User blog comment:Reddude/ADMIN BLOG-POST: Wiki Officers/@comment-Gideoncrawle-20120728192742

I had a long private chat with TAU last night, prompted by his desire to explain his hiatus and his plans. He said that he's going to be far less active going forward, although he'll continue to lurk. He gave two reasons for downshifting:

TAU made several proposals for promotions. First, he told me that I had his support for b-crat and that I would also be his choice for a nominal Sprink-style "wiki leader".
 * 1) His schoolwork (he's one of our college-aged users); and
 * 2) He no longer feels as much a part of this community because most of his wiki friends have left or become inactive. He's also splitting time with another website. (I don't remember which one offhand.)

Second, he made two proposals for new admins, one of which may surprise some of you. In addition to suggesting Wifey, who isn't really new anymore (she's been here almost a year now) he also advocated making Jessica an admin as his direct successor. Jess has been largely a background user for most of her wiki career, but she's become a lot more socially active in recent months.