Cocotama Wiki:Administrators

Different users have access to different functions of the site. While anyone can do most things on the site, including reading and editing, **administrators** can access a few additional functions.

## Cocotama (Administrators)

**Administrators** (also known as "**admins**" or "**sysops**" but we like to call them "**Cocotamas** " in keeping with the theme of the wiki) are trusted users who are generally chosen by the community and also have access to the following rights:

* All privileges from the Discussions Moderator and Content Moderator groups.
* Block users who are vandalizing the wiki from editing and other actions.
* Grant and revoke both the Chat Moderator and Discussions Moderator rights.
* Edit the community's skin and format.
* Edit white-listed MediaWiki pages.

For more details, see the Help:Administrators' how-to guide.

Being an administrator makes the tag "ADMIN" appear next to a user's name on their profile.

## Cocotama Contractors (Bureaucrats)

**Bureaucrats** (or "**Cocotama Contractors**" as we like to call them) have the ability to manipulate user rights, as well as block and unblock users, so this right is generally used in addition to the administrator group.

They have the ability to promote and revoke rollback, Content Moderator, and administrator rights as well as appointing new bureaucrats. While they cannot directly remove another user's bureaucrat status, they can remove their own. Bureaucrats also have the ability to remove a user's bot status in case the bot is malfunctioning, but bot flag requests are handled by staff after being approved (by either a bureaucrat or the community).

Having this status causes the tag "BUREAUCRAT" to appear next to user's username on their profile.

The bureaucrat status can only be removed by Fandom Staff or by the Bureaucrat themselves.

## Staff

**Staff members** are Fandom employees and they have full access to all Fandom communities and features. They are shown in Special:ListStaff on any wiki, and often have a special Staff signature () when they sign their comments. The Staff have tools to support them in helping to maintain all of Fandom. Please see Help:Contacting Fandom for details on how to contact Fandom Staff. These users will have a "STAFF" tag on their profile.

## Who are this wiki's contractors?

The "founder" of a wiki, the person who first requested it, is given contractor access automatically. Founders are also given bureaucrat access so they can make any other user on their wiki an administrator or bureaucrat. For a complete list of users with administrator access, see Special:Listusers/sysop.

You may also wish to list them on this page.

* Chrismh
* Hielmiez
* Jo SHININGSTAR
* Leeseongjae620
* Planet Solo 09
* TacticalMaster
* TheShieldofWindyWisdom

## Becoming an administrator

For you to become an administrator, someone with bureaucrat access must make you one. On larger Wikia, there will usually be a community page for requests, with a page name such as "Cocotama Wikia:Requests for adminship". On a smaller wiki, you may simply ask a bureaucrat directly on his or her talk page.

If there are no active bureaucrats, use the "Requests for adminship" page to nominate users to become admins or bureaucrats. Once a community decision has been reached (or if there is no active community to debate the decision), please leave a message at the wiki adoption requests page and Wikia Staff can provide the rights.

## What can administrators not do?

Administrators should not use their administrator powers to settle editing disputes; for example, to lock a page on a version he or she prefers in an editing dispute that isn't vandalism. Administrator powers should be used to help keep the wiki clear of vandalism, spam, and users who make malicious edits, but not for simple disagreements between users acting in good faith. Ideally an admin shouldn't be considered "in charge". The ideal admin is just someone who is trusted to have a few extra buttons and to use them for the benefit of the Wikia community.