Steward requests/Permissions
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in the channel to inform stewards that you need help.
Please only make requests here after gaining the on-wiki approval of your local community.
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Using this page
- 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= }} Thank you! ~~~~
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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"). Leave it blank and list them yourself if you're requesting access for multiple bots.
- 'discussion': a link to the local vote or discussion about the rights change (for example, "[[ex:Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#ExampleUser]]").
- If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information.
Confirmation of identity
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 receipt has been formally confirmed by the office.
Instructions for how you can confirm your identity can be found at: Steward handbook/email templates.
For stewards: Identification noticeboard.
Requests
Administrator access
Georgian wikiquote
- Wiki: ka.wikiquote.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Rastrelli F (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: q:ka:ვიკიციტატა:ადმინისტრატორები
Please give administrator rights to user
— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Trulala (talk) diff, please sign discussions with --~~~~ (UTC)
- Hello,
- two votes are very few, and he nearly has no edits, I suggest a temporary period of three months (it is technically the same and can be prolonged).
- Best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 16:17, 23 December 2008 (UTC)
Malagasy Wiktionary
- Wiki: mg.wiktionary.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Jagwar (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: wikt:mg:Dinika amin'ny mpikambana:Jagwar
Please give administrator rights to user
- Jagwar
- The reason : the unique sysop of the wiktionary is inactive for 6 months.
Thank you! Jagwar 12:05, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hello Jagwar. We can not grant permanent adminship unless the community has approved this. If there aren't yet enough people to do that on the Malagasy Wiktionary, please can you apply for temporary adminship instead (see section below) and make an announcement on the Wiktionary about this (for example on a village pump or other community discussion page). Angela 12:09, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hello Angela. My name has already been entered in Mpandrindra (administrator requests) with other candidates ; However, I will announce it in the community page. I'll wait 30 days. If lack of response (I think I'll seek wp.users), I'll ask you for a temporary adminship. Jagwar 09:52, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Bureaucrat access
Jyothis@mlwikibooks
- Wiki: ml.wikibooks.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Jyothis (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: The local community election for the same can be seen here. There are no bureaucrats in the project. Hence this request. Please let me know if there are any questions.
Thank you! Jyothis 13:43, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hold off on archiving this please, thanks... there were only 5 votes and the election did not run for very long. Normally elections should run for at least a week and there should be enough supports (and current admins) to show that a 'crat is needed... ++Lar: t/c 16:41, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
- I've reversed myself, and re-opened this. Angela 23:46, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thats alright. It can wait for the time that is required. Just wanted to let you all know that there is only one admin available (He has voted too) in the project and all the people voted there as of now are sysops in other ml wiki projects. Thanks. --Jyothis 00:23, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- @Angela, thanks! @Jyothis: You're asking for a 'cratship... but if that should fail for whatever reason please ask for a temporary adminship to help out... Thanks for your understanding as well. ++Lar: t/c 00:47, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thats alright. It can wait for the time that is required. Just wanted to let you all know that there is only one admin available (He has voted too) in the project and all the people voted there as of now are sysops in other ml wiki projects. Thanks. --Jyothis 00:23, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- I've reversed myself, and re-opened this. Angela 23:46, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
- No probs Lar. ml wiki project admins have collectively decided to ramp up the activism in the smaller wikis in the ml language family. The responsibilities will be divided among the active Sysops/BCs of ml wikipedia to shape up each project. We think we are managing a good show with ml wiki, where we have a attained a depth of 138 and 8k+ articles. I am taking the initiative to step up and lead this project as a part of the same. --Jyothis 01:20, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
CheckUser access
To request CheckUser information, see Meta:Requests for CheckUser information. 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 regarding bestowal of status before giving the status. The current mail template to use to request identification from the new CU can be found here. Do not grant CheckUser access unless the user is identified to the foundation, which will be announced on the Identification noticeboard. 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-ownerlists.wikimedia.org so that the listadmins know the person is allowed on the mailing list (the list may contain confidential information), and make sure they contact an op for access to #wikimedia-checkuser.
Casliber@enwiki
Enwiki arbcom member (w:WP:AC); identified.
Casliber has requested to be given checkuser and oversight access.
Thanks!
