The Vampire Diaries Wiki:Administrators

Different users have access to different functions of the site. While anyone can do most things on the site, including reading and editing, administrators can access a few additional functions.

Administrator abilities

These additional functions include:

• Deleting and undeleting pages, page histories, and uploaded files.
• Locking (protecting) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without admin rights or autoconfirmed status.
• Blocking IP addresses or user names from editing; and very quick "rollback" of undesirable edits.
• Editing the interface by changing system messages and skins.

Bureaucrat abilities

A bureaucrat can make other users into bureaucrats or administrators on their own wiki.

Bureaucrats can also give users the ability to "rollback" edits not made in good faith.

Staff

Wikia staff members have full access to all Wikia. They will be shown in Special:Listusers/staff on any wiki. Please use Special:Contact to contact Wikia staff.

Who are this wiki's administrators?

The "founder" of a wiki, the person who first requested it, is given administrator access automatically. Founders are also given bureaucrat access so they can make any other user on their wiki an administrator or bureaucrat. For a complete list of users with administrator access, see Special:Listusers/sysop.

Avatar	Admins	Descriptions/Functions	Status
	Alaric Saltzman talk · blog	Wikia Star & Bureaucrat Find me at: How I Met Your Mother Wiki, Orphan Black Wiki & Nikita Wiki.	Active
	Original Authority talk; blog	Councilor & Bureaucrat Find me at: Ozark Wiki, Secret Circle Wiki, Nikita Wiki & Grace and Frankie Wiki.	Active
Template:DelenaTheOneAndOnly	DelenaTheOneAndOnly talk · blog	Administrator Find me at: Community Central Wiki	Active
Template:Athena Petrova	Athena Petrova talk · blog	Administrator Find me at: Community Central Wiki	Active
	Bennett Blood Mage18 talk · blog	Administrator & Councilor Find me at: Community Central Wiki	Active
	Ehpacha Smartgirl56	Inactive Admins	Inactive
	Elementalstudios HoneiVladmir LuckyTimothy Maria Trimble Scarlett Spike Mgc26133 Tyler Gracyne Buffyfan123 Rebekah MikaeIson	Former Admins	Formerly

How do I use administrator powers?

See Help:Administrators' how-to guide for a guide on using admin functions.

Becoming an administrator

For you to become an administrator, someone with bureaucrat access must make you one. On larger Wikia, there will usually be a community page for requests, with a page name such as "Requests for adminship". On a smaller wiki, you may simply ask on the community portal or Forum, or ask a bureaucrat directly on his or her talk page.

If there are no active bureaucrats and you wish to become an administrator or adopt the wiki, please contact the community staff. If there are other active editors but no active bureaucrats/admins, you should first discuss with them on who should become an admin, whether it be one of you, or all of you.

What can administrators not do?

Administrators should not use their administrator powers to settle editing disputes; for example, to lock a page on a version he or she prefers in an editing dispute that isn't vandalism. Administrator powers should be used to help keep the wiki clear of vandalism, spam, and users who make malicious edits, but not for simple disagreements between users acting in good faith. Ideally an admin shouldn't be considered "in charge". The ideal admin is just someone who is trusted to have a few extra buttons and to use them for the benefit of the Wikia community.