Steward requests/Global permissions
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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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Global sysop for Tulsi Bhagat
- Global user: Tulsi Bhagat (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 19 March 2020 09:32 UTC
- Transparency: Steward requests/Global permissions/2019-03#Global sysop for Tulsi Bhagat
Hello! Many thanks for putting your trust in me. To be honest, my activity is limited since I received GR. It's because of events and outreach i took part on (page is not up-to-date). Hopefully, I am active on various IRC channels and keep on monitoring xWiki for vandals, spam or LTAs. I've 0.65 xWikiness. I would like to request GS a bit to directly deal with spambots/xWikivandals/LTAs whenever they appears. I've read and understood the GS policy and information, and I assure you I will abide by it. Additionally, the timezone UTC+5:45 i am living in, will surely benefit. Also, I am experienced of using sysop toolkit being an admin here on Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Commons, etc. I hope the community would give me chance to serve as a GS too.
PS, My name is Tulsi Bhagat, and I am not a cross-wiki abuse. Thank you for your consideration! Kind regards, — Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk) 09:32, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support no concerns. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 09:37, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support, qualified, with good matrix/xwikiness across Wikimedia projects, and of course much needed language skill.--AldnonymousBicara? 09:38, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Reconfirming my opinion (!vote), I know there are some concern about Tulsi's past, but from what I see from his flags as commons-meta-wikipedia admins he never abuse it, especially SWMT related matters the GR, he use it correctly, this is the base of my trust, after that mistake he did in the past, he never do it again, and contribute high quality contribution like outreach matters and identifying spam in language we don't understand (especially in south asian language), if I can get help from Tulsi, why not?--AldnonymousBicara? 10:21, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Well qualified, active in crosswiki work. The issues from 1st application is more or less resolved. Thanks for volunteering.--Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:45, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support -- Несмир Кудилович (разговор) 10:49, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support --Minorax (talk) 10:53, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support -J. Ansari Talk 15:45, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - Definitely. FitIndia Talk Commons 16:55, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support improved exponentially —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 16:56, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Sure! Proficient and trusted user, I'm happy to support. Thanks for your work. —Sgd. Hasley 20:23, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support. Sure. Hiàn (talk) 20:48, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose Problematic history, previously globally locked, and an ever growing attempt to gain more rights. Nihlus 22:09, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Qualified and active across many wikis. I haven't have a pleasure to meet him before tho. Good luck! Nadzik (talk) 22:11, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support --Geonuch (talk) 02:55, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Nihlus' first point is old and no longer valid, I think he's moved on from being globally locked, and I do not downscore legitimate requests for rights. Other than the activity part, I think you're good to go. Leaderboard (talk) 06:13, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Doing good work and having them the right will be obviously helpful. On a side note, I don't think you need to mention that "I am not a crosswiki abuser" part anymore. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 11:11, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- Weak support per 1997kB. -- CptViraj (📧) 12:22, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support can be trusted with the rights --DannyS712 (talk) 06:28, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose I'm sorry but I cannot support this request due to the past issues especially as GS is very difficult to monitor across hundreds of wikis. I'm also put off by the numerous rights requests over the past several years and I generally don't accuse people of aiming for certain roles but I suspect that running for steward is next. The attitude (bordering on a tantrum) displayed at Meta:Requests for adminship/Tulsi Bhagat was also not what I would expect from an administrator. --Rschen7754 07:02, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Strong oppose Although I generally agree with good faith with "support", your previous history is far too large to give you such a high level of permission. You committed extreme abuse in 2017 (3 years ago) and then claimed that your account was hacked. In different discussions you made different statements. The community, (including myself) has already given you a lot of trust with global rollback. After the past incidents, I even find it wrong that you are a already local sysop in 4 projects. In a few years you may be given such permission, but not in the near future.--𐐎ℹ𝕜ⅈ𝕭𝒂𝕪ⅇ𝕣 👤💬 09:45, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - per 1997kB. --Ashok Talk 11:02, 13 March 2020 (UTC)
Requests for global rename permissions
Steward requests/Global permissions/Global renamers
Global rename for Aldnonymous
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Aldnonymous (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 15 March 2020 09:10 UTC
I was previously global renamer that got removed due to inactivity (about same reason as to why my GS removed due to inactivity), I'm asking this permission to be restored as there are no Indonesian global renamer available (except one who are currently on hiatus), and other global renamer had to ask rationale in Indonesian quite many times. I am also able to handle all request for most asian language. I am currently a Global Sysops, Indonesian Wikipedia Administrator and Meta Administrator, thank you.--AldnonymousBicara? 09:10, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Welcome back. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 09:11, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Mega-super-support Clearly competent, no errors per last stint as GRenamer. Friendly, approachable and helpful. Bring important language skills to the table, trusted in the communities they are active in. I don't see any reasons proscribing his access to this right. Thanks for volunteering.--Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 09:14, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Strong support Welcome back --Kostas20142 (talk) 09:47, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Why not? -- CptViraj (📧) 09:49, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support--Turkmen talk 09:51, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support --Minorax (talk) 10:29, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- +1 — Tulsi Bhagat (contribs | talk) 10:49, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Jianhui67 talk★contribs 11:11, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Strong support. No issues. Welcome back! —Sgd. Hasley 14:32, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support no concerns. – Ajraddatz (talk) 14:46, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Sure. Stryn (talk) 14:52, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Mardetanha talk 19:49, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support no concerns. TonyBallioni (talk) 20:55, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support --Geonuch (talk) 23:24, 1 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support--Sakretsu (炸裂) 00:25, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support — xaosflux Talk 03:05, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Welcome back! ‐‐1997kB (talk) 03:57, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support -FASTILY 06:49, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support--+ Borschts Talk 09:08, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Finally know who you are. --Hamish 10:27, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support.--HakanIST (talk) 14:36, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support -- Несмир Кудилович (разговор) 14:48, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support ~ Amory (u • t • c) 14:52, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - Nihlus 23:18, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Uncontroversial restoration --DannyS712 (talk) 18:19, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - Yes definitely. FitIndia Talk Commons 18:24, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support --Uğurkenttalk 21:09, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support – Ammarpad (talk) 12:11, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support --Sotiale (talk) 14:50, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support -J. Ansari Talk 14:04, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
Global rename for Nosebagbear
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Nosebagbear (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 16 March 2020 15:20 UTC
Hi all, I'm an en-wiki Admin and an OTRS agent. Both of these provide some of my reasoning to requesting the user-right. Through my unblock request & UAA work in the former, there are cases where an otherwise resolved case can get snarled up and would be eased by having the right. While there are of course some routes around, with the usual inexperience of most requesting editors, it would be beneficial to be able to handle it myself. OTRS also has instances where it would be helpful to be able to process it myself, rather than needing to divert editors through another inbox I don't have access to. I'd also anticipate working the general renaming queue(s).
Please let me know if you have any questions. I don't currently have a language userbox (I'm purely a native English speaker), but would be happy to add one. Nosebagbear (talk) 15:20, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Per the usual standard at SRGP that a relatively active, good standing enwp admin who is interested to work in username unblocks should get it. Yeah, a userbox may be useful to some extent. --Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 15:25, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- Oppose per Camouflaged Mirage. I don't recall GR rights being bundled with enwiki sysop access. Nihlus 23:17, 2 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Nihlus: What I mean is that typically we will have the same objections, but then enwp have a rule that says account cannot be unblocked until renamed, hence, it's sort of valid use. Based on the past year applications, the same objections raised but then the results is always there is consensus for promotion to GR. Hence, I had sort of taken the stand to support all enwp sysops asking for the right (and arwp etc) so long as they are active, without any clouds above their head. More hands is always better?--Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:07, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Trusted and willing to work in area. So why not?‐‐1997kB (talk) 16:02, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support -- Несмир Кудилович (разговор) 15:47, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Can be trusted with the rights --DannyS712 (talk) 18:20, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support - FitIndia Talk Commons 18:25, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support I see no reason to oppose, they clealy need the tool and they are not going to abuse it.--BRP ever 23:45, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support – Ajraddatz (talk) 13:48, 5 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support -FASTILY 03:59, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support – Ammarpad (talk) 12:11, 6 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support -Minorax (talk) 22:34, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support --Geonuch (talk) 02:55, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Jianhui67 talk★contribs 03:18, 8 March 2020 (UTC)
Requests for global IP block exemption
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Global IP block exempt for 潁川淑子
- Global user: 潁川淑子 (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
I have lived in mainland China for a long time. I have long written entries in Chinese Wikipedia. I had to use a VPN to bypass the Great Wall of Fire. Due to the economic conditions of my family, I can only use a free VPN. So the IP address used is not fixed. Although I have an IP block exemption of Chinese Wikipedia. But sometimes I need to write some Japanese Wikipedia and Wikidata content. I am willing to contribute to Wikipedia. Please help me, thanks. --潁川淑子 (talk) 06:14, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for FerdiBf
- Global user: FerdiBf (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
My IP is blocked and the alledged reason is "Open Proxy". I am an author in the German wikipedia with more than 18k edits and more than 400 articles. I have no idea, why this block applies to me. I am not aware of anything that I could have done wrong. It happens from time to time that I am blocked for a short while which is very annoying. A global exemption would be very helpful, thanks --FerdiBf (talk) 19:12, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
- Not that I have any issue with granting you the exemption, but maybe you use a VPN or similar tool? Would you be willing to share the error message to stewards@wikimedia.org, so we can check the block was really placed correctly, and that you are, for some reason, indeed connecting via an open proxy? --Martin Urbanec (talk) 19:27, 3 March 2020 (UTC)
- Here is the German error message:
- Du bist aus dem folgenden Grund nicht berechtigt, die Seite zu bearbeiten:
- Deine IP-Adresse befindet sich in einem Bereich, der auf allen Wikis der Wikimedia Foundation gesperrt ist.
