User blog comment:Brandon Rhea/Tips for being a great admin/@comment-3508190-20121028181502/@comment-4674838-20121028185609

This is a pretty good point, I don't have enough fingers and toes to count the number of times someone has asked in the Central forums (not to mention other places): "something is wrong with my CSS files or JS files" or "I copied something from another wiki and it won't work..." - sometimes explaining the solution is impractical (the person who asked the question doesn't have the technical knowledge to understand the issue or the solution).

In this case, oftentimes the "fix it for me" approach is the only practical solution, but is difficult with the user rights system. It would be pretty cool if it was possible to set a time limit on user rights, just like blocks. That way you could very easily say to someone: "hey, come help me sort out some technical issues on my wiki. For the next hour or two, you'll have the rights to access the tools you need". I think that is an interesting idea that could help the flow of technically skilled users across Wikia. It sounds like it might not be easy to implement, and it might not be possible, but I do like the idea.