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This page hosts requests for administrator access on the Meta-Wiki; for requesting administrator access on any other wiki, please find the appropriate venue on the index of request and proposal pages. Requests for bureaucrat, checkuser, oversight and bot, as well as removal of them (other than inactivity) are also made here. Before making a request here, please see the administrator policy.

Most requests should be listed here for at least seven days; bureaucrats should only close after the minimum time foreseen in the relevant policy. Discussions are not closed early. Adminship will be granted by a support ratio of at least 75%. If a request hasn't been addressed by a bureaucrat after a lengthy period of time, please leave a note at Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat. Requests may be extended, or put on hold by bureaucrats, pending decision or finding of consensus.

Requests for temporary adminship and bot requests may be less formal and often go for a shorter duration if consensus becomes clear after only a few days of discussion.

All editors with an account on Meta, at least one active account on any Wikimedia project, and a link between the two, may participate in any request and give their opinion of the candidate. However, more active Meta editors' opinions may be given additional weight in controversial cases.

See below for information on prerequisites on submitting a request, and how to add a nomination.

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Information

Note that this page is for access on Meta only. See the permission request to stewards page for adminship/deadminship requests on other projects.

Regular adminship

  1. Before requesting admin access, please check the policy for requesting adminship.
  2. Use the box below, insert your username:

  3. Place a request on this page, by transcluding the subpage, for example {{Meta:Requests for adminship/Username}}. Please put the newest request on the bottom. Bear in mind that even if you do meet the criteria above this does not mean that the community will automatically approve a request.
  4. Please note, past administrators who have given up their rights must meet all criteria at the time of the new request. There is no separate process for reinstating past administrators.

Please note: Ill-considered nominations for adminship can be draining and deflating to both the community and the candidate. Any successful candidate will need to be able to demonstrate sufficient experience within the Wikimedia community, in addition to a familiarity with Meta-Wiki. If a candidate is not already a local administrator or holder of advanced permissions on a Wikimedia content project, they are less likely to pass a request for adminship here at Meta-Wiki.

Bureaucratship

Add your request below under the bureaucratship section. Please note:

  • Only active administrators can become bureaucrats, and only after at least 6 months of regular adminship.
  • User is endorsed by two current bureaucrats after they nominate themselves here.

If you fail any of these requirements, you will not be assigned the bureaucrat flag. For more information see the Meta bureaucrat page.

Other access

For these types of access, create a subpage just as you would for regular adminship and add it to the appropriate section of this page.


  • Limited adminship: If you need sysop access for a particular reason (such as ability to edit protected pages), you may request limited adminship on Meta. If granted, the user understands that they will only be allowed to use the tools for the tasks they were approved, and not doing so will be grounds for immediate removal. Temporary sysop access will normally be valid for one month unless requested and granted otherwise.


  • CheckUser: please read the CheckUser policy and add your request below under the checkuser section, in the same way as an admin request.

  • Oversight: please read the Oversight policy and add your request below under the oversight section, in the same way as an admin request.



For these types of access, just ask on Meta request for help from a sysop or bureaucrat page:

Requests for global renamer permissions are handled at global permission requests to stewards page.

Wikimedia Foundation staff and contractors

If you are a Wikimedia Foundation staff member or contractor and need rights on Meta-Wiki to perform your duties, the request process is different. Please review the WMF staff userrights policy on Foundation-wiki and follow the procedure described there. If in doubt, please contact Trust and Safety by sending an email to ca@wikimedia.org.

Requests for regular adminship

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Requests for limited adminship

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Requests for interface adminship

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Requests for bureaucratship

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Requests for CheckUser access

"Meta:Requests for checkuser" redirects here. To request checkuser information, see Meta:Requests for CheckUser information.

Infinite0694

Not ending before 19:35, 10 February 2026 (UTC)

Hi, all!

I am applying for the local CheckUser flag here in order to effectively fight spam bots and LTAs who extend their activities to Meta-Wiki.

I have been a Wikimedia contributor since 2011 and a Global Sysop since 2016, actively fighting cross-wiki vandalism via SWMT. On the JAWP, I have served as an Administrator, CheckUser, Oversighter, and Bureaucrat, holding CU rights for 6 years.

My experience on the 2022 Ombuds Commission further solidified my expertise in privacy policy and the handling of non-public data. I am fully versed in global CheckUser norms and confidentiality requirements.

If granted Meta-Wiki CU rights, I will apply my extensive experience to handle global activities and local requests efficiently, ensuring privacy compliance. Given that few JAWP contributors possess GS experience, I am uniquely positioned to bridge these roles and contribute meaningfully to our SWMT activity.

