Bulbapedia talk:Administrators

Former admins

Should we also have a list of users who were previously admins but no longer are? --Baby G (talk to me) (see my edits) 15:18, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Do we have any? Aren't they all simply on hiatus? --electAbuzzzz 15:35, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Happy Mask Man I think is the only one. ^Moldy_Orange 15:40, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

No, there are others. Looking through the user rights log, I can see we used to have a whole slew of admins that no longer have powers. Among them: Murgatroyd, Bluchu, Damian Silverblade, Ferret, Tygerofdanyte, Voldarin, LedianX, and Meowth346. I know some of them used to be Bulbagarden staff members, so maybe it had something to do with them leaving the site? Zhen's probably the only one who knows why they are no longer admins. Happy Mask Man I know was inactive on Bulbapedia (but he still frequents the forums). I believe the only ones on hiatus are Zhen and Pie. Jshadias and User142 haven't been active in years, and I think one of them stopped contributing before I even came here. --PAK Man ^Talk 16:01, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Administrator help

You should have a page to tell administrators how to do things. For example, I just found this Wikipedia article which outlines a useful method for deleting revisions. Having such resources on one page would be better. --Raijinili 04:40, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

If they are admins, they should be smart enough to know what to do...but it's not a bad idea, but don't we have something like that already?--☆Tavisource 04:42, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

1) Becoming an admin has no such guarantee about intelligence.

2) It's not about being smart, it's about having specific knowledge.

3) If we have such a thing, then where is it? --Raijinili 05:02, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

i wasnt aware there was a problem with how weve been doing things. if so, feel free to bring it to our attention. -- MAGNEDETH 05:11, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

Several admins are being added every few months. It would help them to have a resource for their newfound abilities.

I don't mean guidelines for decision-making, but rather references for how to do certain things. --Raijinili 06:29, 29 October 2008 (UTC)

it isnt listed here, but, in private, all new admins are given a rundown of their newfound abilities and limitations. -- MAGNEDETH 03:05, 30 October 2008 (UTC)