LEGO Message Boards Wiki:Administrator Policy

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These are all of our requirements for the admins. All admins must follow these guidelines, or else they may have their rights removed.

Your tools are not to be abused in any way. They should only be used for the benefit of the community, not for your own benefit.
Policies may not be modified, added, or removed unless approved by the community via a forum discussion or vote.

Blocks

If a user is doing something wrong that does not violate the policy, then first ask them to stop. If they do not stop, and they are harming the safety, security, integrity, or quality of the wiki, you may block them, but you are required to discuss it with the admins immediately afterwards.
Every block must have an explanation in the reason box. If it is too long to summarize there, link to a page where it is explained. Every user has the right to know exactly why they were blocked.
A block is never to be undone, shortened, or lengthened, unless it has been discussed and approved by multiple admins.
A block placed merely for suspicion is not acceptable. There must be sufficient evidence of a user breaking a policy for them to be blocked.

Deletion

No page should be deleted unless one of the following is true. 1) If it has been approved by the community via candidates for deletion, or 2) If it directly violates our policy. If you believe something should be deleted that does not violate our policy, then add it to candidates for deletion. However, if it does violate our policy, then it may be deleted right away.
Reasons for deletion are highly recommended, but not required.
If a blog is causing trouble, then start by disabling comments. Do not delete it unless it continues to cause trouble. An exception to this is if it violates our policy. In that case, it may be deleted right away.
If a page is composed of just spam, completely useless information, or inappropriate content, or if it directly violates policy, it should be deleted immediately by an admin. Otherwise, a delete template should be added, and it will be discussed by the community.
Blogs should be deleted immediately if the author requests it.
If someone has added a delete template to a page, you may not remove it until the discussion for it has ended. However, if a user is simply spamming these templates, the template may be removed immediately by a patroller or admin. If the decision was to keep the page, the delete template should not be added to the same page again for the same reason as before.

Promotions

An administrator is not permitted to promote anyone to any right unless it has been approved by the community via requests for rights.
A demotion should be an extremely rare occurrence. It should only happen when a user continually breaks our policy, and refuses to stop. If at all possible, it should be discussed with the other admins before being demoted.