Administrators

Administrators are the management team of a Qualitipedia wiki. They hold powers to make interface or organizational changes, resolve issues when they appear, ensure rules are followed and keep wikis running as smoothly as possible. Administrators have different specialties; some may be the everyday managers and others more advisory. A wiki's main page and the profiles of the admins should make it clear what the difference is. Either way, contact one and another will find your issue, or the admin will resolve it/direct you to someone who can.

In general they are expected to be senior contributors to the wikis they are on and competent both technically and in resolving issues. If there are problems with an admin's conduct and you aren't comfortable discussing it with them directly, you may contact a bureaucrat.

Appointment
Admins on established wikis are typically appointed or removed by bureaucrats with community input. Any more formal policies are not in place. A user can be nominated, but should express their interest in being an administrator either beforehand or immediately after nomination. If there are no substantial concerns and there is community favor, the appointment is successful. On wikis with a much smaller community or requiring more immediate action, bureaucrats may appoint as needed. The reason should be clear in the rights log summary.

Likewise, admins can be demoted either with significant community or bureaucrat concern relating to use of power, their activity, or other substantial concerns. They may also resign if they are no longer interested in administrating or they know they will not be able to contribute.

Admins are traditionally, but not always appointed for wiki 'sets', ie, the Games wikis or the Music wikis. As long as they occasionally stop into both, an activity assessment is relaxed if they prefer to contribute to one over the other.

Administrator tasks
Administrators perform a variety of duties. Particular tasks may be deferred to other administrators or even users with higher interest or experience.
 * Dispute handling; addressing issues between users, striking down vandalism, civilly reminding users of rules and moderating discussions/comments.
 * Protected page updates; usually for the main page, but also critical templates, interface pages and other wiki structure.
 * Category work; adding, removing, maintaining categories and organizing efforts for these.
 * Page management; handling requests for deletion, broken redirects, upholding the drafts in sandbox policy, moving or removing inadequate pages and so on.
 * Featured pages management.

Admins involved in an uncertain or sticky situation are very strongly encouraged to consult other admins as needed.