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-'''Administrators''', commonly known as '''admins''' and also called '''sysops''' ('''sys'''tem '''op'''erator'''s'''), are Wikipedia editors who have been entrusted access to a number of restricted technical and maintenance features ("tools").
-This page lists the details of the [[MediaWiki]] tools accessible to administrators, and what administrators are able to do with them.
-Note that administrators as a rule see exactly the same IP information about users, that other (non-administrator) users see, and can neither view pages deleted using [[WP:OVERSIGHT|oversight]], nor modify other users' [[WP:BOT|bot]] or sysop status. [[WP:CRAT|Bureaucrats]] can add or revoke bot and sysop status, while [[:meta:Stewards|stewards]] can add or remove all permissions.
-==List of tools==
-===Protected pages===
-* Edit the [[Main Page]] and other [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|protected pages]]. For information and guidelines, see [[Wikipedia:Editing the main page]]. You can suggest changes at [[Talk:Main Page]]. The Main Page used to receive a ''lot'' of vandalism; protecting it is an unfortunate compromise to keep our welcome mat free of random profanity.
-* Protect and unprotect pages, with different kinds of protection against editing by certain classes of users, and page moving. Pages are generally protected rarely and temporarily. For information and guidelines, see [[Wikipedia:Protection policy]].
-* Edit the JS and CSS subpages of other users.
-===Deletion and undeletion===
-* Delete pages, including images, their history, and their information. For information and guidelines, see [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy]] and (most definitely) [[Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators]]. To suggest a page for deletion ('''''after''''' reading the policy and guidelines pages), see [[Wikipedia:Articles for deletion]]. Sometimes deletion is a technical matter, in which a redirect page has to be removed to make way for moving an article, or a page whose history has been broken up has to be deleted and the pieces recombined. Other times it is a matter of cleaning up junk edits on pages with no actual content, or removing material that has been pasted from another site, thereby causing [[Wikipedia:Copyrights|copyright]] infringement.
-* View the history of [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deleted]] pages, and the deleted contributions of users.
-* View and restore deleted pages, including images, and their history. See [[Wikipedia:Viewing and restoring deleted pages by sysops]] for guidelines. To challenge a decision to delete a page, contact the deleting administrator or see [[Wikipedia:Deletion review]].
-* Perform [[WP:HM|history merges]] either manually (direct application of the delete right) or by using [[Special:MergeHistory]].
-===Reverting===
-* [[Help:Reverting|Revert]] pages quickly. Any user (logged-in or not) can revert a page to an earlier version. Administrators have a faster, automated reversion tool to help them revert vandalism called rollback. When looking at a user's contributions, a link that looks like: <nowiki>[</nowiki><span style="color:#0645ad">rollback</span><nowiki>]</nowiki> &ndash; appears next to edits that are at the top of the edit history. See [[Wikipedia:Rollback]] for more information on when rollback is appropriate and when it is not.
-=== Keeping vandalism out of recent changes ===
-* Administrators can exclude bulk vandalism from [[Special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]. To do this, add <tt>&bot=1</tt> to the end of the URL used to access a user's contributions. For example, <tt><nowiki>[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=Example&bot=1]</nowiki></tt>. When the rollback links on the contributions list are clicked, the revert and the original edit that you are reverting will both be hidden from the default recent changes display. (The <tt>bot</tt> marker was originally added to keep massive [[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]] edits from flooding recent changes, hence the "bot".)  This means that they will be hidden from recent changes unless you click the "bots" link to set <tt>hidebots=0</tt>. The edits are not hidden from contributions lists, page histories or watchlists. The edits remain in the database and are not removed, but they no longer flood recent changes. The aim of this feature is to reduce the annoyance factor of a flood vandal with relatively little effort. This should '''not''' be used for reverting a change you just do not like, but is meant only for simple vandalism, particularly massive flood vandalism.
-=== Design and wording of the interface ===
-Administrators can:
-* Change the ''text'' of the interface by editing the pages in the [[Help:MediaWiki namespace|MediaWiki namespace]], which includes the text at the top of pages such as "[[Special:WhatLinksHere]]" and the page that a blocked user will see when they try to edit a page ([[MediaWiki:Blockedtext]]).
-* Edit the ''style'' of the interface by changing the [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] in the vector stylesheet at [[MediaWiki:Vector.css]].
-* Edit some of the site-wide and skin-specific [[JavaScript]] of the software at places like [[MediaWiki:Common.js]].
-=== Other ===
-Administrators can also:
-* Move pages protected against moves.
-* Move pages without leaving a redirect.
-* Automatically move up to 100 subpages along with a page.
-* Import pages (with history) from other Wikimedia wikis.
-* View [[Special:UnwatchedPages]] to see pages which may be more vulnerable to vandalism.
-* Create accounts with names similar to those of existing accounts.
-* [[Wikipedia:Requests for permissions|Grant]] and remove [[Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes|pending changes reviewer]], [[Wikipedia:Rollback feature|rollback]], [[Wikipedia:Autopatrolled|autopatrolled]], [[Wikipedia:New page patrol#Reviewers|new page reviewer]], [[Wikipedia:File mover|file mover]], [[WP:CONFIRMED|confirmed]], [[WP:EXTENDEDCONFIRMED|extended confirmed]], [[WP:PMV|page mover]], [[Wikipedia:IP block exemption|IP block exemption]], [[Wikipedia:Mass message senders|mass message sender]], [[WP:EFH|edit filter helper]], [[Wikipedia:Edit filter|edit filter manager]], [[Wikipedia:Template editor|template editor]], and [[Wikipedia:Account creator|account creator]] permissions to other users, and to their own [[Wikipedia:Sock puppetry#Legitimate uses|alternate accounts]].
-* Edit without being affected by [[WP:HARDBLOCK|hard IP address blocks]] (with the exception of [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] blocks<ref>Editing from Tor exit nodes require the <tt>torunblocked</tt> right, which is only granted exclusively with the IP block exemption user right. It is not included with the Administrator or Bot user groups.</ref>). That is, an IP block with the '''Prevent logged-in users from editing from this IP address''' option set will not effect an administrator's editing access from that IP address.
-==Misuse of tools==
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-==See also==
-;Adminship
-* [[Wikipedia:Administrators]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Advice for new administrators]]
-;The tools
-* [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Protection policy]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy]]
-* [[Wikipedia:Special pages]]
-[[Category:Wikipedia adminship]]