This is certainly an unfair rule. We have many Chinese to English subbers who can only do Chinese simplified to renew their QC status. They have way under 10,000 subs and are unqualified to be Moderator. Without their ability to regain QC status, they cannot do English subs on Standard Pass dramas. Most are students who help during their holidays, and it’s hard for them to maintain QC.
On my very first drama, I had a Greek friend to add as a first time Greek subber. There were no Greek Mods interested in the drama. She subbed the whole drama and quickly earned QC status. Now she takes others under her guidance and helps them get started on Viki. If she entered Viki now, and wasn’t allowed to start, we would have missed a great treasure!
Viki expects us to police the abusers and not allow them on our shows. When Viki gets enough complaints about someone, they remove the person. Then give us some freedom with non-abusers.
If someone is good and does the job well, I think we should be allowed freedom to use such a person. Otherwise, how will s/he ever get 10,000 credits to become a Language Moderator? Even our established Mods cannot accept the many shows which load every week! So how can they also supervise rookies who are willing to work on unpopular dramas?
This rule does not serve the community.