User blog comment:Jack Firesword/Wiki Diplomats/@comment-265082-20120725212556/@comment-26686429-20120725233550

I'd disagree with this. One of the good things about the system in place at Wikia is that there are very few rules enforced across the whole site, instead each wiki evolves seperately with their own standards for content moderation, and dispute resolution.

If you'd notice the VSTF's remit, we do not get involved in wikis that have an active admin team that is dealing with the problem (if we're asked, we'll step in, but we are not replacement admins). The VSTF's philosophy is not to interfere with the culture that exists on the wiki - even if we would personally delete something as vandalism on our own wikis. We do not replace administrators, but we have tools that administrators can request, or that can be used on wikis that don't currently have administrators on.

The same thing can be said with staff - staff don't get involved because it's not their business, they aren't members of the community. It should be the job of the community to come to a decision and solve the issue - staff can give advise, but they don't get involved in the drama. If there were "inter-wiki mediators" - then it would have a very big danger of destroying this Eco-system which creates a lot of different wikis. Established wikis would not be happy with this.