Steward requests/Global permissions
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).
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Requests for global rollback permissions
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Global rollback for Hasley
- Global user: Hasley (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 7 November 2019 21:58 UTC
Hello everyone, I am Hasley. A few months ago I joined the SWMT. Since then, I have been active doing countervandalism, mainly finding LTAs and cross-wiki spammers and patrolling small projects from #cvn-sw, SWViewer and RTRC. I think global rollback could be very useful for me . Kind regards, —Sgd. Hasley 21:58, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support without hesitation. --TheSandDoctor Talk 22:03, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support without a doubt. ~riley (talk) 22:03, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support of course. Valid use case, a few months of experience, trustworthy editor. Thank you for volunteering, Vermont (talk) 22:04, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support Wow, at last! One of most actives SWMT-members. In less than a month 860+ reverts (via undo) in 104 wikis (SWV).—Iluvatar (talk) 22:27, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support Active in SWMT.-MrJaroslavik (talk) 22:28, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Krd 22:31, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support, It's about time. -- CptViraj (📧) 02:36, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support - They are doing well, and I trust them. 100% Competent. Good to go. Kind regards, — Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk) 02:49, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support sure. TonyBallioni (talk) 03:11, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support about time. 大诺史 (Talk/留言/토론/Discussion) 03:46, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support Always faster than me on SWViewer :D --WhitePhosphorus (talk) 04:25, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support -J. Ansari Talk 06:08, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Catherine Laurence discussion 06:31, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Strong support Like--Turkmen talk 07:28, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support. I see eswiki brings active cross-wiki vandal fighters :) Stryn (talk) 08:04, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Novak Watchmen (talk) 14:22, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Strong support Jianhui67 talk★contribs 14:33, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support Trusted. --Streetdeck (Talk) 15:01, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support good work on hr.wiki --Mateo K 01 (talk) 15:08, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Strong support thought they were already a GR, can be trusted --DannyS712 (talk) 15:59, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support--WikiBayer 👤💬 16:44, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support Good edit matrix, and does good anti-vandalism work on the wikis I monitor. Looks fine to me. Leaderboard (talk) 19:04, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support I've been waiting! Very, very active. Will be very useful. Esteban16 (talk) 21:01, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support. Could've sworn they were already; no issues here. Hiàn (talk) 02:25, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support Has experience, did good work, very easy to support.—Ah3kal (talk) 06:57, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support the best person for GR--Infinite0694 (Talk) 07:44, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support--Hamish 03:15, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support – Ammarpad (talk) 04:26, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Requests for global sysop permissions
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Global sysop for Bovlb
- Global user: Bovlb (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 13 November 2019 04:27 UTC
Hello. I have been a sysop on English Wikipedia for 14 years, and sysop on Wikidata for 14 months. I am mostly active on Wikidata and on English-language projects, but my Wikidata work often leads me to investigate cross-project issues on smaller projects, including (with appropriate caution) those in languages with which I am unfamiliar.
I anticipate using global sysop in the following ways:
- Examine deleted articles to inform decisions on other projects (e.g. Wikidata)
- Skip captcha
- Edit as autoconfirmed to bypass certain edit filters, e.g. for removing large amounts of content
- Rollback edits by cross-wiki vandals
- Rarely, to protect pages or block users in the case of cross-wiki vandalism
My sysop philosophy is to be cautious in tool use, encouraging of new users, and responsive to criticism. I also have the privilege to be a real-life mentor to a number of wiki-editors, again including some who use languages in which I am not fluent. I use 2FA. I am not a member of SWMT. Cheers, Bovlb (talk) 04:27, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- My thanks to those of you who have responded so far. I wanted to address a few points that have been raised.
- I acknowledge that most of the benefits listed above would be satisfied by global rollbacker, and it was specifically suggested that I should be applying for that first. I was unaware that experience as a global rollbacker is considered a prerequisite for global sysop but, if that is the consensus, I would be happy to downgrade my request.
