User blog comment:Protanly/Protanly's views on the current state of the wiki/@comment-24024415-20161212150512/@comment-5939269-20161212161655

I feel there's a clear distinction from the ability to serve a said purpose as staff on the wiki separately from the main purpose of the wiki. The main purpose of the wiki is to provide a knowledge database for people to access, but that doesn't mean I believe that the staff positions must revolve around the constant use of an edit button.

I believe that staff simply serve their roles to provide better maintenance of the wiki. A content moderator is expected to remove, rename, delete, protect pages, etc. This doesn't mean that I believe that making mainspace edits is a part of the job simply because the position has responsibility in said area. The use of the edit button is a feature for all users, and is not reflective of a position. A rollbacks job is to rollback bad edits, but just because they are in mainspace does not mean I believe that their job also means making edits on top of rollbacking the bad ones. Activity in said area does not always have to mean making edits in said area, and I feel that if a user can show themselves to be useful with said power, that edits in and of themselves are not relevant.