The wiki staff are users who have access to various additional site features to provide support and resources to the community, in addition to overseeing the community health and care of the site. Different users have access to different functions of the site.
Groups[]
Bureaucrat[]
Bureaucrats are one level "up" from administrators. They are senior editors, who help with the day-to-day administration of the wiki by establishing the wiki rules and managing user rights.
Bureaucrats are given the ability to:
- Grant bureaucrat rights and revoke own bureaucrat rights.
- Grant and revoke user rights.
- Along with the administrator rights, has all administrative responsibilities.
Administrators[]
Administrators (also known as sysops) are primary enforcers of the wiki's rules, help keep the wiki clear of vandalism, spam, and users who make malicious edits. They have a number of tools to aid them in this task and keep the wiki running smoothly and deal with issues facing the wiki. They are trusted editors chosen by the community. They are not considered as the person "in charge" or above other users. The ideal admin is someone who is an aid entrusted with a few extra buttons and to use them for the benefit of the wiki community.
Admins are given the ability to:
- Deleting and undeleting pages, page histories, and uploaded files.
- Locking (protecting) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without admin rights.
- Blocking IP addresses or user names from editing; and very quick "rollback" of undesirable edits.
- Editing the interface by changing system messages and skins.
As of 2025, the following Admins are caring for the wiki:
Content moderators[]
Content Moderators are equipped with special tools to help them moderate specific content parts of the wiki. They keep articles on the wiki safe from vandalism, spam, and other rule violations.
- Content Moderators are given the ability to:
- Rollback "undesirable" edits in one click.
- Move (rename) pages.
- Delete and undelete pages and blogs.
- Protect (lock) and edit protected pages.
- Move, delete, and undelete uploaded files.
- Mark edits as patrolled.
As of 2025, the following Content moderators are caring for the wiki:
Discussions Moderator[]
Discussions moderators are responsible for activity in all discussion threads and comments. They keep discussion and comments safe from vandalism, spam, and other rule violations.
- Discussions Moderators are given the ability to:
- Editing and deleting article comments.
- Delete blog comments.
- Moderate discussions: move, edit, lock, unlock, delete, and restore discussion posts.
- Edit, close, re-open, remove, restore, and delete threads or replies.
- Highlight discussion posts and/or blog posts in Announcements.
Rollback[]
Rollbacks are well trusted editors with the rollback tool to help the wiki combat spam and vandalism.
Rollbacks are given the ability to:
- Undo edits with one click using the rollback tool.
Global[]
Some FANDOM staff members have full access to all FANDOM. They will be shown in Special:Listusers/staff on any wiki. SOAP members have limited administrator access to all FANDOM for cleanup purposes. These users will be shown on Special:Listusers/soap on any FANDOM. Please see the Central FANDOM contact page for details on how to contact FANDOM staff.
Becoming a staff member[]
For you to become part of staff, someone with bureaucrat access must make you one. On larger FANDOM, there will usually be a community page for requests, with a page name such as "Gremlins Wiki:Requests for adminship". We are looking for responsible Admins and Mods. If you wish to be a staff member, please apply here: Request for Admin/Mod.
If there are no active bureaucrats and you wish to become an administrator, please contact the community staff on Community Central.