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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).

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Requests for global rollback permissions

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Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions, and not doing so would reflect poorly on your suitability.
Please also review the Global rollback policy.
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.

Requests for global sysop permissions

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Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions, and not doing so would reflect poorly on your suitability.
Please also review the Global sysops policy.
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When you give someone global sysop rights, please list them on Users with global sysop access and ask them to subscribe to the global sysops mailing list.
Instructions for making a request

Before requesting, make sure that:

  1. You have a global account ;
  2. 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.

Requests for global rename permissions

Steward requests/Global permissions/Global renamers

Global rename for Civvì

The following request is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Status:    Done
Not ending before 19 March 2021 21:16 UTC

Hello! I am an admin and bureaucrat on itwiki and OTRS member, I would mainly help with the requests coming from italian users. I've read the global rename policy. Thank you. --Civvì (talk) 21:16, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Trijnstel: Can you do your magic? Thank you. stanglavine msg 22:22, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Trijnsteltalk 09:27, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Global rename for Leaderboard

The following request is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Status:    Not done
Not ending before 19 March 2021 22:26 UTC

I am an en.wikibooks, MediaWiki sysop and a Meta patroller and want to help users in renaming their accounts. I plan to start with simple and uncontroversial renames in English first (given that this is an advanced and risky permission), before moving on later to the other languages I can read (hi) and speak (ml) (I do not plan to handle other languages for now given their policy differences). Thanks in advance for your consideration, and apologies if I've gotten something wrong.

Note: On the subject of renames, I was blocked in en.wiki (see my talk page there) as a new user at the end of 2013 as my username was considered promotional. While the block was correct back then, it happened due to my immaturity at that time and do not think that it should be an issue anymore.

P.S: Both en.wikibooks and mediawiki.org redirect their rename pages to Meta.

Leaderboard (talk) 22:26, 5 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@1997kB:, thanks for your comments. I think I should respond to the two examples you provided:
For the first one, I admit the use of the word "junk" was not good. I was trying to say something on the lines of "I would have opposed the request because it is inappropriate to request GS for a single LTA", and unfortunately "junk" was not an ideal equivalent, for which I apologise.
For the second one, I did not intend to create my own deletion policy. I was just explaining in good faith why I thought the deletion was appropriate, and as you would have noticed, I undeleted the page in the course of our discussion and did not delete it back. Plus, as it turns out, it was deleted later (with different content). We do have a lot of users on MediaWiki that misunderstand the purpose of a user page.
Again, thanks for your comments, especially the first one you raised, as I could have handled that better. Leaderboard (talk) 08:54, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral Neutral I have read your unblock requests and am 50/50 about this. The sysops on English Wikipedia have said that they'll block you again if Leaderboard Web Browser starts up again. However you have made positive contributions on all wikis for the last two years, and have made at least one edit on 30 different Wikis. 82.3.185.12 08:58, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • My usual standard is that a sysop in a medium size / large size wiki which is relatively active and not under the cloud should be given the access. As of the medium size wiki, it's met by enwikibooks. Active they are, and not under a cloud there they are too. For the mediawiki issues it's unfortunate that there is such occurrence, but it's in 2019 which 2 years ago is a little quite long but well the placing of their own policies is a little worrying, as GR usually needs to respect policy, not re-create their own. As of the labelling as junk, it's also unfortunate but they had apologized above. I am not particularly interested in the enwp issue as it's seems settled but it unfortunately have to do with username. I am really torn apart with this request. On the balance we have a trusted user wanting to help in a bona fide manner, and I will think they would had taken into consideration the feedback they received here and if successful, handle renames very cautiously. The way they handled the oppose shown some degree of maturity of communication too. Hence, I will Support Support the access.Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 13:14, 6 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral Neutral --DannyS712 (talk) 21:52, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Oppose Too many concerns with communication and working together with others. --Rschen7754 21:56, 7 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Support Tell me if I'm right. This task deviates a little from the problems cited by the opponents: a request is made, the request is checked, then the renaming is done or not. A problem can arise when interacting with applicants or local communities, but I remain confident about it (it's not as if he is endlessly negative on all these interventions…). The main problem is the renaming itself, but several errors can be found quickly - especially by local wikis - and the right removed quickly. Cordially. —Eihel (talk) 21:55, 9 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support Active user and sysop at enwikibooks, just a little bit concern about communication with others.--Matttest (talk) 02:47, 11 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Support --Novak Watchmen (talk) 04:25, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Support. Sgd. —Hasley 12:33, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Neutral Neutral --Minoraxtalk 13:34, 15 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak oppose/Neutral Neutral Too many concerns mantioned above. Nadzik (talk) 17:30, 17 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose Oppose — Per above behavioral concerns, and due to the concerns about hat collecting expressed in mw:Project:Requests/User rights/Leaderboard (2). — csc-1 01:49, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Arccosecant: With due respect to you, I will have to disagree about your "hat collecting" comment, for the below reasons:
    • The request you have linked to is nearly two years old
    • I do not request a flag unless I think I could help the community, and it's true for every request I make. I am aware that I requested relatively more flags during the 2018-19 period, and have been more careful since then.
    If you think a request that was made two years back can be attributed as "hat collecting", I would appreciate if you could tell me for how long I need to wait before requesting any flag so that I do not get hit with "hat collecting" accusations, because I really hate being accused of it. Leaderboard (talk) 08:58, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Leaderboard: Can you offer up a refutation of said hat collecting claims? They appear quite scathing, so I'd like to know why they're wrong as opposed to simply having been a while ago. — csc-1 16:15, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Arccosecant: I think I had addressed them in the above comment. It is important to give context to the timeframe of those allegations, because they would hold substantially more weight if these comments were made, say, a month back, than two years. This also applies to the "behaviour" concerns that 1997Kb pointed out (out of which I have already apologised for one); I would have much preferred to know about it soon after making that comment rather than when applying for GR. People (including myself) make mistakes from time to time, and I try to improve from them.
    Were these claims true two years back? I personally don't think so, because I applied for that specific right because I saw some backlogs in MediaWiki's userrights page (a lot of bureaucrats in MediaWiki.org are inactive) and thought I, as an active administrator back then, could process them (similar to my failed CheckUser application on en.wikibooks in December 2018). Unfortunately, others had a different opinion on what constituted hat collecting, and I had to respect their views as well. Plus, there was a problem with my userpage: I formerly used to provide details on the flag applications I made for transparency reasons, which many users unexpectedly construed it to be hat-collecting. Hence, as a result of the feedback I got during that application, I removed it. I also did not make any flag applications anywhere till January 2021 (where I unsuccessfully applied for limited Meta.Wiki RfA, though that has nothing to do with hat-collecting).
    If I should be answering something else, or if you want me to comment on any specific allegation or comment in that request, please let me know. Thanks in advance. Leaderboard (talk) 16:34, 18 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Weak support I'm a little concerned, thanks to some comments for the communication problems mentioned above. Because I think the same for Leaderboard from time to time. Therefore, I don't think to give full support. --Uncitoyentalk 18:34, 19 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Support I am a bit concerned with their behaviour, but this does not stop me from supporting. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 14:10, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Not done Insufficient number of support votes to promote at this time. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 14:33, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@AmandaNP:, I am not aware of a rule saying that I needed to get a certain number of support votes. Are you referring to the "80% support" in the policy? Plus, this appears to be in (direct) contraction to the header of this page which clearly says that it's not a vote (Please note that global renamer discussions are not votes and This is not a vote). Thanks in advance. Leaderboard (talk) 14:37, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The text at the top of this section is templated in every section on this page, and therefore I will take the GRN policy page over what that says. And yes, I'm referring to the 80% support line. A generous interpetation has you at 67% support. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 14:43, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@AmandaNP: fair enough, but then it's odd to meet one criterion but not the other for the same role... Should that be changed? P.S: I think it should be 73%, not 67% (I count 8 supports and 3 oppose at best). Leaderboard (talk) 14:50, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's a community decision to figure out what text should be there, I am only one closer/steward. I'm also not going to argue out a vote count, especially since either way it's below 80%. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 14:56, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Global rename for SilkTork

