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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[edit]

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]]").

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

Confirmation of signing confidentiality agreement[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Андрей Козлов 123@kbd.wikipedia.org[edit]

Status:    Done

I was an administrator there in the past. I created the request to adminship in kbd-wiki on 2023-09-18. Term of voting has ended. There are no votes. By the conditions application is considered successful including if there are no votes. Earlier in such cases rights was granted. Please let me know if some additional actions are required on my part. If the decision is made, please write it on the discuss page (link is above). Thanks. Андрей Козлов 123 (talk) 18:47, 25 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done Granted for 3 months to expire on 2023-12-26. 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.
@Андрей Козлов 123: You can just post this PermaLink there (unfortunately I don't speak Kabardian)! Best :) --Superpes15 (talk) 08:44, 26 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Thanks. You can write english, just for original marking. Or posting text in russian Флаг администратора присвоен, сроком на 3 месяца. Андрей Козлов 123 (talk) 08:59, 26 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

ShiminUfesoj@bcl.wikipedia[edit]

Status:    Done

I'm going to focus on the Bikol Wiki adjustments, it's hard work but needs to be managed, If necessary, I will focus on organizing the articles and also helping to put categories in the articles. Philippines ShiminUfesoj 🌏 (🦜)Philippines 02:08, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Done Granted for 1 year to expire on 2024-09-26. 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. --Superpes15 (talk) 08:47, 26 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Interface administrator access[edit]

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.

Mustafa MVC@trwikiquote[edit]

Status:    On hold

Since I lost my 2FA codes, after several emails with ca@wikimedia.org, I got this authorization and 2FA was removed at the same time. Now I have 2FA again and I think there is no need for a discussion again for this authorization. Mustafa MVC (talk) 16:01, 6 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

If WMF removed, then it's up to WMF to restore. If they decline to restore, then we have to go through normal processes and a new discussion is required, especially since this was in practice a concern related to account security. -- Amanda (she/her) 13:48, 9 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Hi @Mustafa MVC:! Have you contacted WMF for this issue? Thanks :) --Superpes15 (talk) 17:57, 11 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes, of course. I was directed here by WMF. I sent an email back after @AmandaNP's message, but I haven't received a response yet.Mustafa MVC (talk) 14:38, 13 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Short answer is: WMF can decide who doesn't get access to certain things, but communities decide who does get access to this sort of thing. It appears that WMF has removed their restriction on you being allowed to have this access again in the future - meaning you need a showing of community support. — xaosflux Talk 15:38, 14 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Xaosflux: Asking for a new RfA doesn't seems the correct procedure imho. If I lose my scratch codes and my 2FA access, WMF can disable the 2FA so I can re-activate it but, in the meantime, they're obliged to temporary remove my 2FA-mandatory rights for security reason. I've never lost access to my account nor has my password been compromised so, when they are sure that I've access to the account and I've enabled 2FA again, the 2FA-mandatory flags can be restored. I don't see the sense in having to, for example, wait for the stewards election or to apply again for GIE/GS/IA! Normally, in case of account compromise, it could be as you say (per policy it could happen), but when the situation concerns this kind of security issue (2FA - and not account - loss) there is no need to be so bureaucratic imho. The community already supported them a few months ago, imho no problems here if WMF confirms that we can restore the flag, but I'll wait for other opinions! Superpes15 (talk) 21:30, 14 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Superpes15 failure to maintain operations for one's own account is something that could potentially cause a loss of support from a community. Agree this can be nuanced, thus why I didn't notdone this request, I'm open that others may approve still. If there was a standard showing of community support I would have closed already. tqwikiq is certainly a small project and what is best there may not be the same as if this was from a much larger project. — xaosflux Talk 22:30, 14 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Xaosflux: Absolutely understand the point and I agree with you, actually we have to evaluate the situation on a case-by-case basis, there are a lot of things to take into consideration and surely in a big project the issue is different! Let’s wait for another opinion and, in the meantime, also for @JSutherland (WMF): confirmation that everything is ok :) Superpes15 (talk) 22:49, 14 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I am confident that Mustafa MVC has access to his account now. I see where Xaos is coming from, though I personally think it's harsh to force someone to re-take community voting etc. because they lost their 2FA for whatever reason. The reasons one might lose 2FA are quite broad, of course, could be negligence, could be a stolen phone. Perhaps we need to talk more about the general process at a Stewards call. Joe Sutherland (Wikimedia Foundation) (talk) 23:25, 14 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
The problem we are running into here, is the unwritten rule/general practice for stewards is not to regrant a right after it is removed without community consensus, even after resignations. It's not that we want to withhold the right, but it's a matter of setting the general practice to be something different, and then user think we move into the territory of restoring permissions after resignation/removal and we have to tell them no, and then they point to requests like this. That's why we require a new community vote. I hesitate to action this because of that, and I think pending a fresh vote, this may stall out till the next stewards meeting. -- Amanda (she/her) 13:29, 17 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm sure we can discuss (and perhaps update) our practices in case of temporary removal for security reasons, but I agree that, as there is no clear consensus to act here, a new local RfIA would resolve the issue before the meeting!
@Mustafa MVC: Have you thought about opening it? Thanks for the understanding! Superpes15 (talk) 21:18, 18 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I could not react immediately to the developments because I have nothing else to say. I am waiting for a response to my email before starting a new local discussion. I guess if I don't get a response for a few more days I will start a new discussion as you said. Thanks. Mustafa MVC (talk) 15:47, 19 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Mustafa MVC short answer: make the local discussion and this should get resolved in a week. Or wait, likely a couple of weeks. We will go over this in the next WMF/Stewards meeting for how to address in the future. — xaosflux Talk 02:51, 20 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Xaosflux Hi, I've submitted an application to the community again, but I'm not sure how long it will take since the community in question is not a very large one. Generally, nominations are terminated as soon as they meet the requirements. Even if there is a community decision in the meantime, it would be helpful to determine how this authorization will be provided in such cases, in case other users have such bad luck in the future. Mustafa MVC (talk) 18:48, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Yes, this question will still happen in the steward meeting regardless of if you get local consensus. And as for your current request, as long as their is no opposition after 1 week and meets the other minor considerations at MVR then we can grant it after that 1 week. -- Amanda (she/her) 21:38, 22 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Bureaucrat access[edit]

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[edit]

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.
  • Temporary CheckUser access is not permitted and temporary access is only used by Stewards .

DatGuy@en.wikipedia[edit]

Status:    Done

Following the 2023 appointments round the Arbitration Committee has appointed DatGuy as a Checkuser. DatGuy has signed the NDA - diff Cabayi (talk) 20:25, 26 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

  • Done. --Mykola 23:02, 26 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    @Krd, RadiX, Risker, and Trijnstel: Could you subscribe DatGuy to checkuser-l and create a cuwiki account for him? Krd, could you reactivate his VRT status and add him to the enwiki CheckUser VRT queue? I've added him to functionaries-en now. Thanks very much. Best, KevinL (aka L235 · t) 23:54, 26 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    DatGuy is subscribed to CU-L and his CU-wiki account has been created. I will leave it to KRD to reactivate the VRT account. Risker (talk) 00:57, 27 September 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Oversight access[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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.

See also[edit]

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

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