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This page is for requests to have stewards grant or revoke administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights on Wikimedia projects which do not have a local permissions procedure.

Old sections are archived. The list of archives is below.

  • Requests for bot flags are handled at SRB, and requests for global permissions are handled at SRGP.
  • If you are requesting adminship or bureaucratship, and your wiki has a local bureaucrat, submit your request to that user or to the relevant local request page (index).
  • For urgent requests, such as to combat large-scale vandalism on a small wiki, contact a steward in the #wikimedia-stewardsconnect IRC channel. In emergencies, type !steward in the channel to get the attention of stewards. Otherwise, you can type @steward for non-urgent help.

Other than requests to remove your own access or emergencies, please only make requests here after gaining the on-wiki approval of your local community.

Quick navigation: Administrator | Interface administrator | Bureaucrat | CheckUser | Oversight | Removal of access | Miscellaneous | Global permissions

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Cross-wiki requests
Meta-Wiki requests

Using this page

1. Place the following code at the bottom of the appropriate section below: 

==== Username@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!-- don't change this line -->
 |domain    = <!-- such as en.wikibooks -->
 |user name = 
 |discussion= 
}}
(your remarks) ~~~~

2. Fill in the values:

  • domain: the wiki's URL domain (like "ex.wikipedia" or "meta.wikimedia").
  • user name: the name of the user whose rights are to be changed (like "Exampleuser"). In case you're requesting access for multiple bots, leave this field blank and give a list of these bots in your remarks
  • discussion: a link to the local vote or discussion about the rights change (for example, "[[ex:Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#ExampleUser]]"). This should normally be for at least one week, but no more than three weeks (if so, you'll need to restart the process).

3. If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information.

Confirmation of signing confidentiality agreement

Certain permissions (notably CheckUser and Oversight) additionally require users to sign a confidentiality agreement. Users requesting these permissions must make a request below, and must also sign the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. The request is placed on hold temporarily, until the receipt has been formally confirmed by the Office.

Requests

COPY THE FOLLOWING CODE to the bottom of the appropriate section below: 

==== User name@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
  |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
  |domain    =
  |user name =
  |discussion= 
}}

Administrator access

See Administrator for information about this user group.

  • MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
  • Stewards: Please use {{Systmp}} for approved temporary requests.

Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.

Please start a new discussion about requesting the permission on the local village pump, administrators' noticeboard or a designated page for requesting permissions each time you request or renew adminship.

  • Discussions should be open for seven days. Please request adminship here seven days after discussions started. This page is not the place for any discussions or votes. (For wikis with few active users, it is OK to have no comments.)
  • If you only want adminship for specific tasks, please state for how long and for which tasks you need it. Otherwise stewards will decide whether to assign permanent adminship and the duration of adminship. See Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.

Arcuscloud@bjn.wikipedia

Status:    In progress

Hello. This request is renewal for Administrator and Interface Administrator access. Ezagren (talk) 04:01, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@Ezagren, the request page does not seem to be linked from any other page. How have the voters found it? :) Please make a proper on-wiki announcement of the vote, either in the Village Pump or on the Administrators page, or at any other appropriate place. --Base (talk) 14:30, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Voters find it via off-wiki community groups. Sorry for not linking to other page. Voting page is already linked to another page. Please check. Ezagren (talk) 13:47, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

