Forum:What is a bureaucrat?

Read title. --Thenewguy34 11:22, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * Bureaucrats are exactly the same as regular administrators, although they also have the ability to add and remove rollbackers and administrators, as well as to appoint new bureaucrats. Additionally, they can remove the bot status from any user in case that bot is malfunctioning. However, community consensus is required for the addition of bot status to any user, and can only be performed by Wikia Staff, Helpers or VSTF. The only other difference is that once bureaucrat, that status is permanent, unless if a Wikia Staff member or Helper removes it. A bureaucrat can request another bureaucrat's status to be removed through Special:Contact, but this should only be done if they clearly abuse their privileges. Thanks for listening. EpicWikipedian 11:33, April 3, 2012 (UTC)
 * A couple of corrections:
 * Bureaucrats don't explicitly have the same powers as admins, they can only block and add groups - however, they can add the admin right to themselves giving them de facto admin powers.
 * Whilst VSTF can add bot flags - we don't do this on request, you should speak to staff for that
 * Bureaucrats can remove their own rights (step down) if they choose
 * --  Random Time  11:43, April 3, 2012 (UTC)


 * Also see Help:Bureaucrat.
 * Be very careful when removing rights. There have been several reports of bureaucrats (mostly founders) demoting themselves by mistake because they unchecked "bureaucrat" while adding "rollback" or other rights at Special:UserRights. Never uncheck "bureaucrat" unless you're very sure you know what you're doing and why. -- Fandyllic (talk &middot; contr) 3 Apr 2012 11:28 AM Pacific