I can't answer as to why you aren't a VIP since I don't know how that works for the fansub and scanlation helpers, it might not even be the same for the scanlation team
I just assumed since I've seen people involved one way or another in the fansubbing with it that it was the same for the scanlation team
Maybe not. (It seemed logical though
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You'd need to ask an admin or someone in charge of that directly for that though~
As for changing the thread to answered, mods don't seem to be able to do that