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=== Global sysop for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} ===
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The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than two weeks (no exceptions are allowed no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential. Please note: Since 2019 all global sysops are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.
Hello everyone, I am DreamRimmer, a member of SWMT since mid-2023. I am requesting global sysop rights primarily to assist with Global sysops/Speedy delete requests and at GSR, where I have made over 1,100 reports (with a 99.8% success rate). I am actively involved in cross-wiki anti-vandalism and cleanup work and have submitted nearly a hundred OS requests to stewards (mainly to EPIC, Yahya, and JJMC). With my technical background, I would also like to help create local abuse filters to prevent recurring spam and vandalism. Some of my deleted edit statistics can be seen here.
I have knowledge of English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Fiji Hindi and some other Indic languages, along with basic knowledge of some foreign languages.
Currently, I am a global renamer and a member of the en:WP:Bot Approvals Group on English Wikipedia. I would not use the tools for any controversial actions and would always strive to use them responsibly. Two-factor authentication is enabled on my account for security. An ex-GS, now a steward, encouraged me to run for GS.
I am not sure if there is a recall policy on Meta, but I would like to follow one. If I am elected and, at any point, two or more stewards or global sysops ask me to resign, I will voluntarily resign my tools. Thanks for your time! – DreamRimmer (talk) 18:46, 26 March 2025 (UTC) – DreamRimmer (talk) 03:26, 27 March 2025 (UTC) – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:20, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I noticed that there are complaint of your 'broken redirect' deletion requests. Is that useful as some of them might be still useful for the local community, I afraid if you are elected as a GS and mass delete those broken redirect will probably cause trouble, better let local community to handle them, or only delete those on the main space might be better? Second, you are not an admin in any Wikimedia projects, do you believe you can handle the sysop tool kit if you don't have relevant experience? You mentioned that you wanna help with abuse-filter, I have no concerns of your technical skills as you created many useful scripts/tools ;) , but why didn't you apply for AFH in enwiki (So that we can know you are experienced about it.)? Or you can point out that which AF you made suggestion for change so we can understand your skills or knowledge against AF? Thanks. aqurs🍧19:51, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Here are one more false positive (I cannot find others and hope I can't actually), I also hope that those are deleted didn't have similar problems. aqurs🍧19:55, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The links you mentioned above are where I requested redirect deletions locally instead of at GSR, as I had some doubts and wanted to check first. The reason I don’t hold sysop permission is that my home wiki is the English Wikipedia, where there are very high standards for becoming an admin, and I am not very active on other projects. I haven’t requested the deletion of any controversial pages, and most of the broken redirects I nominated were from the mainspace, where the target pages had been deleted and the redirects were not retargeted over many years. The only user-space redirects I nominated were those where users had changed their names twice, making the broken redirects unnecessary. I exercised full discretion in my reports and did not report any pages or redirects that I believed were useful to the community. I haven’t requested AFH/EFH on English Wikipedia as I never felt the need (I have responded to over 500 reports at en:WP:EFFPR). Regarding filter-related experience, while I have not requested any filters myself, I occasionally ask candidates requesting filter-related permissions about regex and filter syntax. The last time I did so was when I asked SHB2000 about it in their GAFH request. – DreamRimmer (talk) 00:52, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I truly appreciate your enthusiasm and the valuable experience you bring to the table, especially with contributing to various scripts and the Global Sysop stats! However, I have some reservations about your current readiness for Global Sysop, particularly since your longest stint as a sysop was just two months. I tend to be a bit particular about these things, and my criteria reflect that. So, for now, I’ll have to respectfully Oppose your request. That said, I’d be more than happy to support you for Global Rollback in one month. Best, --Galahad (sasageyo!)