WikiQueer:Requests for administrator attention

Do you need an administrator to... (What is an administrator?)


 * Block a vandal who has been sufficiently warned? (What is vandalism?) Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Administrator intervention against vandalism
 * An administrator can repair damage made by a malicious user more quickly than other users: if someone is making multiple damaging edits it will be easier for you to report them than try to repair everything yourself. To see whether a user is making many damaging edits click their username and then User contributions.
 * Block someone who has violated the three-revert rule? Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Administrators' noticeboard/3RR
 * Block someone for some other reason? Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents
 * Delete a page? Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Candidates for speedy deletion if the page appears nonsensical, just someone testing the wiki, or meets another of the criteria for speedy deletion
 * WikiQueer:Proposed deletion if the deletion is likely to be non-controversial
 * WikiQueer:Deletion discussions if you feel the page does not belong in WikiQueer
 * Learn more by reading the deletion policy
 * Delete a category? Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Categories for discussion
 * Learn more about categorization
 * Undelete a page or allow you to view a deleted page? Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Deletion review
 * WikiQueer:Requests for undeletion
 * Learn more by reading the undeletion policy
 * Protect (lock) or unprotect a page? Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Requests for page protection
 * Deal with redirect or page move issues? Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Redirects for discussion or WikiQueer:Requested moves
 * or try the Administrators' noticeboard
 * What is a redirect?
 * Edit a protected page?
 * Reach consensus on the talk page and then use editprotected. For example, for changes to MediaWiki:Blockedtext, ask at MediaWiki talk:Blockedtext
 * Learn more by reading the WikiQueer:Protection policy
 * For minor tweaks or to report errors on the Main Page, make a request on Talk:Main Page.
 * Revert one or two vandals/inexperienced users' edits? Visit:
 * WikiQueer:Revert
 * To see how many damaging edits a user is making click their username and then User contributions.
 * What is the three-revert rule?
 * Unblock a user?
 * Email the administrator who carried out the block via their User page or ask at the Administrators' noticeboard
 * Learn more by reading the blocking policy.
 * Enforce an arbitration ruling?
 * WikiQueer:Administrators' noticeboard/Arbitration enforcement
 * Learn more by reading the arbitration policy
 * Help with cleaning up a backlog to a major WikiQueer process?
 * Tag the process with backlog
 * And drop a message on WQ:AN to get more admin attention
 * Answer some other question about how WikiQueer works?
 * Try the WikiQueer:Help desk. Questions placed there are often answered within minutes.
 * Try WikiQueer:List of administrators to find an admin currently editing.

To ask an administrator a question, seek advice, etc., place adminhelp on your talkpage.

Please note that administrators cannot...


 * Resolve disputes.
 * Try the dispute resolution process instead.
 * However, administrators, or other experienced users, may be willing to informally offer an opinion if you ask them privately (for example, via user talk page).
 * Fix bugs.
 * You can report them at MediaZilla.
 * Make someone an administrator.
 * See WikiQueer:Administrators for more information.
 * Remove administrator status from someone.
 * See WikiQueer:Administrators for more information.
 * Reassign edits or make name changes.
 * Ask a bureaucrat at WikiQueer:Changing username.
 * Delete accounts.
 * This is not possible. See WikiQueer:Username policy
 * Protect pages on a specific version, or "from" a specific user, or decide which version is "correct" or "NPOV".
 * See WikiQueer:Protection policy.