1421:; 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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1301:), the community has historically endorsed the obvious action of any administrator – even if involved – on the basis that any reasonable administrator would have probably come to the same conclusion. Although there are exceptions to the prohibition on involved editors taking administrative action, it is still the best practice in cases where an administrator may be seen to be involved to pass the matter to another administrator via the
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1102:, editors are free to question or to criticize administrator actions. Administrators are expected to respond promptly and civilly to queries about their Knowledge (XXG)-related conduct and administrative actions, especially during community discussions on noticeboards or during Arbitration Committee proceedings. Administrators should justify their actions when requested.
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1193:. Because they have the potential to cause site-wide damage with a single edit, a compromised admin account will be blocked and its privileges removed on grounds of site security. In certain circumstances, the revocation of privileges may be permanent. Any administrator who is discovered to have a password less than 8 bytes in length or among the
1762:(i.e., reasonable possibility of actual, imminent, serious harm to the project or a person if not acted upon with administrative tools), and should immediately seek to describe and address the matter, but in such a case the action should not usually be reverted (and may be reinstated) until appropriate discussion has taken place.
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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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As
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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Administrators are able to grant and revoke the account creator, autopatrolled, confirmed, edit filter helper, edit filter manager, event coordinator, extended confirmed, file mover, IP block exempt, mass message sender, new page reviewer, page mover, pending changes reviewer, rollback, template
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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
Knowledge (XXG) through behavior such as
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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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Blocks designated as "CheckUser blocks" (that is, blocks relying on confidential checkuser findings) may not be reversed by administrators who do not have access to the CheckUser permission. Appeal of these blocks may be made to 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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In addition, any editors who are falling lower than an average of 50 edits per year over a 5-year period should be notified by talk page message annually that they are at risk of falling below the required level in the future.
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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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Except in the rare instance where the ban is reversed due to a mistake by the community (but not merely due to a successful appeal of the ban), in which case the tools' removals are reversed as well. See
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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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Administrators are accountable for their actions involving administrator tools, as unexplained administrator actions can demoralize other editors who lack such tools. Subject only to the bounds of
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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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Blocks authorized by the
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is construed broadly by the community to include current or past conflicts with an editor (or editors), and disputes on topics, regardless of the nature, age, or outcome of the dispute.
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If there were serious questions about the appropriateness of the former admin's status as an administrator at the time of resignation or removal, the request will be referred 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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Even when use of the tools appears reasonable, if doubt exists it is better to ask another independent administrator to review and (if justified) take the action.
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and let them know about the situation or request intervention or speedy advice. (This might be the case where non-public information or harm could result).
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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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users, and protection may be reinstated if needed, until it is clear the edit war will not resume or consensus agrees it is appropriate to unprotect.
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before using their administrative abilities. Occasional lapses are accepted but serious or repeated lapses, or lapses involving breaches of
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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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Former administrators may request restoration of admin tools by placing a request at
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1804:
1457:, 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
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concerning disruptive areas and situations. Administrators acting in this role are
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333:
Do you need to report libel or confidential information posted to Knowledge (XXG)?
2172:
2855:
2686:
Knowledge (XXG):Village pump (proposals)/suspend sysop rights of inactive admins
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1907:
Has made neither edits nor administrative actions for at least a 12-month period
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Breach of basic policies (attacks, biting/civility, edit warring, privacy, etc.)
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Desysopping on inactivity grounds should be handled by English Knowledge (XXG)
1981:
Some administrators place themselves "open to recall", whereby they pledge to
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Administrators assume these responsibilities as volunteers after undergoing a
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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
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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."
1383:, usually when other dispute resolution approaches are unsuccessful (see
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Edit pages in the MediaWiki namespace, excluding JavaScript and CSS pages
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Conduct elsewhere incompatible with adminship (off-site attacking, etc.)
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Knowledge (XXG)'s administrative tools are often likened to a janitor's
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Do you need to report persistent vandalism or spam to an administrator?
37:
For information on the administrative structure of Knowledge (XXG), see
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on a particular page to restrict or allow editing, moving, or creation
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and unblock user accounts, IP addresses, and IP ranges from editing
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789:. When you are ready to apply, you may add your nomination to the
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1368:. 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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2386:(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.
891:"Uninvolved administrators" can also help in the management of
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196:
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interested in requesting adminship, you should first read the
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WP:Deletion process § Non-administrators closing discussions
793:("RFA") page, according to the instructions on that page.
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WP:Requested moves/Closing instructions § Non-admin closure
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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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Knowledge (XXG):Arbitration/Policy § Appeal of decisions
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531:pages without restriction, and use certain other
913:Knowledge (XXG):Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement
2439:editor, and AutoWikiBrowser access user rights.
