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This page is for requests to have stewards grant or revoke administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights on Wikimedia wikis which do not have a local permissions procedure. Please check the sidebar to the right to see whether your request belongs better elsewhere. Specifically, bot requests, requests for CheckUser information and global rights requests belong on their respective pages.

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).

Interface translations are done at translatewiki. Please do not request administrator access for that purpose; your request will be declined.

For urgent requests, such as to combat large-scale vandalism on a small wiki, contact a steward in the #wikimedia-stewardsconnect IRC channel (web client). In emergencies only, type !steward in the channel to inform stewards that you need help. Otherwise, you can use @steward to gain attention if the channel is quiet.

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.

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[edit] Using this page

  1. Place the following code at the bottom of the appropriate section below: 
    ==== User name@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
 |domain    =
 |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]]").
  3. If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information.

[edit] Confirmation of identity

Certain permissions (notably CheckUser and Oversight) additionally require users to confirm their identity. Users requesting these permissions must make a request below, and must also submit the relevant identification to the Foundation. The request is placed on hold temporarily, until the receipt has been formally confirmed by the office.

[edit] Requests

COPY THE FOLLOWING CODE to the bottom of the appropriate section below:

==== Username@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
 |domain    =
 |user name =
 |discussion= 
}}

[edit] Administrator access

See administrator for information about the position. Requests for removal of access belong in another section. Admins doing cross-wiki work may wish to see IRC/wikimedia-admin for information about joining #wikimedia-admin.

If you are requesting administrator status to translate the wiki interface, this should be done at the translatewiki.net instead (see mw:localisation). You can ask questions in the IRC channel or on the mailing list.

If you are requesting adminship to handle one-time vandalism incidents or clearing a deletion backlog, please see Vandalism reports and Steward requests/Speedy deletions.

Stewards
Currently-active temporary permissions are listed at /Approved temporary; please use {{Systmp}} for temporary permission. Please invite new sysops to the admin IRC channel.
Archiving
Requests only need remain listed below for a few days, and may afterward be removed as long as they have been copied to the subpage. Users who archive requests on that page, please check if the request was correctly added to the temporary subpage before removing it from this page.

For permanent sysopship please provide a link to the local community approval. For temporary sysopship please state for how long and for which tasks you need it, and link to a local announcement.

[edit] rahuldeshmukh101@mrwikisource

Status:    Not done

As I am already having temp admin rights on mr.wikisource and my temporary rights are going to expire on 11 May 2012. Please grant me an extension so that I can continue my admin work. Very soon I will get community approval for the same. I am already admin on mr.wikipedia. Thanks

Rahuldeshmukh101 (talk) 09:12, 11 May 2012 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold Please tell us when your local discussion is closed and we will extend your sysop rights at this moment. I'm going to leave a note so other stewards won't remove your rights until this request is closed. Regards, -- Quentinv57 (talk) 09:21, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
I think one month time is ok. Thanks Rahuldeshmukh101 (talk) 13:46, 11 May 2012 (UTC)
Please file a request for extension locally and link it here. Snowolf How can I help? 14:03, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
X mark.svg Not done Actually on second thought, it's been two weeks, so I'm removing the +sysop flag, as you had the opportunity to see Quentin's request to file a request locally. Feel free to file a new request at any time. Snowolf How can I help? 14:05, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] शंतनू@mrwikisource

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Status:    Done

I had temporary right which expired. As per request by User:Trijnstel, waited for the discussion before putting request over here. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by शंतनू (talk • contribs) 21:48, 13 May 2012‎ (UTC)

Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2012-11-13. Please remember to translate the interface at translatewiki.net only and preferably upload images to Wikimedia Commons. To prolong your adminship, please come back a few days before the status expires or hold a local election if the community grows. Thanks. -- Trijnsteltalk 22:18, 13 May 2012 (UTC)
Time2wait.svg On hold for some time because of this complaint. Trijnsteltalk 10:11, 14 May 2012 (UTC)
X mark.svg Not done as the discussion above even lacks signature and the complaint seems unresolved.--Jusjih (talk) 07:49, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Rights removed. Trijnsteltalk 11:06, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Why on earth were the rights removed? Snowolf How can I help? 13:02, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
To expand on that, the users didn't voice any opposition at all on mrwikisource, vaguely referred to "we discussed this on mrwiki". This is clearly not a valid complaint, and to remove +sysop from a user based on some vague complaints about their activity on a different wiki is ridicolous. I ask that the rights be reinstated until such time as the complaints have some substance. Snowolf How can I help? 13:04, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
I prefer not to continue with adding and removing admin rights, so I'd like to do it well now. What do you advice me? Trijnsteltalk 20:11, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
Seriously, if you take a closer look to the two users who complained, you will see that they are likely to be socks of the troll group attacking sysops at mrwiki. Just read again the messages on Trijnstel's user talk page, where शंतनू is qualified of most unwanted person or a lier (he has given wrong information to you). Plus this is totally unfounded : what's the wrong informations he has given to Trijnstel ? That's simply attacking without any proof ! That's why, when Trijnstel asked him to provide some evidence of what he's saying, no answer came. Then, an other one appears, saying that the sysop is not experienced enough. Easy to say when you don't even have an account on the concerned project... All this makes me think that this user belongs to the trolls attacking sysops at mrwiki. That's not because of such an unfounded attack that we should remove the sysop rights of a user. Did somebody find any abuse when checking the sysop operations this user has done ? -- Quentinv57 (talk) 10:08, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
I'm re-granting the user the +sysop flag. I stand by my assessment that unfounded allegations without any evidence are not basis for removal of +sysop, despite what Jusjih said above. They might be grounds for discussion on the local wiki tho. The user has never ever received a complaint on his talk page, as such any allegations are baseless if they do not even engage the user in discussions. Snowolf How can I help? 13:49, 26 May 2012 (UTC)
Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2012-11-26. Please remember to translate the interface at translatewiki.net only and preferably upload images to Wikimedia Commons. To prolong your adminship, please come back a few days before the status expires or hold a local election if the community grows. Thanks.. My apologies for the removal. Snowolf How can I help? 13:50, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Игорь Бродский@vep.wikipedia

Status:    On hold

Hello. I'm temporary administrator of Veps Wikipedia now, but my administrator access ends in these days. Unfortunately I haven't opportunity to work in this project today. I think stewards, who read it, can give amin flag for user Игорь Бродский. This user has a native speaking and understanding of Veps, he is a director in the St.Petersburg Veps Society, active MediaWiki translator. Also he has knowledge of Wikimedia rules. Thank you (and sorry for my English)! --Igriks (talk) 19:50, 16 May 2012 (UTC)

Please make a local request first, either by you or User:Игорь_Бродский. Thanks. Bencmq (talk) 04:48, 17 May 2012 (UTC)
Done --Igriks (talk) 13:21, 18 May 2012 (UTC)
Time2wait.svg On hold until 25 May. Trijnsteltalk 11:05, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
I've asked the user to signal their acceptance of this as he hasn't done so yet :) Otherwise, I suggest granting it for 6 months given the wide support, (not enough local users for permanent tho). Snowolf How can I help? 14:00, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] DzWiki@bs.wikisource

Status:    In progress

(I would like to have admin rights on bs.wikisource, if possible.
Reason: I want to remove or change some "mediawiki-messages" and change some protected pages.) DzWiki (talk) 17:01, 24 May 2012 (UTC)

Please file a local discussion on the correct noticeboard, such as the Village Pump/Bar/Admin's noticeboard, if there is not a specific page. Snowolf How can I help? 14:11, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Mehdi@mznwikipedia

Status:    Done

I had a request for administrator access in mzn.wikipedia and Other members were supportive of me. And discussion finished today! MehdiTalk 09:32, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. Snowolf How can I help? 13:16, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks alot dear Snowolf! sincerely:--MehdiTalk 13:19, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Dark Eagle@ltgwikipedia

Status:    In progress

Still no voted bureaucrats --Dark Eagle (talk) 13:31, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

Hello. Did you put a local request for adminship ? -- Quentinv57 (talk) 13:46, 26 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Bureaucrat access

See bureaucrat for information about the position. In principle, requests for temporary bureaucrat access are not granted.
General note
There is an ongoing discussion regarding the minimum number of votes and overall participation to promote users to bureaucrat at Talk:Bureaucrat#Minimum_number_of_votes. Users are encouraged to assist in the development of a policy that allows stewards to not decide on whether a promotion is valid or not. Thank you.

[edit] CheckUser access

To request CheckUser information, see Meta:Requests for CheckUser information. This is the place to request CheckUser access. Note that temporary CheckUser access is not permitted and the temporary status is only used by Stewards.

