Steward requests/Permissions

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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.

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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Cross-wiki requests
Meta-Wiki requests

Using this page[edit]

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 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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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

Administrator access[edit]

See Administrator for information about this user group.

  • MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
  • 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.

CapitainAfrika@kgwikipedia[edit]

Status:    On hold

I want to become Administrator access and Interface administrator access on wikipedia in kikongo (see here) CapitainAfrika (talk) 20:44, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold until 1 April. Like above your request doesn't seem to say anything about the interface admin part, so I'm not sure about granting that. EPIC (talk) 20:57, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
for the interface, there are many words that do not agree with the true meaning of the words, this is the reason for this need.CapitainAfrika (talk) 21:07, 25 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It has now been one week since the request was opened, but still, given that your userpage says you are kg-0 makes me hesitant about granting here. I will leave this to another steward for that reason. EPIC (talk) 11:16, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EPIC, @CapitainAfrika: Interface administrator rights are not necessary at all for general improvements in interface translation. It's much better to do it on https://translatewiki.net, which has its own accounts.
Interface administrator rights are necessary for advanced interface customizations, only in cases when the translations that come from translatewiki.net cannot be appropriate for some reason, and as far as I can see, this is not the case with kg.wikipedia at the moment. Amir E. Aharoni (talk) 13:39, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, well, yes, the IA request was already declined a while ago, I'm just waiting for input from another steward regarding the sysop bit. EPIC (talk) 13:51, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Hi @CapitainAfrika: For which task do you need the sysop and IA flags? How do you think you can handle the fact that you are a kg-0 speaker? Superpes15 (talk) 09:37, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you @Superpes15, I have basic knowledge since I am from the region and my parents come from this community, I am looking to revitalize my language and I have already formed a community of contributors to move the project forward. I am learning the language and I can do the translations on translatewiki.net, but I also asked for administrator rights since I have some experience using Wikipedia CapitainAfrika (talk) 10:16, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@CapitainAfrika: Thanks for your explanation, but it's still unclear to me why do you need sysop flag there, which kind of task requires the flag? Superpes15 (talk) 10:39, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There are certain modules that require you to have rights to create them, I am trying to set up the Biography infobox for example, the display is not correct, in lnwiki it is already good but especially to retrieve the info from Wikidata, moreover the user @Pppery helped us to do it in lnwiki, but the problem remains in kgwiki, too, for the display of navigation palette in bottom of the page, it's still difficult for the two wikis, I'll send you the links that complicate me, if you could help me either by creating them or by helping me create them :
https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Mobile.css
https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.css
https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_Biographie
https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Infobox_Biographie2
https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Infobox/Fonctions/Personne/Documentation
https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Infobox/Fonctions/Géolocalisation/Documentation
https://kg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Module:Wikidata/Chemin/parser

Thanks @Superpes15: CapitainAfrika (talk) 11:46, 25 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Alhassan Mohammed Awal@dgawikipedia[edit]

Status:    Done

I request to be granted the administrator right to my location Wikipedia (Dagaare Wikipedia) which I am Co-leading. There is no single administrator yet for our Wikipedia since we went live from the incubator. I lost my administrator status when we moved out of the incubator How we,there are some duplicate articles and other things that I need to gain the administrator right to enable me fix them. I anticipate your quick feedback and open for any further clarifications on my request. Alhassan Mohammed Awal (talk) 12:17, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold until 4 April May 2024. EPIC (talk) 12:18, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Please, did you mean on hold until 4 May 2024. Alhassan Mohammed Awal (talk) 12:26, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that is what I meant, thanks for noticing. EPIC (talk) 12:27, 28 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done Granted for 3 months to expire on 2024-08-04. 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. EPIC (talk) 06:45, 4 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Volstand@bjn.wiktionary[edit]

Status:    On hold

Hello. This request is for renewal of administrator and interface administrator access. Regards, Ezagren (talk) 13:00, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-05-05. for administrator,  On hold for interface administrator pending response to email. EPIC (talk) 13:09, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
OK, I've gotten into a dilemma, because apparently they do not have wikimail enabled. @Ezagren: Could you please tell them to link an email address to their wiki account, at least temporarily, so that I can email them? This cannot be discussed publicly. EPIC (talk) 13:24, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

شاه_زمان_پټان@pswikipedia[edit]

Status:    On hold

Hello! Iam Shahzaman Pathan(شاه_زمان_پټان) I have been a temporary Administrator for Pashto Wikipedia for the last six month, My Administrator period will end on May 20, 2024, so I request you to grant My permanent Administrator access request. Best regardsشاه زمان پټان (talk) 04:15, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold until 9 May 2024. Note that the wiki is not large enough for permanent administrators, but there should be no problems granting you a renewed temporary adminship for a longer term. EPIC (talk) 04:49, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Darafsh@fa.wikisource[edit]

