Gratispaideia:Adminship

Gratispaideians with Sysop rights are Administrators. Administrators have access and rights that go beyond those granted to regular Gratispaideia contributors.

The additional rights are divided into two categories: maintenance and anti-vandalism. Gratispaideia now only gives administrator access to members who are well-known in the community and whose edits and contributions have shown to be reliable.

Administrator privileges
A few key functions of MediaWiki (the software that runs this site) are prohibited. Administrators have access to the following tools, which are limited features. Note that this is just an overview; check mw:Manual:Administrators for more information, instructions, and notes, as well as Special:ListGroupRights for actual rights as defined by the system.

Edit protected pages

 * Edit the Main Page and other protected pages. Changes can be suggested at Talk:Main Page.
 * Protect and unprotect pages. Pages are only protected in accordance with our policy.
 * Admins can change the text of the interface by editing the pages in the "MediaWiki" namespace. A list of these are found at Special:Allmessages. This includes the text at the left side of pages such as the "Special:Whatlinkshere" and the page that a blocked user will see when they try to edit a page (MediaWiki:Blockedtext).
 * Admins can also edit the style of the interface by changing the CSS in the monobook stylesheet at MediaWiki:Monobook.css.

Deletion

 * Delete pages and their history. Sometimes deletion is a technical issue, such as when a redirection page needs to be removed to create room for an article rename, or when a page's history has been broken up and the fragments need to be recombined. Sometimes it's only a matter of cleaning up basic rubbish edits on pages with no actual content, or eliminating copyright-infringing information pasted from another site.
 * View and restore deleted pages and their history.
 * Delete images.

Rollback

 * Revert edits quickly.

Block and unblock

 * Block IP addresses, IP ranges, and user accounts, for a specific time, or indefinitely (or unblock). See Special:Ipblocklist for currently blocked addresses and usernames, and the block log.

Others
There are various other actions which only those with administrator privileges can perform:
 * move category pages and other protected pages;
 * view Special:Unwatchedpages to see pages which may be more vulnerable to vandalism;
 * view the history of deleted pages;
 * allocate autopatrolled, confirmed, rollbacker, status to users.

Administratorial responsibilities
Administrators are similar to regular contributors, with the exception of a few additional rights. These privileges, however, come with certain additional rights. Administrators are expected to do the following:
 * 1) Uphold official Gratispaideia policy. The most important one is to remember the copyright policy.
 * 2) Enforce community-wide decisions. The active administrators should uphold any decision made by the community regarding Gratispaideia's operation.

Nomination standards
Although no official standards are currently in place, most users keep the following in mind when voting, thus nominees should keep these in mind when requesting adminship.
 * 1) Strong edit history.— This indicates that the user has contributed a significant number of high-quality contributions to Gratispaideia, such as adding references, sources and supplemental information (e.g., relevant categories/templates) to the articles.
 * 2) Diversity of edits.— The user does not work on a single subject (for example, he or she does not only add sources or make templates), but contributes to multiple namespaces.
 * 3) Discussions.— The user is involved in current discussion/debates going on in Gratispaideia. The user constantly contributes to the Village pump, talk pages ("Gratispaideia talk:", "Talk:", etc.), and user talk pages.
 * 4) Follows established Gratispaideia policies and guidelines.— The user follows agreed-upon Gratispaideia policies when formatting pages, does not make substantial modifications that will have a significant impact on Gratispaideia without consulting the community, and is sensitive about copyright.
 * 5) Maintenance.— While writing articles for Gratispaideia is important, another valuable contribution is maintaining the site. The user should assist with general cleanup, such as removing bad reference tags, reviewing articles, and correcting redirects, among other things.

Procedure for Nomination
Please begin by reading the Requests for adminship page if you are interested in becoming a Gratispaideia administrator or nominating another user.

Loss of sysop privileges
Sysop bit may be lost for reasons such as inactivity, or loss of confidence of the community.