Steward requests/Global permissions
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Global rollback and global interface editor requests require no fewer than 5 days of discussion while abuse filter helper and maintainer requests require no fewer than 7 days. Global renamer and global sysop requests require no fewer than 2 weeks of discussion. For requests that are unlikely to pass under any circumstances, they may be closed by a steward without further discussion (after a reasonable amount of input).
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Requests for global rollback permissions
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- Global user: Jet Pilot (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 17:17, 26 May 2025 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Jet Pilot. I'd like to request global rollback rights. I have around 16,000 global edits, and most of my cross-wiki activity consists of anti-vandalism work. I'm already experienced with the rollback tool, which I use on several projects where I have the local permission, such as the Spanish Wikipedia (my main wiki) and Meta-Wiki itself. I also use SWViewer regularly as part of my workflow - with my current username, I have logged 5,683 actions, and with my previous username ("Tres Libras") I performed an additional 3,418 actions. My main areas of [antivandalism] activity have been the Spanish, English, Simple English, French, and Bulgarian Wikipedias, as well as Meta-Wiki and MediaWiki. I also occasionally contribute to vandalism reports at GSR and sometimes at SRG. I'm open to feedback and willing to learn from any suggestions or concerns that may arise. Jet Pilot 17:17, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support You have plenty of experience so no issues on that end. I took a look through some of your cross-wiki reverts and was happy with what I saw, and also would like to appreciate one case I saw where you realised you made a mistake and reverted it immediately. --Ferien (talk) 17:48, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Hi! Yes, I think you're referring to this. I did revert the edit at first, but then I realized it was the public sandbox, so I undid my revert and also removed the message I had left on their talk page. The user was later blocked, but for unrelated reasons. Jet Pilot 17:53, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I've seen this editor around and they seem to do good work. Ternera (talk) 17:59, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support LGTM. --A09|(pogovor) 18:14, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support sure. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 18:23, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support – Svārtava (tɕ) 18:52, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Gazerbeam (talk) 19:21, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I concur what Ferien said and am honestly surprised you weren't already one. //shb (t • c) 21:31, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Strong support. Codename Noreste (talk · contribs) 22:13, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Ruy (talk) 00:59, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 01:06, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Ɔþʱʏɾɪʊs⚔ 05:27, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Thanks for volunteering. – DreamRimmer ■ 05:32, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support, you have been undoing vandalism for the last several months and am surprised you did not request global rollback yet. ToadetteEdit (talk) 05:53, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Jan Myšák (talk) 06:47, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 09:31, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support aqurs 🍧 10:00, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ameisenigel (talk) 10:37, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support. —— Eric Liu(Talk) 02:49, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support. DARIO SEVERI (talk) 04:09, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Borhan (talk) 06:19, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Strong support--Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 09:17, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Infinite0694 (Talk) 08:55, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- Global user: Stang (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 08:46, 27 May 2025 (UTC)
The main purpose of me to request this hat is to have ipinfo data access among all projects, which will help me do SWMT stuff. I think I'm experienced enough. If there's any question, feel free to ask. Stang 08:46, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support x-wiki matrix fairly solid + WD/MW sysop. //shb (t • c) 08:48, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I thought he was already one; solid candidate. – Svārtava (tɕ) 09:05, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 09:31, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Strong support As he should get gr when he requested for captcha exempt :) aqurs 🍧 10:01, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ameisenigel (talk) 10:37, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support – DreamRimmer ■ 11:40, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 12:27, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support but please also be careful about your activity on Wikidata. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 12:58, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Ternera (talk) 13:03, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support LGTM --A09|(pogovor) 13:13, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support, trusted user. Yours sincerely, Iming 彼女の愛は、甘くて痛い。 14:27, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Indeed trusted user. Jet Pilot 17:37, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Trusted user Wooze★ 19:24, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support. Good cross-wiki activity, sysop on (at least) four projects. Codename Noreste (talk · contribs) 20:28, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Ferien (talk) 20:35, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support ToadetteEdit (talk) 20:55, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support. DARIO SEVERI (talk) 04:08, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support LGTM. Borhan (talk) 06:20, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Strong support--Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 09:18, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Jan Myšák (talk) 13:44, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Trusted user.--Ren Jian(Talk) 14:16, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Alaa :)..! 14:17, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Infinite0694 (Talk) 08:56, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
Requests for global sysop permissions
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Global sysop for DreamRimmer
[edit]- Global user: DreamRimmer (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 11:43, 1 June 2025 (UTC)
Hello everyone, I am requesting global sysop rights primarily to assist with Global sysops/Speedy delete requests and at GSR, where I have made over 2,240 reports. I withdrew my previous request 48 days ago to spend more time on cross-wiki activity.
