Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list

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Admins are expected to have an intimate understanding of Wikipedia policy. They are also expected to consistently demonstrate comprehension of these policies. This is especially paramount regarding the use of abilities entrusted to admins which are unavailable to regular users and editors of Wikipedia.

The following items are considered highly recommended reading material. These pages detail prerequisite knowledge required by an admin:

Contents 1 Should already know 2 General 3 Security 4 Content policies 5 Copyright 6 Blocking 7 Page protection 8 Deletion 9 Requests 10 Vandalism 11 Controversy 12 Miscellaneous

[edit] Should already know

• Five pillars of Wikipedia
• Community foundation issues: Core principles guiding all Wikimedia projects.

[edit] General

• Administrators
• Admins' how-to guide
• Admins' noticeboard for general discussion of admin issues
  • Admins' noticeboard where 3RR violations are reported
  • Admins' noticeboard where incidents are reported
  • Wikipedia:List of policies
• New admin school

[edit] Security

• Security

[edit] Content policies

• Biographies of living persons
• Neutral point of view
• No original research
• Verifiability

[edit] Copyright

• Copyrights

[edit] Blocking

• Bans and blocks
• Banning policy
• Blocking IP addresses
• Blocking policy

[edit] Page protection

• Protection policy

[edit] Deletion

• Criteria for speedy deletion
• Deletion guidelines for administrators
• Deletion policy
• Deletion process
• Undeletion policy

[edit] Requests

• Backlogged processes requiring attention
• Changes related to Wikipedia:Requests for administrator attention
• Enforcement of arbitration rulings

[edit] Vandalism

• Dealing with vandalism
• Vandalbot

[edit] Controversy

• List of controversial issues
• NPOV dispute
• Wheel war

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Advice for new Administrators
• Editing the main page
• Goals of the Adminship process
• How to fix cut and paste moves
• Image use policy
• MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook
• Office Actions
• Open Proxies
• What Adminship is not

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