Board Thread:Wiki Improvement/@comment-11776673-20160626191740/@comment-7637833-20160626195518

Then we'd look at the quality of their edits. If it's just a whole lot of spam and nonsense like you say, then it's an automatic no. But if it's filled with good contributions and actual unique content, then that's a good way to show you're a possible good candidate.

TBH, this is exactly how a job application goes in real life. Let's say you try to apply for a job, such as customer service. If you go in and have no references or experience to show that you're capable of the job, and your behavior during the interview doesn't leave a good impression on the interviewer, then you're very unlikely to get the job. However, if you have good references, get there on time and are presentable, and show that you're actually experienced and wanting the job, then your chances of getting it are increased.

And even though you have a point about chat moderators only dealing with stuff in the chat... well, I wanted to be a chat moderator when I got here, just like you. But I knew that just asking for it when I was still a newbie would just have the staff say "no", so instead, I hung around, got to know people, assisted in various matters like voting and discussions on wiki improvement, and much more. Sooner or later, someone recommended me for administrator, and though I appreciated it, I turned it down in favor of chat moderator - going straight from normal user to admin was a huge power leap to me, and I didn't feel like I was ready. However, the leap from normal user to chat moderator wasn't quite as huge, so I aimed for that instead. This way, I could get experience on how to use my newfound power to, well, moderate the chat and gauge how to solve situations, before I eventually recommend myself for administrator.

Since the time gap between my promotion to moderator and my promotion to admin was quite a while, I had a lot of time to get experience and be comfortable in the work area. I made sure to improve things around here, whether it was keeping an eye on chat, enforcing standards, helping with wiki improvement, and other things. Over time, I grew confident in myself to recommend myself for admin, and I got a lot of support for it because people knew how I acted and how I did my job as mod.

...sorry, I rambled on quite a bit, my mistake. But my points still stand.