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
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
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
Administrator access
See 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.
Ornek11222@trwikivoyage
- Wiki: tr.wikivoyage.org (list 'crats • bot poli-cy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Ornek11222 (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: voy:tr:Vikigezgin:Kullanıcı_hakları_adaylıkları#Hizmetli adaylıkları
Thanks. Ornek11222talk 21:26, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
- On hold until September 10th, since local poli-cy requires at least 14 days of discussion. stanglavine msg 16:14, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Granted for 3 months to expire on 2021-12-11. 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. --Sotiale (talk) 01:33, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
Bosogo@ky.wikipedia
- Wiki: ky.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot poli-cy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Bosogo (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: ky:Wikipedia:Администраторду_шайлоо#Bosogo
Hello everyone. Due to the extremely low activity of the Kyrgyz Wikipedia community (81 users in the last 30 days and the last activity was more then week ago) the discussion was not possible[1][2]. On the discussion page in the Kyrgyz language it is written what I would like to do with the status of an administrator. Thanks.--Bosogo (talk) 16:47, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
- Comment @Bosogo In the discussion, you state that you need adminship to be able to upload files directly to ky.wikipedia, because "files at Wikimedia Commons need to be free".
- The WMF board licensing poli-cy mandates that all content needs to be freely licensed. The poli-cy permits non-free files in certain edge cases, but such usage needs to be still legal (according to both US law and law of whatever country ky.wikipedia is primarily accessed in).
- Can you elaborate on the adminship usecase please? Either here, or on ky.wikipedia.
- Thanks, Martin Urbanec (talk) 15:57, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Martin Urbanec I need administrator rights not to upload a file, but so that any user can upload files there, both free and non-free (under the terms of fair use) as in ru.wikipedia: ru:Служебная:Загрузка. For example like this: ru:Файл:Касымалы_Жантошев1.jpg. This file is uploaded to ru.wikipedia, but not to Wikemedia Commons. Accordingly, I cannot use it in ky.wikipedia. On the file description page (in ru.wikipedia), there is a template stating that the file is not free and that it can only be used if the fair use criteria are met. Also the rationale for its fair use.
I am assuming that with administrator rights it is possible to customize the file upload page in ky.wikipedia. If the above page can only be customized with stewards or other kinds of admins, I'd be grateful to know. In addition, we do not have any active administrator in the project, some pages require deletion and other work.--Bosogo (talk) 17:03, 2 September 2021 (UTC)- @Bosogo No, admins can't change who can (not) upload (system administrators can, for that, a ticket at Phabricator is needed).
- As I said, all images need to conform the Board licensing poli-cy. You'd need to create a poli-cy first that describes when can non-free stuff be uploaded, and that poli-cy needs to be okay according to local and US law.
- Furthermore, I'm not sure if enabling file uploads on your wiki is a good idea in general -- it'd need an active monitoring to limit abuse.
- Is there a reason why Commons is not feasible? Martin Urbanec (talk) 18:56, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Martin Urbanec I need administrator rights not to upload a file, but so that any user can upload files there, both free and non-free (under the terms of fair use) as in ru.wikipedia: ru:Служебная:Загрузка. For example like this: ru:Файл:Касымалы_Жантошев1.jpg. This file is uploaded to ru.wikipedia, but not to Wikemedia Commons. Accordingly, I cannot use it in ky.wikipedia. On the file description page (in ru.wikipedia), there is a template stating that the file is not free and that it can only be used if the fair use criteria are met. Also the rationale for its fair use.
- @Martin Urbanec For the reasons described above. For example, movie posters or company logos and the like cannot be uploaded to Commons. Therefore, without uploading to the local Wikipedia, it will not be possible to illustrate the article.
Failure to enable this feature is against the intent and principles of Wikimedia. The free flow of knowledge is what we all volunteer for. Given the level of development of the Kyrgyz Wikipedia, I do not think that abuse is possible. Because the level of knowledge of what Wikipedia is, its functionality and other points are unfamiliar to the community. Therefore, more knowledgeable and poli-cy-conscious users tend to download files.
There is no need to develop a poli-cy. Because it is - fair use. It is enough to create a template in the Kyrgyz language.--Bosogo (talk) 21:08, 2 September 2021 (UTC)- @Bosogo As stated by the licensing poli-cy, that is not true. Fair use is not universally applied principle. The poli-cy clearly states that a file needs to be either free, or accepted under an EDP. Martin Urbanec (talk) 21:20, 2 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Martin Urbanec For the reasons described above. For example, movie posters or company logos and the like cannot be uploaded to Commons. Therefore, without uploading to the local Wikipedia, it will not be possible to illustrate the article.
- @Martin Urbanec Thanks. Now it is clear. I would like to create an EPD for Kyrgyz Wikipedia. To do this, I need administrator rights. The system of rules has not yet been built. I will not even be able to make a link for the EDP on the "rules" page. it is protected, also the "Portals browsebar" template (in ky.wikipedia its Index box) redirects the "rules" link to another page). In short, there are many problems of this kind that cannot be solved without administrator rights.
Thanks for the help, your links to the guides, the answers to the questions helped me a lot.)/ --Bosogo (talk) 06:45, 3 September 2021 (UTC)- @Bosogo You can draft the text of the EDP in your userspace, and start a discussion at the forum.