Status:    Done
This is a request for permanent adminship in Persian Wikisource. Best regards, Darafsh (talk) 09:07, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2024-11-07. 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.
Fawikisource does not have a community large enough for permanent administrators, but as you have support from multiple users (including active community members) I am granting for six months. EPIC (talk) 09:12, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EPIC Thank you for consideration. Since we have another perminent admin, I thought I can request for a perminent access, but 6 month is also useful. Thanks again Darafsh (talk) 09:36, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, I noted that fawikisource has a permanent administrator, but as they only seem to be sporadically active and were appointed many years ago when the wiki still had local bureaucrats (and when stewards were more liberal with granting permanent adminship), and as fawikisource's community is quite small, I granted temporarily as per our general criteria for granting adminship on small wikis (MVR). Should you want to continue when the time is up, feel free to open a new discussion and we can extend if all goes well. EPIC (talk) 17:36, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Interface administrator access[edit]

See Interface admin for information about this user group.

  • 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.

Kuldhar Rabha@as.wikiquote[edit]

Status:    Done

I am requesting administrative and interface admin privileges for the Assamese Wikiquote. If granted, I would be happy to help further enhance and develop it. -Kuldhar Rabha (talk) 08:08, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold until 6 May 2024. EPIC (talk) 08:20, 30 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-05-06. for regular adminship,  On hold for interface adminship pending response to email. EPIC (talk) 02:49, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Interface adminship now also Done Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-05-06. 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. EPIC (talk) 06:06, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@EPIC: Thank you. -Kuldhar Rabha (talk) 06:14, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

IzzatZuhr@Mswikipedia[edit]

Status:    Not done

I am expressing my strong interest in assuming administrative and interface admin privileges for the Bahasa Melayu Wikipedia. Due to the current inactivity of most administrators and the sole bureaucrat, this project lacks the leadership necessary to thrive.

I am confident that I can effectively contribute to the Bahasa Melayu Wikipedia. For your reference, you can find my previous request regarding the removal of inactive administrators and bureaucrats on the ms wiki in here and here IzzatZuhri (talk) 02:39, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

First off, you started the discussion just fifteen minutes ago - keep in mind that for us to be able to grant admin rights, discussions must run for at least one week. Second of all, given that this wiki has bureaucrats, I would prefer to contact them first, given that there are no less than three on mswiki and one of them edited a little less than a month ago. EPIC (talk) 02:46, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not done @IzzatZuhri: Please read the instructions above and post here after a week (and only after having trying unsuccessfully to reach the 3 local 'crats) --Superpes15 (talk) 05:57, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat access[edit]

See Bureaucrat for information about this user group.
  • 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.

Waihorace@zhwikinews[edit]

Status:    Not done

I have accepted the nomination to act as the local bureaucrat. I would like to request for the flag as the local discussion has been opened for two weeks. Thanks a lot! --HW (talk) 15:35, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

note: 9 for, 0 against. —— Eric Liu（Talk） 15:54, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Waihorace per Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements#Bureaucrat there are a couple of requirements which are not met:
  • at least 15 votes (just 9 votes)
  • at least 6 permanent administrators (just 2 permanent admins, 2 temporary admins, 1 permanent admin bot and the abuse filter account [1])
  • and there doesn't seem to be much need for crats, looking at the user rights changes [2]?
--Johannnes89 (talk) 16:12, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Also, in evaluating this kind of requests, I remember that the first point, the main one imho (while we could be flexible about some others), says that "The local community must be large enough to require a bureaucrat. The definition of "large enough" is determined by the stewards but can include factors such as how often the stewards have needed to assign or remove administrator, bot or translation administrator permissions over a significant period of time.". I also, looking at the numbers and the log, don't see any need for local bureaucrats. So I'm closing this request as Not done --Superpes15 (talk) 05:51, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Peacearth@zhwikinews[edit]

Status:    Not done

Peachearth has also accepted the nomination to act as the local bureaucrat. From my understanding, majority of the voters agree that Peachearth is good for the flag. --HW (talk) 15:35, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

note: 8 for, 1 against, 1 neutral. —— Eric Liu（Talk） 15:54, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
see comment above Johannnes89 (talk) 16:13, 5 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not done Per above --Superpes15 (talk) 05:51, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Although the application was rejected, I still have a question: If the interim administrator's term has not yet ended, can he be elected as a permanent administrator? 78-Yellowcat (talk) 09:42, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but there are several generally definite criteria for granting permanent adminship on small wikis, which are listed here. EPIC (talk) 09:45, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

CheckUser access[edit]

See CheckUser policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
  • 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.

Oversight access[edit]

See Oversight policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
  • 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 .
  • When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list.

Miscellaneous requests[edit]

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:

  • SRB — Local or global bot status
  • SRGP — Global permissions

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.

User Apdency@nl.wikipedia[edit]

Status:    Done

Hello, this is a request to remove my admin rights on nl.wikipedia.org. Thank you, Apdency (talk) 18:12, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 18:13, 6 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Done And many thanks to you for your service, Apdency. EPIC (talk) 18:20, 7 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

See also[edit]

Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation

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