(esvoy)20:55, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support: Honestly, at first glance, I would be inclined to oppose it, as there hasn't been much demonstration of advanced permissions at a local level. The longest you held such a position was only two months, and frankly, that doesn't carry much weight. However, I know you have good intentions, and over time, you can gain valuable experience. Some time ago, you supported my global permission request without having administrative experience. Today, I hold two administrative roles, and just as you once trusted me, I trust that you will do a great job as a global sysop. You just need to improve upon the points mentioned at the beginning. —Meruleh {talk}21:05, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support: I agree that some Wikipedias have very high standards for admin candidates, making it hard to gain experience since they don’t give many opportunities. However, I believe having a more extensive history as an admin is preferable for becoming a GS. What Aqurs1 mentioned also made me think, but I do see you as a good member of SWMT, so I can’t completely oppose. JetPilot02:32, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. The user is good-faithed and active in cross-wiki antivandalism work. He had been an administrator for just two months, but if there are any administrator skills he is yet to master, then I expect that he will learn them quickly should he get elected. --Paloi Sciurala (talk|contribs) 03:18, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. It is odd that this user hasn't had EFH or AFH or anything related (and you've withdrawn from one English Wikipedia admin). But there is precedent of users getting GS without GR, and this person is clearly experienced in abuse filters which is a valid reason to ask for GS. Hence support. Note that AFM is not a valid alternative since that right is not meant to be used for routine antivandalism. Leaderboard (talk) 04:50, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Having sysop access means having administrative experience in handling tasks. DreamRimmer already has that experience, is familiar with cross-wiki work, has technical knowledge, and is doing a good job in cross-wiki patrolling. I have no concerns. —MdsShakil (talk) 07:56, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I will just ask a question: If there are two active admins in a project and you are trying to do some routine stuff (eg. deleting pages tagged for like say a year or so with no local action till date. It is not obvious vandalism/spam and the admins are simply not responding to them). How will you proceed if you come across such a case?--BRP ever08:12, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I personally believe that two active admins are usually enough to handle routine tasks on a small wiki, so I would generally avoid doing any non-emergency work. However, if I come across a case where a project has two active admins and the tagged pages aren't obvious spam or vandalism, I would leave them for the local sysops to handle. If it seems like they may have overlooked them, I might leave a polite note as a reminder. As a GS, I would focus on uncontroversial actions and avoid deleting pages that have the potential to be improved. Also, if I am not comfortable with an action, I would leave it to other Global sysops or local sysops to handle. – DreamRimmer (talk) 08:54, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm going to have to go against the crowd and say a solid not yet. The main reason being that OP is not a sysop on any project and they also don't have GR – this is a huge jump from having neither. I recognise enwiki has tough sysop requirements, but GS still requires a reasonable amount of sysop experience and the fact that you have neither GS nor GR is way less ideal. I also share Aqurs1's concerns about using scripts on GS wikis – different wikis have different standards and I don't love the idea for using a one-size-fits-all script on hundreds of different wikis. This all said I'll still be happy to support you for GR. //shb (t • c) 10:19, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Just to clarify, all my work is manual, and there are no automation scripts involved. I have built some tools for global activities and plan to create more to make spam and vandalism tracking easier, but I haven’t started coding yet. It wouldn’t do anything automatically—just help Global sysops track spam and vandalism. Every bit of my work is done manually. While some tools([1], [2], [3]) help make things easier, there is nothing automated. Hope to impress you with my work :) – DreamRimmer (talk) 10:45, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My bot was blocked with the comment "Controversial spelling change beyond permission" while it was offline and without any prior notice. I believe I was acting within my approval, and the spellings were not controversial. I disagreed with the block, but my request to unblock it was denied. As a result, I requested to retire my bot from hiwiki and have the flag removed. – DreamRimmer (talk) 12:23, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Based on what I see, your bot was approved for clearing sandbox (unless I am missing something). Hiwiki follows Bot policy, and based on that, Spellchecking without explicit community approval is a case of unacceptable usage. Did you seek out approval for that usage? BRP ever18:37, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Going to reinstate my oppose for now. The handling of the hiwiki bot block is the cherry on top of no sysop anywhere and no GR – this is also in addition to bringing what people don't like about enwiki onto Meta-Wiki as brought up below. I still have no issue with you applying for GR right now (and would support such a request if you were to immediately apply were this to fail), but GS is way too big of