User blog:Cooper7579/Two years on HHW

Today marks the completion of my second full year as a member of Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki! Today, I will be reflecting on my history as a HHW member and administrator, as well as my future plans and endeavours.

When I joined this wiki on August 3, 2017, I had a single thing in mind: To do what this wiki is for: Creating and sharing content, and discussing tropical cyclones. Certainly, I was not the most promising user at the time, although this would come to change as the year progressed. By October, I had become trusted enough to be granted autopatroller status, and after an unsuccesful attempt at doing so, I succesfully applied for chat moderator on this wiki. This was followed by a succesful application for rollbacker status in January of 2018. Early that year, the wiki was facing constant aggresion from various vandals, which led to my promotion to junior administrator, and then administrator status in February and early March. Once that tense period had ended, my temporary administratorship ended, but I would later be promoted permanently in April. Since then, I have served as an administrator of Hypothetical Hurricanes Wiki for over a year, co-hosted Hurricane Idol Season 14, and will be hosting Season 15 of that traditional competition. I've seen many new users join which I am very familiar with today, and have seen familiar faces leave. I've helped to combat vandalism and ensure that this wiki is enjoyable for all, and most importantly, am happy to have made what I hope to be a positive contribution to this wiki and the community. I thank you all for your support these two years and hope to continue to support you all in turn for years to come. Thank you!

- Cooper