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This page hosts requests for global permissions. To make a request, read the relevant policy (global rollback , global sysop , global rename , …) and make a request below. Explain why membership is needed for that group, and detail prior experience or qualifications.

This is not a vote and any active Wikimedia editor may participate in the discussion.

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 rollback for Icodense

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Not ending before 22:28, 17 January 2026 (UTC)

Hello! I would like to request global rollback rights in order to assist more effectively with combating cross-wiki vandalism and spam.

I have been an active contributor on Wikipedia since 2015 and have long-standing experience in anti-vandalism work. I regularly use SWViewer for cross-wiki monitoring (some of my actions there only appear under my former username Icodense99). While my main activity is on the German Wikipedia, I have also been active globally for a longer time and would like to contribute more efficiently in this area. In particular, being able to view temporary account IPs would often be very helpful in my work.

I am a current member of the German ArbCom and take policy compliance and responsible tool usage very seriously. I have read and understood the global rollback policy and the local policies regarding global rollback rights, and I also have WP:2FA enabled.

Thank you for your consideration. --Icodense (talk) 22:28, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for global sysop permissions

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Requests for global rename permissions

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Global rename for ATannedBurger

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Not ending before 22:52, 19 January 2026 (UTC)
Hello. I would like to request global rename permissions. I'm a current admin on zhwiki and would like to request rename permissions to process unblock requests involving usernames that violated local policies and a new suitable username has been selected by the unblock requester. Thanks. --)dt 22:52, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for global IP block exemption

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Global IP block exempt for Peterxy12

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My country blocked Wikipedia, VPN required, I have ipblock-except in zhwiki, enwiki, frwiki, commonswiki and wikidata, and I have over 300 edits on SRG, I want to edit other projects, requires global IPBE, thanks.Peterxytalk07:16, 31 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

After your last request here when you were declined for being blocked on your homewiki, you picked up yet another block on your homewiki. What is going on that keeps getting you blocked? — xaosflux Talk 02:39, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Xaosflux:I was subset blocked for 6 months on my homewiki because I harassed other users. Later, I was blocked for 3 months because I used machine translations. Now, I have no active blocks, so can you graduate my GIPBE right? Thank you. Peterxytalk06:19, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for the note, I'm leaving this for another steward to handle. — xaosflux Talk 12:41, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Xaosfluxǃ Chinese is my native language. If you need any assistance about the request, I can help. Polar Bear 12:46, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Johannnes89:What should I do? Peterxytalk03:18, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
You can see my global contribtions. Peterxytalk09:37, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Peterxy12 If you need me to explain anything, I can be your bridge to Stewards. Polar Bear 12:46, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@Xaosflux:Sorry, my local IPBE will be expired. Can you renew my local IPBE right? Thank you. Peterxytalk13:36, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
See RFHxaosflux Talk 15:43, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I need others to check.  On hold Peterxytalk21:37, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Global IP block exempt for Borhan

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I often using VPN during my travels and while using a public internet hotspots. I have been affected by global IP bans in the past when trying to edit projects on bn.wiki, wikidata, commons, or using swviewer to work against vandalism. So to work properly, i need the permission. thanks, --Borhan (talk) 18:04, 5 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Global IP block exempt for DerFuchs

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Security concerns and need to use VPN/proxy due to deteriorating democratic situation and authoritarian consolidation, thanks, --DerFuchs (talk) 19:37, 10 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Global IP block exempt for Drunk Experiter

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(Steward clerk) ticket:2026011210007321, user with somewhat sufficient editing history and valid reason for using proxy. --LuciferianThomas 09:48, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Global IP block exempt for Saisønisse

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Pinging @Xaosflux — As per UTRS #85915 (also, the same "mistakenly surprised" global IP block that later rescinded on March 7, 2024). As an act of gesture, I want to renew this global IP block exemption for a second time due to having good record of contributing articles. So, please take this notice seriously. Saisønisse (talk) 14:21, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Not done this account is already GIPBE until 2026-03-06; if there is still a need start a renewal a week or so before it expires. Note, the IP range you had an issue with in 2024 via UTRS is no longer blocked. — xaosflux Talk 14:26, 15 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for other global permissions

