1410:; they are provided to trusted users for maintenance and other tasks, and should always be used with thought, care, and with due diligence and good judgment. Serious misuse of the tools may result in sanctions or even their removal. If a user believes that an administrator has not used their administrative tools as per the established Knowledge (XXG) policies and guidelines, then they should first discuss their concerns and issues with the respective administrator directly. In cases where the issue is not resolved by discussing it directly and/or when broader community input is determined to be necessary or required, users can post their concerns regarding the issue at
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Administrators are expected to have good judgment, and are presumed to have considered carefully any actions or decisions they carry out as administrators. Administrators may disagree, but administrative actions should not be reversed without good cause, careful thought, and (if likely to be objected
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In general, editors should not act as administrators in disputes in which they have been involved. This is because involved administrators may be, or appear to be, incapable of making objective decisions in disputes to which they have been a party or about which they have strong feelings. Involvement
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share their password or account with any other person, for any reason. If they find out their password has been compromised, or their account has been otherwise compromised (even by an editor or individual they know and trust), they should attempt to change it immediately, or otherwise report it to a
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Before requesting or accepting a nomination, candidates should generally be active, regular, and long-term
Knowledge (XXG) editors, be familiar with the procedures and practices of Knowledge (XXG), respect and understand its policies, and have gained the general trust of the community. Candidates are
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Knowledge (XXG)'s worldwide cultural impact and visibility grew, and as the community grew with it, the role of administrators evolved and standards for adminship rose. Given the lengthy procedures required to remove administrative access, which often include attempts to resolve the dispute prior
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If a user believes an administrator has acted improperly, they should express their concerns directly to the administrator responsible and try to come to a resolution in an orderly and civil manner. If the matter is not resolved between the two parties, users can proceed with dispute resolution (see
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involved and is not prevented from acting in an administrative capacity in relation to that editor or topic area. Warnings, calm and reasonable discussion and explanation of those warnings, advice about community norms, and suggestions on possible wordings and approaches do not make an administrator
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Administrator tools are also to be used with careful judgement; it can take some time for a new administrator to learn when it's best to use the tools, and it can take months to gain a good sense of how long a period to set when using tools such as blocking and page protection in difficult disputes.
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While RFA is an intensive process, the quality of feedback and review on the candidate's readiness and demeanor by experienced editors is often very high. Applicants who are unsuccessful but take steps to address points raised will often succeed on a subsequent request some months later. If you are
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In most cases, disputes with administrators should be resolved with the normal dispute resolution process. If the dispute reflects seriously on a user's administrative capacity (blatant misuse of administrative tools, gross or persistent misjudgment or conduct issues), or if dialog fails, then the
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Administrators who seriously or repeatedly act in a problematic manner, or who have lost the trust or confidence of the community, may be sanctioned or have their administrator rights removed by the
Arbitration Committee. In the past, this has happened or been suggested for the following actions:
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Administrators should bear in mind that they have hundreds of colleagues. Therefore, if an administrator cannot adhere to site policies and remain civil (even toward users exhibiting problematic behavior) while addressing a given issue, the administrator should bring the issue to a noticeboard or
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is incompatible with the expectations and responsibilities of administrators, and consistent or egregious poor judgment may result in the removal of administrator tools. Administrators should strive to model high standards of courtesy and civility, and their conduct should set the example for all
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The RfA process allows other editors to get to know the candidate. Editors explore the candidate's involvement and background as an editor, conduct in discussions, and understanding of the role they are requesting. Editors state if they support or oppose the request, along with their reasons and
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currently used, individual accounts are marked with the special roles they may play; these roles in turn determine any special tools they may access. Administrators were not intended to develop into a special subgroup. Rather, administrators should be a part of the community like other editors.
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is when an administrator's action is reversed by another administrator, but rather than discussing the disagreement, administrator tools are then used in a combative fashion to undo or redo the action. With very few exceptions, once an administrative action has been reverted, it should not be
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if specified criteria are met. The specific criteria are set by each administrator for themselves, and usually detailed in their userspace. The process is entirely voluntary and administrators may change their criteria at any time, or decline to adhere to previously made recall pledges.
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I think perhaps I'll go through semi-willy-nilly and make a bunch of people who have been around for awhile sysops. I want to dispel the aura of "authority" around the position. It's merely a technical matter that the powers given to sysops are not given out to everyone.
