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[3] [4] This user access right allows editors to edit and create pages that are under extended confirmed protection. The English Wikipedia also enables editors to use the Content Translation tool to create articles and the INDEX template on user pages. This access is included and bundled in the bot and sysop (administrator) user groups. This ...
Channels currently exist for the following topics or sites. Creation of new channels for other Wikimedia sites, projects or efforts can be requested. Before requesting, approach your project or site to see if there is a consensus for using Discord. If so, this page should be linked from your project page, so that members are aware of the channel.
The following are user groups administrators are able to grant and revoke. Note the granting guidelines may link to the admin instructions at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions. You can refer to these pages for the accepted prerequisites of a given permission.
This page in a nutshell: This page documents common tasks administrators do and their best practices. Here admins can learn how to exercise their tools properly before being set loose on the big, wide encyclopedia...
Note if a request was recently declined for a given user/permission, a bot will comment with a link to that discussion. You may wish to ping the administrator who declined the previous request asking for their input before responding to the new request. To grant the permission: Grant the user right(s) to the user at Special:UserRights.
Viral post claims Facebook can use your photo without permission and that you have to post a notice on your page to stop it. The viral post is wrong.
Note if a request was recently declined for a given user/permission, a bot will comment with a link to that discussion. You may wish to ping the administrator who declined the previous request asking for their input before responding to the new request. To grant the permission: Grant the user right(s) to the user at Special:UserRights.
You must have years of a good edit history that shows you understand Wikipedia policies, have good judgement, a good temperament, and have a need for the administrator toolset. A nomination is then made at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship where the community decides if the user deserves the tools.