Steward requests/Permissions
This page is for requests to have stewards grant or revoke administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights on Wikimedia projects which do not have a local permissions procedure.
Old sections are archived. The list of archives is below.
- Requests for bot flags are handled at SRB, and requests for global permissions are handled at SRGP.
- If you are requesting adminship or bureaucratship, and your wiki has a local bureaucrat, submit your request to that user or to the relevant local request page (index).
- For urgent requests, such as to combat large-scale vandalism on a small wiki, contact a steward in the #wikimedia-stewardsconnect IRC channel. In emergencies, type
!steward
in the channel to get the attention of stewards. Otherwise, you can type@steward
for non-urgent help.
Other than requests to remove your own access or emergencies, please only make requests here after gaining the on-wiki approval of your local community.
Quick navigation: Administrator | Interface administrator | Bureaucrat | CheckUser | Oversight | Removal of access | Miscellaneous | Global permissions
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Using this page
1. Place the following code at the bottom of the appropriate section below:
==== Username@xxproject ==== {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = <!-- such as en.wikibooks --> |user name = |discussion= }} (your remarks) ~~~~
2. 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"). In case you're requesting access for multiple bots, leave this field blank and give a list of these bots in your remarks
- discussion: a link to the local vote or discussion about the rights change (for example, "[[ex:Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#ExampleUser]]"). This should normally be for at least one week, but no more than three weeks (if so, you'll need to restart the process).
3. If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information.
Confirmation of signing confidentiality agreement
Certain permissions (notably CheckUser and Oversight) additionally require users to sign a confidentiality agreement. Users requesting these permissions must make a request below, and must also sign the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. The request is placed on hold temporarily, until the receipt has been formally confirmed by the Office.
Requests
Administrator access
See Administrator for information about this user group.
- If you are requesting adminship to handle one time vandalism incidents or clearing a deletion backlog, please see Steward requests/Miscellaneous.
- MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
- Admins doing cross-wiki work may wish to see IRC/wikimedia-admin for information about joining #wikimedia-adminconnect.
- Stewards: Please use {{Systmp}} for approved temporary requests.
Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.
Please start a new discussion about requesting the permission on the local village pump, administrators' noticeboard or a designated page for requesting permissions each time you request or renew adminship.
- Discussions should be open for seven days. Please request adminship here seven days after discussions started. This page is not the place for any discussions or votes. (For wikis with few active users, it is OK to have no comments.)
- If you only want adminship for specific tasks, please state for how long and for which tasks you need it. Otherwise stewards will decide whether to assign permanent adminship and the duration of adminship. See Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.
Felipe da Fonseca@ptwikivoyage
- Wiki: pt.wikivoyage.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Felipe da Fonseca (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
There is only one administrator. I am getting involved with the page and intend to do a project on this page (see. Wikisul User Group/Projects) Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 13:08, 24 May 2021 (UTC)
- Two observations: 1) I call :DARIO SEVERI; 2) I am currently working on fixing some bugs in Wikivoyage.pt, see the T283553 and T283554 tasks in Phabricator and voy:Wikivoyage:Travellers' pub#Problems with listings on Portuguese Wikivoyage.--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 12:35, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
- I just requested it here: pt:voy:Wikivoyage:Candidatos a administrador.--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 14:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
- On hold for one week until
May 28June 1st, 2021. —MarcoAurelio (talk) 18:48, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
- On hold for one week until
- I just requested it here: pt:voy:Wikivoyage:Candidatos a administrador.--Felipe da Fonseca (talk) 14:14, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
Mithridates@ie.wikipedia.org
- Wiki: ie.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Mithridates (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: [1]
Hello,
It's been almost six months since I was given sysop privileges on the Occidental / Interlingue Wikipedia and would like to request an extension - the privileges run out on the 2nd of June, I believe. (As an aside, quite a bit has been translated on TranslateWiki in the meantime! The entire game FreeCol is one example. Mithridates (talk) 23:27, 25 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Mithridates: Hello, to expand your rights you will need create a new vote on iewiki. After this, please post the link here. Thank you, stanglavine msg 16:17, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
- @Stanglavine: Just to clarify - by expand do you mean just an extension? It's a request for an extension of the same rights. In the meantime I'll put up a vote on iewiki. Mithridates (talk) 00:00, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
- On hold until 2 June 2021 Ruslik (talk) 21:02, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
- Here is the discussion. Mithridates (talk) 00:06, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
कन्हाई प्रसाद चौरसिया@hi.wiktionary.org
- Wiki: hi.wiktionary.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: कन्हाई प्रसाद चौरसिया (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Local discussion [2]
Hello
Sir,
I request the administrator After Focusing on the present time,I would like to connect the new veins to make the Wiktionary much better as well as activate smoothly. Recently, I came to know that there is currently no active any sysop on this project.I have been nominating this to improve the basic structure for a variety of general maintenance work on hi wiktionary. - कन्हाई प्रसाद चौरसिया (talk) 16:31, 26 May 2021 (UTC)
- On hold until 2 June 2021 Ruslik (talk) 14:40, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Imranqazi90@ks.wiktionary.org
- Wiki: ks.wiktionary.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Imranqazi90 (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Here [3]
Hi,
I am an active contributor to ks wiktionary with more than 400 articles created. I request admin rights as there is some clean up and fixing required because of vandalism and accumulation of meaningless articles throughout the years. At present there is no administrator at all and no active members except me. I have posted my request for admin rights on the community page and I know there won't be any reply as no active users. I wish you a beautiful day. Looking forward to hearing from you.
