FamilySearch Wiki:Administrators

See also Moderators

Policies of FamilySearch Wiki

• The Guiding Principles for this site.
• Overall FamilySearch Wiki Policies
• Copyright
• Privacy Policy
• 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 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• Category:Outdated articles - flag remains until fixed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:Non-English articles - 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

Weekly Maintenance Report

• FamilySearch Wiki:Weekly Report/How to