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. Minimum voting requirement are listed here.
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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Meta-Wiki requests |
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.
Đức Anh@vi.wikiquote
- Wiki: vi.wikiquote.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Đức Anh (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: q:vi:Wikiquote:Thảo luận#Đề bạt bảo quản viên
Sysop for 6 months. Đức Anh (talk) 04:11, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
Ornek11222@trwikivoyage
- Wiki: tr.wikivoyage.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Ornek11222 (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: voy:tr:Vikigezgin:Kullanıcı_hakları_adaylıkları#Hizmetli adaylıkları
Thanks. Ornek11222talk 21:26, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
- On hold until September 10th, since local policy requires at least 14 days of discussion. stanglavine msg 16:14, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Yasanto Lase@niawiktionary
- Wiki: nia.wiktionary.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Yasanto Lase (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: wikt:nia:Wiktionary:Sangai_halöŵö#Mangandrö_tobali_admin:_Yasanto_Lase
Since my administrator access ended on August 2021, I want to have the opportunity to manage admin on nia.wiktionary niawikis (Wikipedia, Wiktionary and Wikibooks), there is already a link above the community discussion, thank you very much. Yasanto Lase (talk) 19:05, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Yasanto Lase: Hello, can you clarify to us if this request is for sysop or interface-admin rights? Not sure about what "manage admin" means. Thank you, stanglavine msg 16:39, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry for confusion. I'm applying for adminship on niawiktionary. Thanks. Yasanto Lase (talk) 23:40, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- Request moved to the correct section. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 12:50, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
- On hold until September 7th, 2021. —Thanks for the fish! talk•contribs 22:26, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
- Sorry for confusion. I'm applying for adminship on niawiktionary. Thanks. Yasanto Lase (talk) 23:40, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
AlwynapHuw@cywikisource
- Wiki: cy.wikisource.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: AlwynapHuw (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: here
Permanent Adminship on cy-wikisource for user, who is already an Admin on cywiki. Llywelyn2000 (talk) 13:58, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
- The community appears to be too small for permanent admins. Ruslik (talk) 20:57, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
Bosogo@ky.wikipedia
- Wiki: ky.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Bosogo (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: ky:Wikipedia:Администраторду_шайлоо#Bosogo
Hello everyone. Due to the extremely low activity of the Kyrgyz Wikipedia community (81 users in the last 30 days and the last activity was more then week ago) the discussion was not possible[1][2]. On the discussion page in the Kyrgyz language it is written what I would like to do with the status of an administrator. Thanks.--Bosogo (talk) 16:47, 1 September 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.
Masssly@Dagbani Wikipedia
- Wiki: dag.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Masssly (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: dag:Wikipedia:Interface administrators#Masssly
Link to village pump discussion: Wikipedia:Mabiligu dundɔŋ#Dagbanli Wikipedia Interface administrator piibu -—M@sssly✉ 10:30, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
- On hold until September 3rd. @Masssly: Meanwhile, I suggest that you enable (if not yet) 2FA on your account, this is required for interface administrators. See H:2FA for help if necessary. stanglavine msg 18:44, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
- 2-FA enabled. -—M@sssly✉ 08:15, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
- Probably unrelated, but I just realized that I am unable to log in to AWB while 2FA is enabled. -—M@sssly✉ 10:28, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Masssly, for this please see Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA --Alaa :)..! 12:54, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- ah! got it :) -—M@sssly✉ 13:29, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Masssly, for this please see Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA --Alaa :)..! 12:54, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- Probably unrelated, but I just realized that I am unable to log in to AWB while 2FA is enabled. -—M@sssly✉ 10:28, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- 2-FA enabled. -—M@sssly✉ 08:15, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
Đức Anh@vi.wikiquote
- Wiki: vi.wikiquote.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Đức Anh (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: q:vi:Wikiquote:Thảo luận#Đề bạt bảo quản viên
Đức Anh (talk) 04:11, 28 August 2021 (UTC)
- Granted for 6 months to expire on 2022-02-31. Ruslik (talk) 20:48, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- @Ruslik: Please grant me the Interface Administrator. Đức Anh (talk) 22:44, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
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.
Weldis@ru.wiktionary
- Wiki: ru.wiktionary.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Weldis (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Link to discussion
Revoke administrator rights. Герман Мейстер (talk) 14:39, 26 August 2021 (UTC)
- Is there any specific desysop policy in the Russian Wiktionary? Ruslik (talk) 14:53, 27 August 2021 (UTC)
- Yes: Подлежит снятию флаг администратора в случае неактивности его обладателя в течение 2,5 лет. Перед снятием флага участник должен быть уведомлен о наличии у него неактивности; лишение флага производится не ранее чем через 3 месяца после такого уведомления. Герман Мейстер (talk) 07:54, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
- When was Weldis notified about the inactivity as required by the policy? Ruslik (talk) 20:17, 30 August 2021 (UTC)
- Yes: Подлежит снятию флаг администратора в случае неактивности его обладателя в течение 2,5 лет. Перед снятием флага участник должен быть уведомлен о наличии у него неактивности; лишение флага производится не ранее чем через 3 месяца после такого уведомления. