Hi @shingle, all great questions!!
For editing those pages it depends on what you're looking at. For example, as for adding the description to the Nokia C210, there is a pending edit that has to go though an admin patrol.
As far as becoming a moderator, it happens in a few ways. Generally it's based off of:
* type, quality, and number of answers/written guides
* breadth of knowledge demonstrated
* overall rapport on the site (among community members and admin)
* unanimous nominations/agreeing from all current moderators and admin
I'll look into the lack of "Accept as Solution". That's a strange one that I can't answer off of the top of my head.
Can you send me a link to a guide that has no slider?