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This page is for requests to have stewards grant or revoke administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights on Wikimedia wikis which do not have a local permissions procedure. Please check the sidebar to the right to see whether your request belongs better elsewhere. Specifically, bot requests, requests for CheckUser information and global rights requests belong on their respective pages.

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).

Interface translations are done at translatewiki. Please do not request administrator access for that purpose; your request will be declined.

For urgent requests, such as to combat large-scale vandalism on a small wiki, contact a steward in the #wikimedia-stewardsconnect IRC channel (web client). In emergencies only, type !steward in the channel to inform stewards that you need help. Otherwise, you can use @steward to gain attention if the channel is quiet.

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 | Bureaucrat | CheckUser | Oversight | Removal of access | Miscellaneous | Global permissions | Unexpired temporary access
Crosswiki requests
MetaWiki requests

Using this page[edit]

  1. Place the following code at the bottom of the appropriate section below: 
    ==== User name@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
 |domain    =
 |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 identity[edit]

Certain permissions (notably CheckUser and Oversight) additionally require users to confirm their identity. Users requesting these permissions must make a request below, and must also submit the relevant identification to the 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:

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

Administrator access[edit]

See administrator for information about the position. Requests for removal of access belong in another section. Admins doing cross-wiki work may wish to see IRC/wikimedia-admin for information about joining #wikimedia-admin.

If you are requesting administrator status to translate the wiki interface, this should be done at the translatewiki.net instead (see mw:localisation). You can ask questions in the IRC channel or on the mailing list.

If you are requesting adminship to handle one-time vandalism incidents or clearing a deletion backlog, please see Vandalism reports and Steward requests/Miscellaneous.

Stewards
Currently-active temporary permissions are listed at /Approved temporary; please use {{Systmp}} for temporary permission. Please invite new sysops to the admin IRC channel.
Archiving
Requests only need remain listed below for a few days, and may afterward be removed as long as they have been copied to the subpage. Users who archive requests on that page, please check if the request was correctly added to the temporary subpage before removing it from this page.

For permanent sysopship please provide a link to the local community approval. For temporary sysopship please state for how long and for which tasks you need it, and link to a local announcement.

Xaris333@el.wikinews[edit]

Status:    Done

I am requesting for permissions of permanent administrator on el.wikinews. I was administrator from July 2013 until January 2014 [1]. Thank you. Xaris333 (talk) 01:48, 28 February 2014 (UTC)

Please start a new discussion. --MF-W 23:38, 28 February 2014 (UTC)
Was apparently started on 1 March but nobody bothered to comment yet (see [2]) Vogone talk 16:58, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
On hold for a week, until the 8th of March. Savhñ 17:01, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
@Xaris333: Unfortunately, I'm not sure that the local community is aware of this request. Please notify your local community by posting at a prominent location. --Rschen7754 08:36, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Done Granted for 1 year to expire on 2015-03-08. as the other sysops appear to be permanent. Rschen7754 09:30, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

phurbutsering@bo.wikipedia.org[edit]

Status:    On hold

bo.wikipedia.org got problem with its font, its interface and articles display very small, I thought it need change, which suit with tibetan wikipedia and its own characteristics, many other language wikipedia, even some small language community wikipedia got their own common.css, which suit with their own font, and special features. if we don't improve that interface, Specially left side menu and right top menu, many people are asking about it again and again. also many people lost interest with contributing articles and file on our local wikipedia. I prepare few page for help as: https://bo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Questions but still look small with coding big font. I am just applying for few weeks permission, so that i can improve few basic error in tibetan wikipedia. if possible we need help from some technical people, who can active on tibetan wikipedia.
At now its very difficult to find who can worthy as admin, we need to improve many template and box. normally i was working on translating wiki, tibetan portal. but i found its not meaningful till interface error are solve and make few new interesting template, also its very lack with discussion, because of lack with admin, who can organize and setup few groups, there is no good information for new comer. I am trying send them personally message, but lack of authorization, i can't do. i thought to ask you for advice on how to setup some basic information for new comer, many new comer lost interest here, lack of proper tutorial and help. for example i visit there at dz.wikipedia.org, which is dzongka wikipedia, they share same font as us, but their interface looking much more perfect than us, because of bigger font. actually our main page got more information than them. also this tibetan wikipedia main page was design by me and i know it lacking lot with comparing other wikipedia, so i hope you can give me any suggestion and advice regarding improving interface and visual design,
ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེ། Phurbutsering (talk) 15:12, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Please start a discussion with your local community. --Rschen7754 18:48, 6 March 2014 (UTC)

