Wikipedia:Administrators' guide
 | This page in a nutshell: This page documents common tasks administrators do and their best practices. Here admins can learn how to exercise their tools properly before being set loose on the big, wide encyclopedia... |
Welcome,
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Please note that as an operator of an account with administrative privileges, you should review your
Administrators' newsletter
to stay up to date with relevant discussions and technology changes.
Guides
Some of these pages will provide you with a way to practice using the tools in an environment that will not harm the encyclopedia. Others simply document what you are able to do and their best practices.
- Viewing deleted pages and contributions
- Rollback
- Protecting
- Deleting
- WP:HISTMERGE)
- Blocking
- Granting and revoking user rights
- Cleaning backlogs
- Dealing with spam
- Dealing with disputes
- Edit filters
- Tools, scripts and gadgets
See also
- WP:Administrators' reading list
- WP:Advice for new administrators
- WP:Closing discussions – a frequent admin task, but not covered in the guide above
- WP:In the news/Administrator instructions
- WP:List of administrators
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- Category:Administrative backlog
- Template:Admin dashboard
- Help:Two-factor authentication – highly recommended settings to increase the security of your administrator account