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Line 32: * viewing material deleted from an article, and using it in edits, and * probably others i now take so much for granted as not to recall them. In addition, around <s>200</s> <small>(WP grows and grows!)</small> [[Wikipedia:List of administrators\|<s>700</s> 1000]] of the editors on Wikipedia also have ('''and currently use''') several other permissions (that at other sites would probably be ''very'' closely held). These particular editors are called ''[[Wikipedia:administrators\|administrators]]'' (formally), ''admins'', or ''sysops'' (short for ''system operators''), according to the speaker's taste. (Admins are ''not'' called "moderators", IMO because ''every'' editor is expected to help provide moderation.) Without trying to enumerate the details, i'll mention two kinds of problems admins can resolve: * In some cases where you can't talk someone out of spoiling a good article (among other requirements, normally one that conforms to our [[Wikipedia:NPOV]] policy), an admin can often help. * Sometimes the "Move this page" link does not do the job of changing the title on a page. Two important things need to be said about this: If you "fix" the situation by cutting and pasting from one page to another, all you've done is cause damage (~~loss~~obscuration of editing history) that others will have to undo, before accomplishing in an acceptable way what you were trying to do. When "Move this page" doesn't work, the problem is what is usually described as "trying to move a page to an existing page other than a redirect with no history". I won't say that description is wrong, but it occasionally is frustratingly unhelpful, and you don't need to waste time worrying about the details. I have a notion (whatever the truth may be) that i've been an annoying burden on admins, before becoming one myself, and in effect begged for "more than my share" of assistance in doing page moves. So i especially welcome opportunities to repay my debt to previous admins by assisting future admins (you, for now) with problem page moves. (And also with other needs.) Please ask. The most likely times to catch me are from 16:00 (UTC), on a Monday through Thursday, until maybe 06:00 the next day. But you can also try later, earlier, and on weekends without it being completely futile. And of course there are literally hundreds of other admins that you can try.

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