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This page is for requests to have stewards grant or revoke administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights on Wikimedia projects which do not have a local permissions procedure. Minimum voting requirement are listed here.

Old sections are archived. The list of archives is below.

  • Requests for bot flags are handled at SRB, and requests for global permissions are handled at SRGP.
  • If you are requesting adminship or bureaucratship, and your wiki has a local bureaucrat, submit your request to that user or to the relevant local request page (index).
  • For urgent requests, such as to combat large-scale vandalism on a small wiki, contact a steward in the #wikimedia-stewardsconnect IRC channel. In emergencies, type !steward in the channel to get the attention of stewards. Otherwise, you can type @steward for non-urgent help.

Other than requests to remove your own access or emergencies, please only make requests here after gaining the on-wiki approval of your local community.

Quick navigation: Administrator | Interface administrator | Bureaucrat | CheckUser | Oversight | Removal of access | Miscellaneous | Global permissions

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Cross-wiki requests
Meta-Wiki requests

Using this page

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1. Place the following code at the bottom of the appropriate section below: 

==== Username@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!-- Don't change this line -->
 |domain    = <!-- Such as en.wikibooks -->
 |user name = 
 |discussion= 
}}
(your remarks) ~~~~

2. Fill in the values:

  • domain: the wiki's URL domain (like "ex.wikipedia" or "meta.wikimedia").
  • user name: the name of the user whose rights are to be changed (like "Exampleuser"). In case this is for multiple users, leave this field blank and give a list of these users in your remarks.
  • discussion: a link to the local vote or discussion about the rights change (for example, "[[ex:Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#ExampleUser]]"). This should normally be for at least one week, but no more than three weeks (if so, you'll need to restart the process).

3. If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information.

Confirmation of signing confidentiality agreement

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Certain permissions (notably CheckUser and Oversight) additionally require users to sign a confidentiality agreement. Users requesting these permissions must make a request below, and must also sign the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. The request is placed on hold temporarily, until the receipt has been formally confirmed by the Office.

Requests

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COPY THE FOLLOWING CODE to the bottom of the appropriate section below: 

==== User name@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
  |status     = <!--don't change this line-->
  |domain     =<!-- Such as en.wikibooks -->
  |user name  =
  |discussion = 
}}

Administrator access

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See Administrator for information about this user group.

  • MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
  • Stewards: Please use {{Systmp}} for approved temporary requests.

Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.

Please start a new discussion about requesting the permission on the local village pump, administrators' noticeboard or a designated page for requesting permissions each time you request or renew adminship.

  • Discussions should be open for seven days. Please request adminship here seven days after discussions started. This page is not the place for any discussions or votes. (For wikis with few active users, it is OK to have no comments.)
  • If you only want adminship for specific tasks, please state for how long and for which tasks you need it. Otherwise stewards will decide whether to assign permanent adminship and the duration of adminship. See Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.

Saimawnkham@tddwikipedia

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Status:    In progress

I would like to request for admin and interface admin rights for Tai Nuea Wikipedia. Thanks. Saimawnkham (talk) 23:05, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Saimawnkham: There doesn't seem to be anyone who commented on the request, and your userpage doesn't state if you have any proficiency in Tai Nuea. Are you native in the language of the project? EPIC (talk) 21:55, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello , @Amire80:, @SatiGahi95:, @Ninjastrikers: How should i answer this question? Help me to explain. Thanks.Saimawnkham (talk) 01:41, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hello @EPIC I hope you may checked my status and activities. As you may known that Tai Nuea language is the same language family of ours, Kra–Dai. As for that I can help tdd Wikipedia such as creating Templates, Modules and MediaWiki files those are essentially needed by tdd. If you assume I am not enough to help them let it be. May be I am less aware of protocol. Thanks. Saimawnkham (talk) 06:41, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't see any issues with granting the flags since you hold A/IA elsewhere, I only asked if you had proficiency in the language since there were no supports and you had 42 edits on the project (we have declined some similar requests in the past). I think we could close this as done if there are no objections, though. EPIC (talk) 07:37, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EPICThanks. Saimawnkham (talk) 15:15, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It may be OK to grant temporary rights, but:
  1. An editor who actually knows the language should at least reply in the discussion.
  2. An editor who actually knows the language should be encouraged to become an administrator. Maybe @DaiMengMaoLong or @Yang Yan Ao Thuan.
Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 14:04, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Geossegawa@lgwikipedia

