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

• m:Foundation issues: The basic requirements for any Wikimedia project.
• Five pillars of Wikipedia

[edit] General

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

[edit] Security

• Security

[edit] Content policies

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

[edit] Copyright

• Copyrights

[edit] Blocking

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

[edit] Page protection

• Protection policy

[edit] Deletion

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

[edit] Requests

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

[edit] Vandalism

• Dealing with vandalism
• Vandalbot

[edit] Controversy

• List of controversial issues
• NPOV dispute
• Wheel war

[edit] Miscellaneous

• MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook
• Editing the main page
• How to fix cut and paste moves
• Image use policy
• Wikipedia:Office Actions
• Wikipedia:Open proxies
• Wikipedia:Advice for new administrators
• Wikipedia:What adminship is not
• Wikipedia:WikiProject on Adminship/Goals of the adminship process

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