- The major additional (over global rollbacker) benefit I would hope to exercise as global sysop is the ability to examine deleted revisions. The typical scenario is that articles are created on one or more language Wikipedias, linked from a Wikidata item, and then one or more of those articles are deleted. Sometimes articles are created and deleted multiple times. Although the bar for notability on Wikidata is lower than is typically the case for Wikipedias, the (likely) existence of a Wikipedia article is a major factor when deciding whether to delete items on Wikidata. While the deletion comment gives some guidance, examination of the content gives more. The content of deleted articles is also a factor when deciding whether to merge Wikidata items (instead of deleting one). I use this ability a lot on the English Wikipedia, but am often frustrated in my efforts because I cannot elsewhere. Neither shows up in my logs, of course.
- I agree that my cross-wiki experience could be greater, but my activities are driven by the traffic I encounter, which obviously tends to bias to larger projects. Reviewing my editing logs, I concede that, while I have editing experience on a couple of dozen projects, it does appear largely confined to projects that are currently on the opt-out list.
- Thanks again for the constructive comments. Bovlb (talk) 18:06, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Thank you for your response. Global rollback is not a prerequisite to global sysop; rather, some editors think it would better suit your need. I would oppose both, due to lack of experience in that area of editing which I would have used to judge your ability and need for those rights. I think you misunderstand the scope of global sysop. You would be able to view deleted pages on most projects that have less than ten administrators, which are usually the projects with no formal deletion policy and/or no community to speak of. You would not be able to view deleted content on basically any project you'd want to. Vermont (talk) 09:59, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose No cross-wiki experience. Try global rollback.-MrJaroslavik (talk) 14:10, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Could you give an example of when this right would have been useful on a global sysop wiki, and how you would have used the rights? You have no experience on non-English projects and that causes me to hesitate supporting global sysop, a right with very limited scope that I also don't think would help you very much. Vermont (talk) 14:16, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose Virtually no xwiki experience.Praxidicae (talk) 14:32, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose No crosswiki experience. --Holder (talk) 05:03, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
- Neutral Looking at your reasons for GS, the only one that's useful is the ability to examine deleted articles; everything else can be done using GR. That being said, you do present a convincing reason for why you think you need GS. I recall a special permission (is it still there?) that allows users to view deleted pages; maybe consider that? Leaderboard (talk) 05:13, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
- There is Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/global-deleter, It is for Synchbot so it also has right to delete pages. -- CptViraj (📧) 06:40, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose no crosswiki work --WikiBayer 👤💬 06:31, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose Just a little crosswiki experience. Maybe apply for global rollback permissions first. --Streetdeck (Talk) 15:03, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Requests for global rename permissions
Steward requests/Global permissions/Global renamers
Global rename for Catherine Laurence
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Catherine Laurence (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 3 November 2019 02:40 UTC
Hello, I am a global rollbacker. I noticed that zh:WP: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 Laurence discussion 02:40, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
- 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)
Support Catherine is trusted and helpful, keep it up. --Streetdeck (Talk) 12:06, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
- 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)
- Comment Same as TonyBallioni. --Streetdeck (Talk) 12:14, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support can probably be trusted with the tools. – Ajraddatz (talk) 14:24, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Novak Watchmen (talk) 20:36, 20 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support per Ajraddatz.--Turkmen talk 21:18, 21 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support Trust, not doubt. And I fixed the interwiki link flaw in the application. --Super Wang hates PC You hate, too? 23:59, 22 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support Clear use-case. Reasonable crosswiki experience. – Ammarpad (talk) 16:54, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support fine by me. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 17:16, 24 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support -J. Ansari Talk 11:23, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
