Wikinews:Administrators

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This page is a list of administrators (sometimes called admins or sysops).

Admins can perform a few special tasks, such as editing pages in the MediaWiki: namespace (system messages), blocking users, deleting and protecting pages, and granting other users certain rights. They have no extra editorial authority, however. All admin actions are governed by Wikinews policies. Statistics on these activities are here.

Requesting adminship: See WN:Requests for permissions.

You can view previous requests in the archive, where you can also see some common questions, comments, and objections made during the process.

Requesting de-adminship: See WN:Requests for permissions#Requests for removal of permissions.

See also: m:Administrators of Wikimedia projects/Wikinews

List of administrators

Wikinews currently has 17 administrators, who are listed below. The list is automatically updated from Special:ListUsers/sysop.