Mathieudu68@haw.wikipedia[edit]

Status:    Done

Hello, I would like to resquest for adminship on hawaiian Wikipedia, because there is no bureaucrat on this wiki. There is one admin, but he's inactive since 2009. I candidated here, and got one "weak support". Cheers, Mathieudu68 (talk) 14:35, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Done Granted for 3 months to expire on 2014-06-09. Please remember to translate the interface at translatewiki.net only and preferably upload images to Wikimedia Commons. To prolong your adminship, please come back a few days before the status expires or hold a local election if the community grows. Thanks. Savhñ 00:27, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Bureaucrat access[edit]

See bureaucrat for information about the position. In principle, requests for temporary bureaucrat access are not granted.
General note
There is an ongoing discussion regarding the minimum number of votes and overall participation to promote users to bureaucrat at Talk:Bureaucrat/2010-02#Minimum number of votes (see also this RFC). Users are encouraged to assist in the development of a policy that allows stewards to not decide on whether a promotion is valid or not. Thank you.

CheckUser access[edit]

To request CheckUser information, see Steward requests/Checkuser. This is the place to request CheckUser access. Note that temporary CheckUser access is not permitted and the temporary status is only used by Stewards.

Stewards
When someone asks for CheckUser status, please check the current policy before giving the status. There is an email template to request identification from the new CU. Do not grant CU access unless the user is identified to the Foundation. Breaching these rules may be cause for removing your steward access. When you give someone CheckUser, please list them on CheckUser, ask them to subscribe to checkuser-l, email checkuser-l-owner-at-lists.wikimedia.org so the listadmins know the person is allowed on the mailing list, and make sure they contact an op for access to #wikimedia-privacy and #wikimedia-checkuser.

Lord Mota@ptwikipedia[edit]

Status:    On hold

Please, give Lord Mota checkuser rights for a one year term following community approval. Pending identification, user informed.—Teles «Talk to me ˱C L @ S˲» 03:28, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold pending identification. --Rschen7754 03:32, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Avocato@arwikipedia[edit]

Status:    Done

Personal identification has been confirmed. Thanks in advance.--Avocato (talk) 11:20, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. Trijnsteltalk 14:46, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

باسم@arwikipedia[edit]

Status:    On hold

Thanks in advance.--Avocato (talk) 11:23, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold pending identification. Trijnsteltalk 14:46, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Oversight access[edit]

To request to have content oversighted, ask in #wikimedia-stewards, or, for requests regarding English Wikipedia email oversight-en-wp-at-wikipedia.org. This is the place to request Oversight access. Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and the temporary status is only used by Stewards.

Stewards
Do not grant Oversight access unless the user is identified to the foundation, which will be announced on the Identification noticeboard. When you give someone oversight access, list them on Oversight.

Removal of access[edit]

If you're requesting the removal of your own status, make sure you're logged in to a global 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 status, you must gain consensus on the local wiki first. All discussion must take place on your local wiki. When there is community consensus that the user's access should be removed, a trusted person from that wiki should provide a link here to the discussion, a brief explanation of the reason for the request, and summarize the results of discussion.

In either case, copy and paste the following text into the correct section (see instructions above). Please post requests at the bottom of the section.

However, as the bureaucrats of a few wikis may remove users from the administrator or bureaucrat group, please see also a separate list of these specific wikis.

==== username@domain ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
 |domain    = 
 |user name = 
 |discussion= <!-- local confirmation link / local policy link -->
}}
Your remarks, etc. --~~~~


VPliousnine@ru.wiktionary[edit]

Status:    On hold

--Cinemantique (talk) 12:34, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Hello Cinemantique, has VPliousnine been informed about this, and has the vote been announced somewhere? I think it's important that everyone who might want to, gets the chance to voice their opinion. If the community hasn't been informed, would you consider doing that and extend the vote for one more week just to be sure? Thanks, Mathonius (talk) 13:45, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Hello, Mathonius! Yes, sorry, we did it through an oversight. I've done things you asked (1, 2) and we'll be waiting for a week. Thank you for your attentiveness.--Cinemantique (talk) 14:21, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

EvilFreD@nlwiki[edit]

Status:    Not done

--EvilFreD (talk) 17:12, 7 March 2014 (UTC)

Why EvilFreD? Southparkfan 17:13, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
On hold until 8 March 2014 per standard practice. Ajraddatz (Talk) 17:14, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
A bit longer on hold might be wise in this case (indefinitive?). Trijnsteltalk 17:21, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
 :( I hope he will change his mind. Ajraddatz (Talk) 17:32, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
Will not change mind, do respect standard practice. EvilFreD (talk) 18:22, 7 March 2014 (UTC)
I've been asked to reconsider this request and have decided to do so. This request may remain on hold or be removed (in wich case I will make a new request when I'm done reconsidering). EvilFreD (talk) 09:56, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Marked as not done, in that case. Savhñ 10:00, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

