Steward requests/Permissions

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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

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.

Salisu Adamu@ha.wiktionary

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I'm requesting once again for admin right on ha.wiktionary to continue amending vandalism and to patrol pages. I would be delighted to be granted permanent admin rights instead of applying periodically. Thanks.

@Salisu Adamu: Excuses that this one wasn't posted here, the abuse filter caused a false positive so I had to manually add it just now. Is there any local discussion, and if so, could you link to it? EPIC (talk) 17:38, 28 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Not done No link, no response. -- Amanda (she/her) 03:16, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Brgb@lo.wikipedia

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Discussion more than 1 week. --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 01:04, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It was two hours short when posted, but nonetheless   Granted for 3 months to expire on 2025-03-04. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks.. -- Amanda (she/her) 03:15, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hehua@zhwikivoyage

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Vote ends, 4 supports and no objection, thank you. Hehua (talk) 09:42, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Granted for 2 years to expire on 2026-12-10. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 09:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ericliu1912@zhwikivoyage

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Vote ends, 3 supports and no objection, thank you. Hehua (talk) 09:44, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Granted for 2 years to expire on 2026-12-10. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 09:54, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Crochet.david@frwikivoyage

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The vote has been ongoing for 47 days, 100% supports but the sole bureaucrat, who is also the only sysop, is inactive for almost a year. Also, impossible to block this vandal today. SleaY (talk) 13:53, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I've sent the local bureaucrat an email. I'll place this on hold for some days, but we could proceed with promoting if they do not respond after that time. EPIC (talk) 14:13, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ballardmaize@bclwikiquote

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Would also be interested to have interface admin access to help improve other workflows within the project. Thank you. Imelda (Talk) 14:38, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately I have to close this request as   Not done as the moment. As it says at the top of this section discussions should be open for at least one week before a request is posted here. Since the request was opened today, please place a new request on this page on 17 December at the earliest and we will grant the rights if there is a consensus. EPIC (talk) 20:20, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Kunokuno@bcl.wiktionary

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I would need to maintain this project while also promoting this to new editors. Having admin access will also be helpful during our edit-a-thons. Kunokuno (talk) 14:47, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See #Ballardmaize@bclwikiquote above. EPIC (talk) 20:20, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Robertjamal12@fat.wikipedia

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Hello, I've been an administrator on the Fante Wikipedia for sometime now and I'd like to continue as a sysop. I would appreciate it this right is granted for a longer period or permanently. Thank you --- Robertjamal12 ~🔔 13:19, 11 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.

LiMr@cswikivoyage

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I'm already an admin on cs.wikivoyage. I added many modules and templates, but now I need to add more enhancements from de.wikivoyage for a full functionality. But the Interface administrator access is needed. Sorry for the previous delay. 2FA is enabled now. --LiMr (talk) 15:30, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done With the same expiry as your sysop flag (i.e until 9 February 2025). EPIC (talk) 15:51, 9 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.

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.

Darafsh@fawiki

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Thanks! Huji (talk) 01:10, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done and congrats! I don't know if there are any additional accesses to handle here, but if so then I will also inform the relevant people about that. EPIC (talk) 02:14, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Eta Carinae@ptwiki

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Érico (talk) 16:10, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Welcome back! @Krd: Pinging for VRT access. EPIC (talk) 16:13, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
(Realized just now that there is no VRT queue for ptwiki - I thought the ptwiki requests went through VRT. Excuse the ping.) EPIC (talk) 16:17, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.

several@is.wikipedia

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As per the local inactivity policy, it is requested that administrator and bureaucrat permissions be removed from these users above. The users were given one month notice about the impending removal of permissions on 15 September 2024 and none have objected to a removal of these rights.Bjarki S (talk) 16:29, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done the last four. However, the inactivity policy seems to mention that rights are removed if the user has no activity in a year, neither in their edits nor in admin actions. Both Jóhannesbjarki and Jabbi have edited this year. Does the user need to have both edits and admin actions within a year to be considered active? EPIC (talk) 16:34, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Either edits or admin actions are enough to break inactivity streaks. The local policy also says that the user needs to respond to the talk page message. Both of these users were inactive on 15 September when the message was left on the talk page. Jabbi has made an article edit since then, but not responded to the message and Jóhannesbjarki has only made a single edit, which was to respond on his talk page that he was fine with losing the rights as he was not using them. Bjarki S (talk) 10:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, for some reason I forgot to take into account that the edits came after the inactivity notice.   Done for the remaining two as well, with thanks to all for their service. EPIC (talk) 10:24, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! Bjarki S (talk) 10:39, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Mustafa MVC@trwikiquote

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  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 23:00, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
This is a decision that was made with consideration, thank you. Mustafa MVC (talk) 00:01, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  Done Thank you for your service. EPIC (talk) 02:16, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Renamed user 752595fd077b7cc069aced5f592aa938@global

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Remove global IP block exempt and two-factor authentication tester. Vanished user.--GZWDer (talk) 12:09, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done ~ Yahya (talkcontribs) 20:22, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Renamed user c4a36f15bc7798269081d4eaeca1c196@global

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Remove global IP block exempt. Vanished user.--GZWDer (talk) 12:09, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done ~ Yahya (talkcontribs) 20:22, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Renamed user 3b0ac64b1d74ce1fbe5382d087ed3d0b@global

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Remove two-factor authentication tester. Vanished user.--GZWDer (talk) 12:09, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done ~ Yahya (talkcontribs) 20:22, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Himiltruda@plwikisource

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Per plwikisource inactivity policy, please remove user sysop rights. Ankry (talk) 20:17, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Done Thanks for their service. Noting for transparency that the inactivity policy is at pl:s:Wikiźródła:Odbieranie uprawnień. EPIC (talk) 20:33, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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