FamilySearch Wiki:Administrators

See also Getting Started, Contributors, Moderators

Sysops are system Administrators

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The Administrators help manage the development and content in the Wiki. Some tasks the Administrators (Sysops) keep busy with include:

• Write the Did You Know? article for the Main Page
• Moderate the Forums
• Monitor deletion requests See Deletion Requests for instructions on monitoring.
• Follow-up on deleting pages and images as needed.
• View deleted revisions of pages
• Undelete pages or images
• Block and unblock users, individual and ranges of IP addresses
• Protect and unprotect pages
• Edit the interface
• Dispute resolution. The "Neutrality Disputes" flag addresses the dispute resolution needs.

Reasons to Contact an Administrator

• Report a page that needs immediate deletion
• Submit a page that might need protecting or unprotecting

How to Contact an Administrator

• Add a post to the Moderator Forum
• Add a Flag related to the problem with content in the Wiki
• Participate in the FamilySearch Wiki user group
• To e-mail us about a technical problem or bug on this site, click here.
• Or, see instructions for sending Feedback about the Wiki

Maintenance Flag Monitoring

Examples of all current: Maintenance Templates. Monitor each flag by clicking on the links below:

• Category:Deletion Requests - immediate action is needed
• Category:Outdated articles - flag remains until fixed
• Category:Neutrality disputes - two week requirement
• Category:Not English - move pages to language wiki if available
• Category:Copyright problems - one week requirement
• Category:Ambiguous page title - flag remains until fixed
• Category:Merge articles - flag remains until fixed
• Category:Articles needing citations - discussion needed before implementation