Wikipedia:Administrators
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[edit] Administrators
Administrators are editors who have the extra ability to:
- Block and unblock other accounts,
- Delete and undelete pages on the site
- Protect and unprotect pages
- Edit pages in the MediaWiki namespace (e.g., MediaWiki:Sidebar)
- View deleted edits of a page
- View any contributions by a user to pages which are deleted.
For a list of all Administrators on Test Wikipedia, see Special:ListUsers/sysop.
[edit] Becoming an administrator
Administrator rights can be requested at Wikipedia:Requests/Permissions. A bureaucrat will decide on the request then. Candidates should meet the following requirements:
- Active and trusted on other projects and preferably be a sysop elsewhere,
- or demonstrate a need for the access (e.g. developers).
