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

Please be sure to follow the instructions below: Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions, and not doing so would reflect poorly on your suitability. Please also review the Global rollback policy. Instructions for making a request Before requesting, make sure that: You have sufficient activity to meet the requirements to be allocated the global rollback flag To make a request Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain of why you need the access and why you're suitable. === Global rollback for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = global <!-- don't change this line --> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user --> }} ::''Not ending before {{subst:#time:j F Y H:i|+5 days}} UTC'' The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than 5 days (other than requests that are unlikely to pass under any circumstances, no other exceptions are allowed , no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential.

Global rollback for Wikitanvir

Status:    Done

• Global user: Wikitanvir (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

Hi, I'm asking for global rollback privileges. I am an active cross-wiki vandal and spam fighter, and doing this job for quite some times. GR privileges will speed this task. I am a sysop on Bengali Wikipedia and Wiktionary and also on Commons. I use #cvn-sw^connect and #cvn-sw-spam^connect to track recent changes and take care of unwanted edits, and also available on many Wikimedia channels. Thanks for your consideration. — [ Tanvir | Talk ] 17:18, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

•  Support. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:19, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Sure! --WizardOfOz ^talk 17:24, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support Trusted, active, what else do we need? Savh^ñ 17:27, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
  • Well, cookies might be nice. PeterSymonds (talk) 17:33, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support - Sure. Maximillion Pegasus 17:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
•  Support. -- Màñü飆¹5 ^{talk [es]} 18:08, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• Seal of approval. Active and trustworthy cross-wiki contributor. Jafeluv 18:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support - absolutely - Trijnstel 19:05, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support Of course mickit 19:26, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support Theo10011 19:34, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• Aye. Béria Lima ^msg 19:54, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• yes MoiraMoira 20:10, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
•  Support Laaknor 21:35, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support Why not? -FASTILY ^(TALK) 21:58, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
•  Support —DerHexer (Talk) 22:00, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
•  Support.” T_ele^s (T_alk @ C G) 22:50, 1 April 2011 (UTC)
•  Support I've already seen xwiki action from this user, so it's a yes from me. fr33kman 02:55, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support - Another one of these "I thought you had it already" :P Ajraddatz (Talk) 03:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support Per Ajr. Grunny (talk) 05:12, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
• সমর্থন Knows what he is doing. Pmlineditor (t · c · l) 08:19, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support - Sure! - Jarii94 11:07, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support, why not? - Hoo man (talk) 13:59, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
•  Support. Active enough. Ruy Pugliesi^◥ 21:14, 2 April 2011 (UTC)
•  Support - No issues here. -Barras 13:18, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Clear consensus, so Done. -- Mentifisto 06:46, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

Global rollback for Hydriz

Status:    In progress

• Global user: Hydriz (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

Hi, I am here to request for Global Rollback. I believe I have attained the requirements of getting it as I have done many Countervandalism undo-es and have rollback on the Simple English Wikipedia, Simple English Wiktionary and sysop on Wikimedia Strategic Planning. I monitor 15 CVN channels, especially #cvn-sw so I believe getting Global Rollback is very useful for me. Thanks. --Hydriz 09:42, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

• Aye. — [ Tanvir | Talk ] 09:43, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support I've seen him reverting vandalism on different projects (for example commons, nlwp) and therefore I trust him with this tool. (in answer to this) Trijnstel 09:48, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
•  No - Sorry, it's not even been one week since you received this warning about the correct use of rollback. Sorry, not now. Doing this on wikis where you are not known, you may end up in getting a block there which would be not very helpful. Sorry, just not now. -Barras 13:17, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Comment I would like to clarify this issue. I accidentally clicked on rollback as I saw the text "^{Superscript text}". As my screen isn't very big (its a small laptop), I totally couldn't see the paragraph below. You may say it is a misuse, but I believe it is a technical issue. However, on CVN, I undo edits by checking everything. If I have doubts, I don't do the revert. Hydriz 14:31, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

• Neutral Thank you for your contributions and please review what you did. You can become better in the future. Keep going! --Waihorace 14:03, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
• Support, I don't think that he is going to abuse the rights, furthermore he is always friendly, so why not ;) - Hoo man (talk) 14:36, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
• Neutral - Per trust concerns brought up in your request for gb editinterface, sorry. Ajraddatz (Talk) 14:54, 3 April 2011 (UTC)
• Never You cannot deny that Hydriz is making this request for the right reasons, however, quite frankly, I don't trust him with any rights locally at Simple English WP and, therefore, find it unbelievable that he has even considered applying for global rights, even with the validity of the reasoning for the request. Why? Well, for a number of reasons. Firstly, Hydriz continued to use his bot at Simple without approval despite being given numerous warnings to stop. As a result it is now blocked, and the user has made no attempt to appeal this, presumably meaning he sees it's perfectly legitimate (Which it is.). He also "takes over" a community area without a consensus and in clear violation of en:WP:OWN. Other diffs [1], [2], [3], [4] (And with a further follow-up to his signature [5]) and [6]. The most recent incident, particularly related to the rollback tool, has already been outlined by Barras above, and I find all the 'excuses' being made by Hydriz for this error to be somewhat flimsy and not give a particularly good understanding of the tool or the rules surrounding it. There are other diffs available. In short: granting the flag is completely inappropriate and the user hasn't got the trust levels from me for it. Others may disagree, though, but I just have a bad feeling if this was to be approved. And yes, a large part of this oppose is copy and pasted from his request for global edit-interface, because it is still completely relevant. BG7 19:15, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Comment More of my bad edits to help BG7 here:

