|When a man argues against two beautiful ladies like this, they are going to have the last word}}). Being able to focus on content to that degree was really gratifying, and if "writ in water" was good enough for Keats, it's good enough for me. Being able to be away from Misplaced Pages entirely, without feeling any sense of obligation, was also a really good feeling. I'm trying to keep both of those feelings in mind as I return to adminning. Obviously it's impossible to opt out of our social economy, but now I avoid the more reckless forms of social capital gambling and the "buying" of blocks and block avoidance. The irony is that doing good admin work while avoiding drama is itself a good source of social capital... but I'll continue to abstain from the more Machiavellian parts of the system to the extent that I can. <span style="font-family:courier"> -- ]</span><sup class="nowrap">[]]</sup> <small>(])</small> 05:02, 13 December 2024 (UTC) | : Thanks! In my time away from adminship I wrote, expanded, and/or GA/FA/FL'd ten articles ({{GA inline|1967 Lake Erie skydiving disaster}}, {{GA inline|Advisory Neighborhood Commission district 7F08}}, {{FA inline|Capri-Sun}}, {{GA inline|Celebrity Number Six}}, {{GA inline|Cover-up tattoo}}, {{GA inline|Death of Richard Swanson}}, ], ], {{FL inline|Terminology of transgender anatomy}}, and {{GA inline|When a man argues against two beautiful ladies like this, they are going to have the last word}}). Being able to focus on content to that degree was really gratifying, and if "writ in water" was good enough for Keats, it's good enough for me. Being able to be away from Misplaced Pages entirely, without feeling any sense of obligation, was also a really good feeling. I'm trying to keep both of those feelings in mind as I return to adminning. Obviously it's impossible to opt out of our social economy, but now I avoid the more reckless forms of social capital gambling and the "buying" of blocks and block avoidance. The irony is that doing good admin work while avoiding drama is itself a good source of social capital... but I'll continue to abstain from the more Machiavellian parts of the system to the extent that I can. <span style="font-family:courier"> -- ]</span><sup class="nowrap">[]]</sup> <small>(])</small> 05:02, 13 December 2024 (UTC) | ||
| ::Thanks for these thoughts, Tamzin, and I'm sorry for your loss. Some of the feelings you and your friend described are the reasons I have never thought for more than a couple of seconds about subjecting myself to RFA, let alone the day-to-day grind of being an admin, despite a clean block log and 350,000 edits, nearly all fixing errors and editing templates. I have made the mistake in life of taking on additional responsibility that came with little reward and a lot of negative energy, and I'm trying to avoid making that mistake again. Thanks for your admin work and your content creation work, and for this essay. – ] (]) 03:05, 14 December 2024 (UTC) | ::Thanks for these thoughts, Tamzin, and I'm sorry for your loss. Some of the feelings you and your friend described are the reasons I have never thought for more than a couple of seconds about subjecting myself to RFA, let alone the day-to-day grind of being an admin, despite a clean block log and 350,000 edits, nearly all fixing errors and editing templates. I have made the mistake in life of taking on additional responsibility that came with little reward and a lot of negative energy, and I'm trying to avoid making that mistake again. Thanks for your admin work and your content creation work, and for this essay. – ] (]) 03:05, 14 December 2024 (UTC) | ||
| *Interesting perspective, especially since it's very different from my own (for reference, we first interacted shortly after I first became an admin in late 2011). Starting with the fact that, though RfA was brutal then too, mine was almost ''too'' easy; at that time IRL I was pretty aimless (I've since gotten it together and lead a very active life), so admin work at least gave me something to do. Those who were around then will remember my sparring with the WMF, which I was eventually vindicated on, which was every bit as hard as it looked; even that felt entirely separate from anything else I was doing on Misplaced Pages. Even when I make a tough call or wade into a large dispute, it all feels very light to me because nothing that happens here will affect my livelihood. Sometimes I forget not everyone who does admin work experiences it the same way; it's a good reminder to me that I should intervene if I can see handling a situation will be less of a mental burden for me than someone else, and to look out for signs of a community discussion getting to where the heat/light ratio is tilting towards the former. ] (]) 17:28, 14 December 2024 (UTC) | |||
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Take your time dear. Anyways welcome back. Being an everyday contributor is not easy. I always face troubles as I edit, but I can resolve slowly. Ahri Boy (talk) 22:26, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
I voted against you as an administrator because I thought your expression of political beliefs was disqualifying, although they're not dissimilar from my own. However, you've been a good administrator. That's a real compliment coming from me because I recognize your name and I don't often recall the names of people I encounter here. Welcome to the world of humble content creators! We're a happy crew, although our names and deeds on Misplaced Pages are "writ in water." Smallchief (talk) 00:05, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks! In my time away from adminship I wrote, expanded, and/or GA/FA/FL'd ten articles (
1967 Lake Erie skydiving disaster, Advisory Neighborhood Commission district 7F08, 
Capri-Sun, Celebrity Number Six, Cover-up tattoo, Death of Richard Swanson, F1NN5TER, Ray cat, Terminology of transgender anatomy, and When a man argues against two beautiful ladies like this, they are going to have the last word). Being able to focus on content to that degree was really gratifying, and if "writ in water" was good enough for Keats, it's good enough for me. Being able to be away from Misplaced Pages entirely, without feeling any sense of obligation, was also a really good feeling. I'm trying to keep both of those feelings in mind as I return to adminning. Obviously it's impossible to opt out of our social economy, but now I avoid the more reckless forms of social capital gambling and the "buying" of blocks and block avoidance. The irony is that doing good admin work while avoiding drama is itself a good source of social capital... but I'll continue to abstain from the more Machiavellian parts of the system to the extent that I can. -- Tamzin (they|xe|🤷) 05:02, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
- Thanks for these thoughts, Tamzin, and I'm sorry for your loss. Some of the feelings you and your friend described are the reasons I have never thought for more than a couple of seconds about subjecting myself to RFA, let alone the day-to-day grind of being an admin, despite a clean block log and 350,000 edits, nearly all fixing errors and editing templates. I have made the mistake in life of taking on additional responsibility that came with little reward and a lot of negative energy, and I'm trying to avoid making that mistake again. Thanks for your admin work and your content creation work, and for this essay. – Jonesey95 (talk) 03:05, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
- Interesting perspective, especially since it's very different from my own (for reference, we first interacted shortly after I first became an admin in late 2011). Starting with the fact that, though RfA was brutal then too, mine was almost too easy; at that time IRL I was pretty aimless (I've since gotten it together and lead a very active life), so admin work at least gave me something to do. Those who were around then will remember my sparring with the WMF, which I was eventually vindicated on, which was every bit as hard as it looked; even that felt entirely separate from anything else I was doing on Misplaced Pages. Even when I make a tough call or wade into a large dispute, it all feels very light to me because nothing that happens here will affect my livelihood. Sometimes I forget not everyone who does admin work experiences it the same way; it's a good reminder to me that I should intervene if I can see handling a situation will be less of a mental burden for me than someone else, and to look out for signs of a community discussion getting to where the heat/light ratio is tilting towards the former. The Blade of the Northern Lights (話して下さい) 17:28, 14 December 2024 (UTC)