MediaWiki administrator
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Administrators on MediaWiki Wikis have access to a number of tools used to carry out community consensus.
Protection and unprotection of pages
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Adjusting protection on a page.
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Adjusting protection on a page on vector theme, with extra protection levels.
Deletion and undeletion
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Deleting the "Deletion" article.
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Viewing the deleted revisions of a page.
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...and restoring them
Blocking and unblocking
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The form to block a user. Notice all the text!
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Unblocking a user.
Unusual tools
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The special:nuke interface on Meta, available to administrators there.
Other images
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The Admin Mop, used widely on Wikimedia Foundation projects to show that the user is an administrator there. Note that it contains the trademarked Wikipedia logo.
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An alternative icon which does not use the trademarked logo.
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What happens when you abuse your admin tools!
MediaWiki Permissions and Extensions
Standard permissions: Administrator • Bureaucrat • Checkuser
Import • Oversight • Developers
Extensions: Boardvote extension • PovWatch extension