2394:semi-active Knowledge (XXG) administrators list
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1845:– Removal of rights performed by stewards does
1717:The term "wheel" comes from the description of
1581:"WP:WW" redirects here. You may be looking for
1577:Reinstating a reverted action ("wheel warring")
1261:
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684:Knowledge (XXG):Guide to requests for adminship
105:This page documents an English Knowledge (XXG)
1875:Procedural removal for inactive administrators
1648:Wheel warring usually results in an immediate
1263:"No man is a fit arbitrator in his own cause"
1191:follow appropriate personal security practices
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2622:Wheel warring against BLP special enforcement
1977:Knowledge (XXG):Administrators open to recall
1461:Reversing the actions of other administrators
875:Three-revert rule and edit warring violations
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179:are volunteer editors trusted with access to
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1696:filing an Arbitration Committee case request
1423:Knowledge (XXG):Administrative action review
972:Knowledge (XXG):Administrative action review
909:Knowledge (XXG):Arbitration/Active sanctions
738:user right. Any extended-confirmed user can
1587:Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject WikipediaWeekly
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1316:Grievances by users ("administrator abuse")
952:Knowledge (XXG):Administrators' noticeboard
643:Perform other special actions as listed at
327:File an administrative action review report
3557:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion
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614:Grant and revoke certain user permissions
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117:follow. Changes made to it should reflect
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1678:If concerned by improper conduct, follow
1591:Knowledge (XXG):WikiProject Women writers
1530:Blocks made by the Arbitration Committee:
561:lists of administrators by activity level
278:Request a change in page protection level
2396:(for contacting specific administrators)
2128:Knowledge (XXG):Bureaucrats' noticeboard
1950:Knowledge (XXG):Bureaucrats' noticeboard
1494:Reversing another administrator's action
1183:policy on password strength requirements
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187:use them to gain advantage in a dispute.
2966:Viewing deleted pages and contributions
2489:expectations and role of administrators
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2360:Knowledge (XXG):Inactive administrators
1881:Knowledge (XXG):Inactive administrators
1659:Knowledge (XXG) works on the spirit of
769:bureaucrat then determines if there is
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2534:"2018 RfC on Admin Email requirements"
2236:, the community carefully scrutinizes
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1435:Conflict of interest or non-neutrality
911:(see also requests for enforcement at
791:Knowledge (XXG):Requests for adminship
626:Restrict and restore public visibility
542:. They do not act as employees of the
4282:Knowledge (XXG) Administrators' guide
3497:Usernames for administrator attention
1692:serious and egregious misuse of tools
1425:for review by the broader community.
1177:Knowledge (XXG):User account security
1148:Repeated or consistent poor judgment.
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4292:Knowledge (XXG) enforcement policies
2270:Statistics of administrator activity
1849:show up in the usual user logs. Use
79:Requests for administrator attention
2771:that this should be interpreted as
1871:to verify a user's current rights.
611:pages with 5,000 or fewer revisions
4297:Knowledge (XXG) user access levels
3622:UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System
3149:Advice for asking questions at RfA
2355:Knowledge (XXG):User access levels
2314:Information for new administrators
1962:Knowledge (XXG):Dispute resolution
1583:Knowledge (XXG):Avoid weasel words
519:and unprotect pages from editing,
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2936:Granting and revoking user rights
2618:Wheel warring against Jimbo Wales
2319:Administrators' Mass Message list
905:Knowledge (XXG):General sanctions
886:the administrators channel on IRC
765:impressions of the candidate. An
662:, but non-admin editors may also
2847:Administrators in all Wikipedias
2601:Sarah Palin protection wheel war
2597:Daniel Brandt deletion wheel war
2493:responsibility of administrators
2134:. The change is recorded at the
1297:In straightforward cases (e.g.,
1287:purely in an administrative role
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1010:'involved' administrator conduct
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2265:Requests for Adminship by month
1967:following steps are available:
1777:Review and removal of adminship
1766:Page protection in edit warring
1703:email the Arbitration Committee
1621:When another administrator has
783:guide to requests for adminship
755:Template:Centralized discussion
645:Special:ListGroupRights § sysop
548:Wikimedia system administrators
248:violation to an administrator?
3525:Password strength requirements
3177:Requests for adminship by year
2002:Administrators subject to bans
1555:Unblock Ticket Requests System
1391:Misuse of administrative tools
1114:, gross breach of trust, etc.)
814:below), or due to inactivity.
621:View and restore deleted pages
39:Knowledge (XXG):Administration
32:Knowledge (XXG) administrators
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2309:Advice for new administrators
2275:Administrator activity graphs
2184:. Knowledge (XXG) co-founder
2082:Over two years with no edits.
