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Redux

Username
Redux → en:User:Redux (sysop); pt:Usuário:Redux; es:Usuario:Redux; fr:Utilisateur:Redux; it:Utente:Redux; de:Benutzer:Redux; la:Usor:Redux
Email
reduxwikipedia at ig dot com dot br
Reason
maintenance (cleanup, copyedit, updating) and, whenever necessary, translation of material (fluent in English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French; working knowledge of German and Latin).
Account issued. --Aphaia 05:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC)

Marcus Cyron

I looked at some sites of WMF and I must say - Statistics are fine, but if nobody makes updates it brings nothing. I would like to update a little bit. I'm Admin at de:WP and there actually one of the Top-10 Contributors (says Kate). If you would know something more about me, the german-language-Chat will help or possible questions to a lot of members. Mail: kenwilliams-1@web.de Marcus Cyron 14:41, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

I can confirm that Marcus is trustable and does a good job as sysop on de.wiki. I think it would certainly be a benefit to have him there to update things from time to time. --Thogo (talk) 15:28, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
I agree - Marcus is a trusted member in de, where he is admin. He is author of severaöl excellent articles concerning greek and roman history and art and he spents a lot of time as admin ans author in de.wikipedia. I personally know him from different workshops and other events. -- Necrophorus 15:35, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Support --Frank Schulenburg 15:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)


Account issued. Thank you for your comments, guys. --Aphaia 05:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC)


the wub

Username
The wub, w:en:User:The wub (admin), commons:User:The wub, wikinews:en:User:The wub
Email
thewub.wiki <at> googlemail <dot> com
Reason
general cleanup, updating and maintenance, addressing concerns on Wikimedia site feedback.
- the wub "?!" 19:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi! Are there people who are already Wikimedia foundation editors and could talk to us about you? Sorry, I do not really know you. --Aphaia 05:02, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Ral315 and Flcelloguy can probably vouch for me. the wub "?!" 11:52, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I don't know Ral315 and he is not an editor on that wiki. You can invite appropriate people to support you. Thank you. --Aphaia 12:32, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
I can say that The wub is a helpful and trusted person on EnWiki; I don't have any reservations about a Foundation account for him. Thanks! Flcelloguy (A note?) 21:55, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
Account issued. --Aphaia 10:22, 17 March 2007 (UTC)


Lar

Username
Lar whenever I can get it. Am admin on several WMF wikis: Lar(meta), Lar(w:en) Lar(commons) (My RFAs are here: w:en, commons, Meta) Also am user Lar on the toolserver, IRC, and on OTRS. (see also my WikiMatrix for other accounts)
Email
my email Link is enabled on all major wikis, email me from anywhere. (OK, the instructions do say you actually need to know it not just that it works via email links :) ... Here it is: lar at miltontrainworks.com ... )
Reason
Creating a "guide for new editors", General assistance and maintenance as required.

There are a number of folks who are already Foundation editors that can vouch for me ( Danny, Drini, David Gerard, Guillom, Kat Walsh, Pathoschild, and Sannse among others). Thanks for your consideration. ++Lar: t/c 16:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

Um. You are okay for me, but we need your address to create your account on that wiki. Thank you for following the procedure in advance. --Aphaia 10:02, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Revised. Sorry for not following the directions precisely. ++Lar: t/c 17:10, 17 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks, done. --Aphaia 22:20, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

MaxSem

User:MaxSem, sysop here and on ru:, steward. Would like to help with Russian part of the site which needs cleanup and updating. Aphaia knows my email. MaxSem 13:13, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I think I know your email but I am not sure which username you want.
If you don't like the issued one, please let me know. Thanks. --Aphaia 13:59, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

Yonatan

The reason I would like an account on the foundation wiki is for translation purposes. I wanted to do this on meta first before asking (if at all), but the fundraising page, which is IMHO the most important page has an outdated translation so I asked britty where I should do this translation and she suggested that since it's a multi-template page I should request a foundation wiki account, so here I am. Yonatanh 16:37, 20 May 2007 (UTC)