[7] [8] [9] And a block log regarding a violation of usernames over a WikiProject: [10] Please do not ask me why I am doing this, but if you really want to know, send me an email (I might not reply you if I choose to) Hydriz 07:35, 4 April 2011 (UTC)

• Oppose. Per above. You do good work, but I don't think you're ready for GR just yet. Keep up the good work and come back in a few months. -FASTILY ^(TALK) 23:42, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Requests for global sysop permissions

<translate> Please be sure to follow the instructions below: Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions, and not doing so would reflect poorly on your suitability. Please also review the Global sysops policy. Stewards When you give someone global sysop rights, please list them on [[<tvar name="T:GS">Template:List of global sysops</tvar>|Users with global sysop access]] and ask them to subscribe to the [[<tvar name="2">mail:global-sysops</tvar>|global sysops mailing list]].</translate> <translate> Instructions for making a request</translate> <translate> Before requesting, make sure that: You have a global account ; You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account; To make a request Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain of why you need the access and why you're suitable. If you previously requested that right, please add a link to the previous discussion(s).</translate> === Global sysop for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = global <!-- don't change this line --> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user --> }} :''Not ending before {{subst:#time:j F Y H:i|+2 week}} UTC'' <translate> The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than two weeks (no exceptions are allowed no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential. Please note: Since 2019 all global sysops are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.</translate>

Requests for global editinterface permissions

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Requests for global IP block exemption

<translate> Please be sure to follow the instructions below: Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions. Please review [[<tvar name="GIBE">Global IP block exemption</tvar>|Global IP block exemption]]. You may request Global IP block exemption via stewardswikimedia.org if you can not edit this page. Please note: Global IP block exemption does NOT make one immune to locally-created blocks of any sort, only global blocks.</translate> <translate> Instructions for making a request</translate> <translate> Before requesting global IP block exemption, make sure that: You have a global account ; You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account; To request global IP block exemption Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain why you need the access and why you're suitable. If needed, link to relevant discussions.</translate> === Global IP block exempt for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!--don't change this line--> |domain = global<!--don't change this line--> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} }} <translate><!--T:6--> <Add an explanation here>, thanks</translate>, --~~~~ <translate> The request will be approved if there is demonstrated need for the permission, such as bypassing a global block from someone who is not the intended target.</translate>

Global IP block exempt for User:MMuzammils

Status:    Done

• Global user: MMuzammils (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

Greetings, I would like to request permanent exemption from global IP blocks, for the following reasons.

• I'm based in the United Arab Emirates, there is a telecoms duopoly here; both telecoms providers pass all Internet traffic through transparent proxies, as mandated by UAE’s telecoms Regulatory Authority (TRA). I have no other legal choice.
• Because of the restricted Internet freedoms, I use a paid VPN service to bypass these blocks and in some cases edit Wikipedia (because my public shared IP was blocked by Wikimedia) via this VPN service, as the IP ranges blocked were too extensive.
• My quality of edits: WikiChecker
• Note: Unfortunately some religious or other Wikipedia articles are selectively blocked by the ISPs (government) here, and I have no choice but to use my paid VPN to get those articles. My VPN provider uses some servers which are classified as open proxies or anonymous proxies by Wikimedia. I'm pretty sure that's where I might get stuck again :-)
• Note: Wikipedia admin User:Shell Kinney just granted me IP exemption (sans anonymous proxies) for Wikipedia and Commons projects.

I have managed to work around these blocks over the past 5 years of editing, but lately they’re getting too aggressive and have started to frustrate and deter me from making contributions. Considering my contributions and clean record over the years, I hope my request will be granted to edit with my registered account including over anonymous proxies. Thanks--MMuzammils 17:16, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

Comment - Please note that this right only exempts you from global blocks - any local blocks will still apply, and you'll need to request local ipbe on those wikis. Ajraddatz (Talk) 17:39, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

I see no problem with granting this. The reason is valid, and the user (with 10k global edits and a clean block log) can be trusted not to abuse the privilege for disruptive editing. Jafeluv 18:08, 30 March 2011 (UTC)

 Support fr33kman 02:57, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Done. PeterSymonds (talk) 07:26, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Thanks Ajraddatz, Jafeluv and fr33kman for the feedback and support. Many thanks PeterSymonds, your help is appreciated. Take care --MMuzammils 07:45, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for taowa2

Status:    In progress

• Global user: taowa2 (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

I Am Not a Automated bot nor a proxy please i am a human this 'Someone, probably you, from IP address 69.157.174.252, has registered an account "Taowa2" with this e-mail address on Meta.

To confirm that this account really does belong to you and activate e-mail features on Meta, open this link in your browser:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:ConfirmEmail/837b104ba5ce5811fd14ee52efa7d319

If you did *not* register the account, follow this link to cancel the e-mail address confirmation:

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Invalidateemail/837b104ba5ce5811fd14ee52efa7d319

This confirmation code will expire at 00:22, 10 April 2011.' Was my confirmation, thanks, --taowa2

Have you been blocked from editing? Ruslik 14:48, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

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