V0lkanic@sk.wikiquote

Status:    Locally handled

I'd like to request admin rights on sk wikiquote. The only bureaucrat on the project may seem active due to his obviously robotic edits, but he clearly doesn't respond to any of my (or other users') requests, even on other projects (see here here or here. Therefore, I have to ask you for the rights this way. Thank you in advance. --V0lkanic (talk) 15:24, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question Question: So let's clarify your request above: You came to the Slovak Wikiquote, made literally 200 edits in the span of 4 days of which nearly none with summary and about one third of them seems to be robotical, on that 4th day you have submitted your RfA and after 14 days without a single vote you came here complaining for no response or action taken on that and furthermore requesting that adminship here? — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.176.96.41 (talk) 21:26, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
First of all, the project has literally no community and it has been like that basically for years (since around 2010). There is no other person adding any content or at least categories, correcting typos, anything like that (except for the 1 sysop and bureacraut using robotic edits to do some maintenance who clearly isn't responding to - not only my - requests). None of my edits are robotic. Yes, I actually did spend hours trying to add categorries, add articles to the appropriate date page or fix some of the article introductions. The total number of edits I've made so far is 900, which unfortunately already ranks me as the 6th most active user ever on the project (by total edit count). In this request, I am not complaining about anything, I only try to explain the situation on the project and the unfortunate inactivity of the only bureaucrat who is the only user able to take any action. Using the admin rights, I'd try to do some maintenance on the project and I believe that the 3 month period is certainly enough for that as as of this date, there is no point in being a sysop for any longer (as there is noone to even patrol etc., simply zero users). V0lkanic (talk) 10:17, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The request can be closed, the local bureaucrat replied after repeated insistence. --V0lkanic (talk) 11:36, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

@V0lkanic: marking closed as handled locally, however that may be. — xaosflux Talk 14:11, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Question Question: @V0lkanic: For the records and future tracking, could you please provide links to that repeated insistence you have mentioned? — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.176.96.41 (talk)
add unsigned template above --Minorax«¦talk¦» 15:34, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Engr.ismailbhutta@skr.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Hi, we need new permanent admin at Saraiki language Wikipedia. He is very hardworking user.--Ameen Akbar (talk) 19:31, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2024-01-18. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. --Wim b 16:33, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, Engr.ismailbhutta (talk) 05:35, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DaSupremo@gpe.wikipedia.org

Status:    Done

I would like to request for Adminship for the Ghanaian Pidgin Wikipedia. If possible, permanent access as I am very active on the project. Thanks daSupremo 23:39, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 3 months to expire on 2023-10-18. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. --Wim b 16:40, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Wim b Noted with thanks daSupremo 16:37, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

हिंदुस्थान वासी@hi.wikipedia

Status:    Done

It is requested to grant this user temporary admin rights (for 3 months at least). User has performed admin duties from 2017 to 2021 and well aware of local policies. Thanks. अजीत कुमार तिवारी (talk) 04:02, 17 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 3 months to expire on 2023-10-18. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. --Wim b 16:41, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Khomphoi28@lo.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Khomphoi28 adminship was expired on 27 July 2023 he wants to renew right. Thanks. --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 23:56, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2024-01-19. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. --Mykola 10:36, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Ddjingjing@lo.wikipedia

Status:    Done

One more admin. Thanks. --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 23:56, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2024-01-19. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. --Mykola 10:36, 19 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

RalvahKaset@kmwiktionary

Status:    Done

Hi, RalvahKaset wishes to regain the adminship and would also like to apply for the interface adminship for at least a week. This will help me complete some tasks, like editing MediaWiki pages. Thank you. – RalvahKaset (talk) 06:17, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2024-01-21. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. --Mykola 09:43, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Interface administrator access

See Interface admin for information about this user group.

  • If you are requesting adminship and the interface admin at the same time, you can file one request in administrator section and state you want interface adminship as well.
  • MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request interface administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
  • Since the end of 2018, all interface administrators are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. Please, enable it before posting your request here.
  • Stewards: Please use {{Systmp}} for approved temporary requests.

Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.

Please start a new discussion about requesting the permission on the local village pump, administrators' noticeboard or a designated page for requesting permissions each time you request or renew interface adminship.

  • Discussions should be open for seven days. Please request interface adminship here seven days after discussions started. This page is not the place for any discussions or votes. (For wikis with few active users, it is OK to have no comments.)
  • If you only want interface adminship for specific tasks, please state for how long and for which tasks you need it. Otherwise stewards will decide whether to assign permanent interface adminship and the duration of interface adminship. See Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.