- Die Sperre wurde durchgeführt von Vituzzu (meta.wikimedia.org). Der angegebene Grund ist hosting service with open proxies such as 84.16.242.158 .
- Beginn der Sperre: 11:16, 21. Jan. 2018
- Ablauf der Sperre: 11:16, 21. Jan. 2023
- Deine aktuelle IP-Adresse ist 84.16.242.156 und der gesperrte Bereich ist 84.16.224.0/19. Bitte beziehe alle obigen Einzelheiten in all deinen Anfragen ein.
- Wenn du glaubst, dass du versehentlich gesperrt wurdest, findest du zusätzliche Informationen und Anweisungen in der globalen Richtlinie keine offenen Proxies. Andernfalls diskutiere die Sperre bitte durch eine Anfrage zur Überprüfung im Meta-Wiki oder sende eine E-Mai an die Steward-OTRS-Queue per stewards@wikimedia.org inklusive aller obigen Details.
- It basically says that I would use "open proxies", whatever this exactly may mean. I even don't know what I could change. This differs from an earlier message which proposed to ask for an exception and which had directed me to this page. That's the current status. Presently I cannot make any edits. Any hint what I could do would be highly appreciated.--FerdiBf (talk) 16:42, 7 March 2020 (UTC)
- It worked fine for a few days but now the blocked status is back. Please help.--FerdiBf (talk) 18:38, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- There is a log of Vituzzu's rangeblock here. The WHOIS indicates this site is hosted at leaseweb.com, a web host. You are probably employing a VPN service (en:Avira) that is hosted at leaseweb. Somebody logging onto English Wikipedia through a web host would risk having their connection blocked under the en:WP:OP rules. Though I don't deal with VPNs very often, my guess is that the reputation of the VPN could make a difference. To avoid the block you can probably connect to Wikipedia directly, without using the VPN. Since Wikipedia access is encrypted, it protects you against some of the same issues as a VPN would. EdJohnston (talk) 00:07, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
- It worked fine for a few days but now the blocked status is back. Please help.--FerdiBf (talk) 18:38, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for AsharaDayne
- Global user: AsharaDayne (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Hello, I come from China Mainland. I am an active editor of Chinese Wikipedia. For reasons known to all, I need a VPN to login in it currently. I need the permission for editing links on Wikidata. Thanks. --AsharaDayne (talk) 09:14, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
- AsharaDayne, could you comment your English Wikipedia block, please? --Base (talk) 08:18, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- Base, I had some edit wars with other editors because I didn't know the rules at that time. But the reason why they banned me was unacceptableby, the administrator of English Wikipedia thought I was another user's dummy account according to en:Wikipedia:The duck test. AsharaDayne (talk) 11:16, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
- @AsharaDayne: The block should be appealled to Unblock Ticket Request System. You should explicitly state whether you are the alleged sock master in your unblock request. (You are not banned.)--GZWDer (talk) 16:10, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
- @GZWDer:, Thanks, I will try it. AsharaDayne (talk) 07:48, 13 February 2020 (UTC)
- @AsharaDayne: The block should be appealled to Unblock Ticket Request System. You should explicitly state whether you are the alleged sock master in your unblock request. (You are not banned.)--GZWDer (talk) 16:10, 12 February 2020 (UTC)
- Base, I had some edit wars with other editors because I didn't know the rules at that time. But the reason why they banned me was unacceptableby, the administrator of English Wikipedia thought I was another user's dummy account according to en:Wikipedia:The duck test. AsharaDayne (talk) 11:16, 10 February 2020 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for Prianteltix
- Global user: Prianteltix (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
From time to time, I have the same problem that occurs at the User FerdiBF listed above me. I am also an author in the german Wikipedia and for some reason, there are sometimes some bans bans, that weren't for me but for some IP's instead, hinder me to edit pages. In my case, the latest error message was:
- Du bist aus dem folgenden Grund nicht berechtigt, die Seite zu bearbeiten:
- Deine IP-Adresse befindet sich in einem Bereich, der auf allen Wikis der Wikimedia Foundation gesperrt ist.