Stewards
When someone asks for CheckUser status, please check the current policy before giving the status. There is an email template to request identification from the new CU. Do not grant CU access unless the user is identified to the Foundation. Breaching these rules may be cause for removing your steward access. When you give someone CheckUser, please list them on CheckUser, ask them to subscribe to checkuser-l, email checkuser-l-owner-at-lists.wikimedia.org so the listadmins know the person is allowed on the mailing list, and make sure they contact an op for access to #wikimedia-privacy and #wikimedia-checkuser.

[edit] Oversight access

To request to have content oversighted, ask in #wikimedia-stewards, or email oversight-en-wp-at-wikipedia.org for requests regarding English Wikipedia. This is the place to request Oversight access. Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and the temporary status is only used by Stewards.

Stewards
Do not grant Oversight access unless the user is identified to the foundation, which will be announced on the Identification noticeboard. When you give someone oversight access, list them on Oversight.

[edit] Removal of access

If you're requesting the removal of your own status, make sure you're logged in to a global 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; the rights will not be restored by stewards once they are removed.

To request the removal of another user's status, you must gain consensus on the local wiki first. All discussion must take place on your local wiki. When there is community consensus that the user's access should be removed, a trusted person from that wiki should provide a link here to the discussion, a brief explanation of the reason for the request, and summarize the results of discussion.

In either case, copy and paste the following text into the correct section (see instructions above). Please post requests at the bottom of the section.

However, as the bureaucrats of a few wikis may remove users from the administrator or bureaucrat group, please see also a separate list of these specific wikis.

==== username@domain ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
 |domain    = 
 |user name = 
 |discussion= <!-- local confirmation link / local policy link -->
}}
Your remarks, etc. --~~~~

[edit] Aventicum@nl.wikiquote

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Status:    Not done

Aventicum has not been active on nl.wikiquote since April 5, 2012, when he shortly returned from a yearlong absence. We have tried to contact him several times after that without response. An official proposal was launched in q:nl:Wikiquote:De kantine on May 7, 2012 to end his moderator/bureaucrat-status. There 3 votes for and none against. Again no response from Aventicum himself. Whaledad (talk) 18:00, 21 May 2012 (UTC)

Done; please thank him for his work. PeterSymonds (talk) 18:22, 21 May 2012 (UTC)
Sorry, but you have acted prematurely. A proper demod procedure has not been followed on this wiki, nor based on any accepted policy (there is no inactivity rule on this wiki), the persons involved were not notified per email function there was a procedure going-on. A decision by 3 persons is not a decision. People involved can hardly be described as Wikiquodians and have a history of troubles on Wikipedia. I ask a steward to reverse this action Aventicum (talk) 20:11, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
(answered as a regular user, not as a steward) I think I have to agree with this. Walter (another admin on nl.wikiquote) was just as inactive as Aventicum - even more! - and he wasn't even informed about a possible removal. To me it looks like they want to "get rid of" Aventicum there, see also this response of mine. Trijnsteltalk 20:15, 23 May 2012 (UTC)
X mark.svg Not done I restored Aventicum's flag since a "not so active" sysop cannot damage a project. Please make a better and longer procedure and then (if necessary) ask for tool removal again. --Vituzzu (talk) 13:52, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Thanks, but you have not restored the bureaucrate flag. Aventicum (talk) 20:43, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
The restore should be handled by local 'crats, given there are active 'crats on the wiki. Both the admin bit and the crat bit. Snowolf How can I help? 21:07, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Ral315@en.wikipedia

Status:    Done

I am mostly inactive, and would like to voluntarily resign the tools for now. Thanks. --Ral315 (talk) 13:47, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

Under enwiki's policy, stewards can still carry out voluntary removals when requested, and Ral315's request isn't a ragequit, so I endorse the request, but will leave it for a non-enwiki steward to perform. Snowolf How can I help? 13:48, 25 May 2012 (UTC)
Has been done. Thanks for your work. —Marco Aurelio (audiencia) 13:51, 25 May 2012 (UTC)

[edit] Miscellaneous requests

Requests that don't fit in other sections belong here. Import rights can be granted by stewards only, not bureaucrats, so the automatic list of local bureaucrats is irrelevant for this. Please gather community consensus before placing a link to the discussion here.

Note that the following types of requests belong on separate pages:


[edit] See also

Requests for: permissions (global) — bot status — CheckUser information (local) — deletion (speedy deletions: local | multilingual) — translation — logos — URL blacklisting — username changes (local) — SUL problem solving — new languages — adminship on Meta — comments — interwiki map — an account on WMF wiki — help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat

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