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Line 2: {{nutshell\|Don't edit Wikipedia just for power and to become an admin. Edit Wikipedia to build an encyclopedia!}} [[File:Wini.jpg\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Do not edit with the goal of becoming a supreme being with extraordinary powers.]] Wikipedia is an encyclopedia where we work together, and of course we need admins to [[WPWikipedia:~~BLOCK~~Blocking policy\|block users]], [[WPWikipedia:~~PROTECT~~ Protection policy\|protect pages]] and [[WPWikipedia:~~DELETE~~Deletion policy\|delete things]] — but too many users tend to think that adminship seems like a job where you are powerful, the boss, and in control, whilst also you are allowed to act in any way you want, and everybody takes your opinion as right. Because of this, some users only edit Wikipedia in a nice manner just to become an admin, so they can supposedly gain the power they want, themselves forgetting what the encyclopedia itself is for. == What happens when they get power ==

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