This is a quick overview of what powers each role has and what they’re expected to do. This help page has more specific information on what powers each role has.

For the exact criteria that needs to be met for a promotion, see our Promotion System. Wiki staff members that are not properly performing their job may be demoted.

Moderators

This is the first promotion level. All users must be a moderator before becoming an administrator.

Thread Moderators

Thread Moderators moderate Discussions, Message Walls, and Article Comments. They are expected to interact with the user base on a fairly regular basis and pay special attention to the Roleplaying board. They can:

• Recategorize posts without editing them

• Lock and unlock discussion threads and message wall posts

• Delete and restore discussion threads, message wall posts, and comments

• Edit other users’ discussion threads, message wall posts, and comments

• Edit the Discussion Guidelines

Responsibilities include:

• Moderating Discussions

• Moderating Message Walls

• Moderating Article Comments

Content Moderators

Content Moderators moderate the wiki itself and Article Comments. While content moderation doesn’t require much interaction with the user base they are expected to remain approachable and friendly. They can:

• Lock and unlock pages

• Edit locked pages

• Delete and restore pages and files

• Edit and delete other users’ article comments

Responsibilities include:

• Adding categories to pages

• Undoing vandalism

• Ensuring art on pages is used with permission

• Clearing out Candidates for Deletion

Administrators

This is the second promotion level. All users must be an administrator before becoming a bureaucrat. Administrators moderate the entire wiki and are expected to maintain a good relationship with users. They can:

• Do everything Thread Moderators and Content Moderators can do

• Create Announcements

• Edit pages in the MediaWiki namespace (such as the wiki’s CSS)

• Use the Theme Designer

• Block users

• Promote users to Thread Moderator

Responsibilities include:

• All Thread and Content Moderator responsibilities

• Helping out the user base by answering any questions

Bureaucrats

This is the third and final promotion level. As the Bureaucrat role has very few powers in-and-of-itself, most bureaucrats are also administrators. Bureaucrats are typically well known and highly trusted members of the community as they cannot be demoted except by themselves or by Fandom. They can:

• Promote users to Content Moderator, Administrator, and Bureaucrats

• Block users

Responsibilities include:

• Acting as a representative of the mod team

• Helping out the user base by answering any questions