Board Thread:Suggestions/@comment-31420441-20170827150344/@comment-34326521-20170827192203

You misunderstand. A regular user only sees the end result of their suggestion.

Think of it like someone drinking a bottle of water. They only see the bottle. Other people had to deal with resource gathering, production, distribution, pricing, and sale. A regular user on a wiki only sees a background being changed or links in a different color. An admin or a bureaucrat has to deal with making it happen, which requires delicate work to make sure nothing is screwed up.

Example: A while back I cleaned up the wiki's code, to make it more efficient and reduce loading times. Users only experienced some improvement to page loading, whereas I had to make sure every single line of code was picture perfect, every imported code was done flawlessly, etc. That's why we have everyone from regular users (who focus more on how things look) all the way to admins and bureaucrats (who focus more on making them work). Different perspectives, for a more complete picture.

PS: The fact that you think it's easy to ascertain whether a change is feasible, beneficial, or worthwhile says volumes about the positions you've held on wikis.