Heavy Rain Wiki:Administrators

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

Becoming an Administrator
For you to become an administrator, someone with bureaucrat access must make you one. On a smaller wiki like this one, you may simply ask on the community portal or Forum, or ask a bureaucrat directly on his or her talk page.

On a wiki of this size, one bureaucrat and one administrator should be enough to keep things in order. If the bureaucrat decides to appoint additional administrators, users who have frequently contributed to the wiki and been engaged with the community will be considered for promotion first.

How do I use administrator powers?
See the administrators' how-to guide for a guide on using admin functions.

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 Fandom community.