This page hosts requests for global permissions. To make a request, read the relevant policy (global rollback, global sysop, global rename, …) and make a request below. Explain why membership is needed for that group, and detail prior experience or qualifications.
This is not a vote and any active Wikimedia editor may participate in the discussion.
Global rollback and global interface editor requests require no fewer than 5 days of discussion while abuse filter helper and maintainer requests require no fewer than 7 days. Global renamer and global sysop requests require no fewer than 2 weeks of discussion. For requests that are unlikely to pass under any circumstances, they may be closed by a steward without further discussion (after a reasonable amount of input).
Please note that Global rollbackers discussions are not votes. Comments must present specific points in favor of or against a user's approval.
Instructions for making a request
Before requesting, make sure that:
You have sufficient activity to meet the requirements to be allocated the global rollback flag
To make a request
Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain of why you need the access and why you're suitable.
=== Global rollback for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} ===
{{sr-request
|status = <!-- don't change this line -->
|domain = global <!-- don't change this line -->
|user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user -->
}}
::''Not ending before {{subst:#time:j F Y H:i|+5 days}} UTC''
The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than 5 days (with rare exceptions, no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential.
You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account;
To make a request
Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain of why you need the access and why you're suitable. If you previously requested that right, please add a link to the previous discussion(s).
=== Global sysop for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} ===
{{sr-request
|status = <!-- don't change this line -->
|domain = global <!-- don't change this line -->
|user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user -->
}}
:''Not ending before {{subst:#time:j F Y H:i|+2 week}} UTC''
The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than two weeks (no exceptions are allowed no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential. Please note: Since 2019 all global sysops are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.
Hello. I’m in Wikimedia Movement since 2008. I have a technical right to delete pages in ruwiki, 5.5 years i'm a global rollbacker. My favorite activity is fight against vandalism/spam. Unfortunately, there is not always enough time, but now I am relatively free.
I believe a GS should be just a technical flag. The GS shouldn't be analogous to a local flag. The GS shouldn't block experienced conflicted users, shouldn't try to reconcile users, shouldn't act as a mediator or make decisions in non-obvious discussions. In my opinion, it is a flag only for more effective counteraction to vandalism, realization obvious technical requests from a local community and response to requests for help.
Support Of course! I've had nothing but good experiences with Iluvatar, and am confident in his trustworthiness and responsibility. Thank you for volunteering, Vermont (talk) 01:44, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really think that's a respectful way to address someone's concerns; and actually shows why I have trust on content projects as a fundamental requirement for either global sysop or renamer. Global rights exist to help content projects, and if someone wishes to use them, they should demonstrate they have gained the trust of at least one community they are active in. When people make comments such as not holding sysop flag on content wikis blahblah is posted above it shows that people on meta/xwiki vandal fighters really have become disconnected from the reason that we exist. The way to solve that disconnect is to insist that people gain the trust of content wikis before considering global permissions. TonyBallioni (talk) 05:14, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Do you think being sysop is the only way of proving that they have gained the trust of a commuity? I never viewed trust that way so I am kinda confused here.--BRP ever05:39, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
It is the only objective way to prove that unless people who actively edit there are also active here; and can speak to it. That’s not the case here. Trust in reverting vandalism xwiki is pretty meaningless in my view because it’s a small group of people who usually don’t actively edit the projects they focus on. That doesn’t tell us anything about how they interact with others while having access to admin tools. TonyBallioni (talk) 13:06, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
(Edit conflict.) I apologize for any impolite expression while which is not I originally meant and tried to make it better. I personally agree with that a local sysop-wise trust shall exists (though becoming a sysop may not be the unique way to demonstrate such trust per above, but it's the easiest way for anyone who does not speak that language to examine) and that's why I dug into their home wiki RfA pages. There are many factors preventing one from accepting an RfA - perhaps they finds they do not gain the trust from local community early, or that trust do exists but they don't want the flag due to personal reasons - sadly the page is deleted and I cannot figure it out by myself so I post it here looking for answers. --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 05:49, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
In a home wiki, it is a social flag. And if you requested sysop, you must use sysop. To remove pages, I have a Closer rights. A RFA page was deleted because request was submitted by another user (Sealle) without my consent.—Iluvatar (talk) 10:27, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions. Please review Global IP block exemption. You may request Global IP block exemption via stewardswikimedia.org if you can not edit this page.
