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For the established policy for administrators, see Wikipedia:Administrators § Accountability. This was a proposed policy. For the record, the author of this proposal was Blankfaze, an administrator. Changes suggested by numerous other users were also implemented. Voting on this proposal is now closed.
Wikipedia's administrative tools are often likened to a janitor's mop, leading to adminship being described at times as being "given the mop".Just like a real-world janitor might have keys to offices that some other workers are excluded from, admins have some role-specific abilities, but – also like a real-world janitor – they're not more important than the other editors.
Protection is a technical restriction applied only by administrators, although any user may request protection. Protection can be indefinite or expire after a specified time. The various levels of protection are detailed below, and they can be applied to the page edit, page move, page create, and file upload actions.
news.admin.net-abuse.email. news.admin.net-abuse.email (sometimes abbreviated nanae[1] or n.a.n-a.e, and often incorrectly spelled with a hyphen in "email") is a Usenet newsgroup devoted to discussion of the abuse of email systems, specifically through email spam and similar attacks. According to a timeline compiled by Keith Lynch, [2] news ...
The Account Creation Interface is an application software hosted on Wikimedia Cloud VPS that is used to facilitate account creation requests on the English Wikipedia. This guide describes accepted practices in handling requests that are submitted to the tool. Users who wish to participate in this process must apply for access pursuant to the ...
v. t. e. On Wikipedia, sockpuppetry, or socking, refers to the misuse of multiple Wikipedia accounts. To maintain accountability and increase community trust, editors are generally expected to use only one account. While there are some valid reasons for maintaining multiple accounts, it is improper to use multiple accounts to deceive or mislead ...
Alternate Option. Help:I have been blocked. If you are blocked because of something you've done, you should not create a new account to file an appeal or continue editing. This is considered sockpuppetry and block evasion and the new account will usually be blocked. Appeals related to an existing block should be submitted as described below.
Usenet Death Penalty. On Usenet, the Usenet Death Penalty (UDP) is a final penalty that may be issued against Internet service providers or single users who produce too much spam or fail to adhere to Usenet standards. It is named after the death penalty (the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for a crime), as it causes the ...