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There are lots of ways in which you can do admin stuff, without being an admin; for example: get involved in Category:Wikipedia maintenance; get involved in Category:WikiProjects; get involved in Category:Wikipedia backlog; get involved in fighting vandalism; if you've been reverting vandalism for a while, any admin can give you rollback rights
Type in the name of the user you wish to grant rights to. In this case, type in "ThisIsaTest" for User:ThisIsaTest. If you type in a non-existent username, you will be informed of this. Also make sure that you are giving the right to the user you intend to give it to, and not a possible imposter of that user.
Most requests are submitted and processed through the account creation interface - other request sometimes come in through the admin only unblock-en-l mailing list. Any user wishing to participate should register at this page, and wait for approval from an interface administrator (not the same as a Wikipedia Administrator). Confirmation is ...
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.
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Administrators monitor each other; nearly all admin actions are reversible by any other admin (including page deletions, page protections, and blocks). The Arbitration Committee also has the power to sanction administrators, and does so fairly regularly.
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