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Proposals at Talk:Global rollback involving user rights
[edit]I see at least two proposals which might need closure:
- Talk:Global rollback#Add apihighlimits to GR (started on April 20, 2024, which was more than a year ago)
- Talk:Global rollback#Add abusefilter-view to the global rollback toolset? (I started this a month ago [roughly], and there is clear consensus to add the aforemented user right to the global rollbacker group.)
Thanks. Codename Noreste (discuss • contribs) 01:49, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
- The later has been closed. — xaosflux Talk 16:59, 30 December 2025 (UTC)
- @EPIC: want to take a look at the former? The requester suggests you were working on this. 11:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC) — xaosflux Talk 11:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- @Xaosflux: This came up quite some time ago after a GR/GS requested the separate apihighlimits global flag (Steward_requests/Global_permissions/2024-04#API_high_limit_requestors_for_WikiBayer). TenWhile6 suggested to me that the right should have just been added to the GR toolset instead and I pointed them to open a discussion about it. As for how this should be closed I have no particular opinion - I don't mind either way of closing it. EPIC (talk) 11:14, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
- @EPIC: want to take a look at the former? The requester suggests you were working on this. 11:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC) — xaosflux Talk 11:09, 28 January 2026 (UTC)
Notifying here (instead of SRM, which received no response) on behalf of @JJPMaster.
It's been a little more than a year since Requests for comment/Welcoming policy was published, and it might be worth considering if this should be closed. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 20:28, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
- It's part of the backlog, there are even older ones at Requests for comment as well. — xaosflux Talk 21:23, 21 January 2026 (UTC)
Pings at SRG
[edit]I would like to ask that stewards explicitly ping the requestor when replying to and/or declining a SRG request. SRG gets a lot of edits everyday; it's unlikely that all requestors watch the page, and, even if they do, see every change to the page, botted or otherwise. Such feedbacks are necessary for requestors not to make repeated vague/futile requests, so they would be more effective if more requestors are aware of them. Thank you. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 17:16, 23 January 2026 (UTC)
- If the decline is procedural (such as declining stale reports) then I generally don't notify the requestor, but for other cases I think it's useful. I understand that some stewards may not do so, however, since we frequently decline SRG reports to clear backlogs and notifying people might not be necessary at that time. EPIC (talk) 16:09, 24 January 2026 (UTC)
- I will ping if I think the report is improper, but there are other reasons to decline where the request itself was fine that make up most of my declines and there isn't really a need to ping over them. – Ajraddatz (talk) 01:44, 25 January 2026 (UTC)
Planned addition of a global user group: 'local-bot'
[edit]Hi. We're working on some MediaWiki changes to allow local bots that have been approved on any wiki to have higher rate limits when accessing shared content (e.g. Commons images). As part of this, we would like to create a global user group, tentatively named "Local bots" (or 'local-bot' internally), which would be automatically synchronised with user group changes on each Wikimedia SUL wiki – any user added to a local 'bot' group would also be added to the global 'local-bot' group. This would use the same mechanism as the Global temporary account IP viewers group (global-temporary-account-viewer), which is synced with the local 'checkuser' and 'suppress' groups.
I'm going to document this new group in a section at the "Bot" page (with a redirect from Local bots), unless you can suggest a better place.
