Board Thread:Support Requests - Community Management/@comment-31908188-20180422211219/@comment-9605025-20180422235902

Anonminati already mentioned some of this but I thought I would provide a little more. FANDOM is the brand name used by Wikia for its MediaWiki-1.19-based wiki-hosting services. This particular wiki is for discussing Wikia wikis (basically, this is a meta wiki). As such, it is directly controlled by Wikia staff and those whom they appoint (decided through an undisclosed process).

Only Wikia staff are paid. You can see a list of user groups at Help:User rights. Groups listed as global are restricted to Wikia staff and a relatively small, select group of volunteers. In order to join one of these groups, you must meet certain criteria and be nominated by a current group member/Wikia staff member (again, the process is usually undisclosed).

Groups listed as local pertain to individual wikis. In addition to some global user groups (such as Wikia staff), you can be added to a local user group by local bureaucrats/admins (admins have a restricted list of groups they can promote users to). Each wiki has its own set of criteria for promotion to the various local user groups. Some wikis have a set system, others don't. Some wikis disclose their system, others don't.

If there is a topic you are interested in, see if a wiki dedicated to it already exists. If not, you can start your own; in which case you will be given both admin and bureaucrat status. If such a wiki does exist, start by participating in that community. If there are active admins/bureaucrats, ask them about how you can get promoted on that wiki. If not, continue making quality edits as it will be needed if you decide to apply to adopt the wiki. I believe Anonminati has already provided the relevant link.