User blog comment:Alyssa5582/A Bright Future..A Bright DARP/@comment-24894829-20150420142921/@comment-24344137-20150420143931

I know this is Alyssa's blog, but I'm also a Bcrat here, and I thought I'd take the time to respond to some of your concerns.

1. Last year, we actually had trouble filling the Quidditch spots completely, so if you've got characters, we invite you to play! I've never seen anyone turned down for Quidditch.

3. There's the Ministry... there's shops... there's also restaurants-- wait staff, etc. Yes, the Daily Prophet would provide new jobs, and that's great that you're interested in running it again. There's also teaching at Hogwarts... there really are an abundance of jobs if you look around a little.

I've considered starting up adult Quidditch, since lately it seems there are a lot of people who want to have Professional Quidditch players. (I'll say more to this end when I respond to #5)

4. I think, personally, there are more than enough stores in Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade. Most of the time, when these stores are created, the user who created it goes inactive, and then we don't have anyone to keep track of archiving... and no one remembers the store is there... and the wiki gets cluttered with unused pages. I think the idea to create more streets is a better idea.

5. I think you need to remember that our policy here, for everyone on the wiki, is that real life comes first. Lyss, Jisk and I are all adults, and we have lives. This is the same for every single person on the admin team, from the Bcrats on down to regular users even. Yes, we do have some policies about activity on the wiki in place for our admin team. Yes, the admin team right now is a bit smaller than it has been in the past. We do the best we can... but I think it's a bit strong to say that there are "a lot of" inactive members on the team. If they are inactive, it has been for personal, family reasons. And we (generally) know what's going on.

I'm sorry that your Sorting didn't get tended to in a time you thought was reasonable. If that happens-- feel free to contact a member of the Sorting team! Sometimes they forget (we're all human... we all forget) and with a little reminder, they would be happy to tend to it. Like I said before... we're all human on this wiki. Our admin team isn't made of robots that tend to everything. We're humans.... we have real lives. So please try to bear that in mind. :)

To that end... like I said, I've been thinking about starting Adult Quidditch. But I'm not sure I have the time do that (and it would be my thing, since I'm head of Activity Implementation.) If there's strong interest... I'll consider trying. But I do see several hurdles.

So thanks for your comments! We hope that you'll continue to be active on the wiki!