The Wiki Madman : Special Bulletin
Where's Michal?
The first ever, unpublished, Wiki Madman included an article with exactly that title — Where's Michal? Not too long after I joined wikidot, I wondered that myself. The lack of Michal's communication with the community worried me, the lack of changes in the changelog worried me. It seemed that wikidot had been deserted by Michal, and it was only a matter of time before the whole thing was going to come crashing down….
And here we are. Still going. Still growing.
After receiving a couple of PMs asking about the stability of wikidot due to the lack of activity by Michal, I realize that some of you must be going through the same paranoia I went through early on. You check the changelog, you check Michal's posts and contributions and find … nothing recent.
Well, you just have to know Michal like I do. Michal is a madman — and he is banging out new features as we speak like only the muppet Animal can bang on drums. Be glad he's missing, he's giving you new features.
In fact, this is why I am the head admin. I'm here to assist the community and delete spam, but honestly, lately the other admins have been doing a much better job than I have. I loves yous guys. (ahem) Anyway, the point is that he knows he seems MIA (missing in action) when he's slavishly working on code, and that's why we are here.
Wikidot will be here tomorrow. I will be here tomorrow. And we'll all eat tacos. Or, maybe not. At any rate, wikidot will continue on, with or without tacos.
One final note, I have spoken with Michal as soon as yesterday and I've been informed that I will be relieved of my duties as head admin relatively soon as the official head admin cometh soon. Whew! It's about time. :) I do feel sad, but really, is the Zaphod Beeblebrox of wiki (me) really right for this position?
Treat the new admin well when she comes.
—hartnell
(edit: hey, yeah, misspelled Zaphod. :) )
"Early in life I learned that I was a firestarter. When I learned that I could light fires of passion I became a pyromaniac. My greatest desire is to set the world on fire." — Shawn Hartnell
