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In the '''Growtopia Wiki''', there are many various user roles. Each one of them has different rights and abilities.
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An administration is required in order to properly facilitate and manage the '''Growtopia Wiki'''. Therefore, there is a group of users who constantly moderate the community.
   
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==Staff==
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In order to properly manage the wiki, an administration is required. Therefore, there is a group of users who constantly moderate the wiki and keep it safe from those with bad faith.
  
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==='''Bureaucrats'''===
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{{Staff
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|user=Librarian Bird
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|head=Director
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|position=Bureaucrat
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|country=Indonesia
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|join=1 October 2015
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|status=Active
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}}
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{{Staff
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|user=Awesome187
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|head=Editor-in-Chief
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|position=Bureaucrat
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|country=Australia
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|join=14 March 2015
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|status=Hiatus
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}}
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{{Staff
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|user=LightSwitch
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|head=Co-Chief Design Officer
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|position=Bureaucrat
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|country=Singapore
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|join=16 October 2015
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|status=Hiatus
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}}
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{{Staff
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|user=Vijuki
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|head=Co-Chief Design Officer
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|position=Bureaucrat
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|country=The Philippines
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|join=14 August 2016
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|status=Active
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}}
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'''Bureaucrats''' are one level 'up' from administrators. Bureaucrats only have the ability to manipulate user rights, as well as block and unblock users, so this right is generally used in addition to the administrator group. Although bureaucrats cannot directly revoke another user's bureaucrat status, they can revoke their own.
   
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Bureaucrats have the ability to:
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== What is a user right? ==
  
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* Grant and revoke Content Moderator and Administrator rights,
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A user right is a special type of permissions which allows a user to perform a certain task for the wiki. A "user rights group" is a set of permissions or abilities. A list of user rights by groups can be seen at [[Special:ListGroupRights]].
  
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* Appoint new bureaucrats,
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* Revoke their own bureaucrat status, and
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* Revoke a user's bot status in case the bot is malfunctioning.
   
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==='''Administrators'''===
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== User Roles ==
  
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{{Staff
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Everyone visiting Fandom can view and read pages. The '''Growtopia Wiki''', however, requires users to log into a Fandom account in order to make edits to the wiki.
  
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|user=BlueDwarf
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|position=Administrator
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|country=United States
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|join=13 September 2013
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|status=Inactive
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}}
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{{Staff
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|user=Nenkai
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|position=Administrator
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|country=France
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|join=15 January 2014
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|status=Inactive
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}}
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{{Staff
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|user=NekoPillow
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|position=Administrator
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|country=Hong Kong
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|join=27 May 2014
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|status=Active
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}}
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{{Staff
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|user=Bambam Bot
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|position=Administrator
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|country=None (bot)
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|join=29 July 2017
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|status=Active
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}}
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'''Administrators''' are trusted users, who are generally chosen based on their contributions, behaviour, and conduct. They have all the privileges that a Content Moderator possesses.
   
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Administrators have the ability to:
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=== '''Rollbacks''' ===
  
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* Block users who are vandalising the wiki from performing certain actions,
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Anyone can revert vandalism and bad-faith edits, but it takes a couple of clicks in the page history to get it done.
 
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* Grant and revoke the Chat Moderator and Discussions Moderator rights,
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* Edit the wiki's skin, format, and interface, and
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* Edit whitelisted MediaWiki pages.
   
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==='''Content Moderators'''===
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Rollbacks have the ability to:
  
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{{Staff
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* Revert edits with one click, by using the rollback link on diff pages, user contributions list, or the list of recent changes.
  
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|user=HealLV
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|position=Content Moderator
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=== '''Chat Moderators''' ===
  
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|country=Latvia
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Chat moderators are users who have chat moderator status in chat to moderate a community's chat room.
 
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|join=11 January 2016
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|status=Slightly Active
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Chat Moderators have the ability to:
  
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* Block users fro chat, which will kick a user out of the chat, and
  
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{{Staff
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* Ban them from returning until a Chat Moderator or an administrator unbans them, or if the ban expires.
  
