Need Some Advice about Joining a wiki to help edit it.

[Cinnamon115]

I need some advice. I've been editing anonymously on Dragon Quest Wiki to help improve their stub articles. But I'd like to create some pages and to do that I need to create an account. But I'm a bit hesitant about doing that. The last time I made an account on a wiki to help edit was with the Pokemon Wiki. I did a good job of writing up plot summaries for articles that they made me the official synopsis editor. The problem with that was there was a lot of pressure on me to write those articles and they took so much time out of my day and it got so stressful that I eventually quit.I've been so worried about the same situation happening again that it was only a month ago that I worked up the courage to start editing on Dragon Quest Wiki, though anonymously. Now I want to do more to help out, but I'm so afraid of the same situation that happened with Pokemon Wiki will happen again when I make an account. Any advice?

 

[dragonwolf]

Create an account and write the things you feel inclined to write, when you feel like doing it. If they come to you to be in an official position, you're free to decline them and explain that you've tried that before and felt like the pressure/obligation to do it wasn't what you wanted (be sure to thank them for that consideration, too). Or, you can accept that position, with the caveat that your work continues on your own time, at your own pace, and on your own terms.

It can be hard sometimes to maintain that flow that got you the recognition and following that you get from doing your own thing. Just remember -- they like you because of what you happen to be doing, but ultimately, you're doing these things for yourself, not anyone else. Yeah, it feels like the expectation has grown and you have a name or reputation to uphold, but you gained that reputation from simply doing your thing. So keep just doing your thing. If they end up disappointed, that's their problem, not yours.