User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Global Navigation Update/@comment-50.117.34.108-20141204234804/@comment-452-20141205143649

I certainly hope not, he's a helpful user here.

As it is, he is already not allowed to talk about certain things since signing a non-disclosure agreement with Wikia.

If he becomes a paid member of staff, he will know more and be able to help users less - not to mention having less time to help.

The same thing happens with video game modders who are recruited by game developers - they stop producing mods, and are legally not allowed to share certain information, even if they discovered the information while "off the clock".