Thanks. --Infinite0694 (Talk) 19:35, 3 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support
  1. Support Support I don't see any problem on this request. User is experienced on CU field and trusted, if granting CU to candidate benefit them and the community, just go ahead. Also nice to see non-steward on this role. aqurs 🍧 04:18, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Weak support, I guess. I'm a bit concerned with their activity levels here on Meta, and we currently have more than 10 CUs. Nevertheless, I'm willing to give them a chance (at least until the current checkuser team expresses that there is no need for extra checkusers). Though I have to say that we have some local checkusers who are not stewards. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 08:00, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support Support convincing reason for requesting CU per explanation in #Comments --Johannnes89 (talk) 11:23, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support Support No reason to oppose this request; the user is experienced with CU tools and brings valuable LTA-related expertise to the Meta CU team. --mirinano (talk) 12:28, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support Support. --❄️Mykola❄️ 13:52, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support Support per mirinano. RadiX∞ 13:55, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support Support --V0lkanic (talk) 15:02, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support Support seems like a reasonable request with a clear reason for need. Ternera (talk) 16:21, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support Support The user have the check user flag on JA wiki, which leads me to believe they know what they are doing and will make good use of this right. PieWriter (talk) 01:15, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support Support. --20041027 𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓼𝓾（talk） 01:24, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support Support – Ajraddatz (talk) 03:46, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support Support --Saroj (talk) 04:58, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Support Support Sincerely, Qədir (talk) 07:07, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support Support per others above. EPIC (talk) 10:36, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  15. Support Support --Stïnger （会話） 19:06, 7 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  16. Support Support no concerns. --Mtarch11 (talk) 02:55, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  17. Support Support I had similar initial concerns as Jianhui, but their rationale for requesting is convincing; no reason to hold this request back. //shb (t • c) 03:09, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  18. Support Support --Ameisenigel (talk) 07:24, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  19. Support Support --Marine-Bluetalk✾contribs 07:38, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  20. Support Support – DreamRimmer ■ 13:29, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  21. Support Support --M/ (talk) 07:17, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  22. Support Support🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬) 08:04, 9 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose
Neutral

Comments

  • Hello, thank you for running and indicating interest in dealing with spambots and LTAs. This is not a comment of doubt or distrust, as you are already a checkuser on Japanese Wikipedia (this indicates experience with the tools), but what kind of spambots/LTAs do you plan to deal with if you were to become a checkuser here? Have you requested checkuser assistance on Meta before, and how? Currently, we have 11 checkusers on Meta. How do you plan to value-add to the current team? Jianhui67 talk★contribs 18:52, 4 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thank you for your question.
Regarding the specific threats I intend to address, my focus includes the increasing of AI-generated spam, which involves automated content across multiple projects and here. Additionally, I aim to fight LTA originating from the JAWP who extend their disruptive activities to Meta-Wiki. Since spambots frequently rotate IPs to create sleeper accounts, CU tools are essential for timely detection and mitigation.
While I have previously requested CheckUser assistance indirectly through the stewards' mailing list or CU mailing list, this process—while effective—is often time-consuming for all parties involved.
I believe I can add significant value to the existing 11 member Meta CU team. Currently, without a steward from the ja.wiki community, responses to JAWP-origin LTA can be delayed due to the need for cross-community coordination. Although I have been encouraged to run for steward, I have declined this year due to the high-stakes demands of that role.
Most current Meta CU rights are held by stewards, which can lead to overlapping workloads. As a non-steward CU, I can alleviate this by handling global tasks and local requests, allowing stewards to focus on high-priority emergencies. Furthermore, operating in the UTC+9 time zone allows me to provide coverage during periods when activity from other regions is lower. This application is not about "hat-collecting"; it is a targeted effort to provide dedicated anti vandalism support.--Infinite0694 (Talk) 15:13, 5 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for Oversight access

"Meta:Requests for oversight" redirects here. To request oversighting, see Meta:Oversighters#Requests.
None currently

Requests for translation adminship

Mary calist mlay

Am writting from Wikimedia Community Arusha to request translation administrator rights for User:Mary calist mlay

At Wikimedia Community Arusha, one of our recurring tasks is creating and maintaining pages for events, campaigns, and community activities organized by our group on Meta-Wiki. These pages are intended to be accessible to a multilingual audience and are therefore prepared for translation using the Translate extension.
We are currently working on internationalizing event and campaign pages (for example, community campaigns such as Write for African Women), with the intention of translating them into additional languages, including Swahili and other relevant languages
Granting translation administrator rights to me would help streamline my workflow and improve multilingual access to Wikimedia Community Arusha’s activities on Meta-Wiki.
Thank you for your time and consideration. Mary calist mlay (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 20:06, February 5, 2026 (UTC).

@Mary calist mlay I've two requests for you: Please prepare a page for translation as mentioned at Meta:TA. Also, could you please elaborate on the four blocks on quite large projects. As a warranting admin for your previous request on meta.wiki (see: Special:Diff/29407383), I observe that your answer to the "active blocks" section did not reflect the actual situation. --M/ (talk) 09:50, 6 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support Support I definitely support this WikiWorkerBees (talk) 04:45, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Oppose User is blocked on four wikis --Ameisenigel (talk) 07:26, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]
For what it's worth, the blocks are all from 2021. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 10:15, 8 February 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for CentralNotice adminship

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Requests for bot flags

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See also

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

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