Wikipedia:Administrators' guide
 | This page in a nutshell: This page is for new administrators who have been granted the tools at a successful RfA. Here they can learn how to exercise them properly before being set loose on the big, wide encyclopedia... |
Congratulations on becoming an admin! This suite of pages documents common admin tasks and how to properly perform them. Administrative tools are very powerful, so it's important you understand how they work before attempting to use them. Here you can test some of the features out in a safe environment, without worry of causing disruption. Spending 15 or 20 minutes here may seem well worth it if it keeps you from ending up in the village stocks.
Please note that now that you are the operator of an account with administrative privileges, you should review your user account security practices.
Administrator privileges
Click the list below for some tasks that you can do as a new admin. We'll provide you with a way to practice using some of these tools in an environment that will not harm the encyclopedia. In ascending order of possible damage (In other words 1 is mild, 8 is severe):
- Viewing deleted pages and contributions
- Rollback
- Protecting
- Granting and revoking user rights
- Deleting
- Dealing with disputes
- Blocking
- Edit filters
See also
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| Hardest part of your RFA was choosing
which userbox you wanted...  Wikiversity has learning resources about How to be a Wikimedia sysop |