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and perform their duties to the best of their abilities. Occasional mistakes are entirely compatible with the admin toolset; administrators are not expected to be perfect. However, sustained or serious disruption of
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And remember that you have hundreds of colleagues: you are not alone and most issues are made worse by poor judgment. If you are seen to conduct yourself well, usually the matter will blow over soon, however bad it may seem. Sometimes it's best simply to
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If an editor has had at least two years of uninterrupted inactivity (no edits) between the removal of the admin tools and the re-request, regardless of the reason for removal, the editor will need to request reinstatement through the
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tasks on
Knowledge (XXG) without the specific technical functions granted to administrators. An often paraphrased comment about the title and process of adminship was made by Wales in February 2003—referred to as "sysops" here:
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Blocks designated as "Oversight blocks" (that is, blocks relying on information that has been suppressed) may not be reversed by administrators who do not have access to the oversight permission. The
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Failure to communicate – this can be either with editors (e.g., lack of suitable warnings or explanations of actions), or to address concerns of the community (especially when explanations or other serious comments are sought)
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bureaucrat for temporary desysopping. Users who fail to report unauthorized use of their account will be desysopped. Unauthorized use is considered 'controversial circumstances', and access will not be automatically restored.
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reversed an administrative action, there is very rarely any valid reason for the original or another administrator to reinstate the same or similar action again without clear discussion leading to a decision by consensus.
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enabled, they are not required to do so, nor are they required to read and/or respond if they are enabled. Administrators who do not have notifications enabled are strongly encouraged to indicate this on their user
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also required to disclose whether they have ever edited
Knowledge (XXG) for pay. Questions regarding this are permitted to be asked of every candidate, by any editor in the community, throughout the RFA process.
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employees were administrators, as the server password was required to make any administrative changes. The idea of an administrator role was proposed in late 2001 during the development of the first version of
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process. In the case of an administrator desysopped due to a year of inactivity, one additional year of continued uninterrupted inactivity (no edits) from the removal due to inactivity will make a new
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might have keys to offices that some other workers are excluded from, admins have some role-specific abilities, but – also like a real-world janitor – they're not more important than the other editors.
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Seek constructive discussion, and aim to cool the situation and bring it back to normal processes, if able. Adopting a deliberately calming manner and approach as you explain may help. In some cases,
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In the case of removal due to inactivity, for any administrator who does not have a logged administrator action in five years, bureaucrats should not restore administrator access upon request.
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If you are concerned that not acting (or the delay needed for dialog) could quickly cause the situation to get much worse or would be grossly inappropriate, it can sometimes be sensible to
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to approve the request. This determination is not based exclusively on the percentage of support, but in practice most RfAs above 75% pass. The community has determined that
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cases on the subject of wheel-warring. The phrase was also used historically for an administrator improperly reversing some kinds of very formal action.
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refer it to another administrator to address, rather than potentially compound or escalate the problem with poor conduct.
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to request feedback from the community – however, complainants should be aware that the behavior of the filer is often
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to learn how to do these things). New administrators should also look at the pages linked from the
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Knowledge (XXG):Requests for comment/2019 Resysop Criteria (2) § Statement 3 by Hasteur
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Advice, requests for adminship (RfA), bureaucratship (RfB), and past request archives
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Excepting those with a specific arbitration or community sanction barring the request.
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Administrator rights can be particularly helpful in certain areas of Knowledge (XXG):
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2115:
Former administrators may request restoration of admin tools by placing a request at
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1793:
1446:, or when the payment is made by the Wikimedia Foundation or an affiliate of the WMF.
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Administrators may request that their access to administrative tools be removed at
1278:, or whose prior involvements are minor or obvious edits that do not show bias, is
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concerning disruptive areas and situations. Administrators acting in this role are
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322:
Do you need to report libel or confidential information posted to Knowledge (XXG)?
2161:
2844:
2675:
Knowledge (XXG):Village pump (proposals)/suspend sysop rights of inactive admins
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1896:
Has made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period
1106:
Breach of basic policies (attacks, biting/civility, edit warring, privacy, etc.)
2623:
1922:
Desysopping on inactivity grounds should be handled by English Knowledge (XXG)
1970:
Some administrators place themselves "open to recall", whereby they pledge to
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Administrators assume these responsibilities as volunteers after undergoing a
181:
2441:
have the ability to edit JavaScript and CSS pages in the MediaWiki namespace.
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processes, as with any other conduct matter. For example: move the issue to
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Administrators have the technical ability to perform the following actions:
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and unblock user accounts, IP addresses, and IP ranges from editing, edit
19:
For the encyclopedic article about administrators on Knowledge (XXG), see
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The admin tools were removed while the administrator was "under a cloud."