Gaillimh

User
User:Gaillimh. Sysop on Irish and English Wikipedias, and OTRS volunteer (working primarily with info-en)
Email
Reason
Although I cannot see myself as being exceptionally active on the Foundation wiki, I would like to have the opportunity to engage in some general cleanup, copyediting, and maintenance. With regards to significant copyediting for tone, I will consult experienced Foundation editors with my plans on IRC, via e-mail, and/or on the article's talk page beforehand.
It's not the place for copyediting in principal. See the above also, thanks. --Aphaia 03:38, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I understand what you're saying and perhaps I wasn't specific enough. I plan on ensuring that specific pages are written not only to reflect the professionalism of the Foundation but also that these pages are easily understandable. To this end, I will be adding content and creating new pages as necessary, and not simply correcting grammatical errors and spelling mistakes. Gaillimh 03:47, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I have no problem with Gaillimh having an account. Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 04:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
With support of Kat, I have no problem for you now, but still I am afraid you mistook my words. For consistensy and avoid misinformation to the public, unless in the emergency cases (obvious wrong/outdated information), direct editing on the site is discouraged. I prefer you to work on meta under TR/WMF subpages which have served both draft for the website and the source text for translators. One major problem to invite people to edit the website directly, they tend to forget to notice translators their update, and inconsistency and wrong information between languages are spreading. And I hope you agree it is unreasonable demand to watch the website in every hour. Therefore I am hesitant to issue an account for those who love to edit it directly, since from my experience I know such editing will be our burden in a long term, specially for non-English audience, but I don't know every editor agree with me, but that is my basic position. Thanks.--Aphaia 04:57, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Ah ok, I think I know what you're saying now. I have no problem whatsoever "restraining myself" from directly editing, as tempting as it may be! Indeed, it is quite unreasonable to demand people to watch the website every hour for inadvertent mistakes. Still, I would like an account so I can directly implement discussed ideas on Meta as needed. I'm fairly sure I understand you clearly now (at least I hope I do, and apologies for not getting it right the first time) and as mentioned above, I will always first consult experienced Foundation editors before making changes Gaillimh 20:11, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your understanding, but I myself cannot issue an account for you without your mail address. Without access, you are still invited to draft the content on meta though as well other editors, for your note. --Aphaia 06:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
I'm wondering if you might be willing to use the Special:Emailuser/Gaillimh function, and I will reply to you directly with my e-mail address Gaillimh 20:39, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
Read the instruction and my own criteria on my user page, thanks. --Aphaia 01:57, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
Ah, ok. I've since modified the e-mail section. Thanks! Gaillimh 18:44, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Account issued (mail address was commented out). --Aphaia 05:56, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

Timichal

User
User:Timichal, sysop on cs, commons, meta, otrs volunteer
E-mail
Reason
I'm requesting an account for submitting and updating Czech translations for the site content (the current cs translator with access, Li-sung, has been inactive in recent months) and also for general cleanup, if I find anything needing it. Examples of my translations include candidate statements for 2006 Board of Trustees elections or Fundraising C.O.R.E. Thank you! — Timichal 16:24, 4 April 2007 (UTC)

Geraki

User
User:Geraki, bureaucrat on el.wikipedia, el.wikisource, OTRS volunteer (info-el)
E-mail
geraki (at) geraki (dot) net -->
Reason
Maintenance of Greek pages and, whenever necessary, translation of new material. --Geraki 18:09, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

Swatjester

  • My user accounts
  • Email: drosenthal at wikimedia dot org
  • OTRS, Communications Committee, and foundation legal intern.
  • Requested account name: Swatjester
  • Reason: performance of my duties for both committees and office.

If there is a question, please email me. Swatjester 18:16, 12 June 2007 (UTC)

Done. --Michael Snow 00:50, 19 June 2007 (UTC)

Cbrown1023

Requested in IRC conversation, approved because already handling requests on Wikimedia site feedback/main. --Michael Snow 03:13, 18 July 2007 (UTC)

Sean Whitton

  • I am en:User:Sean Whitton and of course User:Sean Whitton, and I'm an admin on both of these.
  • My main e-mail address is sean at silentflame dot com
  • Mainly general maintenance and assistance, but I am also doing communications work (OTRS press queue primarily) for the Foundation with Sandy and the ComCom at the moment so an account would be useful for that. I would also be interested in helping at Wikimedia site feedback if I have time. Thanks. —Sean Whitton / 16:24, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

Done--Aphaia 01:40, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Steinninn

The following discussion is closed: accepted
Support Support Slade ♠ 18:22, 20 October 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I now have an account. --Steinninn 16:26, 27 October 2007 (UTC)

Siebrand

The following discussion is closed: accepted
  • Siebrand
  • s dot mazeland at xs4all dot nl
  • Do whatever that needs to be done. Cary told me I should apply. Will probably be translating stuff to Dutch and doing chores.

