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Becoming administrator

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Jäälind (talkcontribs)

Hi, I'd like to know how i can become administrator if there are no administrators, stewards, bureaucrats?

Jäälind (talkcontribs)
  • if there are no administrators, stewards, bureaucrats in the wiki?
LiturgicaNotata (talkcontribs)

How did this situation happen? Some mistake in the setup of the wiki, or is it an abandoned wiki that theoretically has admins, but practically they didn't visit the sites for ages? Do you have access to the server/database? If so, one way to make yourself an admin would be to edit the file LocalSettings.php. You could (warning: just for the five minutes or so this action would take) grant everyone the right to promote somebody as an admin by altering the LocalSettings.php, then go to the wiki, make yourself an admin, and go back to the LocalSettings.php and undo your changes.

GeorgeBarnick (talkcontribs)

It depends on the wiki. I'm not exactly familiar with how it's handled on Wikimedia since I've never witnessed a situation like that. On Wikia, they have "adoption requests" which allow for users to adopt a wiki and become administrator if the existing bureaucrats are gone. On independent wikis, generally there isn't much of a way to become an administrator. If the bureaucrats are all gone from the wiki, there's no real way for you to be given adminship unless you can somehow get a hold of a bureaucrat on the wiki. You can try contacting them on their talk page or using Special:EmailUser, as they may be notified about it and return to the wiki.

Jäälind (talkcontribs)

Thanks, I found the solution Postituvi (talk) 14:44, 23 April 2015 (UTC)

Florianschmidtwelzow (talkcontribs)

Maybe you can write down your solution for other people? ;)

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