User blog comment:FishTank/Introducing Vanguard, Wikia's Newest Volunteer Team/@comment-452-20160819225633/@comment-4142476-20160820133838

Three things:
 * When I picked "Brigadier" as name for the Wikia Language Brigade's members, I didn't intend it in a military way either. It just sounds catchy, but if you look at the pure etymological side it really doesn't need to be militaristic.
 * What past issues did you have with "volunteers" not understanding their lack of authority? I know that as a Helper, we're rarely bothering with English wikis, and VSTF don't really need to act on local policies as they just clear out spam.
 * Vanguard consulting with local admins is a must; we don't randomly start replacing your infoboxes, I think most of us even put them on test wikis until we've gotten permission (even though any user can create a new template page).