Stewards/Elections 2026/Votes/Mohammed Qays
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- Languages: ar
- Personal info: (English)Hello everyone, My name is Mohammed Qays. I joined Wikimedia projects on 4 June 2022, and I have remained an active contributor on Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects since then. I currently serve as a sysop on the Arabic Wikipedia (since 23 January 2024), an interface administrator (since 24 October 2024), and a sysop on Wikidata (since 19 August 2024).
Through my work as an administrator, I have gained experience in handling maintenance tasks, supporting editors, and applying policies carefully and fairly. I am particularly interested in contributing beyond my home wiki and being more involved with the global Wikimedia community, especially in areas where cross-wiki assistance and coordination are needed.
I have read and fully agree with everything outlined in Stewards/Elections 2026/Guidelines. If elected, I commit to assisting users and handling steward tasks in accordance with established policies, guidelines, and best practices, while acting with neutrality, caution, and respect for privacy.
I understand the importance of accountability and recognize that steward work requires careful judgment. I am always willing to seek advice from more experienced stewards, step back from situations where there may be a conflict of interest, and learn from any mistakes.
Thank you for taking the time to consider my nomination. I am happy to answer any questions you may have. - Questions: See Stewards/Elections 2026/Questions#Mohammed Qays
- روتانا (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • Trusted user, with extensive and excellent experience.—RH🦋 (talk) 14:12, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Elph (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • ----عباس 14:23, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yoosef Pooranvary (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • Yoosef Pooranvary (talk) 14:26, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- فيصل (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • I am the administrator who blocked Mohammed in his early days on Wikipedia. However, over the years, Mohammed has demonstrated seriousness and a deeper understanding of policies across most projects, and I believe he deserves it. Faisal talk 14:34, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Mahmoudalrawi (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • Mahmood (talk) 14:39, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Alli Khalil (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • I have worked closely with Mohammed and have always found him to be reliable, neutral, and deeply knowledgeable about Wikimedia policies. His work in the MENA region is proof of his ability to handle complex situations with care and professionalism. He is exactly the kind of trusted user we need performing sensitive steward tasks. Alli Khalil (talk) 14:41, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- أحمد ناجي (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • Mohammed is a prominent administrator on the Arabic Wikipedia, a quick learner, and I am sure he will prove his competence in a short time. Ahmed Naji Talk 14:42, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Mishary94 (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • Mohammad is one of the individuals who work with professionalism and dedication on Wikimedia projects, and he is considered a trustworthy person. Mishary94 (talk) 14:47, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Michel Bakni (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • Michel Bakni (talk) 15:27, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- لوقا (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • لوقا (talk) 15:50, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yoblyblob (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • per the word of Faisal Yoblyblob (talk) 16:12, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Amr F.Nagy (Eligible, checked by Ferien) • Active and trusted. Amr F.Nagy (talk) 17:03, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Avicenno (Eligible, checked by Ferien) • Active and has the potential--Avicenno (talk) 17:14, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Cyfraw (Eligible, checked by Ferien) • Let's go for now. cyrfaw (talk) 17:46, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ibrahim.ID (Eligible, checked by HurricaneZeta) • Ibrahim.ID (talk) 19:53, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Nehaoua (Eligible, checked by AramilFeraxa) • --Nehaoua (talk) 20:15, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- NANöR (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • صحيح أن خبرته ليست طويلة جداً بالمقارنة مع المضيفين القديمين، لكنه أثبت اجتهاده وحرصه للمتابعة بنشاط في عدة مشاريع وكان ناجحا في ذلك وله خبرة مكثفة. أعتقد أنه يستحق هذه الفرصة وسيكون إضافة جيدة. بالتوفيق NANöR (talk) 21:37, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
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Vaquita marina(Not eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • Vaquita marina (talk) 23:05, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
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- أبو الشاي حليب (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • أبو الشاي حليب (talk) 03:46, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Nurtenge (Eligible, checked by HurricaneZeta) • Good luck! Nurtenge (talk) 09:22, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Jerimee (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • Jerimee (talk) 13:31, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
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Wikicim(Not eligible, checked by Codename Noreste) • Wikicim (talk) 13:39, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
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- أبو هشام (Eligible, checked by HurricaneZeta) • أبو هشام (talk) 14:03, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- RealBogKon (Eligible, checked by NDG) • RealBogKon (talk) 22:37, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Amirhusenjihed (Eligible, checked by Mtarch11) • Amirhusenjihed (talk) 06:39, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Julius 12345 (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • The steward group needs a new user. Julius 12345 (talk) 11:38, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Gripweed (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • Gripweed (talk) 20:19, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yamato Shiya (Eligible, checked by Mtarch11) • Yamato Shiya (talk) 01:38, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- Kiito M (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • Kiito M (talk) 09:57, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
