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Administrators are users who have a proven track record of high-quality edits and responsible, mature behavior, and have had performance- and security-based restrictions on several features lifted because they seemed like hardworking and trustworthy folks. This includes the ability to block vandals or disruptive users, quickly revert damage done to articles, and delete unwanted images or pages (among other functions listed below). Users cannot ask to be promoted: all decisions on promotions and demotions are made by the current staff members, although users are free to decline when offered a promotion. Users will typically be made patrollers first, rather than getting promoted directly to admin. | Administrators are users who have a proven track record of high-quality edits and responsible, mature behavior, and have had performance- and security-based restrictions on several features lifted because they seemed like hardworking and trustworthy folks. This includes the ability to block vandals or disruptive users, quickly revert damage done to articles, and delete unwanted images or pages (among other functions listed below). Users cannot ask to be promoted: all decisions on promotions and demotions are made by the current staff members, although users are free to decline when offered a promotion. Users will typically be made patrollers first, rather than getting promoted directly to admin. | ||
In general, administrators 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|featured article nominations]], or any other democratic process or informal discussion. Admins 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. Administrators are ''not'' infallible, however any mistakes made by the wiki staff will be dealt with internally; | In general, administrators 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|featured article nominations]], or any other democratic process or informal discussion. Admins 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. Administrators 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 private message on the forum. 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 administrators 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 an administrator 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:Staff noticeboard|staff noticeboard]] in urgent cases. All admins must closely watch for changes or new incidents posted to the noticeboard. Although, administrators and patrollers are expected to keep an eye on [[Special:RecentChanges]] as much as possible in order to notice incidents on their own. | Because of their experience, users seeking help will often turn to an administrator 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:Staff noticeboard|staff noticeboard]] in urgent cases. All admins must closely watch for changes or new incidents posted to the noticeboard. Although, administrators and patrollers are expected to keep an eye on [[Special:RecentChanges]] as much as possible in order to notice incidents on their own. | ||