FT2 (Talk | email) 13:03, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- Done. Waiting for someone to subscribe him to checkuser-l. guillom 13:09, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Oversight access
As with Checkuser, do not initiate a request for oversight access here. You need to work through your local wiki. Some wikis have elections. Some wikis have their Arbitration Committee make the request once there is consensus on the local wiki. The request should show a link to the local wiki election results, or be made on behalf of an ArbCom by a member of that ArbCom, whichever is applicable.
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 Hiding revisions.
Removal of access
If you're requesting the removal of your own status, make sure you're logged in to a global account or place an English note on your local user talk page to prove you own both accounts (and add the diff link of your local confirmation edit to the request).
To request the removal of another user's status, you must gain consensus on the local wiki first. All discussion must be kept 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 very 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).
====user name@xxproject==== {{sr-request |status = <!--don't change this line--> |domain = |user name = |discussion= <!-- local confirmation link (not required if You have a sul account) --> }} __Summary of discussion here__. Thank you! ~~~~
AdRiley@enwikibooks
- Wiki: en.wikibooks.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: AdRiley (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: [1]
AdRiley has requested that his sysop tools be removed. He didn't know to make the request here, and has departed, so I'm noting his request here. Thanks. — Mike.lifeguard | @en.wb 21:00, 26 December 2008 (UTC)
- Done, best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 07:45, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
Xavexgoem@enwiki
- Wiki: en.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy[no automatic approval] • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Xavexgoem (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Just don't want them anymore.
I wish to have the sysop tools removed. I was a better editor without them. I wanna be one with the masses again. I do ask that if my request is granted to keep this somewhat on the down-low (I've heard stories of requesting de-sysoping to be highly political; I don't think this will happen in my case). I will add - on a somewhat cynical but I believe legitimate note note - that as an informal mediator and a sysop I have become a part of the problem by way of the latter and, because of it, ineffective in doing the former. Thank you, Xavexgoem 04:57, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
- Done, thanks for Your work there, best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 07:41, 27 December 2008 (UTC)
AGK@enwiki
- Wiki: en.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy[no automatic approval] • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: AGK (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Resignation notice at en:User:AGK.
I no longer have the time needed to contribute to the project as an administrator. AGK 02:58, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- Done with regret, and with thanks for your service to the projects. ++Lar: t/c 03:05, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Ameliorate!@enwiki
- Wiki: en.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy[no automatic approval] • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Ameliorate! (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: I am leaving, see my userpage en:User:Ameliorate! for confirmation.
Thanks -- Ameliorate! 03:40, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- Done with regret, and with thanks for your service to the projects. ++Lar: t/c 03:55, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Amorim Parga@ptwiki
- Wiki: pt.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Amorim Parga (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: pt:Wikipedia:Pedidos de administração/Desnomeações/Amorim Parga
According to the our local policy, inactive admins must have 2/3 of the votes to be desysopped. The request for de-adminship made by Jozeis3d ended today with 14 users supporting the desysop and 6 opposing. Thank you! Bisbis 04:18, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- Done. ++Lar: t/c 04:39, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Dzivdzan@srwiki, А.Динчић@srwiki, Никола Прљић@srwiki, Zorba@srwiki, Ninam@srwiki, Ivan@srwiki, Domatrios@srwiki, Yillilan@srwiki Горан Анђелковић@srwiki, Вандал Б@srwiki, Romanm@srwiki, ВКокијелов@srwiki, Срђан Весић@srwiki, PANONIAN@srwiki, Sashast@srwiki, Велимир85@srwiki
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Dzivdzan (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: new policy
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: А.Динчић (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Никола Прљић (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Zorba (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Ninam (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Ivan (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Domatrios (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Yillilan (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Горан Анђелковић (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Вандал Б (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Romanm (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: ВКокијелов (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Срђан Весић (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: PANONIAN (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Sashast (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Wiki: sr.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Велимир85 (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
About month ago, Serbian Wikipedia adopted new policy regarding inactive admins. The policy says that sysop right will be removed if an admin doesn't have at least one admin action during 18 months (protecting, blocking, deleting, translating mediaWiki messages). Within 30 days, bot twice left notification, but they never shown up. Most of them don't have any edits in past 2 years. BokicaK 09:34, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
- Just to confirm that this is a valid request. --FiliP × 09:41, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
Temporary permissions or emergency or technical access
If you are requesting administrator status to translate the wiki interface, this should done at the BetaWiki project 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 Multilingual speedy deletions.
