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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. Minimum voting requirements 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.
  • All processed requests are automatically archived after 24 hours of no activity. Use {{PinSRP}} on a request section to prevent it from being archived, or {{ArchiveNowSRP}} to archive a request section as soon as possible.

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

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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

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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

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


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

Administrator access

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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.

Doniyor Yóldoshev@kaawikipedia

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Status:    Done

Dear global wiki administrators, I have been a member of the wiki family for 3 years and 4 months, during which time I primarily worked for Kaawikipedia and Uzwikipedia. Until recently, I was an administrator at Kaawiki, but my term has expired. Today, I have submitted my candidacy again. Wikipedia is now growing, and I believe it needs more administrators to support new users. One of my goals as an administrator is to make extensive use of bots on Kaawiki. One of my goals as an administrator is to widely utilize the help of bots in Kawiki. Doniyor Yóldoshev (talk) 05:08, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Doniyor Yóldoshev, while there is nothing wrong with your request and I or another steward would shortly proceed with granting the rights (I mean it is apparent that there was an off-wiki announcement, but…), just out of curiosity, why do you need admin rights to facilitate bot operation? --Base (talk) 19:42, 18 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Base I need administrative rights for this purpose. I am planning to conduct seminar-trainings for students in 2026 in collaboration with universities located in Karakalpakstan. Administrative rights will be quite helpful in organizing such events and wiki lessons for universities. This status is necessary for me to delete low-quality articles that may increase in number at the beginning, as well as to manage new users in a timely manner. Doniyor Yóldoshev (talk) 04:07, 19 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi stewards, I'm from kaawiki. Administrator is generally evaluated based on demonstrated administrative activity rather than future plans or outreach intentions. While trainings, bot usage, and welcoming newcomers are valuable contributions, they do not inherently require admin rights. In my view, the current contribution profile does not yet demonstrate a sustained need for administrative tools.
If administrative access is nevertheless considered necessary, a short-term trial (for example, 3 months) granted by the Stewards could be a more appropriate approach. This would allow both the community and the Stewards to observe whether the administrative tools are actively and consistently used in practice. If the user later applies again for adminship after this trial period, their level of activity and use of administrative tools during those three months would provide a clearer and more objective basis for evaluation.‌‌ --Janabaevazizbek (talk) 09:17, 20 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Janabaevazizbek please raise your thoughts in the kaawiki request for permissions if you feel that's worth discussing. Noting that Doniyor Yóldoshev already served as a temporary admin two times (6 months followed by another 12 months). Johannnes89 (talk) 10:07, 21 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 1 year to expire on 2027-01-17. 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. there has been no further discussion about the opposing vote on kaawiki. Given the 80% support I've granted temporary admin permissions for another 12 months, just like last time. --Johannnes89 (talk) 11:18, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

ShmilyDigital@tlwikisource

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Status:    On hold

— The preceding unsigned comment was added by ShmilyDigital (talk) 05:07, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold the RfA started just three days ago, MVR requires at least 7 days of discussion --Johannnes89 (talk) 11:34, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ninjastrikers@mywikisource

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Status:    Done

I would like to request to extend my sysop rights and interface admin rights which had been expired on 14-01-2026. Thanks. Ninja✮Strikers «☎» 10:22, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 1 year to expire on 2027-01-17. 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. --Johannnes89 (talk) 11:25, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Interface administrator access

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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.

شاه_زمان_پټان@pswikipedia

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Status:    On hold

Hello! Iam Shahzaman Pathan(شاه_زمان_پټان) I have been an Administrator for Pashto Wikipedia for the last four years, There are some pages in Pashto Wikipedia that need updating and synchronization, and some need to be rebuilt and doing so requires the
authority of the interface administrator, so I request you to grant my interface administrator right to correct some interface related pages. Best regards
شاه زمان پټان (talk) 05:03, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold please check your email --Johannnes89 (talk) 11:29, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat access

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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.

CheckUser access

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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

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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.

EPIC@meta.wikimedia

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Status:    Done

Thanks M/ (talk) 19:01, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Done — Vermont (🐿️—🏳️‍🌈) 21:37, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Miscellaneous requests

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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

Yug@commonswiki (2)

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Status:    In progress

Hello Bureaucrats, hello Xaosflux,

Request: I request a 3 months extension following this recent request.

Reason: The Special:Import is not reliable, WMFR's mission not completed yet, manual process discovered requires follow up support period. Details: Imports imply more frictions than expected...

  • The official xml import size limit is 20MB, yet it regularly fails on 5MB files then at some point it pass. All but one import timed out today : « Our servers are currently under maintenance or experiencing a technical issue ».
  • Translation:* pages import alone requires a layered manual process: (1) import root pages, (2) mark for translation, (3) import subpages. Manuals and retries increase error risk among the 8,000 wikipages to migrate.
  • So I largely filtered my pages, split the xml files, import and monitor WikimediaStatus.net to increase my success rate.

I expect the Lingua Libre community to catch up and reported such errors in coming month(s), beyond Jan 11th and my current Importer rights expire. Also, I request an extension of my Importer user-right by 3 months. Yug (talk) 15:32, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please link to a local discussion where your community supports extending your access. — xaosflux Talk 17:01, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello User:Xaosflux,
Wikimédia France's funding entrusted me with that mission. The Commons & Lingualibre communities approved the mission
The user-rights to achieve that mission are then requested to Stewarts and Bureaucrates, together with their extensions :
The Commons section exists but just doesn't generate much engagement :
Yug (talk) 21:28, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Just for convenience of the stewards here, I believe your link to the bureaucrat's noticeboard is intended to go to commons:Commons:Bureaucrats' noticeboard#Temporary Translation adminship for Yug, and your village pump link to commons:Commons:Village_pump#c-Xaosflux-20260103200600-Yug-20260103191400 (the section linking directly doesn't work since there's brackets present in the title, but there's a good workaround). EggRoll97 (talk) 06:08, 11 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, thank you User:EggRoll97. Yug (talk) 18:01, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all, hello @User:Xaosflux. My Importer userrights on Commons have expired so c:Special:Import doesn't work anymore. Could you temporarily restore my userrights ? Yug (talk) 14:46, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't appear the local discussion has closed, much less with a showing of support from the community, am I missing something? — xaosflux Talk 14:49, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Xaosflux. Thanks for following this thread. The project is already funded by Wikimedia France, community approved and >90% of the imports are done. There isn't many people browsing the Commons Village Pump and Canvassing is forbidden on Commons. So we are waiting for people to react on something where there is not much to comment about. I'm not surprised by the lack of interest therefore. Yug (talk) 18:13, 14 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of access

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  • 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.

Tanbiruzzaman@global

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Status:    On hold

I got indefinitely blocked on a project, if I globally rename a user this will probably cause error on moving userpage on the project. So remove my Global Renamer permission. Also, even we (as a Renamer) reject rename request for users who are blocked on any project, in the context I'm no longer qualified for the role. Thanks, 🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬) 21:14, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 21:15, 17 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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

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