I have knowledge of English, Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Fiji Hindi, and several other Indic languages, along with basic knowledge of some foreign languages. Thanks for your time! – DreamRimmer ■ 11:43, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I believe enough time has passed and DR has gained more experience with most of the concerns from the previous request now resolved. An easy support from me now. //shb (t • c) 11:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- One small thing, though – any particular reason for blanking spam-only pages (instead of deleting them)? //shb (t • c) 13:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- @SHB2000: I only blank spam-only pages in the user talk namespace, as user talk pages are rarely deleted. I sometimes blank spam-only user pages as well. I don't recall blanking spam-only pages in any other namespace. If you can provide an example where I did, I would be happy to explain why. – DreamRimmer ■ 14:14, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Not a deal-breaker, but wouldn't it be better to tag the userpage for speedy or warn the user if you are emptying their userpage. I still think it's best to delete them and warn so they can start a fresh userpage that doesn't violate our policies. BRP ever 14:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Sure, I will keep that in mind going forward. – DreamRimmer ■ 14:55, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Awesome! Thanks again for all the work you do. :) //shb (t • c) 23:24, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Sure, I will keep that in mind going forward. – DreamRimmer ■ 14:55, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- Not a deal-breaker, but wouldn't it be better to tag the userpage for speedy or warn the user if you are emptying their userpage. I still think it's best to delete them and warn so they can start a fresh userpage that doesn't violate our policies. BRP ever 14:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- @SHB2000: I only blank spam-only pages in the user talk namespace, as user talk pages are rarely deleted. I sometimes blank spam-only user pages as well. I don't recall blanking spam-only pages in any other namespace. If you can provide an example where I did, I would be happy to explain why. – DreamRimmer ■ 14:14, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- One small thing, though – any particular reason for blanking spam-only pages (instead of deleting them)? //shb (t • c) 13:46, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Let's give it a shot! – Phương Linh (T · C · CA · L · B) 13:50, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Strong support no concerns & clear need by their work at gsr, good luck. aqurs 🍧 13:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Trusted user, thank you for your volunteering. Yours sincerely, Iming 彼女の愛は、甘くて痛い。 13:56, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support All the best! ─ Aafī on Mobile (talk) 15:09, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support No real major problems. Please remember to ask any questions you have to other GSes or stews (I feel like we use mailing list way less frequently than we should). I supported it last time, so same this time. Thanks for volunteering.--BRP ever 15:11, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support No concerns ever since the previous request was withdrawn voluntarily. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 15:24, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support per BRP. I have become more familiar with DreamRimmer since his last request and I also think he has good technical skills which he could put to use as a global sysop. – Svārtava (tɕ) 16:32, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support sunshine supporter! Galahad (sasageyo!)(esvoy) 16:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Leaderboard (talk) 16:57, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support I am not convinced that the oppose comments or candidate's level of experience at the last run were disqualifying. --Ferien (talk) 17:22, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support ToadetteEdit (talk) 17:42, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support. As in the previous discussion. --Paloi Sciurala (talk|contribs) 17:54, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 19:28, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support, feel free to ask if you have any questions. --TenWhile6 22:18, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Strong support. Codename Noreste (talk · contribs) 23:00, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --V0lkanic (talk) 23:19, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
Support -- DARIO SEVERI (talk) 04:42, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Sincerely, Gadir (talk) 07:13, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support like last time --Ameisenigel (talk) 07:55, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support as previously. Vanderwaalforces (talk) 09:28, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
|Support saluere, Ɔþʱʏɾɪʊs⚔ 12:41, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Strong support because of your answers. Ɔþʱʏɾɪʊs⚔ 05:30, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Ternera (talk) 13:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- @DreamRimmer: A couple questions (might start doing this on all GS requests):
- Say you are a global sysop, deleting a type of spam page on a small wiki with three active administrators. One of the administrators leaves you a message on your talk page asking you to stop, saying that they would prefer that the content remains. How do you respond? What follow up actions would you take?
