Admin Tools Wiki:About

From Admin Tools Wiki, the wiki that anyone can edit and test the tools at

Admin Tools Wiki is a Wikia wiki project used particularly for testing the admin tools, general editing, and much more at. Though most Wikia focuses on article writing, Admin Tools Wiki's primary goal is to give a safe and free environment where anyone can practice anything at, such as the admin tools, without having to harm the other Wikia.

Admin Tools Wiki was originally created by Bluegoblin7 (talk • contribs) on July 15, 2008. He never edited ever since the creation of the Admin Tools Wiki due to off-wiki commitments, so RyanCross (talk • contribs) adopted the Wiki two months later hoping he would be able to make this wiki run smoothly as a test wiki, having the goal of making this wiki provide information and coaching for people who want to learn how to be a good, reliable, respected admins of Wikia, not just someone who knows how to push the buttons, but also for anyone to become an administrator and test the admin tools on pages. Others can practice editing, content writing, wikimarkup and much more. He thought that if admins "test" here, they would know how to become fine administrators on other Wikia, whether they are already admins on other wikia, or if they plan to be future ones. Though, on September 13, 2008, Bluegoblin7 returned, claiming he had seen the link at Test Wikipedia when he saw the list of test wikis page. He is now back, and RyanCross and Bluegoblin7 have agreed to coordinate the Wiki together.

Helpful and useful links

• Create an account – The first step in contributing as a user. if you want to become an administrator, you have to edit under an account.
• Welcome, newcomers! – Our welcome page for newcomers for them to get settled into the wiki and what they can do around the wiki.
• List of bureaucrats – The local list of bureaucrats who you can ask to become an administrator. They are there to help you, and to help improve the community and the running of this wiki in a safe testing environment.
• Requests for rights – The main place to ask to become an administrator! Just follow the procedure and bureaucrats will review your request. If they think you won't abuse the tools, then they'll make you an administrator.
• Noticeboard – A place to report problems that would need other administrators and bureaucrats attention or a place to ask questions to the community for answers or if you need help with something.
• Frequently asked questions – A list of commonly asked questions about Admin Tools Wiki with the answers to them.
• Policies – Our list of polices that everyone should always follow and NOT abuse. Policies are here to keep the wiki running smoothly with no problems.
• Testing policy – One of our most important polices on Admin Tools Wiki. It tells you what and what not you can test on. If you follow it, you will have no problems, but if you abuse it, a revoke of your rights and maybe even a block may occur. So it is very important that you read the policy. This is so that we can keep the wiki running smoothly.
• Pages not to be tested on – A category of pages that lists what pages should NOT be tested on in any way. Very minor tests edits are allowed, but major ones are not. These pages helps Admin Tools Wiki in many ways and could affect the running of the wiki if edited as tests depending on what types if tests are done to them.
• Recent changes – A great place to see anytime, because you can see what pages other people have been editing, and where you can help and test.
• Help – A list of "help" pages where users can read and learn more information about various ideas.
• Please sign in every time you edit – This is so that we can recognise you!