WikiChristian:Administrators
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Administrators, commonly known as admins and also called sysops (system operators), are trusted WikiChristian editors with access to to features to help with maintenance. Bureaucrats can grant/revoke administrator permission.
There are currently 13 administrators on WikiChristian (16 counting bots with admin access). For the full list of administrators, please see this list.
Administrative tools
Blocking
Administrators can block users for an amount of time from editing. This is only done when users are being disruptive to WikiChristian. Such disruptions include vandalism, personal attacks, and spamming.
Protecting
Administrators can protect/unprotect pages for a certain amount of time. This means admins can fully protect a page from editing from registered users. This is usually done to prevent vandalism, especially high risk pages such as templates that are widely used. It is also used to prevent disruptive editing to a certain page such as protecting a page from vandalism that occurred recently.
Deleting
Administrators can delete and undelete pages. This is usually done when a page is not needed, or if it is just nonsense, a test page, an article unrelated to Christianity, ect.
Other
Administrators have access to pages that are not able to be seen by normal users. These pages include Special:Unwatchedpages, Special:Undelete, Special:Blockip, and Special:Import.
Adminship
WikiChristian does not have the same regulations as Wikipedia. There are a number of pages about the principles of the content and style of articles which can be read at:
Decisions regarding adminship are currently one a case-by-case basis.
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