Siebrand 15:55, 2 October 2007 (UTC)

I fully support Siebrand. Cary Bass demandez 15:56, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
Support, I trust this user after working with him (her?) on a number of wikimedia projects. --Steinninn 03:34, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
Support, an ace of a user. --Stefán Örvarr Sigmundsson 03:38, 3 October 2007 (UTC)
So how does this actually work from here? Siebrand 20:50, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
An admin, normally Aphaia, though she's busy at the moment, will create you an account when they get round to it. You could bug them to if you wanted it quickly :) Majorly (talk) 20:56, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
No hurry. So much to do, so little time :) Thanks. Siebrand 21:02, 16 October 2007 (UTC)
Done (yesterday) Siebrand 12:43, 28 October 2007 (UTC)

Spacebirdy

She's also very good in Icelandic. I trust this user. --Steinninn 22:18, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
Very good user. Very hard working and like Steinninn said, wow, really good in Icelandic. I see no real potential problem with this user and deserves a Wikimedia Foundation account. ^^ --Girdi 01:59, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Account issued. German pages need major updates :) Thank you for your help in advance! --Aphaia 23:52, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Brianmc

I am perhaps jumping the gun here, but I'm sure a few will recognise my name from foundation-l where I've been active of late. Cary has asked me if I am interested in joining ComCom, I've said yes, and am waiting to see if the rest of the committee wants me. In the meantime I believe it is appropriate to request access. I am admin on English wikinews (See wikinews:WN:A and Wikinews:User:Brianmc) I am an OTRS volunteer and have recently been granted access to the press queue (which, to me, seems to have been a bit neglected). I can't at the moment see any pressing need to have access to the foundation wiki, but have a strong suspicion that it will become more appropriate if I do end up joining ComCom. On Wikinews I also serve on the Arbitration Committee and thus have checkuser and oversight permissions. --Brian McNeil / talk 19:35, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

Email address: brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org.
Account issued. Btw, I would love to see Our projects updated with news :) --Aphaia 23:56, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Slavik IVANOV

I ask for an account to help translating donation forms into Esperanto (I've been asked to do that). I would also like to be informed about the work of the foundation to popularize its success and its plans.

I am an active user/contributor since more than a thousand days before at ru.wiki, eo.wiki and several others; I am an initiator and administrator of os.wiki and an active member of Wikipedia-community in Russia.

My email is amikeco/gmail/com. Slavik IVANOV 12:18, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Hello, thank you for volunteering to do translations! Translations are actually done right here on Meta. Regular translations are done via T and donation-related translations are done at Fundraising 2007. Also, Foundation discussion does not take place on the Foundation wiki, they take place here on Meta or on the Foundation-l mailing list. Cbrown1023 talk 23:53, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Sorry, but since I do not know you personally, do you have editors ready to speak up for you (preferably those who have accounts there already)? Thanks. --Aphaia 23:59, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
I've met Slavik a few times at Esperanto meetings and he is a very trusted member of the Esperanto community. I also depend on him whenever I need a good proofreading of an Esperanto text. You can trust him completely. --Chuck SMITH 11:40, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
I categorically support future participation of Slavik ("Amikeco") in editing foundation wiki. Current translation of the donation form to esperanto language - is its work. I know Amikeco as very good patron of the "small Russia language" Wikipedias and good author and proofreading of Esperanto text. --Kaganer 11:51, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for your opinions, gentlemen. Account issued. --Aphaia 10:43, 15 November 2007 (UTC)


Arria Belli

  • Administrator and arbitrator on fr:wp (fr:User:Arria Belli) and administrator on meta. Member of Wikimédia France and LangCom, OTRS volunteer.
  • e-mail : (password sent)
  • I've been told help is needed on the fr: pages of the foundation wiki, so I'm volunteering to help in any way I can. (I could also help with other languages, but mostly I stick to fr:.)

