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In general, sysops are not imbued with any special authority and are equal to everyone else in terms of editorial responsibility. Staff members' votes and opinions are given equal weight to regular users in [[MarioWiki:Proposals|proposals]], [[MarioWiki:Featured Articles|FA nominations]], or any other democratic process or informal discussion. Sysops should not have power over other users other than applying decisions made by all users, but when they ''do'' exercise their authority to enforce established rules and regulations, users should defer to their judgement rather than arguing, edit-warring and making a scene. Sysops are ''not'' infallible, however any mistakes made by the wiki staff will be dealt with internally; Users should never attempt to give a staff member an [[MarioWiki:Warning Policy|official warning]], but instead, voice any legitimate concerns to a bureaucrat in private, such as via a PM on the forum. While warnings given to users by an admin or patroller cannot be [[MarioWiki:Appeals|appealed]], the other staff members have the ability to overturn ''any'' unwarranted warnings or blocks if they see fit. In addition, there ''are'' a few specific transgressions that only admins or patrollers can dispense warnings for, and the staff reserves the right to veto [[MarioWiki:Proposals|proposals]] and remove illegitimate votes if necessary. | In general, sysops are not imbued with any special authority and are equal to everyone else in terms of editorial responsibility. Staff members' votes and opinions are given equal weight to regular users in [[MarioWiki:Proposals|proposals]], [[MarioWiki:Featured Articles|FA nominations]], or any other democratic process or informal discussion. Sysops should not have power over other users other than applying decisions made by all users, but when they ''do'' exercise their authority to enforce established rules and regulations, users should defer to their judgement rather than arguing, edit-warring and making a scene. Sysops are ''not'' infallible, however any mistakes made by the wiki staff will be dealt with internally; Users should never attempt to give a staff member an [[MarioWiki:Warning Policy|official warning]], but instead, voice any legitimate concerns to a bureaucrat in private, such as via a PM on the forum. While warnings given to users by an admin or patroller cannot be [[MarioWiki:Appeals|appealed]], the other staff members have the ability to overturn ''any'' unwarranted warnings or blocks if they see fit. In addition, there ''are'' a few specific transgressions that only admins or patrollers can dispense warnings for, and the staff reserves the right to veto [[MarioWiki:Proposals|proposals]] and remove illegitimate votes if necessary. | ||
Because of their experience, users seeking help will often turn to a sysop for advice and information. During vandal attacks or edit wars, users may contact any staff members who are online for assistance, | Because of their experience, users seeking help will often turn to a sysop for advice and information. During vandal attacks or edit wars, users may contact any staff members who are online for assistance, or alternatively use the [[MarioWiki:Admin Noticeboard|admin noticeboard]] in urgent cases. All admins must closely watch for changes or new incidents posted to the noticeboard. Although, admins and patrollers are expected to keep an eye on [[Special:RecentChanges]] as much as possible in order to notice incidents on their own. | ||
Many essential housekeeping chores require the additional editing tools granted to sysops, and users should feel free to ask for assistance if they are not able to perform certain necessary functions on their own, such as having pages protected or unprotected, having redirects deleted to make room for moves, etc. For less pressing matters, {{tem|delete}} (or in the case of [[MarioWiki:Personal Images|PIs]], {{tem|personal-image-abandoned}}) can be placed on pages or images requiring deletion, and a sysop will get around to it sooner than later, as they are expected to periodically check and empty [[:Category:To be deleted|To be deleted]]. | Many essential housekeeping chores require the additional editing tools granted to sysops, and users should feel free to ask for assistance if they are not able to perform certain necessary functions on their own, such as having pages protected or unprotected, having redirects deleted to make room for moves, etc. For less pressing matters, {{tem|delete}} (or in the case of [[MarioWiki:Personal Images|PIs]], {{tem|personal-image-abandoned}}) can be placed on pages or images requiring deletion, and a sysop will get around to it sooner than later, as they are expected to periodically check and empty [[:Category:To be deleted|To be deleted]]. | ||