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Velvetsmog(Not eligible, checked by ShuQizhe) • Velvetsmog (talk) 14:10, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
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- ola.mahadi (Eligible, checked by DreamRimmer) • Ola اويد انضمام الزميل محمد لما اراخ من نشاط في الفترة السابقة واجتهاد (talk)Ola.mahadi (talk) 16:26, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- SanBonne (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • I am serving as admin with Mohammed, he is trustworthy and very active and really helped with improving the Arabic Wikipedia during these few years. I understand his answers, and crosswiki activity is not that much, but despite that, he is a person of action on Wikiverse. Best. SanBonne (talk) 16:28, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- BRPever (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Limited crosswiki experience. Probably not ready for steward work yet. Happy to support in the future. BRP ever 14:12, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- NDG (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Per questions NDG (talk) 14:18, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Fenikals (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Fenikals (talk) 14:19, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- FusionSub (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • -FusionSub (talk) 14:20, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Der-Wir-Ing (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • I don't speak English as first language as well. It's OK to use some machine assistance for translations, but you should read the translation and check for potential mistakes. Your answers give the very strong impression that you just let an AI answer for you, without checking the content. I asked around in ar-wp and you seem to be a fine admin there, but I don't think you are ready for Steward. Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI") talk 14:23, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- ShuQizhe (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • Sorry but I don’t think your cross-wiki experience is necessarily sufficient… and also per questions. 浅村しき (talk) 14:24, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Langusto (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Langusto (talk) 14:25, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ajraddatz (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Some deficiencies in experience and collaborative spirit. – Ajraddatz (talk) 14:28, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Moguy (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Moguy (talk) 14:32, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- 20041027 tatsu (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • 20041027 𝓽𝓪𝓽𝓼𝓾(talk) 14:34, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ahmetiliyus (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Ahmetiliyus (talk) 14:34, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- 人间百态 (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Ren Jian(Talk) 14:39, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Inertia6084 (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Inertia6084 (talk) 14:44, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Victor Schmidt (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • - Between the limited crosswiki Experience (2 wikis, pretty much), rather mediocre answers to questions (I would like to see an answer to the case judgment question btw) I don't think you're ready for stewardship. Victor Schmidt (talk) 14:48, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 14:48, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Aafi (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • unfortunately: experience seems to be at a crossroads. signed, Aafi (talk) 14:49, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Leaderboard (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • With regret. The first problem is that half of your candidature is unusable since it's AI (and you didn't replace all of the AI-generated text). It's a shame since the original Arabic text was a lot better. The second part is that you don't seem to have knowledge of English at all (i.e, en-0). Now, Arabic is a major language and I wouldn't mind working with someone that doesn't speak English, but the unfortunate reality is that _some_ knowledge of the language is required (eg many internal documentation is only in English and I certainly wouldn't want you to be copying that into an LLM). I think you have potential and hope to see you in another year. Leaderboard (talk) 14:50, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Icodense (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • the meaningless AI answers are a hard no for me Icodense (talk) 14:51, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Peterxy12 (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Peterxy(talk) 14:53, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Xaosflux (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • Not responding to my question suggests future communications issues. — xaosflux Talk 14:56, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- وسيم (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) •
Strong oppose Limited crosswiki experience. With all due respect, the user cannot control his anger ((see January 4th, 2026) وسيم (talk) 15:10, 6 February 2026 (UTC) - Infinite0694 (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • Infinite0694 (Talk) 15:17, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Hehua (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • Hehua (talk) 15:21, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Stïnger (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • There are several issues to address: you have very limited cross-wiki experience. I expect steward candidates to be cross-wiki active. Answers to questions do not convince at all. Your AI-generated responses make me doubt your criteria. Althought you're saying it's solely for translation, this is still a problem. Also, I think there's a language barrier here. You didn't specify in your statement which languages do you speak. Running unsuccessfully for the U4C is also a concern; you should consider this, as it can impact with your experience. With all that said, I don't think you're ready to be a steward. --Stïnger (会話) 