a jump when the controversies were fairly recent. //shb (t • c) 00:58, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support, since in recent times (1, 2) I can see GS slowly opening up for users without permanent sysop rights on content projects. Svārtava (tɕ) 12:23, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On further reviewing, I will have to regretfully Oppose this request for now because the candidate has 1119 GSR edits but 1101 of them are 11 March 2025 onwards, which is very recent in my opinion. That also makes the lack of sysop rights on a content project stand out more for me. I would not have doubts if the candidate gives couple more months to gain more experience related to GS activities and meanwhile I would support him for GR at present. Regardless, I would like to thank DreamRimmer for volunteering and for his extensive contributions, and I hope he are not discouraged by this. Svārtava (tɕ) 12:52, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your time and feedback. I really appreciate it and hope to impress you with my work. All my contributions across wikis, including GS-wikis, have been made with full scrutiny, and you are welcome to review my stats. You will see that almost everything has been done carefully and remains uncontroversial. I am not asking you to reconsider your opinion, but I want to emphasize my commitment to never abusing any tools and to always being open to recall if needed. – DreamRimmer (talk) 13:09, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply. I trust that you would never abuse your tools judging by your cross-wiki contributions. However, I still find a little less cross-wiki anti-vandalism work apart from your recent GSR requests, as a large number of your global edits across wikis are from renames. As I said, I hope to not discourage you and I would wholeheartedly support once you have a few more months of experience. Svārtava (tɕ) 14:25, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I'm once again changing my vote as I'm swayed to Weak support. I also appreciate the candidate's responses in this request and his openness to recall and I'm sure he will be a good addition, in particular with his technical proficiency. Apart from that, I would just recommend him to go slow initially if this request passes. Svārtava (tɕ) 17:48, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I believe Global sysops very rarely write local filters due to a lack of willingness. The GS tool includes this right, and I am willing to create necessary filters on wikis where there is recurring spam and vandalism. Many Indic and South Asian projects frequently face spam involving bank/mobile numbers, email IDs and astrologers’ contact details. I would write filters to prevent this and assist local admins in setting them up. For example, in this edit, a mobile number was added. While a filter exists to block such additions, users are finding new formats to bypass it. I would improve these filters to cover all possible formats. Additionally, small projects often have filters that log private information, such as mobile numbers and email addresses, which should remain private, and I would work on fixing this issue. Some projects prefer to keep broken redirects, but cross-wiki patrollers mistakenly tag them for deletion. I would help those projects set up filters to prevent such mislabeling, saving them time. Where there is at least one active admin, I would discuss with them and assist in setting up filters. The reason GS tools include this right is so that Global sysops can use it to stop spam and vandalism in small wikis.
`For example, in this edit, a mobile number was added` A local filter is not really helpful For Crosswiki LTA and Spam. `due to a lack of willingness`. Global admins hold back because filters are a major intervention that usually only takes place with the agreement of the community or for good reasons. 𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫👤💬(WikiBayerCatHelper)17:15, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Since a lot of GS wikis simply don't have active communities, I wouldn't mind global sysops adding tested abuse filters by themselves provided that they are careful in doing so. Svārtava (tɕ) 17:19, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
A good number of times, mobile-number LTAs target a single wiki, so local filters would work fine. Since filters are a major intervention that usually take place only with the agreement of the community or for valid reasons, this is why I said that where there is at least one active admin, I would discuss with them and assist in setting up filters. – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:33, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@WikiBayer - what you're saying applies for AFM - global sysops and stewards are the two global roles that are generally allowed to manipulate filters for anti-vandalism purposes. Leaderboard (talk) 17:38, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
WikiBayer: The mentioned example spam is primarily an issue for Indic wikis (around 70-80% of the cases), though other projects also face it. Given my knowledge of local languages, I can make good use of tools to address this issue. I have previously requested OS and, in a good number of cases, believe that a filter would have prevented spam from being saved, thus saving stewards' time by reducing the need for suppression.
