User:Felinoel/Bureaucrats

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About administrators
Different users have access to different functions of the site. While anyone can do most things on the site, including reading and editing, administrators can access a few additional functions.

Administrators are experienced members of our community who have been entrusted with access to restricted technical features which help with maintenance. They are a small set of editors the wiki considers to be highly trustworthy, mature, responsible, and able to lead by example.

Those seeking help will often turn to an administrator for advice and information. In community discussion and interaction, administrators may help provide a thoughtful voice in some kinds of consensus, and can also be helpful as discussion moderators. However, administrators are not a smaller, "more powerful" subset of users, and content and policy decisions are the responsibility of the entire community.

As a good sized wiki with a large community and a sizeable amount of articles, it is only reasonable that the Adventure Time wiki would have an administration. Like many administrations, it consists of devoted members who have proven themselves to be of high quality and devotion to the site. These users work with the standard users and members to make the Adventure Time wiki totally mathematical!

Additional abilities

 * Delete pages, page histories, files etc.
 * Lock (protect) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without administrator rights.
 * Block an IP address or user name from editing.
 * Revert bad edits more easily using a "rollback" link.
 * Edit the MediaWiki namespace to make changes to the interface by changing system messages and skins.

Administrator tasks

 * See Help:Administrators' how-to guide for a guide on using admin functions.

As part of administratorship, administrators are regularly expected to:


 * Delete pages that the community has decided are unwanted, including
 * Pages that are obvious spam/vandalism
 * Pages marked with a  tag if appropriate
 * Pages that the community has decided are unneeded through votes for deletion
 * Protect pages that meet criteria for protection
 * Block users that meet criteria for blocking
 * Watch the administrator noticeboard for notices from users

Administrator conduct
Administrators have been entrusted with the means to maintain the overall quality of the site. With this in mind:
 * Administrators have no right to authority over the content and policies of the wiki. The administrators' authority is as large as the community would like it to be.
 * Administrators do however have authority over behavioral problems such as vandalism or intimidation, hence the ability to block and delete.
 * Administrators do not own the site. They cannot shut out the opinions of others.
 * Abuse of administrator privileges may result in a removal of user rights after community discussion.

Administrators should not use their administrator powers to settle editing disputes; for example, to lock a page on a version he or she prefers in an editing dispute that isn't vandalism. Administrator powers should be used to help keep the wiki clear of vandalism, spam, and users who make malicious edits, but not for simple disagreements between users acting in good faith. Ideally an admin shouldn't be considered "in charge". The ideal admin is just someone who is trusted to have a few extra buttons and to use them for the benefit of the Wikia community.

Inactivity
Administrators should remain active to assist the wiki, who has entrusted them with additional user rights.
 * An active status is defined as:
 * Continuing substantial contributions, defined as edits that do not include modifying user space pages, or correcting spelling/grammar/formatting.
 * A steady flow of such contributions, defined as editing on most days each month.
 * Reasonable speed in replying to user talk messages, defined as replying before the poster of the user talk message is forced to make an alternative consultation.
 * Administrators should alert the community to a leave of absence by adding the inactivity template to their user page. The administrator should also mark themselves as inactive on the list of administrators. Leaves of absence may be for any length up to two months.
 * If the administrator continues to be inactive for a prolonged period of time, removal of user rights will be considered by an active bureaucrat based on the non-fulfillment of the activity guidelines further above. Consideration will begin from when any leaves of absence were meant to finish. Where removal may be contentious, an active bureaucrat should also consult other community members.

Becoming an administrator
In general, the wiki should not have more than # administrators. However, when a position is open, rollback users who have distinguished themselves over a period of time may be nominated for administratorship.

Not everyone can become an admin. Please understand that this wiki only needs enough admins at any given time to handle basic administrative tasks such as deleting articles and blocking disruptive users.

Users wishing to become an admin should meet all of the following requirements:
 * Must have a large number of quality main name space edits and have been active on Adventure Time wiki for a significant period of time.
 * Must have permission from at least two bureaucrats.

Users wishing to become an admin should show these characteristics:


 * Dedication and loyalty to the wiki. They should make positive contributions to the wiki and should be regularly active.
 * Technical skills and knowledge of MediaWiki and the Adventure Time wiki. They should know how to delete and protect pages, block members, and monitor edits on the wiki.
 * Knowledge of happenings and events on the wiki. One should understand and practice the policies of the wiki and how to approach different situations based upon how the Adventure Time wiki works.
 * Respectful and intelligent personality. One should respect others and their rights while also using their abilities to be helpful and not harmful. One should not abuse their powers or take advantage of non-admins simply because of their status. They should be kind but also stern, willing to block users and do so strictly out of penalties for violating the rules, not personal feelings.

If one has these traits, they merely have to request the position from one of the bureaucrats. If two or more bureaucrats approve, then the person can become an administrator.