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To reach an admin immediately, see
Administrators' Noticeboard
(If you rather need to reach a
Translation administrator
, please use the
Translation Administrators' Noticeboard
instead.)
Administrator access is granted to known and trusted members of the community who are familiar with the policies of Wikispecies. Administrator access is not meant to imply editorial authority on the project.
You can request adminship on Wikispecies if you meet the following criteria:
You are not completely new to Wikimedia projects. You have been an editor for at least 2 months and you understand and agree with the goals of the project.
You have a user page on Wikispecies and are a contributor here.
You agree to follow relevant policies and respect consensus of Wikispecies' users.
There is a consensus amongst users here that you would be a suitable administrator.
You can use the Admin Stats logs at XTools (
2023
2024
) to see up-to-date statistics of our Administrators' activities. The logs will only show activities that are admin-specific; it will not list more commonplace activities such as editing taxon pages or adding comments to talk pages.
As with the
policy for administrator access on Meta
, inactive Administrators may have their access removed by a
Steward
Administrators' abilities
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Administrators have the technical ability to perform the following actions:
block
(and unblock) user accounts and IP addresses from editing
protect
(and unprotect) pages to restrict editing of a particular page
delete
and undelete pages
delete images and other uploaded files
edit protected pages and the interface (except pages that are restricted to
Interface administrators
Administrators assume these responsibilities as volunteers who go through a community review process. They are not acting as employees of the
Wikimedia Foundation
. They are never required to use their tools, and must never use them to gain an advantage in a dispute in which they are involved.
Assigning
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Administrator status can be assigned by any
Bureaucrat
, and may be removed by a
Steward
in cases of abuse.
Misuse of administrative tools
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Misusing the administrative tools is considered a serious issue. The administrative tools are provided to trusted users for maintenance and other tasks, and should be used with thought. Serious misuse may result in sanction or even their removal. Misuse, and its consequences, are defined and decided by consensus of the Wikispecies community.
List of Administrators
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Wikispecies has 22 administrators (including 1
bot
). The current list can be found at
Special:ListUsers/sysop
Administrator
Last activity
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2025 (
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Andyboorman
2025 (
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Burmeister
2025 (
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Christian Ferrer
2025 (
check
Dan Koehl
2025 (
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DannyS712
2024 (
check
EncycloPetey
2025 (
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Faendalimas
2025 (
check
Floscuculi
2024 (
check
Hector Bottai
2025 (
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Keith Edkins
2025 (
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Koavf
2025 (
check
Mariusm
2025 (
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MKOliver
2025 (
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MPF
2025 (
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Neferkheperre
2025 (
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OhanaUnited
2025 (
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PeterR
2025 (
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Pigsonthewing
2025 (
check
RLJ
2025 (
check
Thiotrix
2025 (
check
Tommy Kronkvist
2025 (
check
Bots with admin status:
Last activity
Abuse filter
2013 (
check
) *
(* This bot is fully automated and performs actions triggered by the equally fully automated and global MediaWiki
AbuseFilter extension
. As a side effect, its actions doesn't show up locally in the Wikispecies' public activity logs. Instead, the last activity date shows when the bot was first enabled on Wikispecies.)
Tools
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IP Check
PatrolStats
IRC for admins
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Wikispecies has an
IRC-channel
as an option for live communication;
#wikispecies-admins
(IRC channel), which is accessible for invited members.
Instructions
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Before you can request access,
you must register your nickname
and log in.
Type "
/nick
theusernameyouwantgoeshere
" to switch to that username,
register by typing "
/msg nickserv register
yourpassword
youremail
".
To keep your email address private, type: "
/msg nickserv set hidemail on
To keep others from using your name while you're offline, type: "
/msg nickserv set enforce on
In the future, you must login by typing "
/msg nickserv identify
yourpasswordgoeshere
" (some clients can do this automatically when you connect).
You access the channel with command
/join #wikispecies-admins
Mailing list
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There is a mailing list located at
mail:wikispecies-admin
. This is a useful tool for coordination off-wiki; it is recommended that admins sign up for the list.
Admin userbox on Wikispecies
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This user is an
administrator
on
Wikispecies
. (
verify
Administrators may use the
administrator user box
on their user page. Copy and paste the following code to your user page:
{{User Admin}}
Userbox on Meta-Wiki
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If you have a
Meta-Wiki
user page, you can put the
Wikispecies admin user box for Meta
on your Meta-Wiki user page.
Global sysops
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See also:
m:Global sysops
Global sysops
can
use their rights on this wiki. However, global sysops are asked to ensure that they only take action on spam, vandalism or other uncontroversial maintenance, and refer to
local administrators
otherwise as appropriate. Before taking action, global sysops should take time to study what content is acceptable on Wikispecies, as this may differ substantially from other wikis. A helpful link is in particular
What Wikispecies is not
List of
global sysops
Requests for adminship
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Please explain here why you need administrator access. After seven days, if there is general agreement that you should be an administrator, one of the bureaucrats will fulfill the request.
You can use
{{
subst:RFA
|Username|Why you want to be a sysop.}}
when making a request to automatically create the form.
Current requests
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None
Past requests
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Archive 1
(2005 – March 8, 2008)
Archive 2
(March 13, 2008 – 2009)
Archive 3
(2010–2015)
Archive 4
(2016–2025)
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