Meta:Administrators

This page outlines an official Wiki Oasis policy created through community consensus and/or follows administrator practices. Please discuss any proposed changes on the talk page, via the Community Portal, or in a formal Request for Comment.

Administrator is a default group enabled on all wikis by default. It can be granted and removed by Bureaucrats by default.

On Meta[edit source]

Administrators are users with additional technical capabilities on Meta. They use these technical capabilities to perform routine maintenance, such as deleting old pages and blocking vandal accounts. They have the technical ability to do the following (not an exhaustive list):

• Protect pages
• Delete and undelete pages, revisions and logged actions
• Block and unblock users
• Edit fully protected pages, and those in the MediaWiki namespace
• Grant and revoke certain user permissions
• Create and manage central notices globally
• Edit the Global title blacklist

Becoming an administrator[edit source]

Administrator is a highly trusted role, giving users the ability to manage certain global functionality, such as central notices and the global title blacklist. In order for a user to become an administrator, they must request it on the requests for permissions page. For the request to be deemed successful, there needs to be the following:

• At least 5 users vote in the discussion
• At least an 80% support ratio
• The request must have been open for at least 7 days

Revocation[edit source]

In the event that a request for the removal of administrator for a user is opened on the Community portal, for the request to be deemed successful, there needs to be the following:

• A 50% support ratio
• The request has been open for at least 3 days
• At least 3 users vote in the discussion

On other wikis locally[edit source]

By default, administrators have access to:

• Protect pages
• Delete and undelete pages, revisions and logged actions
• Block and unblock users
• Edit fully protected pages, and those in the MediaWiki namespace

Appointment/Revocation[edit source]

If a wiki has a local procedure for appointment/revocation of administrator access, that should be followed. If a wiki does not have any local bureaucrats, please post a request at Steward requests for a user to be granted administrator. If a wiki does not have any local administrators or bureaucrats, a discussion should take place as per local procedure, and upon closure, the closing user should request for the right to be given (if successful) at Steward requests. If a wiki has no local administrators or bureaucrats, and no local procedure, stewards follow these guidelines:

• A discussion should take place for 5 days on the community portal
• A 70% support ratio should be reached.