Moviepedia:Wiki roles

The following are the user roles you may see on the wiki. To become a member of one of these groups, please see the pathway to adminship below.

Moviepedia roles

User: An editor without extended user rights typically won't have any profile tags. Users can be anonymous or may use a Fandom account to edit and comment, but will not be able to perform certain wiki tasks. Users are the lifeblood of the wiki!

Thread moderator: A thread moderator is a user with extra tools enabling them to delete social posts to help clear out inappropriate comments. They will have a speech bubble icon above their avatar when posting a comment.

Content moderator: A content moderator is a user with extra tools relating to wiki editing, including locking pages, rolling back edits, and deleting pages. These are longtime editors who have shown care for the wiki and are trusted by the community to care for its content. The current content moderators can be seen on Special:Community.

Administrator: An administrator/sysop is a user with the thread moderator and content moderator tools, as well as the ability to edit MediaWiki pages (such as the wiki's CSS), change the wiki's design, block users, and enable/disable certain features, such as blogs. They're longstanding members of the community chosen by their fellow editors to lead the wiki community. The current admins can be seen on Special:Community.

Bureaucrat: A bureaucrat is a user with the tools to edit other users' rights. They are typically also administrators for the wiki.

Bot: A bot account is one used by a user with an external tool, such as AutoWikiBrowser, to make mass changes to the wiki. Bot accounts are flagged with the "bot" tag, preventing their changes from showing up in Special:RecentChanges, and will typically perform basic maintenance edits across multiple pages. A bot account should always clearly be labeled with the name of the owner's main account.

One may occasionally see other profile tags on a user's userpage. These are not local wiki roles and so cannot be acquired here. These may include:

Fandom Star: A global group of users recognized by Fandom for their contributions to both wikis and wiki communities. They do not have any special user rights, but are likely to be approachable and knowledgeable.

Wiki Specialist: A Fandom staff role with global user rights, wiki specialists create and help expand many wikis.

Wiki Representative: A Fandom staff role with global user rights, wiki representatives support communities with extra tools beyond those of local admins. If this wiki has a dedicated wiki representative, they will be listed on the right side of this page.

Staff: A Fandom staff role with global user rights, staff may step in to deal with internal requests, terms of use violations, and offer access to special support programs such as Emerging Wikis or Admin+. Please note that staff edits are typically made for the sake of upholding Fandom's terms of use, so avoid interfering with staff changes.

When members of the community prove themselves to value the wiki and what it represents, they may be recommended by the community for adminship.

Any active editor can recommend another editor (including themselves). However, users who are not meeting these requirements will not be eligible:
- Must be an active editor for at least one month prior to the nomination.
- Must not have been blocked on the wiki.
- Must have edited on at least ten of the past 30 days.
A member of the admin team will create a neutral-toned Discussions post explaining the nomination to the community and offering the community a chance to discuss the user's promotion. Users will be welcome to invite editors to the conversation, however, only active editors will be eligible to vote. If more than 50% of eligible participants who participate in the conversation within a two-week period agree by comment that the nominated user should be added to the admin team, they will be given admin rights.
Nominations for content moderators will follow the same system.
Nominations for thread moderators will follow the same system, however, there will be no editing requirements for nominees and any Discussions user may participate in voting. Neutral votes will not be counted against potential thread moderators.