Wikipedia talk:Administrators' guide

Kudos

Thanks so much for setting this up! Barring a drastic change in my RfA, it looks like I may be going through the paces here in a few days. I'm really grateful I don't have to start cold as an admin using the buttons for the first time in real situations. I probably wouldn't delete the main page but I suspect there's still some practical learning I need to do before I'm a fit mopjockey. Cheers, Pigman^what?/trail 21:50, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

To become an adminstrator

What is the school usually about. I'm interest on become and admin one day so I can block users, delete pages, and contribs, protect and semi-protect pages. Where in Southern California to attend school? I'm form South Orange County, California.--Freewayguy (Meet) 19:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)

• Comment - from the reading that I've done, you need to submit a "Request for Adminship" or be nominated by someone else. You can read more about the process here - Request for Adminship. This "New Admin school" page is an set of instructions and procedures to assist new admins with normal processes. Unless I'm very mistaken, there isn't any formal school that you would actually attend. The RfA article will give you some additional references, like Administrators' reading list, Administrators' how-to guide, and Guide to requests for adminship. Best of luck. Regards. --Daddy.twins (talk) 21:45, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
• You could also check out the Admin Coaching page and request a coach to help you learn what the role involves. nancy ^(talk) 12:42, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Mobile protection

How do I protect a page on mobile. Sw3aty G4mer (talk) 12:58, 21 August 2020 (UTC)

@Sw3aty G4mer: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Wikipedia:Administrators' guide. Apart from that, requests for increases to a page's protection level should be made at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 09:04, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Blocking

In the administrators' guide on blocking and filling in the blocking form, it states:

"Block account creation: stops the user from creating a new account for 24 hours after the block is made – this typically should be left ticked."

"Autoblock any IP addresses used blocks all IP addresses the editor may use in the future whilst blocked. Autoblocks last for 24 hours, except in the case of dynamic IP pools such as those used by residential ISPs – this typically should be left ticked.

Is this information correct? Is an editor who is blocked able to create a new account or edit as an IP after 24 hours has expired, or are these restrictions indefinite? Cwmhiraeth (talk) 09:46, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

@Cwmhiraeth: Except in the case where a user is, say, softblocked for using a well-known name (in which case the box would be deticked anyway), it would still not be permitted for the blocked user to make a new account and edit with it. However, the 24 hours bit is a compromise between discouraging them from immediately seeing it and making a new account against a major increase in collateral damage in the future. Nosebagbear (talk) 11:44, 17 September 2021 (UTC)

Protect Button not showing

How Come the protect button is not showing, is this a glitch? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kernel123 (talk • contribs) 16:24, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

@Kernel123 You are not an administrator here or on any other Wikimedia projects. Only administrators can protect pages. Sam Walton (talk) 23:16, 17 December 2022 (UTC)

Change the sentence about the purpose of hidden filters to:

Hidden filters are private to make it harder for abusive users to learn how to circumvent them, and thus their contents should not be shared publicly. Faster than Thunder (talk | contributions) 16:10, 29 October 2023 (UTC)