Forum:Founded a wiki, but unsure about Admin

I founded a wiki, but I am unsure how to access my admin privleges. According to help pages that I have read I am supposed to get admin priveleges when I found a wiki. Is this true? If not, how am I supposed to manage the admin-only things on my wiki?

Thanks,

Crislyn Anessa Waryn 16:18, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * If you're the founder, you're automatically a sysop + bureaucrat on the wiki. Special:ListGroupRights on your wiki will list what extra things you can do, here's a convenient list of the most important things:


 * Revert a user's edits to a page in one click (rollback)
 * Block a user from editing the wiki (block)
 * Change other's access to the wiki, giving any user any of the flags: Sysop, Rollback, Bureaucrat (at Special:UserRights)
 * Protect a page from being edited or created by users who are not logged in, or not an admin (protect)
 * Delete any page (Delete)
 * Edit pages in the MediaWiki namespace (for a list, go to Special:Allmessages)
 * Undelete a page (Undelete)
 * There's no "admin control panel" as such, but - as an admin, the delete, block and protect buttons will automatically be added to the wiki interface in relevent pages. -- Random Time  16:43, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * Ok, so then if I am the sysop/admin, how do I change the sidebar and such? And shouldn't it say that I am a sysop + bureaucrat under my preferences where it says 'Member of groups' ?
 * Crislyn Anessa Waryn 17:05, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * It should do, might need to update or something. Special:Listusers/Sysop should have you on the list. To edit the sidebar, you need to edit MediaWiki:Sidebar for the monobook (Wikipedia-like) skin and MediaWiki:monaco-sidebar for the monaco (wikia default) skin -- Random Time  17:12, July 16, 2010 (UTC)
 * As always, it is easier to help, if you give a link to your wiki. No one seems to read the pointers. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:17 AM PST 16 Jul 2010
 * As always, it is easier to help, if you give a link to your wiki. No one seems to read the pointers. -- Fandyllic  (talk &middot; contr) 10:17 AM PST 16 Jul 2010