Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28857013-20131201125803/@comment-366087-20131203231917

@undefinedExpecting Staff to handle things is a poor long-term strategy.

Staff have a lot on their hands running all of wikia. They take weekends and holidays off, mainly because they are subject to laws and guidelines governing employees in America, which they are. They are not like most Admins which are volunteers. Sometimes they even go on vacation.

If a requested action is not in their purview, they will tell you to use Special:Contact to report/request it. Which often takes 2-3 business days, again not counting weekends and holidays.

Staff *also* is reluctant to involve themselves in local wiki matters. It takes the consensus of a *community discussion* to get them to look into something, and that takes at least a week to allow everyone the chance to comment if they are going to, UNLESS a clear violation of Wiki Terms of Use. That Brandon Rhea acted as quickly as he did recently was because it was seen as an extreme case.

Generally Staff remains Hands-off with all other local concerns. Their initial response is: "Poor wiki Administration will cause users to leave and the wiki will fall into disuse."