Thread:-Sparks-/@comment-4674838-20130528203216/@comment-4674838-20130602170742

Hi, I'm an admin on Community Central, but I'm not part of Wikia staff and I don't work too closely with the VSTF, so there's not much I can do to help you in this regard.

I would recommend reading the VSTF Membership page for more tips on what you can do to help out the VSTF. As you noted, they are an invite-only group, so there is no guarantee anyone would be able to join. All you can really do is help out in their IRC channel and clean up spam, be friendly, and build up a good reputation with the group over the course of time (months/years). When you've proven yourself, and when an opportunity arises, you might be considered as a candidate to join the VSTF.

I don't mean to discourage you too much, but it takes real dedication to join the VSTF &mdash; it's not something most people can do. The VSTF have access to an array of tools that, used inappropriately, could cause a lot of harm to many wikis. Which is why only the most dedicated, trustworthy and experienced people are invited to join.