Status:    In progress
Not ending before 28 March 2021 12:09 UTC

Hi. I'm an admin and 'Crat on en.wiki. I noted there is a slight backlog on rename requests on en.wiki and I'm offering to help out. I've read Global renamers and Global rename policy. SilkTork (talk) 12:09, 14 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for global IP block exemption

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Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
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 stewards(_AT_)wikimedia.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.
Instructions for making a request

Before requesting global IP block exemption, make sure that:

  1. You have a global account ;
  2. 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.

Global IP block exempt for 邪凶凤

Status:    Done

我来自中国大陆，因为我有时会活跃在各个维基项目，所以我需要全局IP封禁豁免权，望批准，谢谢, --邪凶凤 (talk) 00:19, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

我已授予您全域IP封禁例外权限。谢谢。 --Sotiale (talk) 08:45, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]
非常感谢 閱•論•貢 10:09, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Global IP block exempt for Sintakso

Status:    In progress

It would be helpful if I could edit through a VPN, which I am occasionally using for privacy and security reasons. Thanks, Sintakso (talk) 11:55, 20 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Global IP block exempt for Sj

Status:    In progress

It would be helpful for me to edit through a VPN. I sometimes use one for security reasons, and sometimes edit from a computer that is automatically logged into one; switching to edit WP means I have to remember to switch again when I leave the site. Thank you, –SJ talk  02:11, 21 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions

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Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions.
Testing this service may result in the loss of your access and is not recommended for inexperienced users.
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Before requesting 2FA tester global permissions, make sure that:

  1. You are logged in on this wiki;
  2. You have read the help page about two-factor authentication and understand how it could lead to irrecoverable loss of access to your account ;
To request 2FA tester global permissions
Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and INDICATE you have read the Help page.
If the request page is currently protected, please file as an edit request on the talk page.
=== 2FA Tester 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 no reason not to grant one. A steward will review the request.

Requests for other global permissions

Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
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:

  1. You are logged in on this wiki;
  2. 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.

See also

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

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