Thank you for your attention. Arria Belli | parlami 20:47, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

As jd is busy elsewhere, it would be helpful to have another active translator like Arria to take care of the French pages on the Foundation wiki (French is level 1 in the languages priority). She is also very hardworking and knows a great deal of languages. :-) Cbrown1023 talk 22:08, 26 December 2007 (UTC)
Done. / Bienvenue au site, le compte était créé et le mot de passe pour ton compte t'était distribué par email. Merci. --Aphaia 10:28, 28 December 2007 (UTC)

Htchien

  • zh:Htchien, zh:n:Htchien
  • I'm one of the administrators in zh.wp and zh.wn.
  • I'm currently the secretary of Wikimedia Taiwan.
  • I'm a member of Transcom.
  • My email address is hsiangtai DOT chien AT gmail DOT com.
  • I would like to help more Wikimedia stuffs (mostly on translation) and anything.

Thanks and best regards. --H.T. Chien ( Talk / Contributions ) 21:46, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

As a member of Transcom, Htchien should probably receive an account. Cbrown1023 talk 21:52, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
Done. Sorry for delay :( --Aphaia 05:58, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

Rejected requests

Vinograd19

Username
en:User:Vinograd19, ru:Участник:Vinograd19
Reason
Russian translation.
mail
vinograd19 (at] mail.ru

Vinograd19 10:11, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

You are invited to join translation on meta. See Translation requests, thank you! --Aphaia 10:33, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Brianmc

Username
Brianmc
Email
[1] brian@openvms-rocks.com
Reason
Wished to comment on a fundraising page, no other specific reason than freedom to post on various wikis. I am an admin for quite some time on en.wikinews and am not particularly hopeful for this application as it is primarily so - when I encounter things like the fundraising page - I can make a comment. I would hope that my edit history and links to ad-hoc projects on the wiki would count in my favour. I'd like to think I can be trusted, but that remains to be seen. :-) --Brian McNeil / talk 22:29, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
The wiki in question is not a place for discussion but you are still invited to submit your comment on Wikimedia site feedback. Thank you. --Aphaia 10:33, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

ACBest

Please can i have an account please? I'm en.wikipedia.User:ACBest,meta.wikimedia.User:ACBest and im also on MediaWiki. thanks ACBest 09:21, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

Your request was rejected due to lack of information.--Aphaia 10:24, 17 March 2007 (UTC)

FabianL.

Please create an account for me. I am de:User:FabianL. and User:Viele-baeren in many other meta wikis like b:de:User:Viele-baeren or others. My mail adress is wikipediabaeren@gmail.com Thank you, Viele-baeren 12:23, 9 March 2007 (UTC)

Hi! Are there people who could talk to us about you? Thanks. --Aphaia 12:39, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi! I don´t knew, what you mean with that. Are you looking for any Wikipedian, who can tell you a bit about me? That is no problem. Viele-baeren 14:58, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
You can ask any of this persons about me. Viele-baeren 15:06, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
Where you are an Wikimedia admin? --Aphaia 01:52, 13 March 2007 (UTC)

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Thunderhead

User
Thunderhead an active sysop on English Wikinews and temporary administrator on Aromanian Wikipedia. Active user of Meta.
Email
<removed since request denied>
Reason
Wikinews pages are not up to date, and need cleaning up, would also like to clean up rough edges of WMF wiki.
Thunderhead 02:23, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
We discourage editors to edit the page on wiki directly, so I'm not pursuaded with your reason. Please update the draft instead at Translation requests/WMF/Our projects/source. Thank you.--Aphaia 02:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Kay, wasn't sure if we actually had a page for that. Thanks! Thunderhead 02:43, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