Kaldari@global[edit]

Status:    Done
I believe we should remove of Kaldari's global edit interface rights. They were granted in 2010 as a volunteer and should have expired years ago. In light of recent events (twice used on enwiki outside of the intended purview of the rights - the protect right is there to edit cascading protections, not to act as local admin after you've been forced to resign) and admitted use of single purpose sockpuppets. Even if we don't take into consideration the fact that the rights are long expired and that they have been abused, surely operating sockpuppets is a breach of trust significant enough to warrant establishing whether community trust still exist for the rights. Snowolf How can I help? 19:31, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
Granted 3 years ago solely to deal with Vector roll out bugs. Need long since expired. QuiteUnusual (talk) 21:13, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
@QuiteUnusual: The first use on en.wiki was accidental and the second use was to revert myself. I was not aware that edit interface allowed you to change page protection. Since the option was available after my local admin rights were removed I assumed that all users had the right to protect their own talk page (which would be reasonable, IMO). You have to remember that I was an administrator for 9 of the 10 years I've been on en.wiki, so I have very little experience with acting as a regular editor. As you can see, I'm active across a large number of wiki projects besides en.wiki, and frequently help smaller wikis with their site JS and CSS issues. Here are some examples from last year[3][4][5][6]. As far as my "breach of trust", I used one sockpuppet account to make one edit in violation of the policy (in an effort to report incivility anonymously). I reported myself for the violation, apologized to all involved, and immediately resigned my administrator rights. I really don't see how that would lead the global community to lose trust in my ability to edit site JS and CSS. Kaldari (talk) 21:34, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
This right has to be applied for yearly. All other interface editors have had to do that, for some reason nobody noticed you hadn't done so that that your right expired 3 years ago. You are free to re-apply at any time. Snowolf How can I help? 21:38, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
"I was not aware that edit interface allowed you to change page protection. Since the option was available after my local admin rights were removed I assumed that all users had the right to protect their own talk page" It is not humanly possible to be that unaware of one's surroundings. 198.89.122.80 21:55, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
@Snowolf: Then why did you feel it was necessary to make it sound like I was purposefully abusing the tools and was no longer a trusted user of the rights? Kaldari (talk) 22:08, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
For what it's worth, I endorse the removal. Considering your positions, it seems incredible to me you thought "all users had the right to protect their own talk page", though I understand that some people might lose their common sense whilst in situations of stress, because I can't possibly see how it could be useful to allow users to protect their talk pages. On most projects, I don't know what it's like on enwiki, talkpages must remain open for users to be able to comment, and are only protected (shortly) in cases of heavy vandalism/attacks. Nevertheless, the recent issues only point up an issue regarding your global right, which is that your global editinterface rights should have been removed, as the reason for granting those rights over three years ago which doesn't seem to be valid anymore. Additionally, considering the recent issues on enwiki, I would like to allow the global community to voice itself about whether they still trust you with this right. As for your activity, aside from the 5 edits on the common.css on hak.wiki, I have only found edits in the MediaWiki namespace last year on it.wikivoyage and meta (where you already are a local admin). I personally do not feel this shows a continued need for the right. Cordially, Savhñ 22:12, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
As a procedural note, I have notified the other interface editors in the expired category, and will be removing their rights in a week if they do not respond. --Rschen7754 22:23, 8 March 2014 (UTC)
To reinforce what others have said above, editinterface rights are not meant to be assigned permanently, and should have been removed after the original task was done. If you want them back, you are free to open a request on SRGP, though in light of recent events I doubt that you would attain a level of support that would warrant the re-instatement of those rights. Ajraddatz (Talk) 23:06, 8 March 2014 (UTC)

AVRS@commons[edit]

Status:    Done

Commons:Administrators/Inactivity section/Feb-Mar 2014: To resign your adminship, sign here --Steinsplitter (talk) 11:42, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. -- Mentifisto 11:48, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

G_ambrus@huwiki[edit]

Status:    Done

On the Hungarian Wikipedia all admins are elected for indefinite time, but if they do not contribute at least 10 sysop edits within a year, they loose their flag automatically. (See policy link above.) G_ambrus has been inactive for a very long time, please remove his access. Thank you. --Joeyline (talk) 16:17, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. Please thank him for his work as an administrator. Savhñ 16:47, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