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Status:    In progress

(I am requesting for interface and general administrator rights for Luganda wikipedia. I'm a native fluent Luganda language speaker based in Uganda. Thank you.Geossegawa (talk) 18:05, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Geossegawa: Do you have any experience in performing sysop/interface sysop tasks (and what tasks do you plan to perform)? Thanks! Superpes15 (talk) 21:35, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Superpes15 as a professional and practicing librarian I believe I have the minimum experience required for the task. On the tasks I intend to perform, they are; 1. help improve on the Luganda language that is used on Luganda wikipedia to help ease editing and article creation (Luganda is a very vast and huge language but I found that most of the words used on the key features is very advanced that even a native who hasn't taken interest in studying the language can fail to understand what the words mean. I thus believe it's high time we changed such documentation to a more simpler and easily understandable Luganda) 2. We also face a challenge of templates much as they're several templates on the English wikipedia, the Luganda wiki lacks most of those . This in return has affected the quality of the articles on Luganda wikipedia. 3. There exists a number of auto translated articles that need to be improved but there are those that also need deletion completely. 4. The other issue is about our main page. The Luganda wikipedia currently has over 3300 articles but only a few (old) articles appear on the main page as feature articles day in day out. At times they don't even resonate with the current stories that people search about. To some of those articles, even when you improve their content the system continues to preview them in their old form. Thank you Geossegawa (talk) 05:11, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interface administrator access

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See Interface admin for information about this user group.

  • If you are requesting adminship and the interface admin at the same time, you can file one request in administrator section and state you want interface adminship as well.
  • MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request interface administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
  • Since the end of 2018, all interface administrators are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. Please, enable it before posting your request here.
  • Stewards: Please use {{Systmp}} for approved temporary requests.

Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.

Please start a new discussion about requesting the permission on the local village pump, administrators' noticeboard or a designated page for requesting permissions each time you request or renew interface adminship.

  • Discussions should be open for seven days. Please request interface adminship here seven days after discussions started. This page is not the place for any discussions or votes. (For wikis with few active users, it is OK to have no comments.)
  • If you only want interface adminship for specific tasks, please state for how long and for which tasks you need it. Otherwise stewards will decide whether to assign permanent interface adminship and the duration of interface adminship. See Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.

Seipinne@smnwiki

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Status:    In progress
@Yupik: Has the user accepted the nomination anywhere? EPIC (talk) 18:41, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat access

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See Bureaucrat for information about this user group.
  • In principle, requests for temporary bureaucrat access are not granted.
  • A small project does not need bureaucrats. Currently whether a promotion is valid or not is decided by stewards. See here for a guideline.

Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.

CheckUser access

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See CheckUser policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
  • To request CheckUser information, see Steward requests/Checkuser. This is the place to request CheckUser access.
  • One-time CheckUser access is not permitted and temporary access is only used by Stewards or when the mandate of the CUs has an expiry date specified in local policies.

nataev@uzwiki

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Status:    On hold

Please grant me checkuser rights on uzwiki for an indefinite period. Since "On any wiki, there must be at least two users with CheckUser status, or none at all", I'm creating two requests simultaneously, the other being for Malikxan (see the separate nomination below). I've met the requirements for appointing local CheckUsers: I received 100% support, with 28 votes. I've already signed the NDA. Nataev talk 19:23, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold for internal discussion. EPIC (talk) 20:58, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

malikxan@uzwiki

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Status:    On hold

Please grant Malikxan checkuser rights on uzwiki for an indefinite period. Since we don't currently have any users with this right, I'm creating two requests simultaneously, the other being for myself (see the separate nomination above). Malikxan has also met the requirements for appointing local CheckUsers, receiving 100% support, with 27 votes. He's already signed the NDA. Nataev talk 19:23, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold for internal discussion. EPIC (talk) 20:58, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oversight access

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See Oversight policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
  • To request to have content oversighted, ask for a steward in #wikimedia-stewardsconnect and contact a steward privately. This section is for requesting access to the Oversight tool.
  • For contact details about oversighters across the wikis, refer to this page.
  • Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and temporary status is only used by Stewards .
  • When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list.

