Editing Encyclopedia:Administrators (section)

=== Care and judgment ===
If granted access, administrators must exercise care in using these new functions, especially the ability to delete pages and to block users and IP addresses
(see the [[Wikipedia:Administrators' how-to guide|administrators' how-to guide]] and [[Wikipedia:New admin|new administrator page]] to learn how to do these things). New administrators should also look at the pages linked from the [[Wikipedia:Administrators' reading list|administrators' reading list]] before using their administrative abilities. Occasional lapses are accepted but serious or repeated lapses, or lapses involving breaches of [[WP:INVOLVED|'involved' administrator conduct]] may not always be.

Administrator tools are also to be used with careful judgement; it can take some time for a new administrator to learn when it's best to use the tools, and it can take months to gain a good sense of how long a period to set when using tools such as blocking and page protection in difficult disputes. New administrators are strongly encouraged to start slowly and build up experience in areas they are used to, and to ask others if unsure.