Please note: Global IP block exemption does NOT make one immune to locally-created blocks of any sort, only global blocks.
If you want to edit the Chinese Wikipedia, usually global IP block exemptions will not help you. Please see this instruction to request a local IP block exemption.
Instructions for making a request
Before requesting global IP block exemption, make sure that:
You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account;
To request global IP block exemption
Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain why you need the access and why you're suitable. If needed, link to relevant discussions.
=== Global IP block exempt for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} ===
{{sr-request
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|domain = global<!--don't change this line-->
|user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}}
}}
<Add an explanation here>, thanks, --~~~~
The request will be approved if there is demonstrated need for the permission, such as bypassing a global block from someone who is not the intended target.
I've been an occasional contributor for many years on Wikipedia, but lately owing to my use of VPNs, I have found myself in blocked IP ranges. I kindly request that I be made exempt from these restrictions. I invite you to view my very benign and helpful edits, thanks, --Daclements (talk) 19:39, 3 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I am a developer, and we are building a counter-vandalism tool called WikiLoop Battlefield, and here is its source code. We recently start to roll out Oauth login and in-place revert feature. When we move our test from localhost to our dev and canary(staging) environment, we noticed that we received the following error.
{
"error": {
"code": "globalblocking-ipblocked-range",
"info": "'''Your IP address is in a range which has been blocked on all wikis.''' The block was made by [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Kolbert Jon Kolbert] (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is ''[[NOP|Open Proxy]]: Webhost: Contact [[m:Special:Contact/stewards|stewards]] if you are affected ''. * Start of block: 2019-07-23T12:01:56 * Expiration of block: 2021-01-23T11:01:56 You can contact [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jon_Kolbert Jon Kolbert] to discuss the block. You cannot use the \"Email this user\" feature unless a valid email address is specified in your [[Special:Preferences|account preferences]] and you have not been blocked from using it. Your current IP address is 3.86.232.24, and the blocked range is 3.86.0.0/16. Please include all above details in any queries you make.",
"*": "See https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php for API usage. Subscribe to the mediawiki-api-announce mailing list at <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-api-announce> for notice of API deprecations and breaking changes."
},
"servedby": "mw1346"
}
We host our server on Heroku, does it mean that the IP address of heroku is being blocked globally for MediaWiki API? Can we apply to be whitelisted for our legit use-case?
@Xinbenlv: Heroku is a shared host, and Wikimedia discourages hosting service in third-party shared hosts (it may host VPN or reverse proxy, which can hide users' IP address). You should either:
Create a edit service in Toolforge similar to toollabs:widar, and invoke the service (you must use GET or JSONP, Cloud does not support POST from third-party service) in the project (not recommended, this may have security issues)
First sorry I just noticed I didn't use the template (which doesn't apply to IP range extemption for al IPs), I updated it.
Second, here we are building an app that requires a user to login with Oauth. We only conduct edit on-behalf of loged-in users and their username will show up.
3rdly, with respect to your suggestion, We've considered porting the project to Toolforge but we are waiting for the Toolforge to support modern Kubernates https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T214513.
It is not particularly feasible for all users to rely on IP addresses because as many of people who submit for permissions here, IP addresses are only largely available in USA and a few developed countries who took part in early Internet infrastructure development discussions. Many other countries they have to rely on NAT that shares limited IP addresses. Our app hope to expand to all language locales to help users with counter-vandalism efforts. If we block IP addresses, it will reduce the access of these users from Non-USA/developed countries who would like to help.
In summary, can we apply for unblocking any IP addresses if we have allowed users to identify themselves with login? Thank you!
Hi I am a good standing editor who has been editing cross-wikis and and fighting vandalism. And I am also a developer and building a counter-vandalism webapp as requested above. I made a Global IP Exempt Request for the app WikiLoop Battlefield above but I guess that will take more time to discuss. I also travel to China very often so constantly behind VPNs myself. I'd like to apply for global IP exempt for my own account.
You will not be able to edit Wikimedia projects using a web host or colocation provider without a global IP block exemption.
