Wikipedia:Administrators

Administrators are editors who have the extra ability to:

• Block and unblock other users
• Delete and undelete pages on the site
• Protect and unprotect pages
• Edit pages in the MediaWiki namespace (e.g., MediaWiki:Sidebar)
• View deleted edits of a page
• View any contributions by a user to pages which are deleted.

There are currently 279 administrators on Test Wikipedia. For a list, see Special:ListUsers/sysop.

Administrator rights can be requested at Wikipedia:Requests/Permissions. A bureaucrat will review and decide on the request. Candidates should meet the following requirements:

1. Be active and trusted on other projects and preferably be a sysop elsewhere, or
2. Demonstrate a need for the access (e.g. developers).

Administrators on this wiki are subject to having the rights removed after one year of inactivity. If they want the rights restored after this occurs, they can make a request by following the directions above at § Becoming an administrator.