Abwayax at 03:25, 21 January 2006

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'''Administrators''' are the owners of an Internet [[forum]]. They make all policies and rules, and hire other administrators or [[moderator|moderators]] to enforce said rules. They have total control over the forum, including user profiles. An honorable administrator abides by the rules he/she has created, and doesn't consider him/herself above them.

== Powers of an Administrator ==
Administrators, while having the abilities of a [[moderator]], have a more extensive list of powers:
* Lock threads, should the discussion veer off topic or break the rules in some way
* Edit posts, to remove inappropriate material
* Move threads from one area to another
* Delete posts or entire threads
* Editing user's profiles, including [[avatar]] and [[signature]], to remove inappropriate material
* Banning a user, either temporarily or permanently, from the forums.
* Establishing new [[board|boards]] or [[category|categories]]
* Promoting other users to [[moderator]] or administrator status
* Managing the [[smiley]] and [[word censor]] lists; they can add new smilies or word censors as they see fit
* DELETING user accounts; this cannot be undone, so administrators rely on banning to get rid of unwanted users

'''Some forums give the administrator the power to peek into other users' [[private message]] boxes. If this is the case, there will be a notice.'''

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Abwayax at 03:25, 21 January 2006