2027:all other granted user rights
1743:Biographies of living persons
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1229:Knowledge (XXG):Third opinion
847:Incidents for admin attention
2712:Procedural community desysop
2589:Pedophilia userbox wheel war
2304:Administrators' reading list
2294:Administrators' how-to guide
2093:necessary for reinstatement.
1990:Arbitration Committee review
1916:§ Restoration of admin tools
1633:restored without consensus.
1358:administrative action review
1195:10,000 most common passwords
1006:administrators' reading list
998:administrators' how-to guide
64:questions for administrators
3535:Personal security practices
3449:IP addresses are not people
3122:Optional RfA candidate poll
2751:; originally formulated in
2299:Administrators' noticeboard
1719:highest privileged accounts
1362:administrators' noticeboard
640:a page to any desired title
360:Wikimedia Board of Trustees
199:Are you in the right place?
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601:Apply, modify, and remove
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3540:Two-factor authentication
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3127:Advice for RfA candidates
2378:Contacting administrators
2343:Advice for RfA candidates
2193:role-based access control
2063:Removed as a result of a
1733:Exceptional circumstances
1205:Two-factor authentication
1199:the Arbitration Committee
1096:avoiding personal attacks
987:Expectations of adminship
678:Becoming an administrator
567:Administrators' abilities
351:
240:Do you need to report an
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18:Knowledge (XXG):Wheel war
4277:Knowledge (XXG) policies
3972:Pending changes reviewer
3799:Requests for permissions
3576:Blocks, bans, sanctions,
3012:Revision deletion policy
2450:interface administrators
2196:Anyone can perform most
2136:list of resysopped users
1690:and wait for input. For
1048:Knowledge (XXG) policies
870:Speedy deletion requests
666:discussions (see, e.g.,
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540:community review process
174:This page in a nutshell:
4231:Policies and guidelines
4083:Interface administrator
4013:Volunteer Response Team
3421:Unregistered (IP) users
3301:Inactive administrators
2522:Communication principle
1797:Special:ListGroupRights
1650:request for arbitration
1455:Wikipedian-in-Residence
1381:Request for Arbitration
1110:"Bad faith" adminship (
827:Administrative backlogs
787:nomination instructions
732:English Knowledge (XXG)
660:move-review discussions
310:File an incident report
269:Request page protection
251:File an edit war report
221:File a vandalism report
3740:Vandalism-only account
3730:Single-purpose account
3429:Why create an account?
3076:Requests for adminship
2333:List of administrators
2254:History and statistics
2238:requests for adminship
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2043:requests for adminship
1956:Disputes or complaints
1816:§ Administrator recall
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1002:new administrator page
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287:Create an edit request
234:File a username report
83:Requests for adminship
4124:Arbitration Committee
3629:Blocking IP addresses
3530:User account security
3348:Current admin count:
3311:Desysoppings by month
3306:Former administrators
3265:Bureaucrat discussion
2916:Dealing with disputes
2887:Administrators' guide
2569:Articles for deletion
2349:What adminship is not
2260:Former administrators
2107:At their discretion,
1983:voluntarily step down
1960:Further information:
1879:Further information:
1785:Arbitration Committee
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1377:Arbitration Committee
1343:WP:ADMINISTRATORABUSE
1320:Further information:
1303:relevant noticeboards
1020:Administrator conduct
893:Arbitration Committee
865:Recent changes patrol
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388:Arbitration Committee
4194:Wikimedia Foundation
4024:Advanced user groups
4008:Global rights policy
3567:How to not get outed
3562:Compromised accounts
3504:Unified login or SUL
2982:Administrator policy
2561:Requests for comment
2485:Decorum and civility
1971:Administrator recall
1801:global rights policy
1481:even the first time.
1415:administrative tools
1210:Administrators must
652:deletion discussions
544:Wikimedia Foundation
495:, commonly known as
353:Human administration
322:advanced permissions
260:appealing your block
4179:Formal organization
4129:Bot approvals group
4071:Edit filter manager
3936:Mass message sender
3718:Related to accounts
3270:Bureaucrat activity
1012:may not always be.
812:administrator abuse
751:editors' watchlists
318:administrator tools
4251:Dispute resolution
3900:Extended confirmed
3876:Edit filter helper
3804:Admin instructions
3791:global user groups
3762:Courtesy vanishing
3678:Contentious topics
3668:Personal sanctions
3552:Committed identity
3439:Request an account
3249:Unsuccessful RfBs
3201:Unsuccessful RfAs
3159:Arguments to avoid
2288:For administrators
2132:resysop procedures
2077:Lengthy inactivity
1820:dispute resolution
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3673:General sanctions
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1057:bad faith editing
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