Editing Interface administrators (section)

== Appointment ==

Interface administrators are appointed by local community consensus. As a matter of global policy, they are required to enable [[Help:2FA|two-factor authentication]]. After that, a user with the appropriate permissions will add the technical flag.

=== By bureaucrats ===

On wikis that have bureaucrats, interface administrators can be added by the bureaucrats.

=== By Stewards ===

On wikis with no active bureaucrats, the Stewards will grant interface administrator access. In addition to local policies and consensus and the authentication requirement, Stewards use the following criteria when deciding whether or not to grant access:
* Interface administrator access may be granted either temporarily or indefinitely.
* Appointments will be made by local community discussion. If any reasonable objections were raised in the local discussion, there must be broad consensus to grant access.
* All users granted interface administrator access by Stewards must be a local administrator.
** Exceptions to this criterion are possible for non-administrator bot accounts operated by administrators.
* ''For indefinite access:'' The wiki must be large enough to require permanent interface administrators. Stewards will make the final determination of this point based on criteria including the size of the community and the frequency of CSS/JS edits being necessary.