User blog comment:Beefy-/Im gonna start getting active :). Staff requirements?/@comment-4252375-20131106092626

Ergh... Well. Its funny you should mention that because I was just promoted.. I'm not going to sugercoat it but its going to be a LONGGGGGGGG road to Staff. (It has been for me.)

First off look at the recent  http://combatarms.wikia.com/wiki/Forum:Proposition:Let_Liveandie_be_a_Mod_for_one_month

Yeah. Clearly that passing by 6-5 means that quite a substantial amount of members of our community do not think we need more staff (As stated as the reason Everyone gave (well Ily also thinks I'm too immature. I completely agree that my actions were pretty bad and can see her point) So right now if you were to apply..... Well I'm not going to sugar coat it at all. This is the same advice I would have given myself

Edits: I have 2000+ edits. If you look at the last what 6 mods promoted. The lowest is me by far. Even when they were appointed, Muddapaka had around 2750 + edits. Ily has 9000 + Blue August has 4000 + Carmaste has 2000 edits but thats ok as he's been around the block longer than me. (I want him to be more active :p ) Edits do in a way matter. Why should you lord over the juniors MVP Edward or  ComradeJ  or LovingKate if they have contributed more and will (I'm trying to catch up to Comrade. Its a longggggggggg road). (Just my opinion) Though it should be noted that I in two months more than doubled my edits from 800 in September to 2000 now.

Time: Yeah even though I still think edits matter more than you think (WingedZeroKai turned down someone who only had 200 edits.) Comrade's still sort of right in the fact that there edits don't necessarily count, trust does. HOWEVER, how do you build that trust? By being active for YEARS. Basically looking at ALL the recent mods they've been here for more than a year. You've been semi active for 1 week basically looking at your edit count. (You've logged on to chat once) http://combatarms.wikia.com/wiki/User:-MzBlacK I know that's also you (or at least you claim thats you (no official proof I dont think so yeah..)) but even then your activity rate needs to be a lot higher than that. In short it'll probably be at least 1 year (6-9 months if we ALL (including comradeJ, LovingKate, and MVPEdward or even ZombieW or SPX300 or LunarWing and all the staff) go inactive ) before you get to apply to be moderator. Then the real question comes in why. Why do you want to be chat mod or mod? The wiki is quite active it seems. I myself was told this numerous times while applying (before Dyn's fall) Chat might just get disabled with all the drama we've had in there. So if you truly want to protect against vandalism than that's the only real reason to be mod.

In summary; The road is going to be long. 1000 edits probably isn't going to cut it 2000 is more likely the way precedent has been. While edit count might account for 40 % of your resume that trust factor will take years to build. Focus on being a great editor and good luck ! (Trust me it hasn't been easy for me)