Changes: Help:Volunteers and Helpers

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Fandom is often helped by volunteers from its communities. These volunteers never outrank administrators on a wiki, but they may have certain global user rights similar to Fandom Staff to help Fandom communities more effectively. This page outlines some of the volunteer groups on Fandom.

Helpers

The Fandom Helper group is made up of volunteers working to support and improve non-English communities. Like Fandom staff, Helpers have extended user rights on all wikis, but they do not outrank administrators, and will listen and respond to the views of any community they are working on and helping with.

Members of the Helper group have a tag in their signatures.

SOAP

The Spam Obliteration and Prevention (SOAP) is a group of Fandom users who have volunteered to help keep Fandom clear and free of spam and vandalism. The group are given additional user rights that allow them to detect, delete, and revert these spam edits, and block these users. You can report vandalism and spam on the SOAP Wiki.

Global Discussions moderators

Global Discussions moderators are a group of users with permissions related to the Discussions feature. Their focus is on community management, community building and social concerns within the Discussions feature specifically. They are assigned to work on specific communities that have requested help or that have been identified by Fandom staff. You can request their help on the Discussions Moderation Requests page.

Vanguard

Vanguard is a group of Fandom users who have volunteered to help make Fandom's content available on the widest possible range of devices. They often hang out at the Portability Hub, where they're involved in all manner of user-generated discussions on the subject. They have been given additional user rights that allow them freer access to the MediaWiki and Template namespaces, Fandom-wide.

Community Council

The Community Council is a group of users chosen from throughout the community by the staff to provide preliminary feedback on new features that are under development. While they do not have additional user rights, other than the ability to see the Community Council Wiki, these volunteer users have a "Councilor" tag on their profiles for the duration of their time in the group.

Volunteer Developers

The Volunteer Developers program is an initiative that aims to enable technically skilled members of the Fandom community to contribute to Fandom not only by editing and wiki administration but also by fixing bugs and improving Fandom's software.

Issues with these groups

Sometimes, unanticipated disagreements and issues arise between users and groups of volunteers and Helpers. Should this be the case, and you are unable to resolve the issue locally, feel free to contact Fandom Staff using the contact form for help in resolving the matter.

Further help and feedback

Browse and search other help pages at Help:Contents
Check Fandom Community Central for sources of further help and support
Check Contacting Fandom for how to report any errors or unclear steps in this article

