Thread:Brandon Rhea/@comment-13520889-20131012235317/@comment-20644-20131017170315

Hi there. Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.

While it's good to see you're interested in being more involved on Wikia, a group like this is not necessary. You mentioned that this program could make staff "feel a little happier doing your job knowing there's volunteers out there fixing and resolving inter wiki issues." That type of inter-wikia dispute resolution is part of our job. It's not something that we reluctantly take on. It's in our job description as community managers.

Given that, the Volunteer Wiki Investigators is not something we'll be adopting at this time. I've also closed the Volunteer Wiki Investiators Wikia. Having that up could cause issues if people start taking it upon themselves to involve themselves in inter-wikia disputes, which is the job of Wikia Staff.

And just to clarify something about the VSTF, since your message seems to indicate that you feel they're not going far enough, their job is not to deal with these types of disputes. Their job is to revert and clean up spam and vandalism. No one should confront a spammer either&mdash;when someone makes bad edits like that, the process to follow is block, revert, and ignore. Emphasis on ignore; if you start engaging with a spammer, you're giving them the attention they're looking for.

I hope that explanation is helpful. Feel free to let me know if you need anything else.