Thread:Daniel Viglietti/@comment-34812035-20190705011014/@comment-24886041-20190705170331

The standard way is to either be brought in by an existing administrator, or be granted admin rights to accomplish the role you've already grown into on the site (aka, by experience).

Our general experience has been that people who are granted wiki admin rights based on desire and request only tend to make significant site changes over a short time and then lose interest.

People of interest as administrators/moderators are those who contribute on a regular basis over years, and have a big picture idea of what the site's goals are, and are motivated to move that picture forward -- people who can be depended upon to learn from the existing community and maintain the site in a consistent manner while integrating new ideas and features.