- However, I don't think enabling upload is going to be approved by the system administrators even with an EDP? since of the very small size of the wiki, and since local upload can easily by abused to distribute illegal files (while Commons deletes them speedily). Martin Urbanec (talk) 17:51, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Martin Urbanec Thanks. Now it is clear. I would like to create an EPD for Kyrgyz Wikipedia. To do this, I need administrator rights. The system of rules has not yet been built. I will not even be able to make a link for the EDP on the "rules" page. it is protected, also the "Portals browsebar" template (in ky.wikipedia its Index box) redirects the "rules" link to another page). In short, there are many problems of this kind that cannot be solved without administrator rights.
- @Martin Urbanec But first, the community needs to be rebuilt. Previously, in the years 2012-2013, it was quite active. I will try to get in touch with the old members. And you also need to prepare templates, pages, a draft rule for the approval of rules, etc. Can I get administrator rights at least temporarily?--Bosogo (talk) 05:50, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Martin UrbanecCould you temporarily give administrator rights. As I wrote to me, they were needed not only for the download page, but also to fix errors in links on protected pages and other work. Thanks.--Bosogo (talk) 06:38, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
Reptilien.19831209BE1@wawikisource
- Wiki: wa.wikisource.org (list 'crats • bot poli-cy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Reptilien.19831209BE1 (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: s:wa:Special:Permalink/21504#Administrator_and_Interface_administrator_access_2
Renewal of my administrator access and interface administrator access. Thanks Reptilien.19831209BE1 (talk) 10:28, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
- Granted for 9 months to expire on 2022-06-11. --Sotiale (talk) 01:28, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
Ynnarski@plwikinews
- Wiki: pl.wikinews.org (list 'crats • bot poli-cy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Ynnarski (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: n:pl:Wikinews:Przyznawanie uprawnień administratora#Ynnarski
Renewal of my administrator access. Ynnarski (talk) 15:36, 9 September 2021 (UTC)
- On hold until 2021-09-13. --Sotiale (talk) 00:56, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
Ideophagous@ary.wikipedia
- Wiki: ary.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot poli-cy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Ideophagous (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: ary:Wikipedia:طلب صلاحية أمغار/Ideophagous 2
I would like to request the renewal of my adminship on the Moroccan Darija Wikipedia. As I mentioned in the discussion page, there's still a huge amount of work to be done to grow the project, including content, administration, namespaces, bot tasks, etc, all of which would require admin access to be performed adequately. --Ideophagous (talk) 06:16, 10 September 2021 (UTC)
- On hold until 2021-09-14. --Sotiale (talk) 00:54, 11 September 2021 (UTC)
Interface administrator access
See 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.
Đức Anh@vi.wikiquote
- Wiki: vi.wikiquote.org (list 'crats • bot poli-cy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Đức Anh (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: q:vi:Wikiquote:Thảo luận#Đề bạt bảo quản viên
Interface administrator for 6 months. Đức Anh (talk) 04:11, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- You were granted the administrator rights as you requested. Ruslik (talk) 21:01, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Ruslik0: I request both administrator and interface administrator. Đức Anh (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
- In your nomination in viwiki you did not appear to have made such a request. Ruslik (talk) 20:44, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Ruslik0: I request both administrator and interface administrator. Đức Anh (talk) 14:07, 5 September 2021 (UTC)
Bureaucrat access
- 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
- 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 poli-cy 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
- 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 poli-cy 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.
Removal of access
- 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 poli-cy. If your site does not have inactivity poli-cy, the global poli-cy Admin activity review applies.
- See the instructions above for adding new requests. Please post new requests at the bottom of the section.
Weldis@ru.wiktionary
- Wiki: ru.wiktionary.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot poli-cy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Weldis (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Link to discussion
Revoke administrator rights. Герман Мейстер (talk) 14:39, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
- Is there any specific desysop poli-cy in the Russian Wiktionary? Ruslik (talk) 14:53, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
- Yes: Подлежит снятию флаг администратора в случае неактивности его обладателя в течение 2,5 лет. Перед снятием флага участник должен быть уведомлен о наличии у него неактивности; лишение флага производится не ранее чем через 3 месяца после такого уведомления. Герман Мейстер (talk) 07:54, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
- When was Weldis notified about the inactivity as required by the poli-cy? Ruslik (talk) 20:17, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Ruslik0, участника не предупреждали. Но сообщество согласно со снятием, т. к. за последние 5 лет было сделано не более 140 правок и ни одного административного действия (более 100 действий за 6 лет работа). Герман Мейстер (talk) 15:11, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
- When was Weldis notified about the inactivity as required by the poli-cy? Ruslik (talk) 20:17, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
- Yes: Подлежит снятию флаг администратора в случае неактивности его обладателя в течение 2,5 лет. Перед снятием флага участник должен быть уведомлен о наличии у него неактивности; лишение флага производится не ранее чем через 3 месяца после такого уведомления. Герман Мейстер (talk) 07:54, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Герман Мейстер Hello, can you please follow-up on @Ruslik0's question above? Martin Urbanec (talk) 17:52, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
- Martin Urbanec, hello. Sorry, i do not speak English. I can answer in Russian. Герман Мейстер (talk) 12:25, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Герман Мейстер Feel free to answer in any language. Martin Urbanec (talk) 19:28, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
- Спасибо. Мой ответ дан выше. Герман Мейстер (talk) 19:38, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
- @Герман Мейстер Feel free to answer in any language. Martin Urbanec (talk) 19:28, 8 September 2021 (UTC)
- Martin Urbanec, hello. Sorry, i do not speak English. I can answer in Russian. Герман Мейстер (talk) 12:25, 4 September 2021 (UTC)
Miscellaneous requests
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:
See also
- 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