Steward requests/Permissions
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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Using this page
edit1. 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 you're requesting access for multiple bots, leave this field blank and give a list of these bots 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
editCertain 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
editAdministrator access
editSee Administrator for information about this user group.
- If you are requesting adminship to handle one time vandalism incidents or clearing a deletion backlog, please see Steward requests/Miscellaneous.
- MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
- Admins doing cross-wiki work may wish to see IRC/wikimedia-admin for information about joining #wikimedia-adminconnect.
- 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.
Yasanto Lase@nia.wikipedia
edit- Wiki: nia.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Yasanto Lase (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: [[1]]
My adminiship has expired and I want to apply for a new one Yasanto Lase (talk) 14:33, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
- @Yasanto Lase: Your adminship has not expired. The sysop rights are still valid until 10:02, 13 September 2025, so there is nothing for us to do here. Please seek a renewal once expired. EPIC (talk) 14:37, 7 October 2024 (UTC)
Interface administrator access
editSee Interface admin for information about this user group.
- If you need to accomplish a one-time, non-recurring task, please request your task at Steward requests/Miscellaneous.
- 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.
Bureaucrat access
edit- 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
edit- 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.
- Stewards: Before granting this permission to a user, please check the current policy and make sure that the user has signed the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. An email template is available for requesting new users to identify.
- When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list. Subscription to checkuser-l will be handled by list owners. Make sure new users contact an op for access to #wikimedia-privacyconnect and #wikimedia-checkuserconnect.
Oversight access
edit- 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 .
- Stewards: Before granting this permission to a user, please check the current policy and make sure that the user has signed the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation.
- When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list.
Miscellaneous requests
editRequests 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:
Removal of access
edit- 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.
Maxim@en.wikipedia
edit- Wiki: en.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy[no automatic approval] • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Maxim (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: w:en:Special:Permalink/1249719630#Resignation_of_Maxim
Maxim has resigned from the Arbitration Committee and confirmed by email to the Committee that he intends to relinquish access to CheckUser and Oversight.
In accordance with ArbCom procedure ("At the end of their term, outgoing arbitrators will: [...] have their CheckUser and Oversight permissions removed unless the outgoing arbitrator requests to retain one or both of them"), please remove the CheckUser and Oversight permissions (and not other permissions). For the Arbitration Committee, KevinL (aka L235 · t) 14:01, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done with thanks for their service. Pinging @Krd: to remove VRT access, and also notifying list admins. EPIC (talk) 14:06, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Removed
global-temporary-account-viewer
as user is no longer a CU/OS on any production project. (Ping to @EPIC: - as you are very active in this area), I suppose we're going to have to manually deal with this group until phab:T376315 gets done. — xaosflux Talk 15:34, 6 October 2024 (UTC))- I had forgotten about that, thanks! EPIC (talk) 17:48, 6 October 2024 (UTC)
- Removed
Lofty abyss@metawiki
edit- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Lofty abyss (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Meta:Requests for adminship/Lofty abyss (removal)
The community consensus is reached on removal. I would like to thank them for their long-term service. --Sotiale (talk) 03:15, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done — JJMC89 (T·C) 07:34, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Märt Põder@ee.wikimedia
edit- Wiki: ee.wikimedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Märt Põder (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Cleanup action for the chapter wiki. The person was thrown out of the chapter years ago. This was also confirmed on the general meeting 2022.
Kruusamägi (talk) 14:46, 8 October 2024 (UTC) (executive director of Wikimedia Eesti)
- Done. EPIC (talk) 14:52, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Marival@ee.wikimedia
edit- Wiki: ee.wikimedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Marival (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Cleanup action for the chapter wiki. Marival is a former employee, who has not worked for the chapter for almost a decade now. The last user activity was in 2016.
Kruusamägi (talk) 14:46, 8 October 2024 (UTC) (executive director of Wikimedia Eesti)
- Done. EPIC (talk) 14:52, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Gac@it.wikipedia
edit- Wiki: it.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Gac (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Please remove check user flag: inactivity (per local policy: the last action was more than two months ago). Thanks, --Mtarch11 (talk) 22:03, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done with thanks to both of you for your service. List admins will handle the rest. EPIC (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
Vituzzu@it.wikipedia
edit- Wiki: it.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Vituzzu (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Please remove check user flag: inactivity (per local policy: the last action was more than two months ago). Thanks, --Mtarch11 (talk) 22:03, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
- Done with thanks to both of you for your service. List admins will handle the rest. EPIC (talk) 22:07, 8 October 2024 (UTC)
See also
edit- Steward requests
- Log of changes to user rights
- Log of global rights-related changes
- Steward handbook
- Users that have signed confidentiality agreement for nonpublic personal data
- Archives
General requests for: help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat · deletion (speedy deletions: local · multilingual) · URL blacklisting · new languages · interwiki map
Personal requests for: username changes · permissions (global) · bot status · adminship on Meta · CheckUser information (local) · local administrator help
Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation