This is the page for what I should do (and shouldn't do) and what I have done which I may want to record.
Suggested Reading; Wikipedia:Administrators, Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide, Special:Log & Catch-22 (not only a great book, but a salutory lesson in how bureaucracy of itself often works against the purpose for which it was created.)
Advice edit
...be sensible and ease yourself in slowly. A few tips:
- Reread the relevant policies and everything on the admin list
- If you do anything which might be controversial or you're not sure about, ask for advice at WP:AN or WP:ANI. You can also ask for endorsement of your actions there, such as if you've blocked an established user. Admins are a generally helpful bunch and they don't mind admin newbie questions.
- What ever you do, don't wheel war (undoing other's admin actions without discussing it first; except where the action was simply housekeeping or it's within guidelines, such as restoring a deleted prod or accepting a request to unblock).
You can also ask me or Lar if you need any help. Good luck. --kingboyk 14:15, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Regarding areas a sysop could be of use, they always need some people helping with the backlog especially at CAT:CSD... Happy Editing :) --Malevious Userpage •Talk Page• Contributions 23:10, 19 May 2007 (UTC)
Third Party Comments edit
(If you want to discuss anything or make a point, please use the talkpage. This place is for noting actions that I haven't, or consequences of actions. Please provide links/diffs where possible.)