Jeffq

User
q:en:User:Jeffq. Sysop on en:Wikiquote, substantial contributor to en:WP, and occasionally active on Meta, Commons, Wiktionary, Wikisource, Wikibooks, Wikinews, and several non-English WQs and WPs (all as "Jeffq").
Email
Special:Emailuser/Jeffq (registered on all Wikiprojects; will be happy to respond to a verification email to provide the actual address and my real name)
Reason
I am working on privacy issues that have involved OTRS requests, although I am not yet a direct participant in that, and I am concerned about developments with licensing policy, especially as it applies to Wikiquote. I would like to register "Jeffq" on the Foundation wiki to monitor and possibly discuss ongoing Foundation issues that impact Wikiquote. Thank you for your consideration. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 03:50, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Greetings! Foundation wiki is for publishing news and information rather than for discussion—if you have input on a foundation issue, please share it on meta or on the mailing lists. Thanks, Kat Walsh (spill your mind?) 04:29, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Agreed, and where the discussion place for this particular issue on this website? Talk:Licensing policy FAQ draft? --Aphaia 04:42, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
Thanks for the info, Mindspillage. Is it appropriate for me to request a Foundation wiki username just for the ability to monitor pages? ~ Jeff Q (talk) 13:59, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
As far as I know, you are the first person who have requested for the foundation wiki account in that reason. I am not sure if it is a good reason, though I trust you through our interaction on English Wikiquote. --Aphaia 06:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I withdraw my request, as it does not appear that this is the expected means for me to accomplish my goals at this time. Thanks to Aphaia and Kat for the information and consideration. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 15:01, 5 June 2007 (UTC)

Grondin

Sorry I failed to find relevance between OTRS and this website? --Aphaia 18:32, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
on OTRS/volunteering we read : As of 11 April 2007, you must be 18 years of age, of legal age in your place of residence, and willing to provide identification to the Wikimedia Foundation in order to qualify. What is the reason--Bertrand GRONDIN – Talk 18:50, 3 June 2007 (UTC)
Having an account on Wikimedia Foundation website isn't relevant to confirmation process. You need to contact Cbass at wikimedia dot org instead. --Aphaia 18:56, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Albertsab

User
ca:User:Albertsab, admin in wikinews:ca:User:Albertsab
Email: albert_sab ((at)) yahoo (((dot) es
Reason
wikimedia:Donatius is out of date. I want to update it. Also, translate texts to spanish.
Hi! Are there people who could talk to us about you ? Sorry, I do not really know you only except your username; so need more opinions.
As for Spanish translation, people are working mainly on meta and in a team. I would ask you to visit Translation teams/es and contact User:Drini. --Aphaia 02:01, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
I meet him. He is an active user in our wikipedia and in other catalan projects.--Iradigalesc 21:48, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your endorsement, however I don't know you either. Is there anyone who vouch you among the current foundation wiki editors? Also I am hesitant to issue an account since Albertsab is not active on translation pages on meta. -Aphaia 06:30, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Menasim

User
Menasim an active sysop in Arabic Wikipedia and an active user in English Wikipedia and Commons.
Email
Menasim1 at gmail.com
Reason
to translate pages to Arabic.

That's all Menasim 16:29, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment: Thank you for your interest. I repeat here again Please note, you do not need an account on the Foundation wiki to help with translations and all translation is being done here on meta. Users that are not already involved in translating may be rejected due to lack of involvement. See Translation requests for further information. I would rather recommend you to give a look to Translation teams/ar and consider to join the existing team. --Aphaia 17:19, 23 March 2007 (UTC)

Petrusbarbygere

Email
petrusbarbygere((at))gawab(((pnt)com
Reason
have an account on the_Foundation so i can edit the wiki and help in the ORTS.

Thanks. Petrusbarbygere 20:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Hello, how exactly do you want to edit the Foundation wiki? And what has OTRS to do with it? --Mbimmler 18:11, 29 June 2007 (UTC)
I'm agree with the fact ORST has nothing to do with this. I want help illustrate this wiki. A little help, but a help. Sometimes I thing the Fondation is wrong about copyright infractions. I'm not very good in english but I can help about this.Petrusbarbygere 00:05, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
The Wiki should not normally be edited locally and the place for discussion is here on meta, on the mailing lists, or on another wiki. Cbrown1023 talk 20:02, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

Symode09

The following discussion is closed: rejected
  • hey! I'm symode09 and am not an admin on any projects but do have access to the toolserv.
  • I would like to work on the foundation wiki in the press section to assist in improving it. I am working with the ComProj and sandy to do it. Thanks Symode09 07:52, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
Unfortunately you must be an admin or a member of an official committee (which ComProj is not, it is an informal group) to apply for an account on this page. The toolserver does not count. —Sean Whitton / 10:14, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
I thought cpg was official :o Symode09 22:59, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
It wouldn't make sense to have an open group which anyone can join, no questions asked, as a requirement for something, as then it wouldn't really be a requirement :) —Sean Whitton / 08:44, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

