User blog comment:Ericmoro/Introducing the Fan Contributor Program/@comment-8072-20160105003545/@comment-27416925-20160106182256

The evolution of what we're doing will make sense as we develop. The "Fan Contributors" are all going to be folks who have something to offer on the material they'll be writing about. Some of the pieces are meant for the hardcore and some are meant as a gateway for new fans. Because so many of the contributors will be coming from existing Wikias, it's a chance to reach new folks and the goal is to eventually amass a group of writers who will be able to participate in events and the like. As for commenting and all of that, it's certainly in the plan. Consider this first iteration the "soft launch" for a much larger approach. And because we are heavily linking to the Wikias, it's really going to be a thing that creates a synergy between the content we're doing and the Wikias that are so vital a resource for so many.