FamilySearch Wiki:Administrators: Difference between revisions

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See also Moderators

Policies of FamilySearch Wiki

Reasons to Contact an Administrator

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

How to Contact Administrators

Add a Flag related to the problem with content in the Wiki
Participate in the FamilySearch Wiki live user group meetings
For general feedback or technical issues please see the instruction on the: Contact us page.

Sysops are system Administrators

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

Determining the namespaces used in the Wiki and the purpose for each namespace.
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
FamilySearch Wiki:Blocking and Banning, individual and ranges of IP addresses
Protect and unprotect pages
Edit the interface
Dispute resolution. The "Neutrality Disputes" flag addresses the dispute resolution needs.

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Category:Outdated articles - flag remains until fixed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: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

Weekly Maintenance Report

FamilySearch Wiki:Weekly Report/How to

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-==Sysops are system Administrators==
+'''''See also [[FamilySearch Wiki:Moderator|Moderators]]'''''
-The Administrators help manage the development and content in the Wiki. Some tasks the Administrators (Sysops) keep busy with include:
-* [[How to write a Did You Know? article for the Main Page|Write the ''Did You Know?'' article]] for the Main Page
-* Moderate the [http://familysearchsupport.org/vbb/index.php Forums]
-* [[Delete or archive a page|Delete 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
-==Reasons to Contact an Administrator==
+== Policies of FamilySearch Wiki  ==
-* Report a page that needs immediate deletion
-* Submit a page that might need protecting or unprotecting
-==How to Contact an Administrator==
+*The [[FamilySearch Wiki:Guiding Principles|Guiding Principles]] for this site.
-* Add a post to the [http://familysearchsupport.org/vbb/forumdisplay.php?f=23 Moderator Forum]
+*Overall [[FamilySearch Wiki:Policies|FamilySearch Wiki Policies]]
-* Add a Flag related to the problem with content in the Wiki
+*[[FamilySearch_Wiki:Copyrights|Copyright]]
-* Participate in the [[FamilySearch wiki user group meeting|FamilySearch Wiki user group]]
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Privacy Policy|Privacy Policy]]
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Image Use|Image use]]
+== Reasons to Contact an Administrator  ==
+*Report a page that needs immediate deletion
+*Submit a page that might need protecting or unprotecting
+== How to Contact Administrators  ==
+*Add a [[Maintenance Templates|Flag]] related to the problem with content in the Wiki
+*Participate in the FamilySearch Wiki live user group meetings
+*For general feedback or technical issues please see the instruction on the: [[FamilySearch Wiki:Contact us|Contact us]] page.
+== Sysops are system Administrators  ==
+The Administrators help manage the development and content in the Wiki. Some tasks the Administrators keep busy with include:
+*Determining the [[:Help:Namespaces|namespaces]] used in the Wiki and the purpose for each [[:Help:Namespaces|namespace]].
+*Monitor deletion requests See [[:Category:Deletion Requests|Deletion Requests]] for instructions on monitoring.
+*Follow-up on [[Delete or archive a page|deleting pages and images]] as needed.
+*View deleted revisions of pages
+*Undelete pages or images
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Blocking and Banning]], individual and ranges of IP addresses
+*Protect and unprotect pages
+*Edit the interface
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Dispute Resolution|Dispute resolution]]. The "[[:Category:Neutrality disputes|Neutrality Disputes]]" flag addresses the dispute resolution needs.
+== Maintenance Flag Monitoring  ==
+Examples of all current: [[FamilySearch Wiki:Maintenance Templates|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: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
+=== Weekly Maintenance Report ===
+*[[FamilySearch Wiki:Weekly Report/How to]]
+[[Category:Administrators]]