1372:, usually when other dispute resolution approaches are unsuccessful (see
623:
Edit pages in the MediaWiki namespace, excluding JavaScript and CSS pages
1109:
Conduct elsewhere incompatible with adminship (off-site attacking, etc.)
402:
Knowledge (XXG)'s administrative tools are often likened to a janitor's
207:
Do you need to report persistent vandalism or spam to an administrator?
26:
For information on the administrative structure of Knowledge (XXG), see
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407:
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on a particular page to restrict or allow editing, moving, or creation
1711:
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Are you trying to request removal of page protection on an article?
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and unblock user accounts, IP addresses, and IP ranges from editing
2165:
778:. When you are ready to apply, you may add your nomination to the
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1357:. If a user believes they have been blocked improperly, they may
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nostalgia:Wikipedia_utilities/Old_Page_titles_to_be_deleted_talk
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I just wanted to say that becoming a sysop is *not a big deal*.
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accounts and advising the Arbitration Committee after the fact.
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Only one account of a given person may have administrative tools
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3016:
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2375:(various methods of contacting administrators for general help)
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directly appointed the first administrators in February 2002.
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is available to further secure accounts from unauthorized use.
880:"Uninvolved administrators" can also help in the management of
282:
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273:
Do you want to request an edit be made to a protected article?
185:
1214:
Knowledge (XXG):Non-admin closure § Editors who are uninvolved
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interested in requesting adminship, you should first read the
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Common situations where avoiding tool use is often required:
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657:
WP:Deletion process § Non-administrators closing discussions
782:("RFA") page, according to the instructions on that page.
661:
WP:Requested moves/Closing instructions § Non-admin closure
2086:
Over five years since administrative tools were last used.
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Reinstating an admin action that has already been reversed
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for further information). One possible approach is to use
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reasonable belief of a present and very serious emergency
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Are you trying to request page protection on an article?
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Knowledge (XXG):Arbitration/Policy § Appeal of decisions
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The English Knowledge (XXG) has 850 administrators (see
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See below for these and for the very few exceptions.
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of information in individual logs and page revisions
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1903:This desysopping is reversible in some cases (see
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520:pages without restriction, and use certain other
902:Knowledge (XXG):Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement
2428:editor, and AutoWikiBrowser access user rights.
2383:semi-active Knowledge (XXG) administrators list
2198:
1904:
1834:– Removal of rights performed by stewards does
1706:The term "wheel" comes from the description of
1570:"WP:WW" redirects here. You may be looking for
1566:Reinstating a reverted action ("wheel warring")
1250:
788:. The only exception is administrators may own
673:Knowledge (XXG):Guide to requests for adminship
94:This page documents an English Knowledge (XXG)
1864:Procedural removal for inactive administrators
1637:Wheel warring usually results in an immediate
1252:"No man is a fit arbitrator in his own cause"
1180:follow appropriate personal security practices
3381:
3028:
2860:
2611:Wheel warring against BLP special enforcement
1966:Knowledge (XXG):Administrators open to recall
1450:Reversing the actions of other administrators
864:Three-revert rule and edit warring violations
462:
168:are volunteer editors trusted with access to
8:
1685:filing an Arbitration Committee case request
1412:Knowledge (XXG):Administrative action review
961:Knowledge (XXG):Administrative action review
898:Knowledge (XXG):Arbitration/Active sanctions
727:user right. Any extended-confirmed user can
1576:Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject WikipediaWeekly
1342:
1305:Grievances by users ("administrator abuse")
941:Knowledge (XXG):Administrators' noticeboard
632:Perform other special actions as listed at
316:File an administrative action review report
3546:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion
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2379:Active Knowledge (XXG) administrators list
2094:Security of account cannot be established.
603:Grant and revoke certain user permissions
469:
455:
413:
182:
106:follow. Changes made to it should reflect
1804:
1667:If concerned by improper conduct, follow
1580:Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Women writers
1519:Blocks made by the Arbitration Committee:
550:lists of administrators by activity level
267:Request a change in page protection level
2385:(for contacting specific administrators)
2117:Knowledge (XXG):Bureaucrats' noticeboard
1939:Knowledge (XXG):Bureaucrats' noticeboard
1483:Reversing another administrator's action
1172:policy on password strength requirements
337:
176:use them to gain advantage in a dispute.
