Changes: Help:Founders

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A "founder" is someone who created a community.

Founders are automatically given administrator and bureaucrat rights on their community, but do not have special privileges or abilities beyond this. They do not "own" the community that they founded, but can set the early direction and design of the wiki, along with choosing who joins the local admin team.

Any other regular editor can also become an administrator or bureaucrat. This can happen either by asking the founder, another bureaucrat, the user base of the community (if permitted on an active community) or by adopting it if the founder has since become inactive or if there are zero active bureaucrats and admins on the community.

Determining a community's founder

One way to determine who the founder is (and whether they are active) is to visit Special:ListAdmins. Often, admins with both Administrator and Bureaucrat user rights are the founder. However, on some communities, you may see a few users with both rights.

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The best way to find the actual founder of a community is to check each admin's page. The founder will have the founder tag on their profile.

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+A "'''founder'''" is someone who created a community.
-A '''"founder"''' is someone who created a community. Founders do not have special privileges or abilities, and they do not [[Help:Licensing|own]] the community that they founded. However, they do have [[Help:Administrators' how-to guide|administrator]] and [[Help:Bureaucrats' how-to guide|bureaucrat]] rights and can set the early direction of the wiki.
-Founders are automatically given [[Help:User access levels|administrator and bureaucrat access]] to their community, but the purpose of this is to allow them to help get the community started through customization, not to give them control over the content. Any other regular editor can also become an administrator or bureaucrat. This can happen either by asking the founder, another bureaucrat, the user base of the community (if permitted on an active community) or by [[w:c:community:Adoption:Requests|adopting it]] if the founder has since become inactive or if there are 0 bureaucrats and admins on the community.
+Founders are automatically given [[Help:Administrators' how-to guide|administrator]] and [[Help:Bureaucrats' how-to guide|bureaucrat]] rights on their community, but do not have special privileges or abilities beyond this. They do not "[[Help:Licensing|own]]" the community that they founded, but can set the early direction and design of the wiki, along with choosing who joins the local admin team.
+Any other regular editor can also become an administrator or bureaucrat. This can happen either by asking the founder, another bureaucrat, the user base of the community (if permitted on an active community) or by [[w:Adoption:Requests|adopting it]] if the founder has since become inactive or if there are zero active bureaucrats and admins on the community.
 ==Determining a community's founder==
-One way to determine who the founder is (and whether they are active) is to visit [[Special:ListAdmins]]. Oftentimes, admins with both '''Administrator and Bureaucrat user rights''' are the founder. On some communities, you may see a few users with both rights. This does not mean they are the founder, as only one user can establish a community.
+One way to determine who the founder is (and whether they are active) is to visit [[Special:ListAdmins]]. Often, admins with ''both'' Administrator and Bureaucrat user rights are the founder. However, on some communities, you may see a few users with both rights.
-[[File:User_Throwawaytv_-_My_Little_Pony_Friendship_is_Magic_Wiki.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Founder badge]]
+[[File:User Throwawaytv - My Little Pony Friendship is Magic Wiki.jpg|thumb|center|400px|Founder tag]]
-The best way to find the actual founder of a community is to check each admin's page. The founder will have the founder badge on their profile.
+The best way to find the actual founder of a community is to check each admin's page. The founder will have the founder tag on their profile.
 ==See also==
-*[[Choosing Fandom]]
+*[[w:Choosing Fandom]]
 *[[Help:Common mistakes]]
-*[[Help:Start a new wiki|Help:Start a new community]]
+*[[Help:Start a new community]]
-==Further Help & Feedback==
-{{Help and feedback section}}
+==Further help and feedback==
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+{{Help and feedback section}}[[ca:Ajuda:Fundadors]]
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