- WP:RAA redirects here. You may be looking for Wikipedia:Request an account.
Do you need an administrator to... (What is an administrator?)
- Block a vandal who has been sufficiently warned? Visit:
- Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism
- An administrator can repair damage made by a malicious user more quickly than other users: if someone is making multiple damaging edits it will be easier for you to report them than try to repair everything yourself. To see whether a user is making many damaging edits click their username and then User contributions.
- What is vandalism?
- Block someone who has violated the three-revert rule?
- Block someone for some other reason?
- Delete a page? Visit:
- Delete a category? Visit:
- Undelete a page or allow you to view a deleted page? Visit:
- Protect (lock) or unprotect a page? Visit:
- Edit a protected page?
- Revert one or two vandals/inexperienced users' edits? Visit:
- Deal with redirect or page move issues? Visit:
- Unblock a user?
- Enforce an arbitration ruling?
- Help with cleaning up a backlog to a major Wikipedia process?
- Tag the process with {{backlog}}
- And drop a message on WP:AN to get more admin attention
- Answer some other question about how Wikipedia works?
To ask an administrator a question, seek advice, etc., place {{
adminhelp}} on your talkpage
Please note that administrators do not...
- Resolve disputes.
- Try the dispute resolution process instead.
- However, administrators, or other experienced users, may be willing to informally offer an opinion if you ask them privately (for example, via user talk page).
- Fix bugs.
- Make administrators.
- Remove administrator status from anyone.
- Query the Wikipedia database.
- Reassign edits or make name changes.
- Delete accounts.
- Protect pages on a specific version, or "from" a specific user, or decide which version is "correct" or "NPOV".