EVula

The following discussion is closed: rejected, no support
  • I am en:User:EVula, an administrator on en.wiki (verify).
  • My email address is [removed]
  • Why do I need an account? Because even the Foundation website is in need of wikignomes. :D For example, Local chapters links to it.wiki for the Canino article, whereas Associations locales (the French translation of the page) correctly links to fr.wiki.
    • Question about small part What do you mean by the page links? Canino is where the Wikimedia Italia was formed, therefore shouldn't it link to the Italian wikis page? The French copy links to fr.wiki because it is the non-default translated version into French. :) There really is a method to our madness. ;) I don't see how the it link is incorrect! Cbrown1023 talk 20:01, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
      • Well, there are English, Italian, and French versions of the Canino article. Either the English Foundation page should link to the English Wikipedia article, or the French Foundation page should link to the Italian Wikipedia article. I personally lean towards the former, as there's very little point in reading something in one language and then providing in-text wikilinks to another (regardless of the topic, if I'm reading English, I should still be reading English when I go to Wikipedia). The wikimedia.it link is already in Italian (which makes sense, since it is talking about the Italian chapter).
        Further compare the French wikilinks for Eindhoven and Berlin; if it were to follow the current English way of doing things, those links would be to the Dutch and German Wikipedias, respectively, which would do absolutely nothing to assist and inform the user who clicked them (which is the entire point of the wikilinks). EVula // talk // 21:32, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
        • Well... the Wikimedia France has a link to the French Wikipedia as well. The Local chapters page there is the default, so it normally gets links to other languages. Either way, the response you're probably going to get from the account giver-outer is "Do some wikignoming on the Translation pages on Meta first". :) :) I was just confused about your example here. :) Cbrown1023 talk 21:56, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Dated signature: EVula // talk // 17:42, 2 August 2007 (UTC)
    • I am not going to approve someone whose involvement into the foundation level is unclear, but I don't oppose if other higher level people is welcome you. This request will be closed in a month or the moment the account requested is issued. --Aphaia 01:30, 5 August 2007 (UTC)

Madjack74

thanks, Madjack74 20:31, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

Rejected. You may be in a wrong place. Thanks. --Aphaia 08:32, 12 September 2007 (UTC)

Girdi

I am a bearucrat on the Chechen wikipedia (ce:Wikipedia:Администраторш) and a sysop on the Faroese Wikipedia (fo:Wikipedia:Umboðsstjóri). I also had temp sysop status of the Sango Wikipedia (sg.wiki) and Luganda wikipedia (lg.wiki).
jmi62m [ a t ] hotmail [ d o t ] com
I'd like to get more involved in the Wiki community, and assist Steinninn in the Icelandic translations, and also translate into Chechen and Faroese since I know Steinninn is a great worker and might not even need help with Icelandic translations, haha, so I am very useful for translations as it is what I am going to university for. I am aware that translations are done here on Meta Wiki. Just anything else involving Icelandic, Chechen, or Faroese business on Foundation I'd definitely without hesitation assist/create . Oh, and also assist in Template:OurProjects-multi too. And the fundraising, and so on. Besides language assistance, I am also planning to join the local chapter of Wikimedia:Ísland (Iceland) and try starting that up. Don't know if it is a valid reason to say that I am absolutely obsessed with Wikimedia (once I had a dream about editing, crazy eh?), and being part of the Wikimedia foundation would mean a lot since Wikimedia has just made it into my heart, aww. ^^ I am according to the English wikipedia a Wikiholic and therefore I really would like to assist in anyway I can (preferbly translation and events) for the Wikimedia Foundation. :)
--Girdi 01:28, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

