Wiki How: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 important regarding the use of abilities entrusted to admins that 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:

Should already know

Five pillars of Wiki How
Founding principles: Core principles guiding all Wikimedia projects.

General

Administrators
Administrators' guide
Administrators' noticeboard, where admin issues are discussed
- Administrators' noticeboard where 3RR violations are reported
- Administrators' noticeboard where incidents are reported
Administrative action review noticeboard, where administrative actions by administrators can be discussed and reviewed
Wikipedia:List of policies

Blocking

Closing discussions

Content policies

Controversy

Copyright

Copyrights

Deletion

Page protection

Protection policy

Requests

Rollback

Rollback

Security

User account security

Vandalism

Miscellaneous

Advice for new administrators
Editing the main page
Fixing cut and paste moves
Goals of the adminship process
Image use policy
MediaWiki Administrator's Handbook
Office actions
Open proxies
Requested moves/Closing instructions
Village stocks – some things administrators have done by mistake in the past. Laugh, and avoid repetition.
What adminship is not
The mushroom effect

v t e Administrators' guide
Articles	Advice for new administrators Blocking Cleaning backlogs Dealing with disputes Dealing with spam Deleting Edit filters Granting and revoking user rights History merging Protecting Reading list Rollback Tools, scripts and gadgets Viewing deleted pages and contributions
Policies	Administrator policy (WP:ADMIN) Banning policy (WP:BAN) Blocking policy (WP:BLOCK) Deletion policy (WP:DEL) Protection policy (WP:PROTECT) Revision deletion policy (WP:REVDEL)