Survivor Wiki:Administration

The Administration Staff are a special set of users on Survivor Wiki that allow them to maintain the wiki's content and configure its layout.

Current Staff

Roles

Administrator

Administrators ("admins" for short, or sysops) are experienced, responsible and trusted users of Survivor Wiki, who have been granted exclusive access to special tools that could help in maintaining the Wiki.

Users who have queries about the wiki often approach Administrators. Admins provide good pieces of advice and can tremendously help in reaching a consensus during discussions.

Privileges

Admins are granted the following abilities:

• Delete pages, files and page histories;
• Rename files and articles;
• "Protect" articles from being edited nor renamed;
• Block unscrupulous users and IP addresses from editing;
• Revert articles to a previous edit; and
• Edit the MediaWiki namespace to make changes to the interface and design.

Duties and Responsibilities

Admins have these general responsibilities:

• Continuing significant contributions most days each month, not counting personal user space. Such edits include adding content to articles, correcting spelling, grammar and/or formatting;
• Reasonably and promptly replying in user queries; and
• Intervene in disputes.
• Delete pages that are obvious spam/vandalism, or (appropriately) marked with a {{delete}} tag.
• Protect pages that are subject to heavy vandalism or editing wars.
• Block users that meet the criteria for blocking.

Code of Conduct

• Unless an edit is directly dismissing factual information, admins have no authority over Survivor Wiki content and policies. Like the game of Survivor, it is the community as a whole who steers the site's direction.
• Administrators do not own Survivor Wiki. They cannot shut out the opinions of others and enforce theirs.
• Abuse of admin rights is subject to expulsion from the admin panel and could receive a block.

Bureaucrat

Bureaucrats are the highest achievable rank of any Survivor Wiki user. Not only are they administrators, they also have the access to granting and revoking Administrator and Rollback roles.

Bureaucrats are granted the following abilities:

• Granting or revoking user rights, both administrators and rollbacks.
• Granting — but not revoking — bureaucrat rights to admins, too.

Rollback

Rollbacks are members of the Survivor Wiki community who assist administrators and bureaucrats in maintaining the wiki.

Rollbacks are simply given the ability to rollback a page to a previous user’s edit. This allows them to help curtail vandalism on the wiki. Rollbacks are encouraged to inform admins of vandalism, so they can see to the appropriate punishment.

Revocation of Rights

Admins may have their rights stripped by a bureaucrat for the following reasons:

• Indefinite Inactivity: An admin who remained inactive for a long period of time without filing a leave.
• Abuse of Authority: Using one's admin rights to harass or intimidate other users.

If a bureaucrat is required to leave permanently, Fandom will need to be contacted to have their rights removed. Generally, bureaucrats inactive for at least one year can have their role removed with no other caveats; however, in other cases, community consensus may be required. Keep in mind that what may be required to remove the bureaucrat role is up to Fandom’s staff.

Users are also encouraged to contact Fandom in the event they or the community at large feel the administrative staff is not properly doing their duties.