I don't see why not, he's a good user. --81.15.30.3 01:30, 3 November 2007 (UTC)
Hello. Sorry, but since I do not know you personally, do you have editors ready to speak up for you (preferably those who have accounts there already)? And to anon editor, thank you for your interest, but we cannot consider anonymous comment as efficient endorsement. Thanks. --Aphaia 00:01, 14 November 2007 (UTC)
Girdi is a Wikiholic, true, is that a bad thing or a good thing? Earlier this year in Girdi's case it turned out to be a bad thing. I believe he was to much in love with his project and took ownership of it. He got warned and eventually moved his interests to other Wikimedia projects. It looked like he had learned his lesson, when again similar problems came. Sometimes I felt like he was being disruptive intentionally. Like he had fun having drama around him. Things have settled since then, and I hope that after this second incident he has finally learned a bit, unfortunately him learning his lesson took energy and time from other users that might have been used for other purposes. Luckily a lot of these problems were because of language barriers, since he was working on Icelandic projects. His English I feel is much better, so this should not be a broblem on the WMF wiki. Can I vouch for him as being a trusted user, I'm not sure. Could he help out, yes. The thing is, I can't see a lot of reasons why he couldn't do his edits at the Meta translation pages. So in the end, I'm not sure. --Steinninn 22:34, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
Of course those same incidents that happened Steinninn was at fault too, but like he said it was the past and I think he learnt some things also, and yet he gained an account on WMF. I feel we all have our bad days, sometimes they might hurt our reputation, but the present is what matters. I've put a lot of work into the Chechen Wikipedia which is one of my closest projects to me, and developed it into an alive wikipedia. (With help of course from other great users like MegaProgrammar and Chechenka). Although, don't check the wiki now, its a HUGE mess because of the recent namespace change from Russian to Chechen, a HUGE mess that I have to fix or one of the nice bot programmers can help me do. So in response to Steinninn's vote, no one is a perfect user. Even he had some down moments that I dont really wish to bring up here and now cause its not about him at the moment. --Girdi 20:09, 16 November 2007 (UTC)
Request rejected. --Aphaia 21:01, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

Request suspended

Chlewey

Username
Chlewey
Email
[2] chlewey@cable.net.co
Reason
Found an error at http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Gu%C3%ADa_de_estilo_Wikimedia wich would like to correct, as with any other problem I might encounter.
OTOH I am a sysop in eswiki and original promoter of Wikimedia Colombia.
Update: Now I am also a sysop at Wikiversity in Spanish.
  • If two different communities trust you enough I think that we should trust you enough to let you become a member. Also are there any other reasons you want to become a member?--Sir James Paul 22:33, 9 December 2006 (UTC)
Trust cannot be transferred. Chlewey, I don't know you, is there anyone who speak for you? (Except Sir James Paul, I don't know him either. He has no good reason to say here "we").
As for typos, you can tweak typos on meta version and request for uploading. --Aphaia 08:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
Despite helping to keep tidy WMF pages in Spanish, just as Drini... I am also interesting in translating.
Just a question: what kind of refferences are needed? Most of my maintanence work has been developed in eswiki while little in meta or commons. Do you believe I have to make a name here first?
— Chlewey 20:51, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
P.S. as for the typo, in the section "Especificaciones de color", the description of the forth color has a typo. I guess it is a broken line that is breaking the table. "bgcolor" is broken, I guess. I cannot see the wiki code, so I am just guessing.
Thank you for letting us typo, we'll fix them. Just curious, if you are interested in translation, why not join? Here is the place for translation, not there, unless you prefer to make your work locally on your PC. There are right now a lots of translation request, but you haven't showed interest; you made no translation as far as I know, I have therefore no idea if you are really interested in translation. Aphaia
This user is not only a native spanish speaker, but also can help woth sv:, he hasn't showed much interest in editing WMF related content at meta, but should he work a little bit on it for a couple of months he would be great. drini ☎ 06:29, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Thanks Drini for your comment. I'll take it consider. As for my own criteria, see my userpage, there I put some criteria about issuing accounts. Yes, he would be nice and great. His interest may be sincere. But those who I would like to work with are not only whom I can trust but also those who understand the way of our working and respect it. I repeat meta is the right workplace for those who are interested in WMF translation, and I wouldn't like to issue any account to those who doesn't share this idea. It is not a matter of trust, but rather more the way of working as a team. And currently I have no clue if you share that, Chlewey, that is why I nor reject your request and close, nor accept it. We are in a sort of Limbo. --Aphaia 08:27, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
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