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Global CAPTCHA exemption for LightandDark2000

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I would like to request Global CAPTCHA exemption, given the number of times I've run into issues with CAPTCHA filters and edit filters slowing or even entirely blocking my attempts to reverse vandalism on multiple Wikimedia projects. The edit filter blocks are worse in that regard, but I'm not sure what can be done about that. I think that Global CAPTCHA exemption would make my antivandalism work significantly easier (at least, without the use of Global Rollback), as I currently run into this issue rather often when reverting vandalism on sites like the Italian, French, and Chinese Wikipedias, which prevents Twinkle from working when this happens and forces me to spend significantly more time doing a manual revert. These issues currently make cross-wiki antivandalism work a lot more of a pain than I think it should be on projects where I currently don't have Rollback, especially on foreign language wikis. Obviously, I'm not a spammer, and I'm experienced with writing content and dealing with vandalism, so this shouldn't be an issue. I would appreciate being granted this permission. Thanks. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 16:45, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

I'm aware this isn't a vote, but Support Support. This global group is intentionally light-weight, and I fail to see the harm that some say giving this out widely would bring. CAPTCHA exemptions even says an acceptable rationale for granting is that it is clear someone isn't a spambot. I think LightandDark2000 meets that. EggRoll97 (talk) 18:58, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Seems that you are mostly having non-CAPTCHA problems? Are you hitting edit filters where their only action is to present a captcha? Can you point to an example? — xaosflux Talk 18:59, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I'm having non-CAPTCHA problems (edit filter disallowing), but those don't present a CAPTCHA - they block the edit entirely. As for the CAPTCHAs, I have to clear those manually on multiple Wikimedia project right now if I want to do anything involving the adding (or re-adding) of links that were deleted by vandals, which is extremely aggravating. I don't have a specific example, but let's say that a vandal deletes a paragraph of information from the article of Luis Arce or the Louvre Museum on French Wikipedia; in order just to reverse the vandalism, I would have to do a manual revert and fill out a CAPTCHA. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 02:45, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
That doesn't make sense, as you already have skipcaptcha permissions on frwiki. Is that a situation you are actually seeing, or something you are proposing could happen? — xaosflux Talk 13:08, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I wasn't aware that was a thing. I've run into the CAPTCHA issue on multiple wikis, including fr.wiki, it.wiki, zh.wiki, and a number of different Wikiquote/Wikiversity sites, so getting a local perm won't be enough to bypass this. LightandDark2000 🌀 (talk) 15:33, 2 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Abuse filter helper for Dragoniez

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Not ending before 09:42, 19 January 2026 (UTC)

I would like to request abuse filter helper rights. I have several reasons for this request:

  1. I have been involved in developing the AbuseFilter extension on Phabricator and Gerrit to improve user experience (e.g. 1, 2, 3, 4). Many tasks on Phabricator contain links to local private filters, and there have been cases where I had the time to submit a patch but refrained because I couldn't see those filters to pinpoint the reported issue. With these rights, I would be able to address more tasks and continue improving AbuseFilter functionality.
  2. As a jawiki sysop/CU (and also as one of the few active filter maintainers on the project), I often track vandals across projects when they move between wikis, both when they come to jawiki and when jawiki LTAs go to other projects. Abuse filter helper rights would facilitate this work and also allow me to improve local filters to prevent further abuse.
  3. Jawiki has currently opted out of global filters (Special:Diff/24974777). This has never been reconsidered since the initial opt-out, largely because no active jawiki filter maintainers have (full) access to global filters. I would like to work on this and am happy to discuss it with the local community as needed.

Thank you for your consideration! --Dragoniez (talk) 09:42, 12 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

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