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Shortcut: WM:A This page provides information on Meta-Wiki administrators, and lays out relevant policies. For the latest confirmation discussions, see /confirm.

An administrator is a user that can (semi-)protect/unprotect pages, delete/undelete pages and block/unblock users. To become an administrator, one must request at Meta:Requests for adminship, and meet the requirements listed there and below.
For more information on what administrators can do, see also en:wikipedia:Administrators.

For a list of administrators on other Wikimedia projects, see Administrators of Wikimedia projects.

Contents 1 Policy for requesting adminship 1.1 Exceptions 2 Policy for de-adminship 2.1 Temporary sysop status 2.2 Inactivity 2.3 Poll after a year 3 List of administrators 4 See also

[edit] Policy for requesting adminship

To request administrator access on Meta, the requirements listed below need to be fulfilled:

• Be an administrator, bureaucrat, or checkuser on a local Wikipedia or related project.
• Demonstrate cross-wiki experience. For example, be a participant of at least 2 months's duration on at least one project other than Meta and the "home" project.
• Have a user page on Meta, with links to the user pages on other participated projects. This can state that SUL is activated or be provided via a Wiki matrix if that is not possible.
• Having a valid contact address (either a confirmed email address in preferences, or a valid email address on the user page).
• Be an active contributor on Meta. This is a subjective, not an objective, measure and there is no official post count.
• Preferably populate the user page with applicable {{user language}} templates, given the multi-lingual nature of Meta.

The request shall be done on Meta:Requests for adminship. A time for opinion of at least one week will be given. The candidate will be named sysop here only if they are approved by a qualified majority of at least 75%. All editors with an account on Meta, at least one active account on any Wikimedia project, and a link between the two, may participate and give their opinion on the candidate. In case of an opposition, enough people must speak for the candidate for them to become sysop on Meta.

If the candidate becomes a sysop, they should add their name to Administrator list, and ensure they keep a valid user name page, links to at least one other project, and valid contact. Administrators not respecting these rules will be de-sysoped.

See also: http://tools.wikimedia.de/~interiot/cgi-bin/count_edits?user=UserName&dbname=metawiki_p

[edit] Exceptions

It is helpful for some people to have access to some protected pages on Meta (related to languages files). In such cases, two options are possible:

• Temporary unprotection of these pages, so that the user can quietly work on them for a limited time.
• Temporary sysoping of the user in question so they can edit the protected pages. In this case, the adminship shall be granted with no requirements and approval, but the user will promise to limit their activity to the necessity of their local project. Preferably, the admin status will be temporary.

[edit] Policy for de-adminship

[edit] Temporary sysop status

Sysop-hood can be granted temporarily. For example, people starting up a new project need to be able to work on some protected pages on Meta to set up their project. Temporary sysop status will be removed after 30 days.

[edit] Inactivity

Any sysop inactive on Meta for a full year will be de-sysoped. "Inactive" means no edits in the past 6 months and less than 50 edits in the last year. They may re-apply through the regular way.

[edit] Poll after a year

Sysop-hood is not a lifetime status. Get it if you need it. Keep it if people trust you. Quit it if you do not need it. Lose it if people feel they cannot trust you. Sysop status on Meta will be granted for one year. After that time, people will be able to vote to oppose a sysop. If there is no opposition for the sysop to stay sysop, then they stay sysop. If opposition is voiced, then the sysop may lose sysopship if support falls below 75%. No quorum is required. It is not a vote to gain support status, but a poll to express disagreement with the current situation. The point is not to bug everyone to vote to support the sysop again (if there is no opposition, there is no point in voting your support again); the point is to not allow sysop-hood status to stay a lifetime status. If a sysop is not really strongly infringing rules, but is creating work for the community because of a lack of trust, then it is best that people have the possibility of expressing their opposition.

Page for confirmation/removal: Meta:Administrators/confirm

[edit] List of administrators

The following users have sysop rights on Meta. (See also a list of Meta bureaucrats.)

