User blog comment:Eric!/The Wikia Grid layout/@comment-5065259-20120927184701/@comment-5065259-20120929030825

berth,

as for advanced editors, they are not on every wiki and not all of them have access to the admin tools to help code stuff. They are only able to explain or try to show how to code something. Some admins come on frequently enough that the vstf don't bother to help, happens quite frequently with smaller wikis. sometimes admins are not on when the wiki gets attacked, then it proves to be a problem to fix.

Tk-999,

it seems like you don't understand the full extent of the issue here. I don't know if you have ever worked on a small wiki before or not but if there is no policy overall on dealing with trolls, then it becomes a problem. Wiki contributors may edit a lot but that doesn't mean that they are helping. Sometimes it depends on the topic, though i still don't see how useful the wiki contributors exactly are. Maybe its just an issue on smaller wikis, larger wikis just don't seem to have this problem. Is there a problem to preventing them from editing, not really-though it depends on the situation.

catuse167,

i was mentioning for individial wikis. All those staff positions would be for each wiki separately, as sometimes it may be necessary. Such as smaller wikis which need to have more tools to use than a larger one, there are less active editors there. Vandals and spammers attack a smaller wiki more often than a larger one, easier target.