Wikipedia:Don't edit for power

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This page provides a concept on Wikipedia Behaviour, which is that of only editing the website to become an admin. Even though it is acceptable, it describes that the failure to get power can cause trouble. The message is that don't edit wikipedia just for power and to become an admin. Edit Wikipedia to build an encyclopedia!

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[edit] Users for power

Wikipedia is an encyclopedia where we work together, and of course we need admins to block users, protect pages and delete things, but to many users tend to think that adminship seems like a job where you are powerful, the boss and in control, whilst also you are allowed to act in anyway you want, and everybody takes your opinion as right. Because of this, some users only edit Wikipedia in a nice manner just to become an admin, so they can supposedly gain the power they want, themselves forgetting what the encyclopedia itself is for.

[edit] What happens when they get power

Let's say these power hunting users go up for RFA and suceed, they gain the supposed power that they have only edited wikipedia for. These users will possibly now just scrap writing articles and improving them also scrapping any other kind of encyclopedia based work, and obviously they will use the tools and only the tools!

Eventually they will get bored of even being on wikipedia, bearing in mind they weren't bored when they were busy writing articles and improving everything to get the admin job, and most of these kinds of users will just abandon their admin account. Just for some vandal to compromise it 2 years later and wreck havoc with these admin tools. Which is one reason you shouldn't just edit to look for power. However under some cases this doesn't happen, and this situation is a rare one.

[edit] What happens when they don't get power...

Let's say an average user who is hunting for power on Wikipedia goes up for RFA and fails the process. Problems can then arise; these power-hunting users may get angry that they have failed the RFA process (even though they may not at all be fit to be an admin). They may think Wikipedia has something against them and they may Stay cool - or worse, they may explode on the users who have opposed them in the RFA. This can lead to months and months of trouble, resulting in them never becoming an admin anyway. This would be yet another reason why one shouldn't use Wikipedia to get power and attention.

[edit] Are all admins looking for power then?

No not all admins on wikipedia are power hunters, because you will see that many of them are dedicated contributors who still write and improve articles, and they may have chosen to go for adminship to help Wikipedia more rather than to bask in their so-called power. After all, being an admin is more like being a cleaner than being an emperor.