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For the last four years, I've been the head administrator of three very successful sites. Although two of these sites are no longer running, it's safe to assume that I know the key components of running a successful site. One of the most paramount components of running a successful wiki is having a hardworking staff. If the wiki doesn't have a hardworking staff, it will surely fail. With this in mind, I think one of the categories for this years' judging should select a wiki who has the "Hardest Working Staff".

One of the best measures of a hardworking staff is the staff's activity on the website. If the Staff Members are barely active, it's safe to assume that they don't work very hard at all. However, if a majority of the Staff Members are actively contributing to the improvement of the wiki, it's safe to assume that that particular staff works very hard. To measure each Staff Members' activity, the judges would have to check to ensure that member of the wiki's staff is making meaningful contributions to the site. This would ensure that the site's staff contributions are being judged by quality, rather than quantity.

Although numbers are a great way to measure the effectiveness of a wiki's staff, they aren't the only way. Another way to determine the effectiveness of a wiki's staff is to look at the interaction between the Staff and the community. If the Staff Members avoid interacting with the community at all costs, the Staff is not catering to the will of the people, which will reveal tension between the Staff and its members. However, if the Staff Members are actively participating within the community, the Staff is working for the people & catering to their will. A hardworking staff will be generally liked by the community, whereas a lazy staff will be generally disliked by the community.

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