Since the web host acts like a proxy, because it hides your IP address, it has been blocked. To prevent abuse, these IPs may be blocked from editing Wikimedia projects. If you do not have any other way to edit Wikimedia projects, you will need to request a global IP block exemption.
If you do not believe you are using a web host, you may appeal this block by adding the following text on your talk page: {{unblock|reason=Caught by a colocation web host block but this host or IP is not a web host. My IP address is _______. Place any further information here. ~~~~}}. You must fill in the blank with your IP address for this block to be investigated. Your IP address can be determined using whatismyip.com. If you are unable to request an unblock, you may contact the stewards using this form.
<Hello,I'm a user from mainland.Thus,VPN is nessecery to edit wikipedia.I've already got the Zh(CN) wikipedia IP block exempt permission.However,i sometimes also wander around,browse on some other sites,and i sometimes find some mistakes on them.Ireally would like to have a global permission,which would make me easier to edit.>, thanks, --慎言慎行老法师 (talk) 14:56, 18 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
First of all I am a Chinese person, while in the know are aware that it is difficult landing in China Wikipedia, especially compared to his foreign Wikipedia,So in order to be more convenient to edit global Wikipedia. I applied for an exemption global IP Wikipedia 黄琬琦 (talk) 09:10, 19 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Hello, I am a global rollbacker. I noticed that w:zh;UC requests usually take a week to complete, and I want to help with them to better meet their needs because my native language is Chinese and I am familiar with local, and global user name guidelines. I also want to assist in renaming queues for other wiki. Regards. --Catherine Laurencediscussion02:40, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose A few issues: one, being a global rollbacker doesn't really mean anything in regards to global renaming. Global renaming, despite the name, is a fundamentally local process that usually does not involve cross-wiki work in the overwhelming majority of circumstances. On the next point: there is no such thing as a global username policy, and I think anyone who thinks there is does not understand enough about how renames work to be trusted with the permission. There are many local policies on usernames because many different local cultures have different values. The over emphasis on global actions is very concerning. Would you decline to rename a user on de.wiki who has a corporate username because you think that's globally prohibited? What about rename someone on ar.wiki to be the name of the town their from, because that seems like a good faith request that isn't globally prohibited?
Finally, we need more Chinese renamers, but I see nothing to demonstrate that the local community has placed trust in you beyond simple vandal fighting. I would really like to see more zh.wiki sysops apply, but I do not want to see someone who as of late has mainly focused on xwiki work, and thinks that they'll be doing more global work using zh.wiki to get another global hat. Pretty strong oppose on this one. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:48, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
I Support Catherine Laurence to run for the global permissioner.He was very helpful for the world revert,so I think that he is very good to do this job.I don't think so that he is no good for this job.And he was very many thing that do good in the wiki data,whole world reverter and OTRS,then I think is can do very good for this job.If I say something wrong or I don't know the other thing,please comment here.very thank you.--SickManWP (talk) 12:07, 20 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]
Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions.
Instructions for making a request
Before requesting additional global permissions, make sure that:
You are logged in on this wiki;
No specific section on this page exists for the permission you want to request;
To request additional global permissions
Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain what kind of access you need and why. If needed, link to relevant discussions. If you hold, or have previously held, the right and are asking for either a renewal or revival of that right, please add a link to the previous discussion.
=== <Add requested permission here> for [[User:Foo|Foo]] ===
{{sr-request
|status = <!--don't change this line-->
|domain = global<!--don't change this line-->
|user name = Username
|discussion=
}}
<Add an explanation here>, thanks, --~~~~
The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a short period of consideration. A steward will review the request.
Support Of course! I've had nothing but good experiences with Iluvatar, and am confident in his trustworthiness and responsibility. Thank you for volunteering, Vermont (talk) 01:44, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Strong support Active with the SWMT and trusted user. --Turkmen talk 08:59, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Talk 12:30, 19 October 2019 (UTC)
Oppose I cannot support giving global sysop to someone who does not hold sysop on a local project. TonyBallioni (talk) 02:53, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
Comment I'm a little bit curious about why they did not accept the RFA on ruwiki ~1 year ago as some 
Support Catherine is trusted and helpful, keep it up. --Streetdeck （Talk） 12:06, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
Done --Alaa :)..! 14:17, 20 October 2019 (UTC)