Skyrim Main Quest Overhaul Wiki:Administrators

Administrators (aka Sysops) and Bureaucrats are editors with extended rights that help them contribute to and modify the site. If you need help, you can always ask help from an active administrator.

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.

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

Staff
Wikia staff members have full access to all Wikia. They will be shown in Special:Listusers/staff on any wiki. Please use Special:Contact to contact Wikia staff.

Active administrators
* Founding Bureaucrat is meant to imply this user created the back-bone of the wiki and is likely to be able to help you with technical questions.

Administrator activities
An administrator should keep the wiki clean and organized (see Organization on how the wiki generally is organized). If there are any pages or images against policy and guidelines, they should be marked so and if possible, updated.

Pages interesting for administrators: For the more die-hard administrators:
 * Maintenance - A tool to help maintain the wiki.
 * Candidates for deletion - If a page has been marked for deletion for over 7 days, without any opposition, it should be deleted. Only administrators can delete pages, so in most cases, the person who proposed deletion can't delete the page him/herself.
 * Uncategorized Pages - All pages on the wiki should have categories.
 * Uncategorized Images - All images should be in the Images category, together with their object-type category, e.g. an image of a book should be in Book images, an icon should be Icon images.
 * Orphaned Pages - All pages that are not links from anywhere else. Other pages should link to them.
 * Uncategorized Templates - All templates should be categorized.
 * Uncategorized Categories - All templates should be categorized.
 * Wanted Categories - A list of all the categories linked to, but not existing. Create them and add those new categories to the right category. Maybe the page links to a category that is not accurate for that page (or misspelled), in that case, check who links to those non-existing categories and change it to something better suiting the subject, correct spelling or remove it.

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. Administrator rights can be requested. If you have proven good will and skill on the wiki, you will have a good chance. In the end, it is the project team leader who decides whether you can become an administrator.

If there are no active bureaucrats, use the "Requests for adminship" page to nominate users to become admins or bureaucrats. Once a community decision has been reached (or if there is no active community to debate the decision), please leave a message at the wiki adoption requests page and Wikia Staff can provide the rights.

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.