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'''Administrators''' (also known as sysops or admins) are users with the technical ability to: | '''Administrators''' (also known as sysops or admins) are users with the technical ability to: | ||
* Delete and undelete pages | * Delete and undelete pages and view deleted revisions of pages. | ||
* Block and unblock users, individual IP addresses, and ranges of IP addresses. | * Block and unblock users, individual IP addresses, and ranges of IP addresses. | ||
* Protect and unprotect pages | * Protect and unprotect pages and edit protected pages. | ||
* Edit most pages in the MediaWiki namespace. | * Edit most pages in the MediaWiki namespace (CSS and JavaScript pages are restricted to [[Special:MyLanguage/Interface administrators|interface administrators]]). | ||
* [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Import|Import]] pages from other projects. | * [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Import|Import]] pages from other projects. | ||
* Add and remove users from some user groups, such as IP block exempt, confirmed, and autopatrolled. | |||
* Perform other functions related to technical maintenance. | * Perform other functions related to technical maintenance. | ||
Administrators can perform these actions only on a wiki on which they have been given adminship. | Administrators can perform these actions only on a wiki on which they have been given adminship. | ||