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+{{AdministrativeIndex|volunteers}}Fandom is often helped by '''volunteers''' from its communities. These volunteers never outrank administrators on a wiki, but they may have certain global user rights similar to [[Help:Community Team|Fandom Staff]] to help Fandom communities more effectively. This page outlines some of the volunteer groups on Fandom.
-{{AdministrativeIndex|volunteers}}
-Wikia is often helped by '''volunteers''' from its communities. These volunteers never outrank administrators on a wikia, but they may have certain global user rights similar to [[Help:Wikia Staff|Wikia Staff]] to help Wikia communities more effectively. This page outlines some of the volunteer groups on Wikia.
-==Helpers==
+== Helpers ==
-The Wikia Helper Group is made up of volunteers working to support and improve non-English communities.
+The [[w:Community Central:International|Fandom Helper group]] is made up of volunteers working to support and improve non-English communities. Like Fandom staff, Helpers have extended user rights on all wikis, but they do not outrank administrators, and will listen and respond to the views of any community they are working on and helping with.
+Members of the Helper group have a <helper/> tag in their signatures.
-Helpers have global administrator, bureaucrat, and some staff rights, but they do not outrank administrators. Helpers respect local policies, and they will listen and respond to the views of any community they are working on and helping with.
+== SOAP ==
-Members of the Helper Group can be found [[Special:Listusers/helper|here]]. When on Wikia, they can be found with a <helper /> tag in their signatures.
+The [[Help:SpamTaskForce|Spam Obliteration and Prevention]] (SOAP) is a group of Fandom users who have volunteered to help keep Fandom clear and free of spam and vandalism. The group are given additional user rights that allow them to detect, delete, and revert these spam edits, and block these users. You can report vandalism and spam on the [[w:c:soap:|SOAP Wiki]].
+== Global Discussions moderators ==
-==VSTF==
+[[Help:Global Discussions moderators|Global Discussions moderators]] are a group of users with permissions related to the [[Help:Discussions|Discussions]] feature. Their focus is on community management, community building and social concerns within the Discussions feature specifically. They are assigned to work on specific communities that have requested help or that have been identified by Fandom staff. You can request their help on the [[w:Discussions Moderation Requests|Discussions Moderation Requests]] page.
-The [[Help:Spam Task Force|Volunteer Spam Task Force (VSTF)]] is a group of Wikia users who have volunteered to help keep Wikia clear and free of spam and vandalism. The group is made up of users who act in the interest of keeping Wikia clean of vandalism and spam, and they are given additional user rights that allow them to detect, delete, and block these spam edits and users. You can report spam on the [[w:c:vstf|VSTF Wiki]].
-==Community Council==
+== Vanguard ==
+[[Help:Vanguard|Vanguard]] is a group of Fandom users who have volunteered to help make Fandom's content available on the widest possible range of devices. They often hang out at [[w:c:portability|the Portability Hub]], where they're involved in all manner of user-generated discussions on the subject. They have been given additional user rights that allow them freer access to the MediaWiki and Template namespaces, Fandom-wide.
-The [[Help:Community Council|Community Council]] is a group of Wikians chosen from throughout the community by the staff to provide preliminary feedback on new features that are under development. While they do not have additional user rights, other than the ability to see the Community Council Wikia, these volunteer users have a "Councilor" tag on their profiles for the duration of their time in the group.
+== Community Council ==
-==Admin Mentor Program==
+The [[Help:Community Council|Community Council]] is a group of users chosen from throughout the community by the staff to provide preliminary feedback on new features that are under development. While they do not have additional user rights, other than the ability to see the Community Council Wiki, these volunteer users have a "Councilor" tag on their profiles for the duration of their time in the group.
-The [[Admin Support:Main Page|Admin Mentor Program (AMP)]] is a group of experienced admins on Wikia using their expertise to empower Wikia admins with the knowledge and skills they need to best manage their communities. They are friendly faces to turn to with any questions about wiki creation and management. The mentors are able to offer a hands-on approach to getting your community looking great and running smoothly.
+== Volunteer Developers ==
-==Issues with these groups==
+The [[Help:Volunteer Developers|Volunteer Developers]] program is an initiative that aims to enable technically skilled members of the Fandom community to contribute to Fandom not only by editing and wiki administration but also by fixing bugs and improving Fandom's software.
-Sometimes, unanticipated disagreements and issues arise between users and groups of volunteers and Helpers. Should this be the case, and you are unable to resolve the issue locally, feel free to [[Help:Contacting Wikia|contact Wikia Staff]] for help in resolving the matter.
+== Issues with these groups ==
-==See also==
+Sometimes, unanticipated disagreements and issues arise between users and groups of volunteers and Helpers. Should this be the case, and you are unable to resolve the issue locally, feel free to [[Help:Contacting Fandom|contact Fandom Staff]] using the [[Special:Contact|contact form]] for help in resolving the matter.
-*Learn about the role of [[Help:Administrators' how-to guide|Administrators]]
-*Learning about the [[Help:Community Team|Community Support Team]]
-*Learn about how to [[Help:Contacting Wikia|contact Wikia]]
-==Further Help & Feedback==
+== See also ==
+* Learn about the role of [[Help:Administrators' how-to guide|Administrators]]
+* Learning about the [[Help:Community Team|Community Support Team]]
+* Learn about how to [[Help:Contacting Fandom|contact Fandom staff]]
+== Further help and feedback ==
 {{Help and feedback section}}
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