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|user=PixelJr
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|position=Content Moderator
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=== '''Discussions Moderators''' ===
  
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|country=United Arab Emirates
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Discussions Moderators are users who have additional tools available to manage conversations in various features across the community where users are having social discussions.
  
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|join=2 November 2019
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|status=Active
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Discussions Moderators have the ability to:
  
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* Remove and restore threads and replies from any user,
  
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'''Content Moderators''' are users who have additional tools available to moderate specific parts of the community.
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* Close and reopen threads,
  
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* Manage Forum boards,
  
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* Move Forum threads from one board to another,
  
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* Highlight and un-highlight Forum threads,
  
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* Moderate chat,
  
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* Delete blog comments,
  
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* Edit and delete article comments, and
  
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* Moderate the Discussions feature.
  
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=== '''Content Moderators''' ===
  
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Content Moderators are users who have additional tools available to moderate specific parts of the community.
  
   
 
Content Moderators have the ability to:
  
Content Moderators have the ability to:
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* Protect and unprotect pages.
  
* Protect and unprotect pages.
   
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=== '''Administrators''' ===
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==='''Wiki Representatives'''===
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{{Staff
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Administrators (also known as "admins" or "sysops") are trusted users, who are generally chosen based on their contributions, behaviour, and conduct.
 
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|user=Tagaziel
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|position=Wiki Representative
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|country=Europe
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|join=11 February 2021
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|status=Active
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}}
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'''Wiki Representatives''' are provided by Fandom (part-time staff member of Fandom). They support the community and help it grow and thrive, providing advice and help for Fandom-related activities such as complicated editing or any issues with using Fandom's product.
   
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==='''Ex-Staff'''===
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Administrators have all the privileges that a Content Moderator possesses.
  
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=26nightmare
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Administrators have the ability to:
  
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|country=United States
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* Block users who are vandalising the wiki from performing certain actions,
  
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|join=27 September 2015
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* Grant and revoke the Chat Moderator and Discussions Moderator rights,
  
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|resignation=17 March 2017
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* Edit the wiki's skin, format, and interface, and
  
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}}
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* Edit whitelisted MediaWiki pages.
  
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=RedboneBits
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=== '''Bureaucrats''' ===
  
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|country=Canada
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Bureaucrats are one level 'up' from administrators. Bureaucrats only have the ability to manipulate user rights, as well as block and unblock users, so this right is generally used in addition to the administrator group.
  
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|join=10 January 2013
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|resignation=10 July 2018
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Although bureaucrats cannot directly revoke another user's bureaucrat status, they can revoke their own.
  
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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Bureaucrats have the ability to:
  
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|user=Eppen
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* Grant and revoke rollback, Content Moderator and administrator rights,
  
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|country=United States
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* Appoint new bureaucrats,
  
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|join=10 June 2017
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* Revoke their own bureaucrat status, and
  
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|resignation=25 November 2018
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* Revoke a user's bot status in case the bot is malfunctioning.
  
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=Joshcat
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|country=Australia
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|join=19 January 2015
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|resignation=22 February 2019
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=Jetpack joyrider
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|country=United States
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|join=26 November 2015
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|resignation=22 February 2019
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=BSV001
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|country=Brazil
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|join=21 May 2017
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|resignation=22 February 2019
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=Icyles
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|country=Vietnam
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|join=6 June 2017
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|resignation=22 February 2019
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=Derek524
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|country=Australia
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|join=16 March 2018
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|resignation=22 February 2019
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=ShStoke
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|country=Indonesia
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|join=31 May 2020
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|resignation=8 January 2021
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=Atvelonis
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|country=United States
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|join=12 May 2019
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|resignation=21 February 2021
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}}
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{{RetiredStaff
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|user=KenaaGT
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|position=Content Moderator
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|country=Finland
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|join=22 May 2020
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|resignation=11 July 2021
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}}
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'''Ex-Staff''' are users who have resigned from the staff team due to various reasons.

