WikiIndex:Bureaucrats: Difference between revisions

'''WikiIndex:Bureaucrats''' — {{tag|Wiki People|people}} with '''bureaucrat''' (sometimes shortened to ''''crat''' for brevity) {{tag|user group}} rights can add or remove rights / permissions from other people's [[user]] accounts here on {{tag|WikiIndex}}.  Typically, [[bureaucrat]]s are also [[sysop]]s, because the first step to promote a person within a basic user account is to give them sysop, or '{{tag|admin}}' rights.  In terms of day-to-day operation of a wiki, bureaucrats are basically the top-tier level of administrator on a [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] wiki – nearly all other [[Special:ListGroupRights|groups]] are technically subordinate to bureaucrats, and as such, actual numbers of bureaucrats are generally quite limited, for better or worse.  Some MediaWiki sites might also have [[owner]] or [[founder]](s), which would be the absolute pinnacle of authority.  However, in reality, the owner or founder user groups are sometimes seen as a nod to a token gesture, because said persons may actually be an '[[wp:Emeritus|emeritus]]' position, and may no longer take an active role in the running and administration of said wiki.  The most obvious example of an emeritus position is [[Jimmy Wales]] – founder of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] who now leaves it to others to run the project.

As of December 2017, [[WikiIndex]] has 11 bureaucrats, although only 2 or 3 of them are active on a daily basis.  The full list of WikiIndex bureaucrats can be found [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat|here]].

If you, as a bureaucrat, want to edit an accounts rights, go to the page "User rights management" (over [[Special:SpecialPages]]):

*Input the users name

*click [edit user groups]

select on ore more items from the list and then click [Save User Groups] after having edited the "Reason for change:" field.

;See also

[[Category:Wiki People| ]]