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This wiki has a variety of account permissions that have been created to assist in it's administration. | This wiki has a variety of account permissions that have been created to assist in it's administration. | ||
== | == Bureaucrat == | ||
The only people capable of granting and revoking any permissions listed below are '''bureaucrats'''. This permission is strictly controlled, not | The only people capable of granting and revoking any permissions listed below are '''bureaucrats'''. Such individuals may grant and revoke at their sole discretion. This permission is strictly controlled, not due to a lack of trust, but due to a lack of need for many people to have it. A bureaucrat account being compromised could cause substantial damage which may not be reversible, and so limited granting is also in the interest of site security. While anyone is permitted to ask to become a bureaucrat, odds are greater than normal that it'll be denied. | ||
The following individuals in the Endurance Coalition are bureaucrats. | The following individuals in the Endurance Coalition are bureaucrats. | ||
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An '''administrator''' is a functional janitor for the wiki. They are able to block user accounts (which restrict all editing and usage of any advanced permissions), protect pages from editing (and subsequently edit any protected page<ref>Not ''strictly'' true. Certain pages are protected by an [[Special:AbuseFilter|abuse filter]] and interface pages require being an interface administrator to edit.</ref>), and are able to delete and restore pages. This makes it considerably easier to control the wiki's organization than a regular user is capable of doing. | An '''administrator''' is a functional janitor for the wiki. They are able to block user accounts (which restrict all editing and usage of any advanced permissions), protect pages from editing (and subsequently edit any protected page<ref>Not ''strictly'' true. Certain pages are protected by an [[Special:AbuseFilter|abuse filter]] and interface pages require being an interface administrator to edit.</ref>), and are able to delete and restore pages. This makes it considerably easier to control the wiki's organization than a regular user is capable of doing. | ||
Usage of the page protection and deletion tools are at administrator discretion (with an expectation of working in tandem with fellow administrators and other wiki-enthusiasts). The actual use of the tools are explained at [[mw:Manual:Administrators|Manual:Administrators]] (though note not all permissions the page states administrators have are actually available on this wiki). Administrators should be aware that deletion is not permanent, and accidental or ignorant deletion is not something to fear. All pages can be [[mw:Help:Deletion and undeletion|undeleted]]. | |||
Usage of the | === Usage guidelines === | ||
The only hard guideline is that administrators should never block to punish, but as a means of stopping disruption from an account {{Emdash}} usually in response to an account compromise, the account owner lashing out emotionally, or the account owner acting abusively in response to some falling out with the Endurance Coalition or any specific member. This is performed at [[Special:Block]]. | |||
== Interface administrator == | == Interface administrator == | ||
An interface administrator has no correlation with an administrator, and are simply accounts which can edit interface pages (e.g the <code>Module:</code> and <code>MediaWiki:</code> namespace) and import pages from other MediaWiki sites | An interface administrator has no correlation with an administrator, and are simply accounts which can edit interface pages (e.g the <code>Module:</code> and <code>MediaWiki:</code> namespace) and import pages from other MediaWiki sites. | ||
== Footnotes == | == Footnotes == | ||
{{Reflist}} | {{Reflist}} | ||
Revision as of 18:07, 3 April 2025
This wiki has a variety of account permissions that have been created to assist in it's administration.
Bureaucrat
The only people capable of granting and revoking any permissions listed below are bureaucrats. Such individuals may grant and revoke at their sole discretion. This permission is strictly controlled, not due to a lack of trust, but due to a lack of need for many people to have it. A bureaucrat account being compromised could cause substantial damage which may not be reversible, and so limited granting is also in the interest of site security. While anyone is permitted to ask to become a bureaucrat, odds are greater than normal that it'll be denied.
The following individuals in the Endurance Coalition are bureaucrats.
- Sirdog (sirdog3355)
Administrator
An administrator is a functional janitor for the wiki. They are able to block user accounts (which restrict all editing and usage of any advanced permissions), protect pages from editing (and subsequently edit any protected page[1]), and are able to delete and restore pages. This makes it considerably easier to control the wiki's organization than a regular user is capable of doing.
Usage of the page protection and deletion tools are at administrator discretion (with an expectation of working in tandem with fellow administrators and other wiki-enthusiasts). The actual use of the tools are explained at Manual:Administrators (though note not all permissions the page states administrators have are actually available on this wiki). Administrators should be aware that deletion is not permanent, and accidental or ignorant deletion is not something to fear. All pages can be undeleted.
Usage guidelines
The only hard guideline is that administrators should never block to punish, but as a means of stopping disruption from an account — usually in response to an account compromise, the account owner lashing out emotionally, or the account owner acting abusively in response to some falling out with the Endurance Coalition or any specific member. This is performed at Special:Block.
Interface administrator
An interface administrator has no correlation with an administrator, and are simply accounts which can edit interface pages (e.g the Module: and MediaWiki: namespace) and import pages from other MediaWiki sites.
Footnotes
- ↑ Not strictly true. Certain pages are protected by an abuse filter and interface pages require being an interface administrator to edit.