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How does the Wikipedia "government" work?

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How does Wikipedia work? Not the editing, I get that part, but the "government" structure. I've heard Wikipedia has admins, which makes lots of sense, but how does one become an admin, is there an admin "code of laws", and is there a social hierarchy? Theoneandonlyduncan (talk) 13:51, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Hi there, firstly Wikipedia is free for anyone to edit, and though admins have extra tools to help the site run, they have little to no extra privileges in regards to creating content. You can see a full guide to what admins do at WP:ADMIN. To become an admin, an editor has to pass a Request for Adminship, in which any editor is free to vote for or against the editor to become an admin; you can see a recent successful RfA here for example. In terms of a 'social hierarchy', not strictly speaking, no. There are the obvious aspects like admins being perceived as knowing more about how Wikipedia runs, which is generally the case, and new editors or IP editors not, which isn't always the case, but there's nothing strict in that sense. Samwalton9 (talk) 14:04, 23 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]