Thread:FirePyre/@comment-30105631-20170111110922/@comment-30105631-20170114124553

Yami riku wrote: Congratulations FirePyre on your promotion.

For any future applicants... Please keep in mind of Naru's post. He brings up good points: Thread:106754

"The only reason I even promote those who ask (which really, shouldn't get promoted in the first place) is exactly because of the claim "Oh we need more people promoted" and the actual truth is we don't. THAT is the reason for the "three week delay" because I wasn't even going to promote them in the first place. I technically don't have to reply to their request, nor do I have to promote them, but I do it because then people start complaining and whining."

"The point is, we don't need this many staff because the Wikia can easily be handled with who we have now, as we're not getting as many vandals, nor do you HAVE to be staff to help the community and the wiki as a whole grow. Some of you just want power (or more power) which isn't an uncommon thing"

There are a lot of good folks here, but there really isn't a need for more staff at this point in time. Even though I might not always respond right away, I am often lurking. I see chat's not that active, so it looks like we're set on Chat Moderators. There isn't too much to do with discussions. Nothing urgent tends to pop up. [Those are the only two things Uli, Octo, and myself can promote people to.]

Rollback's nice to have in the event of mass vandalism but it's not necessary. For example, HAWAIIANpikachu has the rollback function yet manually undid the vandalism which was done 12 or whatever hours ago. He did it like a normal editor could undo vandalism.

And it doesn't matter if staff take off for a while and become semi active because the Wiki is really running just fine. Basically what I'm getting at is... If you're truly a person who cares about the Wiki, you should be able to understand that you don't need powers to make it a better place and if you genuinely believe that you do - you probably shouldn't be considered to be promoted. If you're staying active and useful, chances are that your time will come for a promotion as staff will change. Things will pop up in real life, making people leave the Wiki. You had to put that on my wall. Of course.

Anyway, thanks for congratulating me! It's appreciated :)