This page is a general plain-English guide to the different roles a member account can occupy on a wiki.
For a more in-depth technical explanation of user roles, visit user groups and permissions.
Editor
All registered users are generally referred to as editors, whether or not they have additional rights.
Administrator
Administrators (also known as admins or sysops) are editors who can delete and undelete pages, block and unblock editors, protect and unprotect pages, and use rollback to undo groups of edits.
This role is given to trusted community members. Administrators are expected to take a prolonged interest in a wiki, act professionally, and assume a leadership role in the editing community.
Administrators are appointed by Gamepedia staff, or by bureaucrats (see below). All Gamepedia staff have the administrator role by default for all Gamepedia wikis.
Wiki Guardian
A Wiki Guardian is an administrator who was appointed through Gamepedia's Wiki Claims system. When no other administrators are currently assigned at a wiki, an ordinary editor may apply to become the Wiki Guardian by clicking the Claim This Wiki button, or by visiting a wiki's Special:ClaimWiki page.
Bureaucrat
Bureaucrats are almost the same as administrators, but they have the additional ability to change the user rights of other editors. They can, for example, promote editors to the role of administrator, or remove the administrator role (demote) from an editor's account .
This role is generally given to highly trusted, long-term members of a wiki's community who have contributed a great deal and have proven leadership abilities. The role is also sometimes given to a game's developers.
Curse Staff
Curse Staff are Curse/Gamepedia employees. They have access to all roles on all wikis.
Checkuser
Checkusers have the ability to investigate the IP addresses that editors are editing from.
This role has been deprecated and is no longer used. If the IP check is needed (e.g in case of sock puppetry), you should contact Gamepedia staff.
See also
- User groups and permissions - For a more in-depth technical explanation of user roles.