15:24, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Superspritz (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • Superspritztell me 15:30, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ternera (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Ternera (talk) 15:39, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Just wanted to update my vote to provide a reason. The responses in Arabic are not an issue for me. The use of AI for responses is concerning though. I would also prefer to see some more cross-wiki work before supporting. Ternera (talk) 16:26, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Ternera يمكنك مطالعة صفحة نقاشي وفهم سبب المشكلة، وأرجو ممن صوت بضد يراجع صفحة النقاش الخاصة بي لفهم الموضوع أكثر. مع التحية. Mohammed Qays (talk) 16:43, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Just wanted to update my vote to provide a reason. The responses in Arabic are not an issue for me. The use of AI for responses is concerning though. I would also prefer to see some more cross-wiki work before supporting. Ternera (talk) 16:26, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Mollerup (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • Mollerup (talk) 15:44, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- V0lkanic (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • Lack of English knowledge and not enough crosswiki experience. I believe you can be a great contributor to your home wiki, but I can't support your candidacy for stewardship by any means. V0lkanic (talk) 15:52, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Codename Noreste (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • To some of the steward questions, I saw the OP's responses in Arabic which indicates their English responses might be AI-generated, and I can't find their Babel language list on their global user page. Codename Noreste (talk • contribs) 16:05, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- @Codename Noreste هل هناك شيء ملزم أن أجيب باللغة الإنجليزية؟ أم هي فرض على الجميع؟ أحتاج إجابة واضحة لأن أجد هناك استياء من استخدام لغة أخرى غير الإنجليزية بالموقع! Mohammed Qays (talk) 16:12, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
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TheGreatEditor024(Not eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • TheGreatEditor024 (talk) 16:11, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- HurricaneZeta (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • unfortunately, due to LLM usage HurricaneZeta (talk) 16:25, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- MicroTato (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • Not much crosswiki microTato (talk) (contribs) 16:31, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Nemoralis (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • No cross-wiki experience.Nemoralis (talk) 16:43, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- TrinacrianGolem (Eligible, checked by Ferien) • TrinacrianGolem (talk) 17:34, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- DraconicDark (Eligible, checked by Ferien) • Concerned about over-reliance on machine translation, as well as unconvincing answers to questions. DraconicDark (talk) 17:39, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Daniuu (Eligible, checked by Stïnger) • Daniuu (talk) 18:15, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ktkvtsh (Eligible, checked by Stïnger) • Ktkvtsh (talk) 19:07, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Saroj (Eligible, checked by HurricaneZeta) • Saroj (talk) 19:36, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- SHB2000 (Eligible, checked by AramilFeraxa) • I'm sure the candidate is a great sysop on arwiki and WD, but I can't, in any goodwill, support with the AI-generated text (specifically not disclosing it) or support with the very limited x-wiki experience (though this can be very easily worked on – and would happy to see you reapply either for steward of U4C once you've done so). shb (t • c) 20:58, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Aqurs1 (Eligible, checked by SHB2000) • aqurs 🍧 23:11, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Plutus (Eligible, checked by Aqurs1) • Plutus 💬 🎄 — Fortune favours the curious 00:41, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Pppery (Eligible, checked by Jianhui67) • * Pppery * it has begun 03:50, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Minorax (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • --Min☠︎rax«¦talk¦» 06:23, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Nella.hohlova (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • Nella.hohlova (talk) 08:47, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ameisenigel (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • Missing experience in relevant areas Ameisenigel (talk) 08:52, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Jan Myšák (Eligible, checked by NDG) • Lack of crosswiki experience. Jan Myšák (talk) 09:18, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Kusurija (Eligible, checked by HurricaneZeta) • --Kusurija (talk) 14:09, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- RandFreeman (Eligible, checked by HurricaneZeta) • ? 16:35, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Bencemac (Eligible, checked by ShuQizhe) • Bencemac (talk) 17:48, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- IdanST (Eligible, checked by Stïnger) • IdanST (talk) 18:07, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Dorian Gray Wild (Eligible, checked by Ferien) • Dgw|Talk 18:24, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Miraclepine (Eligible, checked by Elton) • ミラP@Miraclepine 19:52, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Kadı (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • Kadı Message 21:24, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- JrandWP (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • Still need more experience JrandWP (talk) 21:59, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Chorchapu (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • Chorchapu (talk) 22:19, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- BrunoBoehmler (Eligible, checked by NDG) • BrunoBoehmler (talk) 22:37, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- CardboardLamp (Eligible, checked by NDG) • CardboardLamp (talk) 23:05, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- FeralOink (Eligible, checked by NDG) • FeralOink (talk) 23:38, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Kudpung (Eligible, checked by NDG) • Sorry, but I don't believe 4 years is sufficient for being a Steward. Kudpung (talk) 23:41, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Xxanthippe (Eligible, checked by NDG) • Xxanthippe (talk) 00:11, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- BenG1 (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • BenG1 (talk) 01:17, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- TheJoyfulTentmaker (Eligible, checked by Mtarch11) • Unfortunately; I don't believe the candidate is a good admin on ArWiki who reads and cares about the policies. Editing someone's user profile and removing the statement "I'm learning Levantine Arabic" is unexplainable by any ArWiki policy. The candidate unfortunately did not show they can be trusted with advanced rights. TheJoyfulTentmaker (talk) 02:26, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- HarryWurst (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • HarryWurst (talk) NOthing to say. HarryWurst (talk) 08:26, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- TenWhile6 (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • --TenWhile6 09:10, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Sjoerddebruin (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • Sjoerd de Bruin (talk) 14:32, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Ziv (Eligible, checked by ShuQizhe) • Same as User:BRPever. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 16:17, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Puppe100 (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • Puppe100 (talk) 17:27, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Yuriklim (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • Yuriklim (talk) 18:14, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Skranon (Eligible, checked by KonstantinaG07) • Skranon (talk) 19:01, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Edelseider (Eligible, checked by Stïnger) • Edelseider (talk) 19:08, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Sohom Datta (Eligible, checked by Stïnger) • Yeah, no, even if I can get over the en-0 problems, the fact that they used LLMs shows a distinct lack of understanding/care for global norms. Similarly, the concerns brought up (imo) show temperament issues which are hard to square with stew access Sohom (talk) 19:21, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Neriah (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • In my opinion, his reply on the questions page is problematic. Most of the stewards' work is conducted in English, and there is no way to avoid that. Neriah - 💬 - 20:26, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Albertoleoncio (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • Vou responder em português também porque inglês não é minhas primeira língua. Idioma não é um problema, nós somos um movimento multilingue e essa diversidade faz parte do nosso ethos. Entretanto manter a mente fria e saber desescalar conflitos é essencial para uma atuação como steward, independentemente de quem esteja certo ou errado, e eu acredito que você não demonstrou isso muito habilmente nesse momento. ━ Albertoleoncio Who, me? 23:09, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Niryhpr (Eligible, checked by Victor Schmidt) • Niryhpr! 23:40, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- El flacucho venezolano (Eligible, checked by Sdrqaz) • El flacucho venezolano (talk) 00:43, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- Mkdw (Eligible, checked by PieWriter) • Mkdw (talk) 04:49, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- Saimmx (Eligible, checked by Ferien) • I am sorry, but as someone who actually doesn't speak Arabic, comments from Der-Wir-Ing, SHB2000, and Leaderboard are convincing to me. Saimmx (talk) 08:21, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- Quiorm (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • Quiorm (talk) 14:39, 9 February 2026 (UTC)
- Jphwra (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • Jphwra (talk) 14:20, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Mahir256 (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • echoing the first three sentences of Der-Wir-Ing's oppose vote. Mahir256 (talk) 14:43, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- EPIC (Eligible, checked by Giraffer) • I don't want to pile on, and we could certainly use more Arabic speaking stewards, but I feel like I do want to state my opinions. The problem isn't for me the use of AI/LLM but more that the responses when questioned about it felt dishonest to me. I obviously don't mind having someone weaker in English on the team, but I did give an opportunity with my question to respond in Arabic and I was a bit disappointed that it took an additional talk page message before the answers were finally switched to human answers in Arabic (which indeed were better than the previous ones). That being said, this is a "maybe some other time" for me, the candidate is doing good work and could probably be qualified in a future election. EPIC (talk) 15:29, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Northern-Virginia-Photographer (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • Northern-Virginia-Photographer (talk) 16:15, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- CoconutOctopus (Eligible, checked by EPIC) • CoconutOctopus talk 16:18, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- Jianhui67 (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • I understand the concerns with language barrier and AI usage, but they do decent work so I don't want to oppose. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 16:23, 6 February 2026 (UTC)
- EggRoll97 (Eligible, checked by Svartava) • They do decent work and frankly the answers to my questions are acceptable to me. I don't, however, believe they have the necessary cross-wiki demonstrated for stewardship. EggRoll97 (talk) 05:25, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- HKLionel (Eligible, checked by NDG) • HKLionel TALK 17:46, 7 February 2026 (UTC)
- Mtarch11 (Eligible, checked by Xaosflux) • Mtarch11 (talk) 02:37, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Legoktm (Eligible, checked by PieWriter) • Legoktm (talk) 03:46, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- CptViraj (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • CptViraj (talk) 05:17, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- ltbdl (Eligible, checked by 20041027 tatsu) • ltbdl (talk) 05:20, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- ElBe (Eligible, checked by KonstantinaG07) • ElBe 1 | 2 | WP 18:42, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- Miniapolis (Eligible, checked by Stïnger) • Miniapolis 21:30, 8 February 2026 (UTC)
- FenyMufyd (Eligible, checked by Mtarch11) • FenyMufyd (talk) 02:11, 9 February 2026 (UTC)