How to Become a Wikipedia Administrator

Decide whether you want to become a Wikipedia admin or not. Being an admin is a lot of responsibility and it requires a lot of hard work and dedication. If you say yes, then follow the next step below. Administrators are responsible for closing discussions, deleting pages, protecting pages, blocking users, rolling back vandalism, helping new editors learn the ropes, and other important tasks. Determine whether you are ready to be an administrator. You will not have to do all these things; it's common to pick one or a few areas and focus on them. However, you are expected to have experience and proficiency in a variety of administrative tasks, as you may decide to venture outside your preferred area or be called on to do so.

Be an active member of Wikipedia for at least a few years (about 2 or 3) and make a lot of good changes (at least 4000 edits) which help build the encyclopedia. When editing, try to: Use edit summaries. Avoid controversy and edit wars. Engage in a collaborative and constructive manner (building good and featured articles or expanding stubs). Do maintenance tasks like reverting vandalism, removing copyright material, and participating in deletion processes. Enable your e-mail address for communication. Get a grasp of the basics of Wikipedia policy by reading the Administrators' reading list.

Nominate yourself by following these instructions. The way the nomination process works is to seek consensus by supporting the user and giving user constructive criticism (opposing) from the editors. Your previous work will be reviewed thoroughly before a decision is reached. You may probably want to wait for someone else to nominate you as an administrator, especially if you are a young editor.

Create your subpage and answer all the standardized questions.

Accept your nomination afterwards and post it at the "request for adminship" page.

Participate in the "RfA" Request for Adminship proceedings. Some editors will grill you with additional questions. After around a week, a bureaucrat will decide whether consensus has been reached and will close your RfA. Usually nominations that have an 75% or higher amount of support will pass, and 65% and lower will fail. Nominations in between are subject to "crat chats", where several bureaucrats will discuss whether or not to promote you.