User:Felinoel/Administrators

 Former administrators
 * (July 22, 2008 – June 7, 2009)
 * (February 14, 2009 – April 16, 2011)
 * (July 21, 2008 – June 7, 2009)
 * (March 8, 2007 – June 7, 2009)
 * (founder; July 15, 2005 – June 7, 2009)
 * (February 14, 2009 – June 30, 2011)
 * (July 1, 2008 – April 2, 2011)
 * (July 29, 2008 – July 18, 2009)
 * (August 2, 2005 – June 7, 2009)
 * (July 2, 2008 – June 7, 2009)

About administrators
Administrators are experienced members of the community who have been entrusted with access to restricted technical features ("tools") which help with maintenance. They are a small set of editors the wiki considers to be highly trustworthy, mature and responsible, 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.

Additional abilities

 * Delete pages, page histories, files etc.
 * Rename files (these are mainly images and videos).
 * 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.

Administrator tasks
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.

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 seven administrators. However, when a position is open, rollback users who have distinguished themselves over a period of time may be nominated for administratorship.