User:Emma/How I came to Zelda Wiki.org

One day in April of 2008 in school during holding tank, a period of school right after lunch for students that are not in choir, I had no homework at all and I was rather bored. I was using my Tablet PC, each student is given one to use for the school year and this was the first year. I was browsing on Wikipedia on a few The Legend of Zelda pages and I came across links to Zeldapedia and Zelda Wiki.org. I didn't know before then that there were dedicated wikis for Zelda Games. So I decide I'll check them both out and join the one I liked best. Well fate, apparently, was on the side of Zelda Wiki.org. My school had blocked Zeldapedia because it fell under the category of belong to Wikia. All wikis hosted by Wikia were blocked. So I came here(a few parts like the chatroom and a few others were blocked here too). I'm now glad that I did. I have since made some major contributions to ZeldaWiki.org. I can't live without this place. Upon being able to set up my internet connection at my home computer, that's why my screen resolution in the above userbox changed, I was able to access every part of this site that was blocked at my school, as well as Zeldapedia. I had wireless internet for the Tablet, but I prefer a hard-line connection. It is faster.

Upon looking at Zeldapedia, I was not impressed. Sure some of the things that they were using over there were pretty cool, it really was inappropriate for an encyclopedia. It made the site seem more like a forum and a fan site, and not a professional work. Also I didn't like the idea of the fate of my wiki being at the mercy of the whim of a huge company that cared little for the content.

So I decided to stick here. I now consider the fate of Zelda Wiki.org intertwined with my own. If I see the Wiki going in a bad direction, then yes I will go into overdrive mode and try help to turn us back on to a clear course.

Some people asked me if I wanted to be a sysop here. I said that I can do it. I already have the trust of the active sysops just as I trust them. But instead of begging for the position, I just go out and work to better the wiki. Rushing the staff's decision is not something I want to do. I the person who is on this site more than any other at the moment. Yes if I was a sysop it might make things a little better, but right now my main focus is to improve the site. I watch out for vandalism even though it is rare here thanks to our awesome staff here and the great decisions that they made to protect this site. I'm always willing to help out newcomers to the site. We get a few of those each week. So now you know how I came to be here. You also now have some idea of what is going on in my mind. Now keep on reading all the funny quotes on this page!!!