2955:Viewing deleted pages and contributions
2478:expectations and role of administrators
2394:
2349:Knowledge (XXG):Inactive administrators
1870:Knowledge (XXG):Inactive administrators
1648:Knowledge (XXG) works on the spirit of
758:bureaucrat then determines if there is
416:
2761:
2523:"2018 RfC on Admin Email requirements"
2225:, the community carefully scrutinizes
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1656:to wheel war, try these alternatives:
1424:Conflict of interest or non-neutrality
900:(see also requests for enforcement at
780:Knowledge (XXG):Requests for adminship
615:Restrict and restore public visibility
531:. They do not act as employees of the
4271:Knowledge (XXG) Administrators' guide
3486:Usernames for administrator attention
1681:serious and egregious misuse of tools
1414:for review by the broader community.
1166:Knowledge (XXG):User account security
1137:Repeated or consistent poor judgment.
7:
4281:Knowledge (XXG) enforcement policies
2259:Statistics of administrator activity
1838:show up in the usual user logs. Use
68:Requests for administrator attention
2760:that this should be interpreted as
1860:to verify a user's current rights.
600:pages with 5,000 or fewer revisions
4286:Knowledge (XXG) user access levels
3611:UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System
3138:Advice for asking questions at RfA
2344:Knowledge (XXG):User access levels
2303:Information for new administrators
1951:Knowledge (XXG):Dispute resolution
1572:Knowledge (XXG):Avoid weasel words
508:and unprotect pages from editing,
14:
2925:Granting and revoking user rights
2607:Wheel warring against Jimbo Wales
2308:Administrators' Mass Message list
894:Knowledge (XXG):General sanctions
875:the administrators channel on IRC
754:impressions of the candidate. An
651:, but non-admin editors may also
2836:Administrators in all Wikipedias
2590:Sarah Palin protection wheel war
2586:Daniel Brandt deletion wheel war
2482:responsibility of administrators
2123:. The change is recorded at the
1286:In straightforward cases (e.g.,
1276:purely in an administrative role
1174:requires administrators to have
999:'involved' administrator conduct
792:with administrative access. See
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61:request administrator privileges
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4173:Editorial oversight and control
2326:automatically generated version
2254:Requests for Adminship by month
1956:following steps are available:
1766:Review and removal of adminship
1755:Page protection in edit warring
1692:email the Arbitration Committee
1610:When another administrator has
772:guide to requests for adminship
744:Template:Centralized discussion
634:Special:ListGroupRights § sysop
537:Wikimedia system administrators
237:violation to an administrator?
3514:Password strength requirements
3166:Requests for adminship by year
1991:Administrators subject to bans
1544:Unblock Ticket Requests System
1380:Misuse of administrative tools
1103:, gross breach of trust, etc.)
803:below), or due to inactivity.
610:View and restore deleted pages
28:Knowledge (XXG):Administration
21:Knowledge (XXG) administrators
1:
2890:Advice for new administrators
2820:"wikimedia.org archive entry"
2808:nostalgia:Wiki Administrators
2298:Advice for new administrators
2264:Administrator activity graphs
2173:. Knowledge (XXG) co-founder
2071:Over two years with no edits.
2016:all other granted user rights
1732:Biographies of living persons
1462:") – Responses have included
1218:Knowledge (XXG):Third opinion
836:Incidents for admin attention
2701:Procedural community desysop
2578:Pedophilia userbox wheel war
2293:Administrators' reading list
2283:Administrators' how-to guide
2082:necessary for reinstatement.
1979:Arbitration Committee review
1905:§ Restoration of admin tools
1622:restored without consensus.
1347:administrative action review
1184:10,000 most common passwords
995:administrators' reading list
987:administrators' how-to guide
53:questions for administrators
3524:Personal security practices
3438:IP addresses are not people
3111:Optional RfA candidate poll
2740:; originally formulated in
2288:Administrators' noticeboard
1708:highest privileged accounts
1351:administrators' noticeboard
629:a page to any desired title
349:Wikimedia Board of Trustees
188:Are you in the right place?
