Administrators are users with access to special functions that allow them to enforce our guidelines and carry out a wide range of maintenance tasks.
Current Team
Allegro31
MysticFantasy08
Please feel free to contact them if you have questions or for advice or other information about the wiki!
Administrator Abilities
The additional functions administrators have are:
- Deleting and undeleting pages, page histories, and uploaded files.
- Locking (protecting) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without admin rights (fully protected) or autoconfirmed status (semi protected). They can also unprotect pages.
- Blocking IP addresses or user names from editing (this is usually done after vandalisms or other significant breaking of guidelines).
- Very quick "rollback" of undesirable edits.
- Editing the interface by changing system messages and skins.
Bureaucrat Abilities
A bureaucrat can grant administrator, bureaucrat, rollback, and content moderator status to other users. They can also take away all of those abilities except for bureaucrat: they can only remove it from themself, only Fandom Staff, Wiki Representatives, Wiki Specialists, Helpers, and the user themselves can do that.
How do I use administrator powers?
See Help:Administrators' how-to guide for a guide on using admin functions.
Becoming an administrator
To become an administrator, someone with bureaucrat access must make you one. On larger wiki, there will usually be a community page for requests, with a page name such as "Hetalia Wiki:Requests for adminship". On a smaller wiki, however, you may just ask on the community portal or Forum, or ask a bureaucrat directly on their talk page.
If there are no active bureaucrats and you wish to become an administrator or adopt the wiki, please contact the community staff. If there are other active editors but no active bureaucrats/admins, you should first discuss with them on who should become an admin, whether it be one of you or all of you.
What can administrators not do?
Administrators should not use their administrator powers to settle editing disputes; for example, to lock a page on a version they prefer in an editing dispute that is not related to vandalism. Administrator powers should be used to manage the wiki and help keep it clear of vandalism, spam, and users who make malicious edits, but not for simple disagreements between users acting in good faith. Ideally an admin shouldn't be considered "in charge". The ideal admin is just someone who is trusted to have a few extra buttons and to use them for the benefit of the community.