- Question: In you rationale you mentioned that you want to assist renaming queue for other wikis. Which wikis are those and do you think that you understand their local guidelines for renaming? ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:41, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
- @1997kB: Because I am familiar with English, and I have carefully read the English wiki local username policy. So I will assist in dealing with the relevant rename queue. Other languages, because of language barriers, would choose to handle some apparently uncontroversial requests. Also because Cantonese is one of my native languages, the username policy is similar to the Chinese wiki. So if there have a request, I will also assist in processing.--Catherine Laurence discussion 02:35, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
- Oppose I can't trust them on request related to enwiki wiki just with just ~350 edits (most because of file renames) and almost no experience at all on English Wikipedia. As Tony explained above renaming is more of local process and need atleast some experience before jumping straight. Additionally I only see them actively helping on zhwiki venue since 13 October. IMO a bit more experience is required on venue's where they want to handle requests. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 15:12, 27 October 2019 (UTC)
Global rename for Turkmen
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Turkmen (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 12 November 2019 20:11 UTC
Hello. I'm a global rollbacker and a global sysop. Furthermore, I'm a local sysop on multiple projects. I'am familiar with the global rename policy. I can speak and understand multiple Turkic languages. Thus, I believe that I can help as a global renamer. Also, I can help in reducing the queues in large projects and Meta-Wiki. Thank you!--Turkmen talk 20:11, 29 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support Trusted. --Streetdeck (Talk) 04:20, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support -MrJaroslavik (talk) 13:48, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support --Novak Watchmen (talk) 14:27, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support --janbery (talk) 14:03, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
- Support -J. Ansari Talk 16:43, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
- Support - trusted editor - Taketa (talk) 10:04, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- You're an administrator on five content projects, four of which you don't edit frequently anymore, and a global sysop/global rollbacker. At what point are you spreading yourself too thin? Vermont (talk) 10:42, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
- Hello dear @Vermont:. You gave a reasonable question. Yes, my activity went downwards since September 10. This is related to my education in the university. I will repair my activity on November 4. But please check out my acitivity from June to September of this year. You also witnessed my activity during that time period. I would not apply for this right if I was going to be an inactive user. Thanks!--Turkmen talk 17:17, 2 November 2019 (UTC)
Requests for global IP block exemption
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Global IP block exempt for IP Range of WikiLoop Battlefield
- Global user: Xinbenlv / all logged in users with WikiLoop Battlefield (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Statement
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?
Thank you!
Responsess
- @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:
- Move the project to Toolforge (recommended) or Cloud VPS
- 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)
--GZWDer (talk) 18:41, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- @GZWDer: thank you.
- 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!
Xinbenlv (talk) 21:21, 17 October 2019 (UTC)
- all, I don't know who to send this argument to... Xinbenlv (talk) 10:36, 25 October 2019 (UTC)
- I start a discussion en:User:Xinbenlv/Propose:Allow_Login_Users_By_Default_When_IP_Range_Blocked
- There is a block configurations to let logged in users edit while on blocked IP: However we usually do not allow it on NOP blocks. We cannot let anyone using your tool be exempt from the block, this is a software restrictions. There's just no way to do that. And since we are not going to unblock AWS — thus Heroku — I think your only bet is to follow GZWDer's advice. — regards, Revi 07:54, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- @-revi:, @GZWDer: thanks for answering. How about the following solutions sound to admins?
- if we use certain way to crypt-sign a request from our app's server, can you grant app-specific exception for this use-case? (rather than unblocking all IP-addresses but unblockgin all users who have signed in and use our app)?
- if we managed to find a fixed IP address, can you unblock individual IP address of the one that we use for our webapp?
- Xinbenlv (talk) 22:37, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
- @-revi:, @GZWDer: thanks for answering. How about the following solutions sound to admins?
