Thread:ADour/@comment-4300738-20150920210824/@comment-4651179-20150920223734

I hadn't left, I just was afk for a few minutes. But I understand what you're feeling. A lot of people act pretty snobbishly when they're admins.

I think one of the qualities an admin should have that in the end is more important that being a know-it-all in certain subject, or an ace in wiki coding, is being able to help convey a feeling of community. Admins should be empathic towards fellow users. They need to be leaders, not bosses. Something I always found was in really really bad tase was the final image of the main slider at the DC wikia. It's some weird image in high contrast that says "OBEY" in the bottom, and the subtitle "BEHOLD OUR MIGHTY ADMINISTRATORS." And when you enter to their Admin page, there's an image of grumpy Batman telling whoever is visiting the page to "DO. AS. YOU'RE. TOLD."

Like, holly cow. That's something Doctor Doom would put in the streets of Latveria. If you want to emulate any fictional character in terms of leadership, that should be Captain America.

An admin should also remember than in some point of their lives they were at the same level of the people they have to currently supervise. Of course, it's easier to remember this type of thing when you were a rookie at some point in time and not an admin since day 1. I joined this site in 2011, but didn't become an admin until 2012. I remember what was like to ask for help to an admin, or having them trying to guide me to be a better editor. An admin should never forget what was that like.

Not only an admin shouldn't lose their temper in order to communicate like normal human beings, they should also remember they're the face of a community.