Definitions
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- noun The role of an
administrator ;administratorship .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Nominations can be made by oneself or by another user and are posted to a page called “Requests for adminship” (“RfA”), where any interested user can post a “support” or “oppose” comment (one must carefully avoid calling it a “vote”) based on whatever criteria (within reason) they individually choose toapply.
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Hundreds of megabytes of text on [[Wikipedia talk:Requests for adminship]] have been spent in seeking out the perfect metaphysical definition of consensus, but in practice, support from 75% of the !
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There are no requirements for adminship beyond having a sufficiently strong record of participation to pass RfA.
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There's no glory in adminship -- "It's like going around behind people and picking up the trash."
Wikipedians Leave Cyberspace, James Gleick 2008
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NOTE: FeloniousMonk has since been removed from adminship
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jinxmchue 2010
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NOTE: FeloniousMonk has since been removed from adminship
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jinxmchue 2010
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Wales issued a notice on Friday on the Wikimedia Commons website stating that admins wishing to remove this content had his backing while going on to state that he was "fully willing to change the policies for adminship (including removing adminship in case of wheel warring on this issue)".
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NOTE: FeloniousMonk has since been removed from adminship
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jinxmchue 2010
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NOTE: FeloniousMonk has since been removed from adminship
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jinxmchue 2010
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NOTE: FeloniousMonk has since been removed from adminship
Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Jinxmchue 2010
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