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Administrators or admins are trusted users who have access to a wide variety of tools and features, generally for site maintenance and dealing with vandals. Administrators are split into two different categories, Bureaucrats and Sysops. Users with these rights have access to features of the wiki which are not available to others. A guide for requesting these rights can be found at this section. The following is a list of additional abilities administrators have in their disposal.

Sysops

Sysops (short for System Operators) are trusted users who are generally chosen by the community and also have access to the following rights:

For more details, see the Administrators' how-to guide.

Being a Sysops makes the tag "Administrator" appear next to a user's name on their profile.

Bureaucrats

Bureaucrats are a subset of administrators which have the ability to change or assign user rights to people. They have the ability to promote and revoke all local rights, viz Rollback, Thread Moderator, Content Moderator, and Sysops. They can also appoint new Bureaucrats, but not remove them. The bureaucrat status can only be removed by Fandom Staff members or by the bureaucrat themselves. Be aware that if one removes themself from being a bureaucrat, they cannot restore it. It is recommended to make sure there are other active bureaucrats on the wiki before demoting oneself.

Bureaucrats also have the ability to remove a user's bot status in case the bot is malfunctioning, but getting a bot flag is handled by Fandom staff.

For more details, see the Bureaucrats' how-to guide.

Having this status causes the tag "Bureaucrat" to appear next to user's username on their profile.

Bureaucrats do not have any special rights when it comes to editing pages. As such, users with only bureaucrat permission are similar to regular users with the added power of blocking users from editing and promoting users. This is usually not an issue, since then the bureaucrat can grant themself sysops rights to regain full power.

CheckUsers

Some bureaucrats may become CheckUsers by contacting staff to check what IP address a user is using to prevent abuse.

Becoming an administrator

The founder and later people who adopt a wiki completely are granted sysops and bureaucrat permissions so they can promote other users to encourage further expansion. For one to become an administrator, a bureaucrat must make them one after they have gained community approval. A guide for requesting these rights can be found at Requests for permissions. Such requests are often taken seriously, and as such, users who seek additional rights for themselves should consider whether their decision will merit the approval of the administration as well as other users. This is attributed to the hefty responsibilities required when someone receives adminship.

Fandom's policy of adopting a wiki

Any wiki whose administrators have been inactive for at least sixty days can be adopted. Any person willing to adopt (hereby referred to as applicant) must have been a regular contributor for the past ten days with good quality edits in the main namespace. The edits are verified by Fandom staff and as such one cannot adopt it by doing meaningless or repetitive edits. The applicant presents their application with reasons. After the Fandom staff member has verified their edits, the applicant is given temporary sysops rights for a month within which they have to prove their mettle. After a month, they have to apply for permanent rights. A staff member will again go through their edits and other activity during this time frame. If found genuine, the applicant is given full bureaucrat rights.

If no bureaucrats are active, the sysops can themselves contact Fandom staff members stating the users (plural accepted) they want to get promoted to bureaucrat status.

Our policy of adopting this wiki

  • If no bureaucrats are active for forty-five days, sysops can go ahead with their promotion.
  • If no administrators are active for sixty days, moderator(s) can ask Fandom staff to be promoted to sysops permanently. One month after their promotion to sysops, they can ask Fandom staff to be further promoted to bureaucrats after having their activity verified.
  • If neither administrators nor moderators are active for sixty days, Rollback/Threadmoderator can ask Fandom staff to be promoted to moderators permanently in addition to going through the regular adoption process, that is temporary sysops rights for one month, after which Fandom staff can verify their activity and grant permanent sysop and bureaucrat rights while revoking the then superfluous moderator rights.

Users promoted by adoption process should not be demoted if/when regular superiors return, except in cases of policy violations. Non-staff members promoted by adoption process can also be disqualified upon request of old administrators if found to be ingenuine.

What shouldn't administrators do?

Administrators should not use their administrator powers to settle disputes for their own purpose or interest; for example, locking a page on a version the administrator prefers in an editing dispute that isn't vandalism. The primary role of an administrator is to maintain and monitor the wiki, making sure it is easy and safe to use. As such, administrator powers should only 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 assume ownership of the site and should remain neutral even during a heated dispute, focusing solely on addressing the underlying problem at hand. The ideal admin is just someone who is trusted to have a few extra tools and to use them for the benefit of the wiki community. The best admins are often those who have high attention to detail and focus on problem solving for the sole purpose of building a community dedicated to open sourced encyclopedias.

Past and present bureaucrats

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Past and present sysops

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Staff members
Active
Bureaucrats Narve
Administrators Joaosantos92 · Papermaniac · UnofficialGameExpert78 · Sauravt2812 · Kronocracy
Moderators Morayus1 · Nick3069 · XZippy · Geer of War · RexWizard
Rollbacks QV87 · Kimarous · IamKnightfury · IiGI-Vertigo · Bologhine
Inactive/retired
Wiki managers KyleH · JoePlay · Tephra · SlyCooperFan1
Bureaucrats Heradite (founder) · !mmortal/DunBanner · MasterBroccoli · KazMx · Mictlantecuhtli (TheRealMictlantecuhtli) · Aron Skywalker · Son of the Witch-King · Ajraddatz/C886553 · Steven Xu/Piano410/Piano41095/X~Calibur95 (SageCraft95)
Administrators Elpistachio · Wildoneshelper · Blappp · BoazMoerman · LeeUnit92 · Obi maul12 · Jonru · Halogod35 · Lcawte
Moderators Kran96 · Lord Vipertooth
Rollbacks RSV 123 · Brainwasher5 · Sclera1
Bots
JoeBot · BroccoliBot · NarveBot · Joaosantos92bot · Red Khan Bot · X~Bot95 · Gracey91s bot · LcawteBot · Ajrbot · JonruBot · Sauravt2812Bot · GeerBot
Linked with / are renames of the same account. Linked in brackets are alternate (non-bot) accounts of the same person.
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