- Die Sperre wurde durchgeführt von Jon Kolbert (meta.wikimedia.org). Der angegebene Grund ist Open Proxy: Colocation webhost - Request an exemption if you are affected.
- Beginn der Sperre: 04:56, 28. Feb. 2020
- Ablauf der Sperre: 04:56, 28. Feb. 2021
- Deine aktuelle IP-Adresse ist 46.165.225.54 und der gesperrte Bereich ist 46.165.192.0/18. Bitte beziehe alle obigen Einzelheiten in all deinen Anfragen ein.
- Wenn du glaubst, dass du versehentlich gesperrt wurdest, findest du zusätzliche Informationen und Anweisungen in der globalen Richtlinie keine offenen Proxies. Andernfalls diskutiere die Sperre bitte durch eine Anfrage zur Überprüfung im Meta-Wiki oder sende eine E-Mai an die Steward-OTRS-Queue per stewards@wikimedia.org inklusive aller obigen Details.
Please help me, thanks in advance! Prianteltix (talk) 20:14, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Prianteltix: Do you use a VPN or similar service? If so, could you try to turn it off/exempt Wikipedia from it? --Martin Urbanec (talk) 14:32, 14 March 2020 (UTC)
Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions
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2FA Tester for Voomoo
- Global user: Voomoo (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
yes I have read the help page --Voomoo (talk) 06:32, 15 March 2020 (UTC)
Requests for other global permissions
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API high limit requestors for DannyS712
- Global user: DannyS712 (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Hi. I'd like to request global API high limit requestors rights. Since the documentation for this right is fairly brief, I'll explain what it does: it grants the user apihighlimits
, which allows querying for more data at once via the api. I do a lot of queries via the api, both in the course of my normal editing and when troubleshooting my bots, and this will simply make things easier for me. The sole way it can be abused that I see (not posting per BEANS) does not apply to me. It is already included in the global sysops and global bots groups (among others) and generally bundled with sysop and bot access. It does not grant any extra editing powers or on-wiki functionality, but rather makes api queries easier by increasing the maximum batch size. I'm happy to answer any questions. Since there is no established policy that I could find regarding access to this right, there is no "not ending before ___" included at the top of this request, but it is not urgent. Thanks, --DannyS712 (talk) 19:29, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: What you need to run the API queries on? Can it be run on / via mediawiki where you are a sysop? If it's so sensitive per BEANS feel free to drop me an email. Regards,--Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:18, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Eg querying lint errors or searching in ways that the GUI doesn't support. While I am a sysop on a few sites, as far as I know apihighlimits does not work cross-domain, so no, this cannot be done from those wikis to query others. (The BEANS think is a way to abuse the right, and it doesn't apply to me). Does this answer your question? --DannyS712 (talk) 10:20, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: Oh okay, sort of get it. You are not considering a bot account for those queries? --Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- No, since I don't need the rights for editing, and it doesn't make sense to switch accounts, make the query, and then switch back to my account to use the results. --DannyS712 (talk) 10:22, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Then. I guess will be temp access?--Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:23, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Um, this isn't a temporary use (I guess eventually I'll stop editing as much, but I don't plan on that being any time soon) - each query is only run a few times, but I was hoping for this to be permanent (I know, uncharted territory, no established policy, ... :( ) --DannyS712 (talk) 10:25, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: is the information you want to query about not available from a database dump? — xaosflux Talk 13:41, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- No, it isn't --DannyS712 (talk) 15:54, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: is the information you want to query about not available from a database dump? — xaosflux Talk 13:41, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Um, this isn't a temporary use (I guess eventually I'll stop editing as much, but I don't plan on that being any time soon) - each query is only run a few times, but I was hoping for this to be permanent (I know, uncharted territory, no established policy, ... :( ) --DannyS712 (talk) 10:25, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Then. I guess will be temp access?--Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:23, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- No, since I don't need the rights for editing, and it doesn't make sense to switch accounts, make the query, and then switch back to my account to use the results. --DannyS712 (talk) 10:22, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- @DannyS712: Oh okay, sort of get it. You are not considering a bot account for those queries? --Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 10:21, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Eg querying lint errors or searching in ways that the GUI doesn't support. While I am a sysop on a few sites, as far as I know apihighlimits does not work cross-domain, so no, this cannot be done from those wikis to query others. (The BEANS think is a way to abuse the right, and it doesn't apply to me). Does this answer your question? --DannyS712 (talk) 10:20, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Support Discussed this with Danny via IRC, and his intention is to manually (with an assistance of a script) fix lint errors across multiple wikis. Having said that, I see the rationale for granting. If there won't be any opposes within few days, I'll close this as granted. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 18:41, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
- Note to others (as I said to Martin Urbanec over IRC) this is just one use of the rights, not the only one --DannyS712 (talk) 20:22, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
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