- Say you come across some content made by a user that you assume to be a cross-wiki LTA account - this person has been globally blocked or locked before, but some of their edits are productive. How do you approach reverting/deleting their edits?
- Thanks. – Ajraddatz (talk) 14:36, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- @Ajraddatz: Thank you for your questions. As a global sysop, if I come across a small wiki with three active admins, I would generally avoid taking administrative action, as that level of local activity is usually sufficient to handle maintenance work on a small wiki. If I happened to delete a spam page and was then contacted by a local admin asking me to stop and expressing a preference for the content to remain, I would not argue and would respect their decision, leaving it to the local community to determine what aligns with their policies. My role as a global sysop would be to assist with maintenance where there are few or no active admins, not to act as a final decision-maker on content matters.
- In the second scenario involving suspected cross-wiki LTA account, even if the user has a history of global blocks or locks, I would carefully review their contributions and avoid removing content en masse. If some of their edits appear productive, I would avoid blanket reverts or deletions and instead inform the local community, allowing them to assess the situation and take action according to their standards. If there is no local community and I am not comfortable taking any admin action, I would seek opinions from fellow global sysops on the mailing list. – DreamRimmer ■ 15:55, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- Good answers!
Support - no concerns. – Ajraddatz (talk) 18:47, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- Good answers!
Support Jet Pilot 17:45, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Neriah - 💬 - 18:13, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Alaa :)..! 20:14, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Due diligence to support as previously raised concerns were acted upon.--A09|(pogovor) 22:15, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Wüstenspringmaus talk 08:41, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Warm Regards, Abhimanyu7 talk 11:16, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support no concerns. Borhan (talk) 17:31, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Jan Myšák (talk) 06:25, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Ans to question looks good. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 06:55, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support ~~Sid~~ 11:19, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support – Leotalk 14:40, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Gazerbeam (talk) 19:20, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Support Thank you for volunteering. Vermont (🐿️—🏳️🌈) 04:22, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support --Samuele2002 (Talk!) 10:15, 22 May 2025 (UTC)
Support. —— Eric Liu(Talk) 02:51, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Strong support--Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 09:18, 23 May 2025 (UTC)
Support--Infinite0694 (Talk) 08:59, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
Requests for global rename permissions
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Requests for global IP block exemption
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Global IP block exempt for Abiran Goliah
[edit]- Global user: Abiran Goliah (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
<I'm live in mainland China, So I have to use a proxy to access Wikimedia's other projects and projects in Chinese languages.>, thanks, --Abiran Goliah (talk) 16:50, 16 April 2025 (UTC)
- Global user: Kurgenera (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
I'm a citizen of PRC mainland. Because of GFW, I have to use VPN to access Wikimedia's other projects for further contribution. Thanks for your access.--Kurgenera (talk) 05:08, 19 April 2025 (UTC)
- Global user: 古海岸遗址 (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Global user: HMOXDSS1 (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
我是一名来自中国大陆的维基用户,先前已在中文维基百科申请本地IP封禁豁免权,由于GFW的封锁,我现在必须使用代理才能编辑维基,但我的代理被封禁,无法编辑维基的页面。因此,希望处理人员为我授予全域IP封禁豁免权以避免受到影响。--HMOXDSS1 (talk) 10:34, 23 April 2025 (UTC)