CubanoBoi@tum.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Requesting for the renewal of sysop and Interface admin for them. Discussion ran for 7 days. Thank you. -- Tumbuka Arch (talk) 08:21, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold: @CubanoBoi: enable two-factor authentication for the IA right. --Wim b 17:30, 13 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Wim b, Can you grant them sysop first so that they activate 2-FA, since the feature is only available to sysops, not regular users. Their rights expired so they can't directly activate 2-FA, unless they belong to 2-FA Tester global group, of which they are not in. Thanks.-- Tumbuka Arch (talk) 14:55, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@CubanoBoi: I've added 2FA enrollment access for you. — xaosflux Talk 15:45, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Xaosflux, @Wim b Referring to this conversation, user looks like activated 2-FA. Tumbuka Arch (talk) 06:17, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
@Xaosflux, actived it CubanoBoi (talk) 12:36, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2024-01-15. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Wim b (talk) 09:05, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

امین اکبر@skr.wikipedia

Status:    In progress

Hi, I need Interface adminship on Saraiki Wikipedia. I have created hundreds of modules and templates but need Interface Adminship to change the interface.--Ameen Akbar (talk) 10:13, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Mr Ameen Akbar is very competent and useful for Saraiki Wikipedia in all aspects, I support him.Engr.ismailbhutta (talk) 05:31, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat access

See Bureaucrat for information about this user group.
  • In principle, requests for temporary bureaucrat access are not granted.
  • A small project does not need bureaucrats. Currently whether a promotion is valid or not is decided by stewards. See here for a guideline.

Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.

CheckUser access

See CheckUser policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
  • To request CheckUser information, see Steward requests/Checkuser. This is the place to request CheckUser access.
  • One-time CheckUser access is not permitted and temporary access is only used by Stewards or when the mandate of the CUs has an expiry date specified in local policies.

Oversight access

See Oversight policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
  • To request to have content oversighted, ask for a steward in #wikimedia-stewardsconnect and contact a steward privately. This section is for requesting access to the Oversight tool.
  • For contact details about oversighters across the wikis, refer to this page.
  • Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and temporary status is only used by Stewards .
  • When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list.

Miscellaneous requests

Requests for permissions that don't fit in other sections belong here. Importer rights can be granted on most wikis by stewards only. Please gain local community consensus before posting a new section here.

Note that the following types of permissions requests belong on separate pages:

  • SRB — Local or global bot status
  • SRGP — Global permissions

Removal of access

  • If you're requesting the removal of your own permissions, make sure you're logged in to your account. If you have multiple flags, specify which you want removed. Stewards may delay your request a short time to ensure you have time to rethink your request (see previous discussion on 24 hour delays); the rights will not be restored by stewards once they are removed.
  • To request the removal of another user's permissions, you must gain consensus on the local wiki first. When there is community consensus that the user's access should be removed, provide a link to the discussion, with a brief explanation of the reason for the request, and summarize the results of discussion. However, as bureaucrats of some wikis may remove users from the administrator or bureaucrat group, please see also a separate list of these specific wikis.
  • To request the removal of another user's permissions for inactivity, link to your local inactivity policy. If your site does not have inactivity policy, the global policy Admin activity review applies.
  • See the instructions above for adding new requests. Please post new requests at the bottom of the section.

DidiWeidmann@eo.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Inactive administrator and bureaucrat, according to Esperanto Wikipedia rules.--Fenikals (talk) 14:25, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Chuck SMITH@eo.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Inactive administrator, according to Esperanto Wikipedia rules.--Fenikals (talk) 14:25, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

KuBOT@eo.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Inactive bot-administrator, according to Esperanto Wikipedia rules.--Fenikals (talk) 14:05, 22 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

DreamRimmer@awa.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Since I don't have enough time to contribute to the Awadhi Wikipedia, kindly remove my admin rights. 𝙳𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚁𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚜 10:19, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. --Wim b 15:39, 9 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Done, although in my opinion you could expect a month for the automatic expiration. --Wim b 10:48, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Danny B.@skwikiquote

