At most levels of user access, the decision to grant is made through community consensus. Local to the English Wikipedia, administrators and bureaucrats are selected by the community by requests for adminship, are expected to be "known and trusted member[s] of the community" before they are promoted. In some cases the subsequent behavior of the editor after being promoted may cause them to lose that trust.
For severe or acute abuse of administrator privileges, an administrator's powers can be removed.
All administrators on the English Wikipedia project are open to recall. The method for so doing is to follow the dispute resolution process:
At most levels of user access, the decision to grant is made through community consensus. Local to the English Wikipedia, administrators and bureaucrats are selected by the community by requests for adminship, are expected to be "known and trusted member[s] of the community" before they are promoted. In some cases the subsequent behavior of the editor after being promoted may cause them to lose that trust.
For severe or acute abuse of administrator privileges, an administrator's powers can be removed.
All administrators on the English Wikipedia project are open to recall. The method for so doing is to follow the dispute resolution process: