Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4234382-20160418164552/@comment-3026053-20160607092623

C.Syde65 wrote: VSTF, Helpers, and Staff do have the permissions to grant themselves admin rights, but the last time I checked, they didn't have the rights to do it. We can, it's just something we rarely need to do, as it's use is limited to specific kinds of vandalism. So it's definitely out of the question that we would make ourselves admin just for the sake of gaining badges. That goes against everything the VSTF stand for as well as against common courtesy and respect for the local community and it's autonomous right to decide for themselves who will be granted admin rights. Besides, badges are meant to entice people to invest time in that particular wiki by contributing on a constructive manner. The VSTF generally visits a lot of wiki to revert the unconstructive actions of others without the intention of actually becoming a productive member of that community.