CsGábor@huwiki[edit]

Status:    Done

On the Hungarian Wikipedia all admins are elected for indefinite time, but if they do not contribute at least 10 sysop edits within a year, they loose their flag automatically. (See policy link above.) CsGábor has been inactive for a very long time, please remove his access. Thank you. --Joeyline (talk) 16:17, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. Please thank him for his work as an administrator. Savhñ 16:47, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Dani@huwiki[edit]

Status:    Done

On the Hungarian Wikipedia all admins are elected for indefinite time, but if they do not contribute at least 10 sysop edits within a year, they loose their flag automatically. (See policy link above.) Dani has been inactive for a very long time, please remove his access. Thank you. --Joeyline (talk) 16:17, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. Please thank him for his work as an administrator. Savhñ 16:47, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Dorgan@huwiki[edit]

Status:    Done

On the Hungarian Wikipedia all admins are elected for indefinite time, but if they do not contribute at least 10 sysop edits within a year, they loose their flag automatically. (See policy link above.) Dorgan has been inactive for a very long time, please remove his access. Thank you. --Joeyline (talk) 16:17, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. Bureacrat rights removed as well. Please thank him for his work as an administrator and bureacrat. Savhñ 16:47, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
I have restored 'crat rights since local inactivity policy applies to sysop alone--Shanmugamp7 (talk) 18:12, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Bdamokos@huwiki[edit]

Status:    Done

On the Hungarian Wikipedia all admins are elected for indefinite time, but if they do not contribute at least 10 sysop edits within a year, they loose their flag automatically. (See policy link above.) Bdamokos has been inactive for a very long time, please remove his access. Thank you. --Joeyline (talk) 16:17, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. Bureacrat rights removed as well. Please thank him for his work as an administrator and bureacrat. Savhñ 16:47, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Hi, can you please give him back his bureaucrat rights, as the local policy refers only to sysop rights. Thanks. Alensha (talk) 17:55, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done--Shanmugamp7 (talk) 18:11, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Greudin@commons[edit]

Status:    Done

Commons:Administrators/Inactivity section/Feb-Mar 2014: Another inactive admin? - commons:Commons:Administrators/De-adminship: #3 --Steinsplitter (talk) 19:30, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Done. Savhñ 19:46, 9 March 2014 (UTC)


Damzow@he.wiki[edit]

Status:    On hold

Please remove my sysop rights, 10X --Damzow (talk) 10:13, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

on hold for 24h per standard practice. Matanya (talk) 10:14, 10 March 2014 (UTC)
I'll hold :-) Damzow (talk) 10:21, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Damzow@hewikiquote[edit]

Status:    On hold

Please remove my admin rights, 10X --Damzow (talk) 10:21, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

on hold for 24h per standard practice. Matanya (talk) 10:22, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Eran@yi.wiktionary[edit]

Status:    On hold

Please remove my admin rights - I'm not active in yiwiktionary. Thanks, eranroz (talk) 15:38, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

On hold for 1 day. --M/ (talk) 15:40, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Miscellaneous requests[edit]

Requests that don't fit in other sections belong here. Import rights can be granted on most wikis by stewards only, not bureaucrats, so the automatic list of local bureaucrats is irrelevant for this. Please gather community consensus before placing a link to the discussion here.

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

User:Bragi H@iswiktionary[edit]

Status:    Done

Please grant wikt:is:User:Bragi H import rights on is.wiktionary, he is sysop and agreed. I am currently the only one having import rights and I need help. Bragi H is an experienced user and helping the is.wiktionary project a lot, so please grant these rights as soon as possible so he can continue his great work, thanks, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 12:34, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Right granted. For how long is this flag needed? Savhñ 14:08, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
For as long as the user is active in this wiki, so please do not remove until we request it again, thanks, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 14:39, 9 March 2014 (UTC)
As has been discussed with this and other ad hoc advanced rights, it probably should be reviewed in a year.  — billinghurst sDrewth 15:22, 10 March 2014 (UTC)

Hosiryuhosi@global → Rxy@global[edit]

Status:    Done
Status:    Done

Please move a global rights to rxy from Hosiryuhosi for global renaming.　Thanks. Rxy (talk) 15:39, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

Done. Savhñ 15:46, 9 March 2014 (UTC)

See also[edit]

Requests for:  permissions (global) — bot status — CheckUser information (local) — deletion (speedy deletions: local | multilingual) — translation — logos — URL blacklisting — username changes (local) — SUL problem solving — new languages — adminship on Meta — comments — interwiki map — an account on WMF wiki — help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat

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