Wikipedia:Requests for sysop attention

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Do you need an administrator to... (What is an administrator?)

  • Delete a page? Visit:
    • Wikipedia:Votes for deletion if you feel the page does not belong in Wikipedia
    • Wikipedia:Candidates for speedy deletion if the page appears nonsensical or just someone testing the wiki
    • Wikipedia:Requested moves if the wiki stops you moving a page.
    • Learn more by reading the deletion policy


  • Delete a category? Visit:


  • Undelete a page or allow you to view a deleted page? Visit:
    • Wikipedia:Votes for undeletion
    • Learn more by reading the undeletion policy


  • Protect or unprotect a page? Visit:
    • Requests for page protection
  • Edit a protected page?
    • Ask on the talk page. For example, for changes to MediaWiki:Blockedtext, ask at MediaWiki talk:Blockedtext
    • Learn more by reading the protection policy


  • Report a vandal? Visit:
    • Wikipedia:Vandalism in progress
      • 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 if a user is making many damaging edits click their username and then User contributions.
    • What is vandalism?


  • Revert one or two vandal's/inexperienced user's edits? Visit:
    • Wikipedia:revert
      • To see how many damaging edits a user is making click their username and then User contributions.
    • What is a revert?
    • What is the three-revert rule?


  • Redirect or Page move issues? Visit:
    • Wikipedia:Redirects for deletion or Wikipedia:Requested moves
    • or try the Administrators' noticeboard
    • What is a redirect?


  • Unblock a user?
    • Email the sysop who carried out the ban via their User page or ask at the Administrators' noticeboard
    • Learn more by reading the blocking policy.


  • Enforce an arbitration ruling? Visit:
    • Wikipedia:Requests for arbitration
    • Learn more by reading the arbitration policy



To ask an administrator a question, seek advice and so on see the list of administrators


Please note that sysops do not...

  • Resolve disputes.
    • Try the dispute resolution process instead.
  • Fix bugs.
  • Make administrators.
    • Only bureaucrats and stewards can do this.
  • Remove administrator status from anyone.
  • Query the Wikipedia database
  • Reassign edits or make name changes.
    • Ask a developer at Wikipedia:Changing attribution for an edit or Wikipedia:Changing username.
  • Delete accounts.
    • This is not possible. See Wikipedia:Account deletion
  • Protect pages on a specific version, or "from" a specific user, or decide which version is "correct" or "NPOV".
    • See Wikipedia:Protection policy
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