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[[Administrator]]s, frequently shortened to 'admins', and commonly also known as [[sysop]]s, are usually trusted {{tag|Wiki People|wiki people}} who have been invited to take on more specific roles within the day-to-day operation of the [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]].  Some [[User|people]] may sometimes volunteer their services by requesting to become an administrator, whereas others prefer to wait to be invited.  Whichever method is adopted, the element of trust is a fundamentally important attribute of a good admin, because admins are able to exercise a significant degree of control over the regular [[editor]] folks.  One of the most powerful roles of a wiki administrator is to remove the editing rights of another person on the wiki, by way of [[block]]ing, which is clearly a drastic, though sometimes needed action.  In reality, on a well-run and harmonious [[wiki community]], with a core of constructive editors who work well within the scope or aims of a wiki, administrators will often find they have little or no 'administrative' actions to undertake on a daily basis.  In these instances, administrators will find they generally carry out 'housekeeping' duties, such as deleting [[spam]], moving (renaming) pages to a name which is already in existence (typically they already exist as a [[redirect]]), protecting pages which appear to be the target of repeated spamming or [[vandal]]ism, or sadly protecting pages which are the subject of an [[edit war]]!  Arguably, the best wiki administrators are those who still continue to the fundamental core aims of a wiki, in being a regular editor, contributor, and in general, just being 'A N Other' member of the wiki editing community.

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