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.
Hi folks, I'm GeneralNotability, an enwiki sysop. I'm here with a fairly specific request - I'd like to be given the GR rights for a limited term, I think one month will suffice. I know I'm not very active cross-wiki, but I am currently involved in tracking down a very large and sophisticated cross-wiki spam group (see User:GeneralNotability/Paper sockfarm AAR for my work-in-progress writeup) and I would like GR because it grants editsemiprotected, autoconfirmed, and autopatrol. I don't actually need to use rollback, since most of the spam has been there a long time, but this is the least-privileged group which will grant me these rights. As I am going through and removing the spam (which consists of citing papers by a particular author), I'm running into semi-protected pages and tripping abuse filters (mostly "removing section" and "removing references," which sometimes will disallow my edit), and this right would bypass both of those issues. This would also reduce the load on patrollers for those wikis which patrol all edits. The spam in question follows a very predictable format, so I am able to identify and remove it with just the help of Google Translate. I only intend to use these permissions for the specific task and will yield them when finished. If the community doesn't see this as an appropriate use case for GR, I understand completely, but I figured that it can't hurt to ask. GeneralNotability (talk) 19:46, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is a well-justified explanation and even GeneralNotability is not the typical GR candidate, he can be trusted to not abuse the right, and he has an use case. What else should we require? --Martin Urbanec (talk) 19:58, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
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.
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.
Bot873 is my approved bot for on-meta automated edits requested from IRC. Since it runs on a server in the AWS cloud, it's been affected by a block which is preventing it's operation. I'm requesting IP block exemption for it to continue operation. --Operator873talkconnect00:50, 13 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I like to keep 2FA on all of my accounts that support it. An additional layer of security never hurts. After reading the Help page, I was redirected to this request thread. Many thanks. —Swaare (talk) 17:15, 13 August 2020 (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 This is a well-justified explanation and even GeneralNotability is not the typical GR candidate, he can be trusted to not abuse the right, and he has an use case. What else should we require? --Martin Urbanec (talk) 19:58, 13 August 2020 (UTC)
