Forum:New Administrators 2011/New Admins Discussion

Well, we are now admins. I made this forum for us to discuss who should be admins and who should be bureaucrats. I'm also going to invite Angel to the forum so she can explain the differences in responsibilities and whatnot between admins and bureaucrats.DancePowderer 06:18, January 26, 2011 (UTC)

I don't mind just being an Admin. A Bearu position should probably go to the more senior editors anyway. I will however admit to wanting to change the site design a bit. The current one is killing me. Nothing fancy, but just something that says "This is a ONE PIECE wiki." -- YazzyDream  08:36, January 26, 2011 (UTC)

I was thinking the same thing about the bureaucrat positions. We'll have to see if Yatanogarasu and MasterDeva are ok with it.DancePowderer 14:14, January 26, 2011 (UTC)

I expressed from the beginning that I wanted to help as a secondary administrator or to focus mainly on maintance tasks; it was not my intention to become a bureaucrat, however, if you all feel the same about it I'd gladly do it. Maybe we should wait until Yatanogarasu and Hawk have gathered before starting to go through the details of the matter. MasterDeva 17:16, January 26, 2011 (UTC)

I know what a bureaucrat and Admin are, but can't explain. On another wikia I am in bureacrat role and there is a page we can borrow from there for here;


 * http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Bureaucrats%27_how-to_guide
 * http://vocaloid.wikia.com/wiki/Help:User_access_levels

Don't know if it helps. One-Winged Hawk 23:26, January 26, 2011 (UTC)

Well, thanks for choosing me as admin. I'm totally ready for that. Don't known too much about bureaucrat: like, are they higher in ranking and have more responsibilities or something? Yatanogarasu 01:43, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

First off, thank you, Angel. Those links were very helpful. Second, it appears that admins and bureaucrats are the same job, but bureaucrats can revoke admin status if necessary, make other users into bureaucrats, and control rollback privileges, which we don't use too much, if at all. Basically, it wouldn't matter who does what, just know that two of the users will technically have power over the other two, not that anyone is about to go mad with power. That is why I agreed with Yazzy that MasterDeva and Yatanogarasu should be bureaucrats. In the big picture, you two have more seniority, so it would be natural for you two to have the higher positions. However, that doesn't have to be the case. If anyone has a position they want over another, they should state it. I personally do not care if I'm a bureaucrat or admin. I'm not sure how we contact wikia to become admins, but I can find out. I know an admin on another wikia who's done it a few times. Anyway, we should discuss who should do what.DancePowderer 02:00, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

Alright, for future reference, I got a response from the admin on the Thomas and Friends wikia about how to go about getting the statuses. His message read as thus:

There are two ways to go about it. 1) Use the Special:Contact form. (Make sure you send the message from the One Piece Wikia though.) 2) Use this message board. Either way you'll get what you want, but the Special:Contact form takes less time. However, you don't have to give out your email address if you go about it the other way. I hope this helps! :)

And that's that.DancePowderer 02:35, January 27, 2011 (UTC)


 * Cool. I imagine they'd like to see the process went into choosing the admins, so send a link to all the forums discussing the vote and things would be a good idea. It shows we also got the go ahead from the previous admin. Unless you already did, in that case just ignore everything I just said.  YazzyDream  02:55, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

Well, thanks, I'd be happy to take the position of bureaucrat, but if you guys want to vote for someone else, then that's fine too. I'm already very happy to be an admin. Now, though this may be embarrassing, may I ask how exactly do I delete, lock, and block pages that all admins can do? I don't see those options on my menu yet. Does that mean our admin status has not been officially made by the higher ups? Yatanogarasu 04:56, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

Yes, right now we are only admin elects, not official admins. I think we should decide who should be what. I'm fine with you being bureaucrat. As for deleting, locking, etc., all of that will be on the same scroll down bar as the edit and move commands.DancePowderer 07:30, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

Ok, so, Yatanogarasu and MasterDeva for Bureaucrats and DancePowederer and I for Admins. Are we all good with that?  YazzyDream  08:46, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

MasterDeva said he would prefer to ba an admin but wouldn't mind being bureaucrat if necessary. If he really doesn't want to be a bureaucrat, I could do it.DancePowderer 17:55, January 27, 2011 (UTC)

Now that all people have gathered and expressed their opinion I can speak my mind. I only thought about being an Admin and the possibility of becoming a Bureaucrat didn't cross my mind. That is to say, that I didn't thought that it was possible. From my understanding, it seems that you don't have a problem with Yatanogarasu and I becoming Bureaucrats. So, if everyone is okay I'd gladly do it. I didn't want to sound negative, I just thought that I should know about how you guys feel before I say anything. ^_^ MasterDeva 18:39, January 27, 2011 (UTC)