Different users have access to different functions of the site. Anyone can do most things on the site, including reading and editing, and administrators have some extra tools. Bureaucrats have one further function:
A bureaucrat can make other users into bureaucrats or administrators on their own wiki. They are not currently able to remove admin access from any user. Please contact one of the community staff if you need this done.
Some Wikia staff members have full access to all Wikia, including bureaucratic tools. They will be shown in Special:Listusers/staff on any wiki. Please see the Central Wikia contact page for details on how to contact Wikia staff.
Who are this wiki's bureaucrats?[]
The "founder" of a wiki, the person who first requested it, is given administrator and bureaucrat access automatically. Bureaucrats should ideally already be administrators. For a complete list of users with bureaucrat access, see Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat.
- Active Bureaucrats
How do I use bureaucrat powers?[]
Promotion of a new administrator should be done only following a community concensus, or at least by agreement of the majority of administrators. Such an agreement should be held as an open discussion and a community decision made after a set amount of time.
However, there may be rare occasions when bureaucratic decisions must be taken without such discussion. These include occasions where there is only one remaining administrator active on the wiki. However, these decisions should not be taken lightly.
While it does not happen often, abuse of Bureaucratic power may be liable, at the discretion of other admins, to disciplinary action, such as removal of powers, or (in extreme cases) a temporary ban from the Wiki.
Becoming an bureaucrat[]
For you to become an bureaucrat, someone with bureaucrat access must make you one. In most cases, you must also be an existing administrator (see Administrators for details). Requests should be made on the user-page of one of the active bureaucrats (see list, above), and a discussion will begin. It should be noted that at the current time, bureaucrat status is very rarely given out.
In the event that no active bureaucrats exist on the Wiki, you can make a request at Community Central Adoption requests page. Please note that Wikia have strict requirements for a user to adopt a wiki. Please consider these before making such a request.
What can bureaucrat not do?[]
Bureaucrats should not use their power lightly, as Wiki Administration is a powerful tool which should be earned. They should also not use their tools to promote users without the concensus of the community. The exception to this is where there are no other admins/bureaucrats left on the Wiki, in which case a second bureaucrat should be appointed as a backup measure.
Significant abuse of bureaucratic power can, at the discretion of the community, lead to removal of powers, or even a ban from the Wiki.