Thread:Ancient Alien Astronaut/@comment-24668482-20160824160938

Hi AAA, I've added the sysop (I use that term just for you, as I know it is your preference/experience) rights to your account now. These tools are:

a) discussion mod tools (forum, message walls, blogs, comments)
 * Removing and restoring threads and replies from any user.
 * Closing and reopening threads
 * In the Forum feature specifically, moderators also have the ability to manage Forum boards, move threads from one board to another, and highlight and un-highlight threads.
 * Moderating chat
 * Deleting blog comments
 * Editing and deleting article comments

b) chat mod tools (chat)
 * kick users out of the chat box
 * ban users from chat

c) content mod tools (articles and files)
 * Deleting and moving protected pages
 * Deleting and moving files
 * Undeleting pages and files
 * Rollback
 * Reupload files
 * Protecting and unprotecting pages

d) additional, sysop only tools
 * Delete and undelete pages, as well as delete images or files.
 * Lock (protect) both a page and a file so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without adminship privileges.
 * Block users who are vandalizing the wiki from editing and other actions.
 * Grant and revoke both the Chat Moderator and Discussion Moderator rights.
 * Edit the community's skin and format.
 * Edit whitelisted MediaWiki pages.

You will also have a new option in the grey toolbar that appears at the bottom of each page, this brings you to Special:AdminDashboard, where you will have quick and easy access to site features and help (under the general tab) and the most helpful reports from Special:SpecialPages (under the advanced tab). The Admin dashboard is a great place to get started when looking for information and access to the different tools mentioned above (though most of those tools will be visible to you intuitively interspersed among the features you already had access to as you navigate the website).

Bookmark Special:SpecialPages as you will use them a lot. You will also find that Special:RecentChanges is considerably more useful than Special:WikiActivity when it comes to keeping an eye on all activity on the site as it shows everything, and it is very user friendly once you get used to it.

Help:Contents will probably be your best friend for the first few weeks. Every feature on the site has a help page that contains links to further information, and they have a whole section dedicated to administration.

Some useful pages (all found under Help:Contents) include:
 * Help:Admin Dashboard
 * Help:Special pages
 * Help:Forum
 * Help:Chat
 * Help:Editing
 * Help:Links
 * Help:Administrators' how-to guide
 * Help:Best practices for administrators
 * Help:Assuming good faith
 * Help:Common mistakes
 * Help:Don't feed the trolls

And quick links to our guidelines:
 * Administration policy
 * User conduct guidelines
 * Chat guidelines

You may also want to follow the staff blogs and technical updates on community central as sometimes users will encounter problems that turn out to be wikia wide bugs or there are announced downtime or feature changes that it is useful to be aware of.

As always, feel free to throw any questions or problems my way. 