- What's the connection between you("HMOXDSS1") and "Abiran Goliah"? Stang 01:29, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- 抱歉源代码复制错了。Sorry, the source code was copied wrong. HMOXDSS1 (talk) 06:42, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- 已修复错误The error has been fixed HMOXDSS1 (talk) 06:44, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
- Note: duplicate request (closed as dupe) at ticket:2025041610004288. — xaosflux Talk 18:42, 24 April 2025 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for Enock4seth
[edit]- Global user: Enock4seth (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Extending, a workshop I just finished leading didn't go as planned since my exemption expired yesterday, thanks, --Enock4seth (talk) 20:20, 1 May 2025 (UTC)
Global IP Block Exempt for Adin.leo.d.y
[edit]- Global user: Adin.leo.d.y (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Per UTRS #102895 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 08:00, 6 May 2025 (UTC)
Global IP block exempt for Kerim Demirkaynak
[edit]- Global user: Kerim Demirkaynak (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Hello, I would like to request a renewal of my global IP block exemption. I occasionally contribute to Wikimedia projects from IP ranges that are globally blocked (such as mobile or shared networks), and this permission helps me to continue editing without disruption. Thank you, --Kerim Demirkaynak (talk) 10:13, 12 May 2025 (UTC)
- In general these networks are not blocked for logged in users. Are you having any actual problem right now? — xaosflux Talk 12:56, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Global user: Enmingyan (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
It say
Auto-creation of a local account failed:
Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis.
The block was made by XXBlackburnXx. The reason given is Open proxy/Webhost--Enmingyan (talk) 20:23, 14 May 2025 (UTC)
- You should be able to self-resolve this by turning off your proxy/vpn. See: No open proxies. — xaosflux Talk 23:30, 18 May 2025 (UTC)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/No_open_proxies#:~:text=This%20policy%20is%20known%20to%20cause%20difficulty%20for%20some%20editors%2C%20who%20must%20use%20open%20proxies%20to%20circumvent%20censorship%20where%20they%20live%3B%20a%20well%2Dknown%20example%20is%20the%20government%20of%20the%20People%27s%20Republic%20of%20China%2C%20which%20sporadically%20attempts%20to%20prevent%20the%20people%20in%20China%20from%20reading%20or%20editing%20Wikipedia ??? Enmingyan (talk) 10:46, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- Is zhwiki your primary project? — xaosflux Talk 15:08, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- For what its worth, we've attached your account to jawikiquote. You haven't put forth a good reason why you have an extraordinary need to use proxies and lack local activity on the projects you have logged in to. Do you have anything else to add? — xaosflux Talk 12:55, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
- Is zhwiki your primary project? — xaosflux Talk 15:08, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/No_open_proxies#:~:text=This%20policy%20is%20known%20to%20cause%20difficulty%20for%20some%20editors%2C%20who%20must%20use%20open%20proxies%20to%20circumvent%20censorship%20where%20they%20live%3B%20a%20well%2Dknown%20example%20is%20the%20government%20of%20the%20People%27s%20Republic%20of%20China%2C%20which%20sporadically%20attempts%20to%20prevent%20the%20people%20in%20China%20from%20reading%20or%20editing%20Wikipedia ??? Enmingyan (talk) 10:46, 19 May 2025 (UTC)
- Global user: CuratorBot (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Global user: YouTubeBot (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Global user: EUResourcesBot (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
I use open-proxy, thanks. --— DaxServer (t · m · c) 18:19, 20 May 2025 (UTC)
- These only seem to be running on Commons, where they all already have local IPBE. Do you plan to run the bots at other wikis, or what's the need for GIPBE? EPIC (talk) 06:57, 21 May 2025 (UTC)
Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions
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- Global user: IlPisano (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
i'd like to use it, thanks, --IlPisano (talk) 06:50, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
- @IlPisano - have you read 2FA to understand the risks of enabling it? Ternera (talk) 14:13, 24 May 2025 (UTC)
Requests for other global permissions
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