Please let me know if you see any issues with this plan, here or on the Phabricator task: T415588. I am hoping that this will go live this week or next. Matma Rex / Bartosz Dziewoński (WMF) (talk) 21:41, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Matma Rex can we exempt testwikis, etc from triggering it? — xaosflux Talk 22:06, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
- We could, but then bot authors testing on testwiki would be subject to different rate limits. Do you expect much noise from such rights changes? I took a look at https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/rights and I only see 4 changes granting or removing bot rights in all of 2025. Matma Rex (talk) 23:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
- Likely not much noise. — xaosflux Talk 02:02, 3 February 2026 (UTC)
- We could, but then bot authors testing on testwiki would be subject to different rate limits. Do you expect much noise from such rights changes? I took a look at https://test.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/rights and I only see 4 changes granting or removing bot rights in all of 2025. Matma Rex (talk) 23:03, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
- Will be removed from all local bots trigger automatic removal? — xaosflux Talk 22:08, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yes. Expiring local group membership will also expire the global group membership. Matma Rex (talk) 23:05, 2 February 2026 (UTC)
Renommage
[edit]Il est souhaitable que la barre d'outils doit comporter un mode { Annuler Renommage } pour les nouveaux utilisateurs selon leurs expériences. Diaphonème. Gif (talk) 04:53, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- Message layout and/or software settings are not something this team deals with. If there is a specific system message you would like updated, please use an edit request or ask at RFH // [TRADUCTION AUTOMATIQUE] La mise en page des messages et/ou les paramètres du logiciel ne sont pas du ressort de cette équipe. Si vous souhaitez que l'un des messages système soit mis à jour, veuillez utiliser une demande de modification ou poser votre question sur RFH. — xaosflux Talk 10:47, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
Code of Conduct enforcement
[edit]This is about:
I.e., removing verifiable information about antisemitism, is itself antisemitic hate speech, through omission.
The purpose of their edits is whitewashing the biography of a person who is considered antisemitic. Tgeorgescu (talk) 05:54, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
Request: BLP review guidance for zh-yuewiki article about a living person
[edit]I am the subject of the zh-yuewiki biography:
I request cross-wiki guidance on possible BLP concerns. The article contains contentious allegations / non-neutral headings (e.g. 「網上集資被指欺騙網友」「香港區議會選舉涉嫌賄選」「催眠服務涉嫌性騷擾等爭議」) and political labeling.
Evidence (baseline versions):
- 2021-04-20 version: https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E9%8D%BE%E8%A9%A0%E6%B7%B5&oldid=1604000 - Current version: https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E9%8D%BE%E8%A9%A0%E6%B7%B5&oldid=2210128
Evidence (recent diffs showing contentious content being re-introduced / restored):
- 2024-11-24: restore/revert to the current contentious version
https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E9%8D%BE%E8%A9%A0%E6%B7%B5&diff=prev&oldid=2210128
- 2024-11-13: adds/restores political labeling in the lead (e.g. 「香港親中派政治人」)
https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E9%8D%BE%E8%A9%A0%E6%B7%B5&diff=next&oldid=2198825
- 2024-08-05: restoration that includes the contentious/non-neutral section headings mentioned above
https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E9%8D%BE%E8%A9%A0%E6%B7%B5&diff=next&oldid=2163351
I understand content disputes are normally handled locally. I have tried to seek local handling, but the contentious content has been repeatedly re-introduced. I am therefore requesting cross-wiki guidance on the appropriate venue/process for BLP triage and whether Oversight/VRT may apply.
Request:
1) Where is the proper global venue to review/triage BLP issues on zh-yuewiki?
2) If suppression/removal from history may be needed, what is the correct process (Oversight/VRT)?
Catmanchung (talk) 12:31, 15 February 2026 (UTC)
New local inactivity policy for English Wikiquote
[edit](notification only) Hello. As of today, the English Wikiquote has developed a local inactivity policy per q:en:Wikiquote:Village pump#Create a local inactivity policy?. The policy states that administrators who are inactive for one year (i.e. no edits and no logged actions) will be listed under the removal section of q:en:Wikiquote:Requests for adminship, where inactive admins are given one week to respond if they wish to retain their rights, unless they specify otherwise. After one week passes and no response is received, a user will add a request for removal under SRP for the inactive administrator.
However, for the last sentence above, this could change eventually as I might start an English Wikiquote proposal to allow bureaucrats to remove administrator permissions locally.
On behalf of the English Wikiquote, Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 16:08, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
- I updated the AAR set accordingly, see Special:Permalink/30093043. As for the latter point, even though it's not within the stewards' remit, allowing local bureaucrats to remove sysop flags is generally only granted to large communities and I don't think enwikiquote would be considered large enough per Limits to configuration changes. EPIC (talk) 16:27, 17 February 2026 (UTC)
- I did not realize that the English Wikiquote is considered a small wiki (despite having 15 local administrators). Thank you for explaining; I have crossed out (reconsidered) the last point accordingly. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 17:12, 17 February 2026 (UTC)