Svārtava and Ternera: If elected, I would take a careful approach, avoiding rushed decisions and asking questions to fellow GS members when in doubt. – DreamRimmer (talk) 19:01, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
You do not need "agreement of the community". If I, as an administrator in a wiki, see vandalism/spam that can be prevented by an abuse filter I will just create such a filter. This is exactly my job and I will not start a discussion at the local village pump to do so. This would be counterproductive because the vandal would have a higher chance to know how they are prevented from continuing their vandalism if they are aware of the details of the filter. --Ameisenigel (talk) 22:23, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I think this needs some deeper discussion since this really depends on the wiki. I for one, would not appreciate a GS coming into my home wiki and creating an abuse filter without knowing the full project scope and would rather see my wiki being opted out as a GS wiki if we do allow GSs to meddle with abuse filters. Agree with local admins, however. //shb (t • c) 11:21, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yea on your case enwikivoyage is indeed a mid or big community, but for those projects who has 0 admin, or just 1 or 2 and inactive, and keep getting spammers, I think it's fine. aqurs🍧12:44, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yeah those communities should be uncontroversial – ultimately it's one of the key differences between "projects that have opted in to handle occasional excess vandalism" and "projects where GSs function as local admins". //shb (t • c) 02:07, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
We should improve global filters instead of setting up local filters in projects with zero admins – there's no way to efficiently monitor local filters in hundreds of GS-wikis. Johannnes89 (talk) 11:53, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support DreamRimmer has been very active at GSR lately, so I believe they can make good use of the tools. I am still a little concerned by the comment above mentioning that most requests were made this month, so I would caution them to be careful and take it slowly if they get the tools. Overall, I believe this is a competent candidate and I look forward to working with them if the request passes! Ternera (talk) 18:04, 27 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Their treatment of SHB2000's GAFH request makes me question their fittingness for such a global role. In that request, they seemed to apply an unusually high standard, reminiscent of en.wiki, to a global role that should not require that level of trust. That, combined with their lack of adminship on any content project, makes me doubtful that DR would be good as a GS at this time. JJPMaster (she/they) 21:49, 28 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Q.2 and Q.3 were basic, and the rule for Q.1 was easy, but I acknowledge that I shouldn’t have asked about unicode characters (though unicode characters are now common in vandalism). – DreamRimmer (talk) 04:17, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Alright DR, I've also asked in that GAFH request that SHB2000 did not have to request EFH on enwiki because GAFH is truly global, but you've pinged me that I have to read one of your comments. Codename Noreste (talk)04:43, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In my support comment, I said 'you should have', not 'you should'. When I said 'you should have', I meant that you should have requested enwiki EFH instead of GAFH. As per en:WP:EFH, the requirements for granting include being a 'current administrator on another WMF project'. – DreamRimmer (talk) 05:21, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It makes no sense to do so though. I believe SHB knew exactly what he was requesting and he gave a decent enough explanation/reason as to why. BRP ever11:25, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I share the concerns expressed above about how most of their requests at GSR are fairly recent and in a short span of time, so I hope they take it a bit slower if they get the permission. Overall, I think the candidate is trusted. --Pólux (talk)02:22, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I have been following up the discussions by the oppose !voters since this request was put forth, I do not find them persuasive enough for me to change my original stand, especially since DreamRimmer is someone I have worked with (and still working with). He seeks and listens to feedback, he does them with all loyalty. I know DreamRimmer will ask questions from experienced Global sysops whenever he is in doubt of any choice. --Vanderwaalforces (talk) 06:02, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I would like to withdraw this nomination, and I sincerely apologise for taking up the community's time. I am not sure if I will request GR, but I might reapply for GS in a few months once I have more experience. I know this nomination had a good chance of passing, but I also acknowledge some genuine concerns about my experience. I appreciate everyone who supported me as well as those who opposed. – DreamRimmer (talk) 01:44, 31 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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Hi, it's that time again! I use the global interface editor permissions to develop various gadgets and help maintain other gadgets and site scripts across the wikis, especially in response to changes made to the MediaWiki software, to ensure they remain compatible and follow best practices for performance and security, and any carry out changes as requested by local communities. I've actively served in this role for over ten years since 2011 (search, 2019 renewal, 2020 two-year renewal, 2022 three-year renewal), which expires this month. I would like to continue this work. Thanks! --Krinkle (talk) 08:18, 30 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]