Wiki Training Syllabus (Module 9)

Module 9: Mediawiki anatomy and user groups

 * (40 min) Explain concept of user hierarchy and user group permission levels
 * System admins with management rights over other editors: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators
 * Admin how-to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_how-to_guide
 * (25 min) The role of admins and editors in maintaining quality control: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Quality_control
 * (35 min) Metrics: the tools of accountability whereby admins can see all activity on the wiki
 * Introduce metrics and discuss which statistics are important, and why
 * Number of administrators, editors, edits per page, number of viewers...
 * For example (in English) see: http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php/Special:Statistics

Exercise 9.1
Module Length: 125 mins