(Imranqazi90 (talk) 15:41, 27 May 2021 (UTC))
- On hold until 4 June 2021 stanglavine msg 15:53, 27 May 2021 (UTC)
Interface administrator access
See Interface admin for information about this user group.
- If you need to accomplish a one-time, non-recurring task, please request your task at Steward requests/Miscellaneous.
- If you are requesting adminship and the interface admin at the same time, you can file one request in administrator section and state you want interface adminship as well.
- MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request interface administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
- Since the end of 2018, all interface administrators are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled. Please, enable it before posting your request here.
- Stewards: Please use {{Systmp}} for approved temporary requests.
Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.
Please start a new discussion about requesting the permission on the local village pump, administrators' noticeboard or a designated page for requesting permissions each time you request or renew interface adminship.
- Discussions should be open for seven days. Please request interface adminship here seven days after discussions started. This page is not the place for any discussions or votes. (For wikis with few active users, it is OK to have no comments.)
- If you only want interface adminship for specific tasks, please state for how long and for which tasks you need it. Otherwise stewards will decide whether to assign permanent interface adminship and the duration of interface adminship. See Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.
Bureaucrat access
- In principle, requests for temporary bureaucrat access are not granted.
- A small project does not need bureaucrats. Currently whether a promotion is valid or not is decided by stewards. See here for a guideline.
Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.
CheckUser access
- To request CheckUser information, see Steward requests/Checkuser. This is the place to request CheckUser access.
- One-time CheckUser access is not permitted and temporary access is only used by Stewards or when the mandate of the CUs has an expiry date specified in local policies.
- Stewards: Before granting this permission to a user, please check the current policy and make sure that the user has signed the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. An email template is available for requesting new users to identify.
- When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list. Subscription to checkuser-l will be handled by list owners. Make sure new users contact an op for access to #wikimedia-privacyconnect and #wikimedia-checkuserconnect.
Oversight access
- To request to have content oversighted, ask for a steward in #wikimedia-stewardsconnect and contact a steward privately. This section is for requesting access to the Oversight tool.
- For contact details about oversighters across the wikis, refer to this page.
- Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and temporary status is only used by Stewards .
- Stewards: Before granting this permission to a user, please check the current policy and make sure that the user has signed the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation.
- When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list.
Removal of access
- If you're requesting the removal of your own permissions, make sure you're logged in to your account. If you have multiple flags, specify which you want removed. Stewards may delay your request a short time to ensure you have time to rethink your request (see previous discussion on 24 hour delays); the rights will not be restored by stewards once they are removed.
- To request the removal of another user's permissions, you must gain consensus on the local wiki first. When there is community consensus that the user's access should be removed, provide a link to the discussion, with a brief explanation of the reason for the request, and summarize the results of discussion. However, as bureaucrats of some wikis may remove users from the administrator or bureaucrat group, please see also a separate list of these specific wikis.
- To request the removal of another user's permissions for inactivity, link to your local inactivity policy. If your site does not have inactivity policy, the global policy Admin activity review applies.
- See the instructions above for adding new requests. Please post new requests at the bottom of the section.
妙詩人@zh.wikipedia
- Wiki: zh.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy[no automatic approval] • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: 妙詩人 (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: zh:Wikipedia:管理員的離任/提請取消不活動管理員的權限#User:妙詩人
- 妙詩人 has been inactive longer than 6 months that local policy prescribed, and still be inactive after notified over 1 month. As a local Bcrat, I hereby request for removing his sysop flag, Thank you.—AT (talk) 08:20, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
- Done. Thanks for their service. --Sotiale (talk) 10:35, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
Gzdavidwong@several
- Wiki: zh.wiktionary.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Gzdavidwong (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: wikt:zh:Wiktionary:申请成为管理员#User:Gzdavidwong
Per AAR, this user has inactive for 3 years on editing, and 2 years on logs. Discussed locally and no one oppose. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 22:59, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
- Wiki: zh.wikibooks.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Gzdavidwong (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: b:zh:User_talk:Gzdavidwong#您是否还愿意担任本站管理员?
Per AAR, this user has inactive for 2 years on both editing and logs. Discussed locally and no one oppose. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 22:59, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
- Wiki: zh.wikiquote.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Gzdavidwong (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: q:zh:Wikiquote:申请成为管理员#User:Gzdavidwong
Per AAR, this user has inactive for 2 years on both editing and logs. Discussed locally and no one oppose. Liuxinyu970226 (talk) 22:59, 30 May 2021 (UTC)
- AAR is a regular process that is handled by stewards when the time comes. Given no local inactivity policy, Not done. -- Amanda (aka DQ) 00:01, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
Eddy bf@id.wikipedia
- Wiki: id.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Eddy bf (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Wikipedia:Pengurus/Pemungutan suara/Eddy bf untuk pencabutan pengurus 6 Mei 2021
Dear stewards, the Indonesian Wikipedia has decided to remove the sysop status of Eddy bf due to inactivity. Could you kindly implement this community consensus? Thank you. --Danu Widjajanto (talk) 08:14, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
Miscellaneous requests
Requests for permissions that don't fit in other sections belong here. Importer rights can be granted on most wikis by stewards only. Please gain local community consensus before posting a new section here.
Note that the following types of permissions requests belong on separate pages:
Russian Federal Subjects@viwikibooks
- Wiki: vi.wikibooks.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Russian Federal Subjects (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: b:vi:Wikibooks:Biểu quyết cấp quyền/Điều phối viên/Russian Federal Subjects
Eliminator for 2 years, please. Đức Anh (talk) 07:06, 31 May 2021 (UTC)
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- Log of changes to user rights
- Log of global rights-related changes
- Steward handbook
- Users that have signed confidentiality agreement for nonpublic personal data
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