Revision as of 14:42, 8 September 2021

An administration is required in order to properly facilitate and manage the Growtopia Wiki. Therefore, there is a group of users who constantly moderate the community.

Staff

Bureaucrats

 Librarian Bird

Director Bureaucrat Administrator

Joined 1 October 2015
Indonesia
Active
Awesome187

Editor-in-Chief Bureaucrat Administrator

Joined 14 March 2015
Australia
Hiatus
LightSwitch

Co-Chief Design Officer Bureaucrat Administrator

Joined 16 October 2015
Singapore
Hiatus
Vijuki

Co-Chief Design Officer Bureaucrat Administrator

Joined 14 August 2016
The Philippines
Active

Bureaucrats are one level 'up' from administrators. Bureaucrats only have the ability to manipulate user rights, as well as block and unblock users, so this right is generally used in addition to the administrator group. Although bureaucrats cannot directly revoke another user's bureaucrat status, they can revoke their own.

Bureaucrats have the ability to:

  • Grant and revoke Content Moderator and Administrator rights,
  • Appoint new bureaucrats,
  • Revoke their own bureaucrat status, and
  • Revoke a user's bot status in case the bot is malfunctioning.

Administrators

 BlueDwarf

Administrator

Joined 13 September 2013
United States
Inactive
Nenkai

Administrator

Joined 15 January 2014
France
Inactive
NekoPillow

Administrator

Joined 27 May 2014
Hong Kong
Active
Bambam Bot

Administrator

Joined 29 July 2017
None (bot)
Active

Administrators are trusted users, who are generally chosen based on their contributions, behaviour, and conduct. They have all the privileges that a Content Moderator possesses.

Administrators have the ability to:

  • Block users who are vandalising the wiki from performing certain actions,
  • Grant and revoke the Chat Moderator and Discussions Moderator rights,
  • Edit the wiki's skin, format, and interface, and
  • Edit whitelisted MediaWiki pages.

Content Moderators

 HealLV

Content Moderator Thread Moderator

Joined 11 January 2016
Latvia
Slightly Active
PixelJr

Content Moderator Thread Moderator

Joined 2 November 2019
United Arab Emirates
Active

Content Moderators are users who have additional tools available to moderate specific parts of the community.

Content Moderators have the ability to:

  • Delete and move protected pages,
  • Delete and move files,
  • Restore deleted pages and files,
  • Rollback,
  • Reupload files, and
  • Protect and unprotect pages.

Wiki Representatives

 Tagaziel

Wiki Representative

Joined 11 February 2021
Europe
Active

Wiki Representatives are provided by Fandom (part-time staff member of Fandom). They support the community and help it grow and thrive, providing advice and help for Fandom-related activities such as complicated editing or any issues with using Fandom's product.

Ex-Staff

 26nightmare

Ex-Staff

Joined 27 September 2015
Resigned 17 March 2017
United States
RedboneBits

Ex-Staff

Joined 10 January 2013
Resigned 10 July 2018
Canada
Eppen

Ex-Staff

Joined 10 June 2017
Resigned 25 November 2018
United States
Joshcat

Ex-Staff

Joined 19 January 2015
Resigned 22 February 2019
Australia
Jetpack joyrider

Ex-Staff

Joined 26 November 2015
Resigned 22 February 2019
United States
BSV001

Ex-Staff

Joined 21 May 2017
Resigned 22 February 2019
Brazil
Icyles

Ex-Staff

Joined 6 June 2017
Resigned 22 February 2019
Vietnam
Derek524

Ex-Staff

Joined 16 March 2018
Resigned 22 February 2019
Australia
ShStoke

Ex-Staff

Joined 31 May 2020
Resigned 8 January 2021
Indonesia
Atvelonis

Ex-Staff

Joined 12 May 2019
Resigned 21 February 2021
United States
KenaaGT

Ex-Staff

Joined 22 May 2020
Resigned 11 July 2021
Finland

Ex-Staff are users who have resigned from the staff team due to various reasons.

Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.