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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. Minimum voting requirements are listed here.

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

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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 this is for multiple users, leave this field blank and give a list of these users 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

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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

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


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

Administrator access

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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.

Kunokuno@bcl.wiktionary

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Status:    On hold

I want to renew my administrator rights to further develop the wiktionary project. Kunokuno (talk) 12:46, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 On hold the local discussion has been opened today, you need to wait for at least 7 days per MVR. --Johannnes89 (talk) 12:53, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Interface administrator access

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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.

Bureaucrat access

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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

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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

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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

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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

Udo T.@dewiktionary

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Status:    In progress

Hello. I hereby request the importer right (import) for the de.wiktionary. Link to the discussion see above. With kind regards --Udo T. (talk) 09:30, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Udo T.: Is the request for permanent/longer term import rights, or only short term (i.e a few days)? If it's the former, I'll place this on hold for a couple more days as there should generally be one week of discussion. EPIC (talk) 10:03, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@EPIC:, the request is for permanent/longer term import rights. With kind regards --Udo T. (talk) 10:29, 3 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It appears the use-case is to transwiki from another WMF projcet; why can't this be done with adding a transwiki source? — xaosflux Talk 12:57, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If I remember correctly from my admin time in de.wiktionary, we already have de.wikipedia and en.wiktionary as transwiki sources.
But the ability to import something useful from another wiki project if required (e.g. templates or modules) is only possible with the import right. With kind regards -- Udo T. (talk) 13:33, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Those projects can be added as transwiki sources. xmlimport can be dangerous, and it doesn't seem that consideration of that was discussed. — xaosflux Talk 14:42, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
If it is so dangerous, why do all admins in de.wiktionary have import rights by default?
And why are there users with import rights in de.wikipedia?
Please note that I used to be an admin in de.wiktionary and used to carry out a lot of imports, including uploads. With kind regards -- Udo T. (talk) 15:01, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
And I specifically asked in de.wiktionary:
They probably shouldn't, but 15 years ago things were a bit more lax (phab:T26822). This has been used <10 times in 15 years as well for how rare this activity is. — xaosflux Talk 18:48, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'm just wondering: If importing via upload is so dangerous, why hasn't it been deactivated in the entire wikiverse? --Udo T. (talk) 20:16, 7 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Communities are often unhappy about anything being removed, so it's a slow process. — xaosflux Talk 15:51, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Well, it may be that this slow process is ongoing. But our community, for example, has not yet been informed about it. If at some point in the future the right to perform imports via XML upload should be cancelled wikiverse-wide, then that's the way it will be and it will then apply to all wikis. But until then, it would be nice if the will of my community could now be realised. With kind regards --Udo T. (talk) 16:02, 9 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I'll leave this open for another right now. I do not think the local community has sufficiently discussed the risks associated with xmlimports for this request. — xaosflux Talk 01:48, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Again: If the local community knows nothing about the supposed risks of XML uploads, how could they have discussed it? Furthermore: Every admin in de.wiktionary has the right to import (including XML uploads) and there are also numerous users in de.wikipedia with the right to import (including XML uploads). As an admin in de.wiktionary, I myself have also carried out XML uploads in the past without any problems.
If the XML upload is really so dangerous, then in my opinion it should be deactivated in the entire wikiverse. In this respect, I don't understand this discussion here in my individual case at the moment. With kind regards --Udo T. (talk) 07:47, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
On en.wikibooks, not only do sysops have XML upload, sysops can add XML upload to any user who requests it (with a 5-day discussion period). I hence find this "back-and-forth" whataboutism unnecessary. Leaderboard (talk) 09:34, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Especially as I have just realised with astonishment that xaosflux itself also has the import right (incl. XML upload) in en.wikipedia... -- Udo T. (talk) 13:53, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Johannnes89, could you please help me? I don't know what else to do now. All points under Steward_requests/Permissions/Minimum_voting_requirements#Permanent_Importer are fulfilled. Under de:wikt:Wiktionary:Administratoren/Anfragen#Import-Recht_für_Udo_T., 6 users voted with pro, none with contra (please note that Alexander and Formatierer voted with pro without using the green symbol). With kind regards --Udo T. (talk) 18:03, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Given that you'v already used XML upload in the past as a dewiktionary sysop and that the local community trusts you with the permissions (+ is large enough to properly evaluate this in my opinion) I think we should fulfil the request. That's especially true because you'd mostly use regular import anyway. Given @Xaosflux's concerns I would nevertheless wait for a couple of days / opinions from other stewards. Johannnes89 (talk) 18:14, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I don't have a reason to flat-decline this, but giving it a few days seems reasonable. There certainly are reasons xlmimport is not widely available, despite it being a tool that is sometimes the best way to resolve requests. — xaosflux Talk 18:20, 10 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of access

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  • 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.

Wikipucine@global

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Status:    Done

Last visible action, an edit, more than a year ago at 2024-07-12 09:56 (UTC) on metawiki. Per the policy, their GIPBE rights should be removed. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 13:27, 12 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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

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