Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list
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This is an information page that describes a communal consensus on some aspect or aspects of Wikipedia's norms and practices. It is intended to supplement and/or clarify a process or some guidance. It is not one of Wikipedia's policies or guidelines; where something is inconsistent with this page, please defer to those. |
Admins are expected to have an intimate understanding of Wikipedia policy. They are also expected to consistently demonstrate comprehension of these policies. This is especially paramount regarding the use of abilities entrusted to admins which are unavailable to regular users and editors of Wikipedia.
The following items are considered highly recommended reading material. These pages detail prerequisite knowledge required by an admin:
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Should already know[edit]
- Five pillars of Wikipedia
- Founding principles: Core principles guiding all Wikimedia projects.
General[edit]
- Administrators
- Admins' how-to guide
- Admins' noticeboard for general discussion of admin issues
- New admin school
Security[edit]
Content policies[edit]
Copyright[edit]
Blocking[edit]
Page protection[edit]
Deletion[edit]
- Criteria for speedy deletion
- Deletion guidelines for administrators
- Deletion policy
- Deletion process
- Undeletion policy
- Revision deletion policy
Rollback[edit]
Requests[edit]
- Backlogged processes requiring attention
- Changes related to Wikipedia:Requests for administrator attention
- Enforcement of arbitration rulings
Vandalism[edit]
Controversy[edit]
Miscellaneous[edit]
- Advice for new Administrators
- Editing the main page
- Goals of the Adminship process
- How to fix cut and paste moves
- Image use policy
- MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook
- Office actions
- Open proxies
- Requested Move Closing Instructions
- What Adminship is not
- Village stocks – some things administrators have done by mistake in the past. Laugh, and avoid repetition.
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