Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27575896-20180425164037/@comment-25615841-20180428173737

Raven1207 wrote: I wouldn't say all the staff here had asked to be staff, to help P.A.'s in this case. Ghosty became staff because there was a thing the mods did ~more than a year ago was some kind of contest or thing where people would submit something that says why they should be staff and the staff at the time choose the one they preferred the most. Other staff members to what I've seen were just appointed be people who were already staff. ^^

Ghosty and Jally are examples of staff that were chosen by existing members of the staff team, but the very first authorities on the wiki like TurdPile had to ask for staff, and if you're looking for a more recent one, there's Addfire. It's not just down to whether someone should or shouldn't be a moderator, be it because of trust or ability. It's whether there are positions or not. There would never have been a need to ask if anyone wanted staff if there wasn't a place, and anyone who made an application should just be told there isn't space for another member of staff.