Meta:Event organizers

From Meta, a Wikimedia project coordination wiki

Event organizers are Meta-Wiki users with the technical abilities to coordinate and manage events on Meta-Wiki. The first tool available to users with the event organizer right is Event Registration via the CampaignEvents extension. Event organizers who use Event Registration have the following abilities:

Recommended requirements for rights

The following are recommended requirements for users to be granted event organizer rights. These criteria serve as a guideline and may evolve based on community agreement or consensus:

  • Required for all applicants:
    • No active blocks on the wiki on which you are applying for the right
  • Additionally, you must meet one of these requirements:
    • A minimum of 300 global edits
    • You are a Wikimedia affiliate staff member
    • You have received a Wikimedia grant for an event
    • You plan to organize a Wikimedia event

For WMF Staff and contractors

  • If you are an WMF Official or Contractor and need this rights on Meta-Wiki to perform your duties the process is different. Please have a look at the WMF staff userrights policy on Office wiki[restricted access] and follow the procedure described there. If in doubt, please contact Trust and Safety; or send an email to ca@wikimedia.org.

Recommended process for requesting event organizer rights

If you previously obtained access to the beta group campaignevents-beta-tester, there is no need to apply. You can check your own access rights at Special:UserRights.

To apply for event organizer rights, follow these steps:

We recommend that users interested in acquiring event organizer rights follow this process:

  • Submit your request on the requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat page. This centralized location ensures visibility and allows for community input.
  • While there's no strict format, you may consider using the following template as a guideline for your application:
== Event organizer for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} ==

'''Global user''': {{User11|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}}

'''Reason for request''': [Your explanation for needing organizer rights.]

'''Criteria met''':
* No active blocks: [Confirm no active blocks.]
* Global edits: [State your number of global edits, which can be found at Special:CentralAuth.]
* Additional Criteria: [Affiliate staff, grant recipient, or interest in organizing.]

'''Additional information''': 

[Any other relevant information.]
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See also