Forum:Proposal of Admin Rules and Regulations

Rules Proposed

 * Administrators can delete and undelete pages, page histories, and uploaded files.
 * Administrators can lock (protect) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without admin rights.
 * Administrators can block IP addresses or user names from editing.
 * Administrators can perform a very quick "rollback" of undesirable edits.
 * Administrators can edit the interface by changing system messages and skins.

However: - from Mass Effect Wiki:Administrators
 * Administrators should not use their administrator powers to settle editing disputes
 * Administrator powers should be use 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.
 * An admin shouldn't be considered "in charge".
 * An admin is trusted to have a few extra buttons and to use them for the benefit of the Wikia community.

- proposed by User:Cattlesquat here.
 * An admin not to delete/lock forum proposals that aren't vandalism and are put forward according to the forum rules.
 * An admin's word does not carry any more weight in an editing/content dispute to which they are a primary party.
 * An admin must in no circumstances use admin powers or the threat of them in an argument.
 * Admins are expected to be exemplars of Wikia's own guidelines for assuming good faith in edits.

- paraphrased from Wikipedia's own administrator guidelines.
 * An admin must assume that a newcomer's mistakes are made in good faith and must not attack them for these mistakes.
 * An admin must try to encourage new editors to observe the Manual of Style guidelines, and help imporve the quality of valid edits where possible.
 * An admin must not devalue a member of the community for any criteria, such as number of mainspace edits. All editors and their opinions are equally valid.

Discussion
It has become quite clear on the discussions here that this community wants our admins to be more accountable, and that many members of this community believe that certain administrators have abused the powers and privileges of their station. Thus I believe that this community should come together to organise a list of rules that we want our administrators to follow, highlighting where we feel that previous administrators have abused their power to the detriment of the community.

Now allow me to be quite clear - this proposal is not to bind the hands of our admins, nor to make them subservient to the whims of our community, but instead it is to engender trust between the admins and community, by highlighting very clearly for both sides the exact limits of their ability. What they can do, and what they cannot do.

To reach this goal we will need discussion and input from both sides of this argument, and when clear definitions of what an administrator can and cannot do are in place they will be voted on by this community to be placed on this page for everyone to see. Garhdo (talk) 21:27, July 16, 2014 (UTC)