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This page contains the Administration Policies of the Special A Wiki. The aim is to ensure that an admin does not abuses his/her rights. The role and limitations of an admin are listed below.

Page Deletion[]

  • An admin should have an appropriate reason for deleting an article.
  • An article should be deleted only if it violates the Content Policy.
  • If two articles have the same content [duplicate articles], then one of them can be deleted.
  • Personal pages of the users, like User Pages, can be deleted at the request of the respective user.

Page Protection[]

  • An admin should have an appropriate reason for protecting an article.
  • Protection should be applied to the critical parts of the wiki, like the main page or templates.
  • If there is repeated vandalism, then the page can be protected for a short time duration.
  • Personal pages of the users, like User Pages, can be protected at the request of the respective user.
  • Talk pages shouldn't be protected.
  • Any protection applied to the wiki's article shouldn't be for a very long time duration. It should be only for as long as necessary.

Edit Reverting[]

  • An admin should have an appropriate reason for reverting an edit.
  • An admin can revert the edit of another admin. However, it should be reasonable.

Blocking[]

  • An admin should have an appropriate reason for blocking a User.
  • Few reasons for blocking maybe:
    • Vandalism
    • Abusive behavior towards other editors
    • Abusing multiple account
    • Violating the wiki's policies
  • The duration of the block depends on the severity of the violation. It is decided by an admin.

Rules For Administrators[]

  • No admin can abuse his/her rights.
  • In a dispute between a user and an admin, the admin is not supposed to use his rights to get the upper hand. The matter should be solved by proper discussion.
  • In a dispute between two admins, a third admin should mediate and solve the issue by proper discussion.
  • The admins are supposed to solve the dispute between two users by proper discussion.
  • The admins are supposed to attend to any request made by a user.
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