Miscellaneous requests

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Requests for permissions that don't fit in other sections belong here. Importer rights can be granted on most wikis by stewards only. Please gain local community consensus before posting a new section here.

Note that the following types of permissions requests belong on separate pages:

  • SRB — Local or global bot status
  • SRGP — Global permissions

Removal of access

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  • If you're requesting the removal of your own permissions, make sure you're logged in to your account. If you have multiple flags, specify which you want removed. Stewards may delay your request a short time to ensure you have time to rethink your request (see previous discussion on 24 hour delays); the rights will not be restored by stewards once they are removed.
  • To request the removal of another user's permissions, you must gain consensus on the local wiki first. When there is community consensus that the user's access should be removed, provide a link to the discussion, with a brief explanation of the reason for the request, and summarize the results of discussion. However, as bureaucrats of some wikis may remove users from the administrator or bureaucrat group, please see also a separate list of these specific wikis.
  • To request the removal of another user's permissions for inactivity, link to your local inactivity policy. If your site does not have inactivity policy, the global policy Admin activity review applies.
  • See the instructions above for adding new requests. Please post new requests at the bottom of the section.

Renamed user 4ab9747a7456d4192175d5aface571c0@global

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Status:    Done

Account vanished and locked; please remove GIPBE. -- CptViraj (talk) 07:16, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done — JJMC89 (T·C) 08:18, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ionutzmovie@rowikipedia

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Status:    Not done

No administrative actions for 1 year, rights expired per local policy. Strainu (talk) 12:41, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They used the suppressredirect right on 22 October this year [1] which is part of the sysop toolkit. Does this not count as an admin action? EPIC (talk) 12:57, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Courtesy ping to Strainu. EPIC (talk) 13:04, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EPIC per the quoted policy, we use the adminstats tool to indicate whether any actions was performed, so I guess no. Strainu (talk) 13:26, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Looking at the group rights page, it seems this right is not specific to Admins, so it's normal not to be included in the tool. Strainu (talk) 13:29, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The suppressredirect right is not included in any local right on rowiki, except bot and sysop. Also, even if the sysop flag is removed, would the abuse filter editor right also be affected (which cannot be removed by any local user and therefore also requires a steward)? @Andrei Stroe: Pinging a different local administrator/former bureaucrat for a second opinion. EPIC (talk) 13:40, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
w:ro:WP:FM says that any administrator can be an abuse filter editor, but for other users a discussion is needed. I don't have a strong opinion on the subject, I believe the right won't be abused if kept. Strainu (talk) 15:16, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
When policy wording is vague, which in this case "special actions" is, the benefit goes to the user in assumptions that are made. This is a decline for me. Also, the abusefilter page says in principle any admin can ask for the right, but there is no process. -- Amanda (she/her) 18:09, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For sysop rights the policy wording is not vague, it explicitly asks for adminstats to be used:

Administratorii și birocrații își pierd permisiunile speciale în urma unei perioade mai mari de 1 an fără acțiuni speciale (constatată prin consultarea acestui link).

In English:

Administrators and bureaucrats loose their special permissions after 1 year without special actions (found by consulting this link).

Strainu (talk) 19:37, 25 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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What are "special actions"? How are they defined in policy? Yes it has the link after it, but even reading through the original discussion, I don't think anyone argued for any specific right to not be included. The language used is inclusive by not spelling them out. Since this has global precedent, and there is not local policy excluding it, I'm going to mark this as Not done. If the community wishes to decide separately per a new RfC, that is their choice, and we can honor that. -- Amanda (she/her) 01:54, 26 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation

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