Guys, stop getting hung up over words like "endorse" or "support" or "suggest" - it doesn't matter. Nothing NIWA does is compulsory, enforced, or otherwise forcibly pushed on any member. Using the email system of the forums to inform members about this opportunity was not abusive or inappropriate.
I endorse this group as a viable option for a Wiki to get help. As such, if NIWA members use it, then how is that not "NIWA endorsing" it? Seriously. Let's get real here.
Can we just stop losing sight of what something aims to do, which in this case is help everybody, by distracting things with irrelevant declarations of what NIWA can and cannot do? It does what its members want, which means it can do anything so long as the members want it. I'm really worried that NIWA is going to get derailed if we keep focusing on things like that, which ultimately don't matter and are just ranting points. We need to prioritize.
As far as this team goes, I'd love to see Wikis taking advantage of this. If there are freelance editors with nothing better to do, then why not use them? Also, I think this topic should not be used to request help - we should keep that over at N-Wiki maybe? Otherwise, we should start a new topic dedicated SOLELY to asking for help, and discussing things therein, as this topic is too chaotic and has too many pages that don't pertain to Wikis asking for help.