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প্ৰশ্নসমূহ/প্ৰশাসন" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%B6_%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9E%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A8/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%A8" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন/প্রশাসন – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:প্রায়শ জিজ্ঞাসিত প্রশ্ন/প্রশাসন" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BD%D0%B8_%D0%A7%D0%97%D0%92" title="Уикипедия:Административни ЧЗВ – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Уикипедия:Административни ЧЗВ" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilfe:FAQ_f%C3%BCr_Administratoren" title="Hilfe:FAQ für Administratoren – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Hilfe:FAQ für Administratoren" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipeedia:Administreerimise_KKK" title="Vikipeedia:Administreerimise KKK – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Vikipeedia:Administreerimise KKK" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayuda:Preguntas_frecuentes/Bibliotecarios" title="Ayuda:Preguntas frecuentes/Bibliotecarios – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Ayuda:Preguntas frecuentes/Bibliotecarios" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%BE%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%B4%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D8%B1%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC/%D9%85%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="ویکی‌پدیا:پرسش‌های رایج/مدیریت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:پرسش‌های رایج/مدیریت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Preguntas_m%C3%A1is_frecuentes/Administraci%C3%B3n" title="Wikipedia:Preguntas máis frecuentes/Administración – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Wikipedia:Preguntas máis frecuentes/Administración" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tanya_jawab_(Administrasi)" title="Wikipedia:Tanya jawab (Administrasi) – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Tanya jawab (Administrasi)" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa 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class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADFAQ&redirect=no">WP:ADFAQ</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>This page answers some questions related to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators on Wikipedia</a>. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For information on the administration of Wikipedia, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Wikipedia:Administration</a>.</div> <p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_do_policies_get_decided?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_do_policies_get_decided?"><span id="How_do_policies_get_decided.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_do_policies_get_decided?"></span><span id="POLICY"></span>How do policies get decided?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_do_policies_get_decided?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: How do policies get decided?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ADFAQ#POLICY"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADFAQ&redirect=no#POLICY">WP:ADFAQ#POLICY</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration#Human_and_legal_administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Wikipedia:Administration § Human and legal administration</a></div> <dl><dd><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines</a> describes how Wikipedia arrives at its policies and guidelines through a process of discussion and consensus. Discussion takes place in the various policy pages which form part of the "Wikipedia:" namespace. Sometimes policy is discussed off-wiki, but decisions always take place on-wiki.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="What_is_an_administrator?_A_sysop?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_is_an_administrator?_A_sysop?"><span id="What_is_an_administrator.3F_A_sysop.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_is_an_administrator?_A_sysop?"></span><span id="ADMIN"></span>What is an administrator? A sysop?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_is_an_administrator?_A_sysop?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: What is an administrator? A sysop?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ADFAQ#ADMIN"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADFAQ&redirect=no#ADMIN">WP:ADFAQ#ADMIN</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>Two words for the same thing. An administrator is simply a volunteer <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedian</a> who can access some of the few restricted Wikipedia software functions: deleting articles and files, protecting and unprotecting pages, and blocking and unblocking users. The software internally uses the string "sysop" to flag their accounts, a shortened term for <b>sys</b>tem <b>op</b>erator. See the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_administrators" title="Wikipedia:List of administrators">current list of administrators</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_can_I_become_an_administrator?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_can_I_become_an_administrator?"><span id="How_can_I_become_an_administrator.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_can_I_become_an_administrator?"></span><span id="BECOME"></span>How can I become an administrator?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_can_I_become_an_administrator?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: How can I become an administrator?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ADFAQ#BECOME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADFAQ&redirect=no#BECOME">WP:ADFAQ#BECOME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>You must have years of a good edit history that shows you understand Wikipedia policies, have good judgement, a good temperament, and have a need for the administrator toolset. A nomination is then made at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">Wikipedia:Requests for adminship</a> where the community decides if the user deserves the tools. Honestly, you can do 95% of tasks on Wikipedia without being an administrator.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Who_monitors_the_conduct_of_an_administrator?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Who_monitors_the_conduct_of_an_administrator?"><span id="Who_monitors_the_conduct_of_an_administrator.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Who_monitors_the_conduct_of_an_administrator?"></span><span id="CONDUCT"></span>Who monitors the conduct of an administrator?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Who_monitors_the_conduct_of_an_administrator?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Who monitors the conduct of an administrator?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ADFAQ#CONDUCT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADFAQ&redirect=no#CONDUCT">WP:ADFAQ#CONDUCT</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>Administrators monitor each other; nearly all admin actions are reversible by any other admin (including <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">page deletions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Protection_policy" title="Wikipedia:Protection policy">page protections</a>, and blocks). The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a> also has the power to sanction administrators, and does so fairly regularly. You can report problems with admins misusing their privileges at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard</a>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_can_my_IP_address_be_unblocked?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_can_my_IP_address_be_unblocked?"><span id="How_can_my_IP_address_be_unblocked.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_can_my_IP_address_be_unblocked?"></span><span id="IP"></span>How can my IP address be unblocked?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_can_my_IP_address_be_unblocked?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: How can my IP address be unblocked?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:ADFAQ#IP"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:ADFAQ&redirect=no#IP">WP:ADFAQ#IP</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <dl><dd>Only administrators can unblock IP addresses. To request that an IP address be unblocked, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block" title="Wikipedia:Appealing a block">Wikipedia:Appealing a block</a> and follow the instructions there.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="How_can_I_request_for_an_admin_to_block_a_user_or_IP?" data-mw-thread-id="h-How_can_I_request_for_an_admin_to_block_a_user_or_IP?"><span id="How_can_I_request_for_an_admin_to_block_a_user_or_IP.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-How_can_I_request_for_an_admin_to_block_a_user_or_IP?"></span>How can I request for an admin to block a user or IP?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-How_can_I_request_for_an_admin_to_block_a_user_or_IP?"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: How can I request for an admin to block a user or IP?"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>You can request for an administrator to <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">block</a> a user or IP that is blatantly vandalising at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism</a> (see requirements on that page).</dd></dl> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <p><br/> </p> <hr/> <p><b>More FAQ topics</b> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist nowraplinks" style="text-align:center; 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