Status:    Not done

I'd like to request the removal of bureaucrat rights for Danny B. (talk · contribs) in multiple projects. He currently holds them for 9 projects despite being utterly inactive or hardly ever active on at least 7 of them (the other 2 - incubator and testwiki I didn't even check). At first sight, he's clearly an active user involved in multiple projects, as he even states on Meta (without updating the info and icons on his userpage despite losing some of the rights he used to possess). However, looking at his edits on each of the projects (seen here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here), it is clearly visible that his edits are robotic and most likely made possible by a script of some kind. It is very important to clarify that I do not request the removal of his sysop, interface-admin, import or any other rights (besides the bureaucrat rights) he may have been granted on any project. His edits are useful and in the vast majority of cases beneficial for the project and the community. The scripts that he is using seem to be well written and are used thoughtfully (despite rare exceptions). Despite that, I have not been able to find a single edit in the last year or two on any of the 7 projects mentioned above that would not appear robotic. It is also important to note that he uses the same robotic scripts for other projects, such as the Slovak Wikipedia (seen here) where he does not hold advanced rights (or holds only some). The last edit on his account not made by a script I was able to find is from 2018 on the Czech Wikipedia (seen here). Not only has he not responded to an e-mail I sent him 2 weeks ago, he also doesn't react to the messages sent to his discussion pages (here, here, here or here). His bureaucrat right has already been taken from him on the Czech Wikinews in 2022 due to his utter inactivity for more than a year in which 3 requests for sysop rights were completely ignored (in 2020, in 2021 and in 2022). While his inactivity (except for the robotic scripts) is apparent in some projects, other ones (such as Slovak Wikibooks or Slovak Wikisource) are so inactive that there are basically no requests for him to even be taken care of. However, on the Slovak Wikiquote, Czech Wikisource and Czech Wikiquote, his long-term inactivity is apparent. Also, it's important to note that he is the only bureaucrat in 4 of the projects (namely cs wikiquote, sk wikiquote, sk wikisource and sk wikibooks). In conclusion, I do not see any point in keeping the bureaucrat rights of the user as the he does not fulfill the only duty resulting from the bureacrat right. I am aware of the fact that you may not be able to revoke the bureaucrat right from the user in projects where no request have been made (sk wikibooks and sk wikisource), however I ask you to consider doing so in the ones where his inactivity can be proven. I am unable to send you any local inactivity rules as there are obviously none for the bureaucrat right and the user hasn't been inactive long enough (officialy, once again only because of the robotic edits) as a sysop for the right to be revoked (and, as mentioned above, I absolutely do not even request that). --V0lkanic (talk) 16:54, 10 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Question Question: So let's clarify your request: In a nutshell you request removal of the bct rights of the long term active user (on half of the projects you have mentioned pretty much the only active user who apparently for long time keeps those projects alive) because of you have feeling that their edits since 2018 are robotical? Do you have any evidence for your claim which you could provide? — The preceding unsigned comment was added by 90.176.96.41 (talk) 21:53, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, that is exactly what I am talking about. Just as I've mentioned in the beginning of the text, everything seems fine after checking the user's edit count, sysop actions, periodical activity etc. And it mostly really is, I've already mentioned that the edits are indeed purposeful, in some cases completely unneccessary but certainly not malicious (despite the exception I was able to find mentioned above). However, looking at any of the user's edits in particular (I've already linked everything in the message above), it is clearly visible that the user is able to do up to 20 edits in just 1 minute, with the very same edit summary in each one of them. All of these edits are made at exactly XX:07, mostly in batches of 10 edits (sometimes there is an exception and the batch is executed at XX:37). Furthermore, it is clear that these robotic edits are even used for sysop tasks - such as the deletion of the "Deň:5.február" page I accidentaly created on the sk wikiquote that was deleted together with a batch of other edits on July 6, 2023. The summary used in the deletion was even exactly the same word I used in the reasoning for the deletion request. This way the user seems active even as a sysop, despite the sysop actions clearly being scripted just like the normal edits. How would a user be able to execute exactly 10 edits (sometimes 20), each at exactly XX:07, roughly every other day (at completely random times) on approximately 10 projects. I am asbolutely not able to comprehend how edits like that could be done manually. The inactivity of the user in responding to messages or e-mails despite making these edits on a regular basis may indeed also be a hint to you that the edits are in fact, robotic. V0lkanic (talk) 10:40, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
(non-steward comment) Danny B. is very blatantly using a bot on his own user account but I do wonder whether stewards will be able to act, as he is technically active. IAR should seriously be considered here, as him having crat rights is actually a negative to the project, preventing users from being given sysop and preventing the project from being improved/maintained. --Ferien (talk) 17:08, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