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3348:Current bureaucrat count:
2950:Tools, scripts and gadgets
2160:In the very early days of
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2026:Restoration of admin tools
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620:Edit fully protected pages
605:requested by user accounts
590:Apply, modify, and remove
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325:Contact the oversight team
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4276:Knowledge (XXG) adminship
3606:Guide to appealing blocks
3529:Two-factor authentication
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3116:Advice for RfA candidates
2367:Contacting administrators
2332:Advice for RfA candidates
2182:role-based access control
2052:Removed as a result of a
1722:Exceptional circumstances
1194:Two-factor authentication
1188:the Arbitration Committee
1085:avoiding personal attacks
976:Expectations of adminship
667:Becoming an administrator
556:Administrators' abilities
340:
229:Do you need to report an
194:
4266:Knowledge (XXG) policies
3961:Pending changes reviewer
3788:Requests for permissions
3565:Blocks, bans, sanctions,
3001:Revision deletion policy
2439:interface administrators
2185:Anyone can perform most
2125:list of resysopped users
1679:and wait for input. For
1037:Knowledge (XXG) policies
859:Speedy deletion requests
655:discussions (see, e.g.,
555:
529:community review process
163:This page in a nutshell:
4220:Policies and guidelines
4072:Interface administrator
4002:Volunteer Response Team
3410:Unregistered (IP) users
3290:Inactive administrators
2511:Communication principle
1786:Special:ListGroupRights
1639:request for arbitration
1444:Wikipedian-in-Residence
1370:Request for Arbitration
1099:"Bad faith" adminship (
816:Administrative backlogs
776:nomination instructions
721:English Knowledge (XXG)
649:move-review discussions
299:File an incident report
258:Request page protection
240:File an edit war report
210:File a vandalism report
3729:Vandalism-only account
3719:Single-purpose account
3418:Why create an account?
3065:Requests for adminship
2322:List of administrators
2243:History and statistics
2227:requests for adminship
2215:
2062:) to regain the tools.
2032:requests for adminship
1945:Disputes or complaints
1805:§ Administrator recall
1482:
1254:
991:new administrator page
411:
276:Create an edit request
223:File a username report
72:Requests for adminship
4113:Arbitration Committee
3618:Blocking IP addresses
3519:User account security
3337:Current admin count:
3300:Desysoppings by month
3295:Former administrators
3254:Bureaucrat discussion
2905:Dealing with disputes
2876:Administrators' guide
2558:Articles for deletion
2338:What adminship is not
2249:Former administrators
2096:At their discretion,
1972:voluntarily step down
1949:Further information:
1868:Further information:
1774:Arbitration Committee
1458:(sometimes known as "
1366:Arbitration Committee
1332:WP:ADMINISTRATORABUSE
1309:Further information:
1292:relevant noticeboards
1009:Administrator conduct
882:Arbitration Committee
854:Recent changes patrol
401:
377:Arbitration Committee
4183:Wikimedia Foundation
4013:Advanced user groups
3997:Global rights policy
3556:How to not get outed
3551:Compromised accounts
3493:Unified login or SUL
2971:Administrator policy
2550:Requests for comment
2474:Decorum and civility
1960:Administrator recall
1790:global rights policy
1470:even the first time.
1404:administrative tools
1199:Administrators must
641:deletion discussions
533:Wikimedia Foundation
484:, commonly known as
342:Human administration
311:advanced permissions
249:appealing your block
4168:Formal organization
4118:Bot approvals group
4060:Edit filter manager
3925:Mass message sender
3707:Related to accounts
3259:Bureaucrat activity
1001:may not always be.
801:administrator abuse
740:editors' watchlists
307:administrator tools
4240:Dispute resolution
3889:Extended confirmed
3865:Edit filter helper
3793:Admin instructions
3780:global user groups
3751:Courtesy vanishing
3667:Contentious topics
3657:Personal sanctions
3541:Committed identity
3428:Request an account
3238:Unsuccessful RfBs
3190:Unsuccessful RfAs
3148:Arguments to avoid
2277:For administrators
2121:resysop procedures
2066:Lengthy inactivity
1809:dispute resolution
1760:
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1669:dispute resolution
1633:
1510:Special situations
1408:very serious issue
1343:this section below
1170:Knowledge (XXG)'s
886:dispute resolution
843:sections, such as
826:Copyright problems
725:extended-confirmed
412:
286:dispute resolution
4253:
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3937:New page reviewer
3877:Event coordinator
3662:General sanctions
3601:Appealing a block
3498:Alternate account
3481:Changing username
3433:IPs are human too
3423:Create an account
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3143:Advice for voters
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2995:Protection policy
2910:Dealing with spam
2900:Cleaning backlogs
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2630:. Eric S. Raymond
2628:Jargon File 4.4.7
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1933:Voluntary removal
1857:Special:ListUsers
1784:user groups (see
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1554:Oversight blocks:
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1288:blatant vandalism
1087:, and reasonable
1046:bad faith editing
981:Care and judgment
884:remedies and the
830:advice for admins
729:request adminship
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3574:Blocking policy
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