- #1: There's no such feature(tm) to do so. #2: I think I can do that, with two conditions: You notify us when you stop your project (thus releasing the IP to the shared pool) and you absolutely always require authentication. — regards, Revi 04:40, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- @-revi: thank you! Yes. We are likely to use at most 3 IP addresses at this moment:
- 35.222.141.110 for dev
- 34.67.56.51 for canary (staging)
- 34.69.252.115 for prod
- and I agree to both terms: we will absolutely require authentication(in fact you can just allow only login users to edit from these IP addresses) and we will notify you when we stop project and release the IP to the shared pool. (once the Toolforge support mount on Root or custom domain, or we are approved for WMF Cloud VPS)
- Xinbenlv (talk) 06:13, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- Note individual IPs can not be globally whitelisted (phab:T42439). They can only be whitelisted locally.--GZWDer (talk) 19:58, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- @-revi: thank you! Yes. We are likely to use at most 3 IP addresses at this moment:
Global IP block exempt for Nurseways
- Global user: Nurseways (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Hi, I only connect to the internet through a VPN due to freedom of speech limitations in my country. For instance, see this recent news article from MSN Brazil (content from Deutsch Welle Brazil) about the current far-right government trying to censor a Wikipedia article and seeking legal prosecution of an editor:
I can supply other examples if needed. The IP I am editing from is my personal VPN, not an open proxy - I am the sole person with access to this IP. I received an error message regarding an IP block when I tried to create an account at the Brazilian Wikipedia directing me to contact user Jon Kolbert who directed me to make a request for an IP Block exemption here. May I use Wikipedia with this VPN? I do not need an exemption for any other IP, thanks --Nurseways (talk) 12:15, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for Championship2006
- Global user: Championship2006 (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Hi, I am a user from Japan. I would like to connect to the internet through a VPN. I want to request for global IP block exemption. Thank you!--Championship2006 (talk) 09:30, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for Zezen
- Global user: Zezen (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
I live now in a EU country where Net censorship is growing, despite appearances. My mobile ISP blocks about 10% of sites, as tested by Ooni probe myself, via middleboxes and DNS poisoning, including archive.is and many other similar innocent services. I use mostly Psiphon or OpenVPN to overcome it but then I am blocked from editing WP by the IP range algorithm as per above. See my account log for more info that I am not likely to abuse this unblock. Also think of removing this antiquated tool: the users should be judged by their contributions and not by their IP, especially during the increased AI surveillance and more that we are all enjoying now.
Zezen (talk) 10:21, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for 傾偈
- Global user: 傾偈 (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Hello, I'm moving to China by the end of this month, so I will need to use VPN, thanks, --傾偈 (talk) 12:59, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for Foo
- Global user: 78Lepic (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Hello, I'm French and I'm trying to publish on Wikipedia.fr a page about an academic. The page is 151.80.0.0/16. (Jean Marie Barbier, by 78Lepic) and my IP address is 151.80.176.105. My IP is blocked. Could tell me why and/or help me to restaure it by a global IP block exemption? I am also wondering if the wikification of the page is complete enough for it to be published. Thanks for you help. 78Lepic
PS : feel free to contact me on oliviermarty@yahoo.fr, if it is more convenient for you.
<Add an explanation here>, thanks, --78Lepic (talk) 16:50, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions
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2FA Tester for Cooltey Feng
- Global user: Cooltey Feng (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
I would like to enable the 2FA to further enhance the account security level, thanks, --Cooltey Feng (talk) 19:08, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
- Have you read the documentation? Ruslik (talk) 20:49, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
2FA Tester for DimensionShifter
- Global user: DimensionShifter (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
I desire the 2 Factor Auth right to further enhance my user account's security level to the maximum. I have read the help page, thanks, --DimensionShifter (talk) 23:16, 4 November 2019 (UTC)
Requests for other global permissions
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IP BLOCK
Bonjour, pourquoi ne puis-je plus modifier les articles de Wikipedia ? --Caspien06 (talk) 17:42, 31 October 2019 (UTC)
- Analysant la situation je m'aperçois que j'utilise Avast Security line qui génère des IP aléatoires. Je viens de le débloquer temporairement et je constate que le phénomène de blocage par Wikipédia disparaît. Qu'en pensez-vous ?--Caspien06 (talk) 08:45, 1 November 2019 (UTC)
- @Caspien06: S.V.P. faire un requête pour IPBE ici. Tu es bloqué parce que tu utilises un proxy pour éditer. Jon Kolbert (talk) 09:38, 3 November 2019 (UTC)
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