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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.

Administrator abilities

These additional functions include:

  • Deleting and undeleting pages, page histories, and uploaded files.
  • Locking (protecting) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without admin rights or autoconfirmed status.
  • Blocking IP addresses or user names from editing; and very quick "rollback" of undesirable edits.
  • Editing the interface by changing system messages and skins.

Bureaucrat abilities

A bureaucrat can make other users into bureaucrats or administrators on their own wiki. However, they are not currently able to remove admin access from any user; please contact one of the community team if you need that done.

Bureaucrats can also give users the ability to "rollback" edits not made in good faith.

Staff and Helpers

Some Wikia staff members have full access to all Wikia. They will be shown in Special:Listusers/staff on any wiki. Volunteer Spam Task Force (or VSTF) have limited administrator access to all Wikia for cleanup purposes. These users will be shown on Special:Listusers/vstf on any Wikia. Please see Help:Contacting Wikia for details on how to contact Wikia staff.

How do I use administrator powers?

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

Becoming an administrator

For you to become an administrator, someone with bureaucrat access must make you one. You may choose to request user rights on our Request User Rights page.

If there are no active bureaucrats and you wish to become an administrator or adopt the wiki, please make an adoption request on Community Central. If there are other active editors but no active bureaucrats/admins, you should first discuss with them on who should become an admin, whether it be one of you, or all of you.

What can administrators not do?

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.

Administrators

This is a list of administrators. For a full list, please see a full list here.

User Activity Rights given on Other rights
Bermuda Inactive 12-02-15 February 15, 2012 Bureaucrat
Martin III Active 12-02-15 October 11, 2010 Bureaucrat

Rollbacks

This is a list of rollbacks. For a full list, please see [[Special:Listusers/rollback|a full list here].

User Activity Rights given on
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