Current administrators Edit +/-

.anaconda, it, en-2 (bureaucrat, steward) A. B., en Arne (akl), de, en Alison. en, ga-3, fr-2 alnokta. ar, en Alexanderps, pt, en-2, es-2, gl-2, fr-1, it-1 (bureaucrat) AmiDaniel. en, de-3 Andre Engels, nl, en, de Angela, en (bureaucrat, steward) Anonymous Dissident, en, fr-1, de-1, id-1, ja-1 (bureaucrat) Anthere, fr, en-3 (bureaucrat, checkuser, steward) Arria Belli, en, es, fr-4, it-2, ca-2, pt-1, ru-1 Az1568, en (bureaucrat) bastique, en, fr-3, es-2 (steward) Beetstra, en Benjamin-no, no, da, sv, en, de (bureaucrat) Brion VIBBER, en, eo (checkuser, steward) Cbrown1023, en, es-1 (bureaucrat) Cometstyles, en, hi, hif, gu-1, fj-2, ur-2, bg-2, mar-3, pa-3 (bureaucrat) Daniel, en, is-3 DerHexer, de, en-3, grc-2, la-2, es-2 (steward) Dbl2010, tr, en-3, de-2, az-2, tk-1 (steward) Drini, es, en-5, ca-1, it-1 (bureaucrat, checkuser, steward, oversight) Dungodung, sr, en-4, de-1, hr-3, bs-3, mk-1 (bureaucrat, steward) Effeietsanders, nl, en-2, fr-1, de-1 (steward) Eloquence, de, en-3 Erwin, nl, en-3, de-1, fr-1 EVula, en (bureaucrat) FrancoGG, es, en-3 Fuzheado, en, zh-1 GerardM guillom, fr, en-3 (steward) HappyDog, en, fr-2 Herbythyme, en, fr-1 (checkuser) Hillgentleman, yue,zh,en, fr-1/2, de-1/2 (bureaucrat) Huji, fa, en, ar-1 Jdforrester, en Jimbo Wales, en (bureaucrat, steward) Jon Harald Søby nb, nn-3, en-3, sv-2, da-2, de-1, es-1, eo-1 (checkuser, steward) Jusjih, zh, en-3, fr-1 (steward) JzG, en, fr-1, de-1 Kate, en (steward) Korg, fr, en Kylu, en, de-2, es-3, fr-3, it-1, ja-1, pt-2, si-1, zh-1 (bureaucrat) Lar, en, de-1 (bureaucrat, checkuser, steward) M/, it, en-3, de, fr, es, pt (bureaucrat, steward) Majorly, en, de-1, fr-1 (bureaucrat) Mardetanha, fa, az , en-3 , tr-2 ,ar-1 MaxSem, ru, en-2 (bureaucrat, steward) Meno25, ar, en-4, fr-1 (bureaucrat) Mike.Lifeguard, en, fr-2 (oversight) Millosh, sr, sh, bs-4, hr-3.5, en-2.5, ru-1.9, sl-1.5, mk-1.5, bg-1.2 (other Slavic languages 0.5) (steward) Mindspillage, en, es-1 Mxn, en, vi-2, es-2 Nakon, en (bureaucrat) Nick1915, it, vec, en-2, fr-1, es-1 (Bureaucrat, steward) Nishkid64, en, es-2, te-1 (bureaucrat) Nixeagle, en notafish, fr, en-4, de-3, es-2, it-2 oscar, nl, en-3, de-3, fr-3, es-2, it-1, sv-1, tr-1 (steward) Pathoschild, en, fr-2 (checkuser, steward) Patrick, nl, en-3 Raul654, en, es-1 Rdsmith4, en (steward) Redux,pt, en-4, es-3, fr-3, it-3, de-2, la-2, cs-1, ro-1 (steward) Sean Whitton, en Shanel, en, fr-2 (steward) Shizhao, zh, en-1, ru-1 (bureaucrat, steward) Sj, en (bureaucrat, steward) .snoopy. AKA dario vet, it, vec, en-2, es-1 (bureaucrat) Spacebirdy aka geimfyglið, de, es-3, en-2, is-2, fr-2 (checkuser, steward) Thogo, de, en-3, es-1, fr-1, ru-1, ar-1 (bureaucrat, steward) Thunderhead, en, es-1, de-1, fr-1 Tim Starling, en (bureaucrat, checkuser, steward) VasilievVV ru, en-3 (bureaucrat) Walter, nl, en-1 (steward) WJBscribe, en, fr-3, de-1 xaosflux, en, es-1 Yann, fr, en-3, hi-2, gu-1 (bureaucrat, checkuser, steward) Zanimum, en, fr-1, es-1, iu-1 Zirland, cs, en-3, pl-3, sk-2, eo-2, ru-1, de-1 (steward)

For lang skills, see also Meta:Babel templates

Honorary admin

• Jimbo Wales

Named admin third quarter 2007, status to be confirmed in October 2008

• Kylu
• Thunderhead
• HappyDog
• FrancoGG
• Fuzheado

Confirmed in October 2007, status to be confirmed in October 2008

• Mxn
• MaxSem
• Dbl2010
• Patrick
• Raul654
• Rdsmith4
• Jdforrester
• Shizhao
• Mindspillage

Named admin fourth quarter 2007, status to be confirmed in January 2009

• Spacebirdy
• Anonymous Dissident
• Alnokta
• EVula
• AmiDaniel
• Hillgentleman
• Arria Belli

Confirmed in January 2008, status to be confirmed in January 2009

• guillom
• Andre Engels
• .anaconda
• Angela
• Anthere
• Brion VIBBER
• Eloquence
• Walter
• Tim Starling
• Akl
• notafish
• M/
• Korg

Named admin first quarter 2008, status to be confirmed in April 2009

• Cometstyles
• Zirland
• Meno25
• Jusjih
• Az1568
• A. B.
• VasilievVV
• Alexanderps
• Huji
• DerHexer

Confirmed in April 2008, status to be confirmed in April 2009

• .snoopy.
• Effeietsanders
• Redux
• Shanel
• Drini
• Zanimum
• Bastique
• Nixeagle
• Cbrown1023
• Sean Whitton
• Majorly
• Lar
• xaosflux
• Nishkid64
• Dungodung
• Nick1915
• Jon Harald Søby
• Kate
• Benjamin-no
• Millosh
• +sj+
• Yann

Named admin second quarter 2008, status to be confirmed in July 2009

• Beetstra
• Mike.lifeguard
• Alison
• Mardetanha
• Erwin
• Daniel
• WJBscribe
• Werdna

Confirmed in second quarter 2008, status to be confirmed in July 2009

• GerardM
• Herbythyme
• JzG
• Nakon
• oscar
• Pathoschild
• Thogo

Temporary adminship

• Aphaia (for Foundation work only)
• Dschwen (to assist with WikiMiniAtlas development)
• Lustiger seth (spam blacklist assistance)

[edit] See also

• Former administrators

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