V0lkanic, I feel your sentiment, but I think it won't be surprising to you that this is Not done. Unless there is an emergency we cannot be stripping people off their permissions. Please start a local discussion for each of the wikis and come back with the results of those. There are no requirements on how big those discussions have to be, in fact if only few people show up that is only an additional argument pro your cause as under current practices, documented at MVR we would not give bureaucrat rights at all in such circumstances. That said please also make sure that the discussions are places at the proper places in the wikis and announced there properly. Each individual wiki's bot policy and whether people are allowed to run bots from their own account is also a matter for a local discussion. For example on Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata people routinely launch scripts that make sometimes tens of thousands actions in one run from their own account (Cat-a-lot, VFC, Mix-n-Match, etc), while on other wikis that is a way to get banned almost instantly, it is all up to the local policy or established practice on that. --Base (talk) 14:06, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

With Cat-a-lot, you are at least having to press some buttons which shows you are actually around on-wiki. With this script, it appears Danny B. just sets it up and leaves it running for days/weeks/months; you don't get that with any other form of (semi-)automated editing. Were it not for these bot edits, Danny B. would be desysopped by now. It is giving the impression that he has been around, when he has not responded to bureaucrat requests for years. Disappointing that IAR doesn't apply to users gaming the system with community-given rights but globally locking people clearly not within the scope of a global lock is all good. --Ferien (talk) 14:59, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
I agree with you and if I were a local community member I would vote for their rights to be removed basing on what you say. But that is exactly why one should start such a vote to let people have a say (or to demonstrate that there is no local community besides you there). IAR is a very thin line to tread, and there is no reason to apply it now when the normal rights removal process is so straightforward. --Base (talk) 15:21, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Base, As you've stated, it isn't neccessarily surprising to me that the request couldn't be accepted, but I'm at least glad I was able to point out to a, from my point of view, potentially serious problem occuring in (mostly small or nearly non-existent) wiki communities. Sincerely, I'd like to continue the talk on your talk page as I have one more question and I certainly don't want to flood this page that is suitable for requests. I also want to thank Ferien for stating his point of view. --V0lkanic (talk) 17:31, 14 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Styyx@global

Status:    Done

Please remove my global sysop and global rollback rights. Thanks. Styyx (talk) 14:25, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Standard 24-hour hold for resignation of advanced permissions. — xaosflux Talk 14:36, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
D: ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 20:53, 11 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your service, sad to see you go :( --Ferien (talk) 16:49, 12 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Japiot@nl.wikipedia

Status:    Done

(opmerkingen) Japiot (talk) 22:48, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. --Mykola 23:00, 15 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

-akko@global

Status:    Done

Hello! As you can see [1], this user last edited (global) two years ago. According to the policy, his Global Rollback permission should be revoked. Thanks! AlPaD (talk) 06:45, 16 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Stanglavine@global

Status:    Done

Hi! Please, remove my steward flag. Since several months, I'm not being active at the level our community need from our stewards. I'll continue around, editing and working in diferent areas, but this flag is not necessary to me at this moment. Thank you :) stanglavine msg 19:16, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold for one day, per standard procedure. Thank you for your service and I hope to see you around! Cheers, Hoo man (talk) 19:24, 20 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for you work Stanglavine! --Alaa :)..! 19:44, 21 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Itti@de.wikipedia

Status:    Done

The longtime bureaucrat and administrator Itti has aborted her re-election and wants to retire from all advanced dewiki-rights. Administrator rights are already removed by our remaining bureaucrats, but the bureaucrat flag must be removed by a steward. Thank you for your work, Itti. --TenWhile6 (talk | SWMT) 12:59, 24 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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

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