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{{short description|Page used to make different requests to administrators}}
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{{Redirect|WP:RAA|the page to request an account|Wikipedia:Request an account}}
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'''Do you need an administrator to...''' <small>([[Wikipedia:Administrators|What is an administrator?]])</small>

* Block a [[Wikipedia:Vandalism|vandal]] or [[Wikipedia:Spam|spammer]] who has been sufficiently [[Wikipedia:Vandalism#Warnings|warned]]? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism]]
*** ''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 whether a user is making many damaging edits, click their '''username''', and then '''User contributions'''.''
* Block someone who has violated the [[Wikipedia:Edit warring#The three-revert rule|three-revert rule]] or [[WP:EW|edit warred]]? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring]]
* Block someone for blatant [[Wikipedia:Username policy|username policy violation]]? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention]]
* Block someone for abusing [[Wikipedia:Sock puppetry|multiple accounts]]? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations]]
* Block someone for other reasons? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents]]
** ''Learn more by reading the [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocking policy]]''
* Respond to a threat of ''physical'' harm or self-harm? First:
** Email ''emergency{{@}}wikimedia.org'' – please provide the page name that it occurred on, and a [[H:DIFF|diff link]] of the edit with the threat. Then, if you can:
** Contact an admin ''privately''. Visit [[Wikipedia:Responding to threats of harm|Responding to threats of harm]] for details how
* Delete a page? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion]] if the page appears nonsensical, just someone testing the [[wiki]], or meets another of the [[Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion|criteria for speedy deletion]]
** [[Wikipedia:Proposed deletion]] if the deletion is likely to be non-controversial
** [[Wikipedia:Deletion process]] if you feel the page does not belong on Wikipedia
** ''Learn more by reading the [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|deletion policy]]''
* ''Undelete'' a page or allow you to view a deleted page? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Deletion review]]
** [[Wikipedia:Requests for undeletion]]
** [[:Category:Wikipedia administrators willing to provide copies of deleted articles]]
** ''Learn more by reading the [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy#Undeletion|undeletion policy]]''
* Protect (lock) or unprotect a page? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection]]
* Deal with redirect or page move issues? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion]] or [[Wikipedia:Requested moves]]
** or try the [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]]
** ''What is a [[Wikipedia:Redirect|redirect]]?''
* Edit a protected page? {{anchor|editprotected}}
** Reach consensus on the talk page and then use {{tl|Edit protected}}. For example, for changes to [[MediaWiki:Blockedtext]], ask at [[MediaWiki talk:Blockedtext]]
***If the talk page is protected too, use [[Wikipedia:Requests for page protection#Current requests for edits to a protected page|WP:RFED]].
** ''Learn more by reading the [[Wikipedia:Protection policy]]''
** For minor tweaks of the [[Main Page]], make a request on [[Talk:Main Page]].
** To report errors on the [[Main Page]], use [[Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors]].
* Revert one or two vandals/inexperienced users' edits? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Reverting]]
*** ''To see how many damaging edits a user is making click their '''username''' and then '''User contributions'''.''
** ''What is the [[Wikipedia:Edit warring#The three-revert rule|three-revert rule]]?''
* Unblock a user? Visit:
** [[Wikipedia:Appealing a block]]
* Enforce an arbitration ruling?
** [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement]]
** ''Learn more by reading the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration/Policy|arbitration policy]]''
* Answer some other question about how Wikipedia works?
** Try the [[Wikipedia:Help desk]]. Questions placed there are often answered within minutes.
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* Do something else?
** Either contact an administrator directly, or try the [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard|Administrators' noticeboard]].
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<div style="text-align:center;">To ask an administrator a question, seek advice, etc., place {{tl|Admin help}} on [[Special:MyTalk|your talkpage]].</div>

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'''Please note that administrators cannot...'''

* Resolve disputes.
** Try the [[Wikipedia:Dispute resolution|dispute resolution]] process instead.
** However, administrators, or other experienced users, may be willing to informally offer an opinion if you ask them privately (for example, via user talk page).
* Fix bugs.
** You can report them at [[:phab:|Phabricator]].
* Make someone an administrator.
** Only [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] can do this, and only following community consensus at [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship]].
* Remove administrator status from someone.
** This is done by [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] and [[m:stewards|stewards]] and only on the request of the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]] or on request from the affected administrator, or, in emergency cases only, by [[m:System administrators|system administrators]].
* Query the Wikipedia database.
** Ask at [[Wikipedia:SQL query requests]]
** or [http://download.wikimedia.org/ download the database] and run them yourself.
* Reassign edits or make name changes.
** Ask a global renamer at [[Wikipedia:Changing username]].
* Delete accounts.
** This is not possible. See [[Wikipedia:Username policy#Deleting an account]].
* 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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