Stewards: Currently active temporary permissions are listed at /Approved temporary. When granting a request, please copy the request to the appropriate section there, and clearly state the date of removal. 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.
NamHyHoangPhong@vi.wikiquote
- Wiki: vi.wikiquote.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: NamHyHoangPhong (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Missing link (For now, Vietnamese Wikiquote have only few members who are still activity. So we haven't got community of user to vote or discussion about the rights change. But I would like to be able to delete some pages of the already-blanked, copyright violations, spam, wrong topic, namespace...I would like to be an sysop for Vietnamese Wikiquote).
Thank you! NamHyHoangPhong 19:12, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- Please link to the voting. Without a voting you can only get temporary status for 3 months. --Thogo (talk) 19:23, 12 December 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for your suggest about temporary permission. I would like to requests for temporary sysop on the Vietnamese Wikiquote (valid fro one month or three months). One again, Thank you very much indeed! NamHyHoangPhong 06:25, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
- Please make a local announcement to allow local users eventually to object to this, thanks, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 09:42, 13 December 2008 (UTC)
Progress report? Hello, please let us know when You have done so, thanks, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 10:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)
Marbot@pdcwiki
- Wiki: pdc.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Marbot (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: see here
I request the extension of my period as a sysop by six months from January 1, 2009. During the past three months some progress has been made on this wiki. However with the expiry of my access there would still be no active local admin left, since the other admins' last edit was still on June 11, 2008 (only 43 edits this year so far). To my experience somebody with admin access should be active on this wiki. Vandalism is rare but still occurs undetected. In addition I have not completed to streamline appearance and naming of articles. An other field to be taken care of is the copyright status of files which were uploaded. Thank you for your consideration. --Marbot 23:02, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
- Seems reasonable to me, barring any objections... ++Lar: t/c 23:07, 15 December 2008 (UTC)
- Only think I would like to ask You, please can You make a local announcement of You asking for sysop status, just in case anyone would like to object. Since You did not make a local announcement (note it does not have to be a voting, just leave it in the village pump), I would like to ask You for it this time before we prolong the status. Best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 05:30, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hi, no problem at all. I have made an announcement in the village pump (Gmeeschafts-Portal). In addition I have made an announcement on the main page. I have set the time for objections for a fortnight from today. I think, this should be ok. Best regards --Marbot 21:52, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hello Marbot, that is just great, thanks, we can leave this here open until then if this is ok with You, best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 22:21, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- Hi birdy, I do not think that this is a matter of choice. :-) Just have a look at the comments on December 30. If there is a serious problem *fear* I will inform you right away. Best regards --Marbot 22:24, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- @ Spacebirdy: Do you mean a voting on pdc: for temp sysopship or the permanent one? I'd recommend Marbot to do the last one. Regards, —DerHexer (Talk) 22:26, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I think permanent adminship should only be granted after a vote. However, we should wait at least a year until a vote to give Dischdeldritsch time to return (his last action was an June 11, 2008). Best regards --Marbot 22:35, 16 December 2008 (UTC) This is the reason why I asked for 6 and not 3 months.
- Yes, I agree, permanent should it be only after a voting, I asked only for an announcement, so other local users could object if they wish to, 2 weeks is maybe a bit long but I don't see a problem here because Marbot has adminstatus now already until then anyway.
- Best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 23:50, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
- I think permanent adminship should only be granted after a vote. However, we should wait at least a year until a vote to give Dischdeldritsch time to return (his last action was an June 11, 2008). Best regards --Marbot 22:35, 16 December 2008 (UTC) This is the reason why I asked for 6 and not 3 months.
Miscellaneous requests
Reminder
- Import rights can be granted by stewards only, not bureaucrats, so the automatic list of local bureaucrats is irrelevant for this; please show a link to a consensus if the wiki has a community.
- Usurpation requests should be placed at Steward requests/Usurpation.
- Username changes should be placed at Requests for username changes.
See also
- Log of steward actions
- Log of global rights-related changes
- Steward handbook
- Users identified for restricted access
- Archives
General requests for: help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat · deletion (speedy deletions: local · multilingual) · URL blacklisting · new languages · interwiki map
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