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{{EM admin| | {{EM admin|Red:NOBIGDEAL|Red:ADMIN|Red:SYSOP|Red:MOP}}{{Nutshell|Administrators are users who are trusted to have technical powers to perform actions on the wiki.|Adminship is no big deal.|Administrators are in no position of authority over other users, although it makes sense that they are more trusted than the average user, so their arguments ''may'' hold more weight.}} | ||
Adminship ''(the mop)'' is handed out pretty liberally. People with vague trust generally get admin tools, this is to prevent any silly bureaucracy from setting in, to encourage editors, and to have fastest access to respond to issues that need the tools. This may change as the wiki grows and there's more of a need to be discerning. | Adminship ''(the mop)'' is handed out pretty liberally. People with vague trust generally get admin tools, this is to prevent any silly bureaucracy from setting in, to encourage editors, and to have fastest access to respond to issues that need the tools. This may change as the wiki grows and there's more of a need to be discerning. | ||
The main reason there are a lot of admins is to [[ | The main reason there are a lot of admins is to [[Red:vandalism|block vandals]] really easily. '''This wiki has {{NUMBEROFADMINS}} lazy admins.''' | ||
==What admins are and aren't== | ==What admins are and aren't== | ||
===Are=== | ===Are=== | ||
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Administrators have the technical ability to perform the following actions: | Administrators have the technical ability to perform the following actions: | ||
* [[Red:Blocking policy|Block]] and unblock user accounts and IP addresses from editing | * [[Red:Blocking policy|Block]] and unblock user accounts and IP addresses from editing | ||
* Apply, modify, and remove [[ | * Apply, modify, and remove [[Red:Protection policy|page protection]] on a particular page to restrict or allow editing, moving, or creation | ||
** Edit fully protected pages | ** Edit fully protected pages | ||
* [[Red:Deletion policy|Delete]] pages | * [[Red:Deletion policy|Delete]] pages | ||
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* Override the [[MediaWiki:Titleblacklist|title blacklist]] | * Override the [[MediaWiki:Titleblacklist|title blacklist]] | ||
* Move a page to any desired title | * Move a page to any desired title | ||
* Create [[ | * Create [[Red:edit notices|edit notices]] | ||
* Perform other special actions as listed at [[Special:ListGroupRights#sysop]] | * Perform other special actions as listed at [[Special:ListGroupRights#sysop]] | ||