I believe this has been updated as well, including FAQ. Just noticed it, so I’m sharing.
And one more, I guess.
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Can anyone enlighten me about this TE stuff regarding OL? I am a Dutch moderator and I’ve never had an editor (TE or GE) role for this language so far.
I noticed that there are people who are an OL moderator as well as a TE for this OL on the same show. Sometimes even a CM, so they actually give those roles to themselves.
I wonder, does it mean that if I write something, make e. g. a typo, go the the next segment, go back and correct the typo, I don’t get any extra points, while those people get extra points for correcting their mistakes because they also have the TE role?
By this, I don’t mean to offend anyone, I’m just curious if I understand this correctly.
No one gets any points for correcting their own work. Normally we get 1 point for writing 1 subtitle or correcting 1 subtitle that someone else has written. Once we gained a point on a subtitle, we don’t get more, no matter how often we change it.
For TEs, it works the same, except that instead of 1, they get 2 points.
write a sub: 1 point (regular volunteer) | 2 points (TE)
correct someone else’s sub: 1 point (regular volunteer) | 2 points (TE)
correct one’s own sub: 0 points (regular volunteer) | 0 points (TE)
correct someone else’s sub for the 2nd time: 0 points (regular volunteer) | 0 points (TE)
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Thank you! I wonder why people choose to be an OL TE while working on the show as a moderator of that language as well, then. What’s the point?
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What do you mean? A moderator may or may not be the editor in the team. Most of the time they are, but not necessarily.
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I’ll give a hypothetical example to make clear why I was asking these questions. Let’s say there is a show. There is only 1 person listed for a specific OL, let’s say Dutch, as a Dutch Moderator. No Dutch subtitlers, so the person works alone. The same person also gets the Dutch TE role. I was wondering what might be the reason behind that. Why not only the moderator role but also TE? You edit your own work anyway, and as mirjam_456 said, you don’t get any extra credit for that. 
According to Viki, you must appear on the channel with all the roles you are active in. For example, there are situations where I am the Channel Manager, the Romanian Moderator, the Romanian Editor, and also one of the Romanian subbers. So you are going to see me on the channel with all these roles as per Viki regulations.
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Thank you all for explaining this to me. It’s nice to see that when someone has a question, people don’t hesitate to answer it. 
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I have never added me as subtilter, even if I am always subbing on my channels 
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Thanks to Nettü, now I wonder if you also have to be added as a subtitler if you’re already a moderator for a particular language. 
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I don’t add myself as a subtitler for shows where I am already the moderator, even if I am the only one working on it.
I also edit all of my shows. For that, I add myself as an editor until I finish editing. Once editing is complete, I remove myself from the editor position. So, if you go to my page and see me added as a mod and editor, that means work is still in progress. If I am added just as a moderator, that means I have wrapped up that show.
Different people, different approaches, I guess 
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Because in your mind, if there is no other editor listed, it means that the moderator is the editor. It makes sense for us volunteers, but visitors might not know that. Are visitors interested in the name of editors? I suppose… only if they see mistakes, or if it’s exceptionally well-done, better than average.
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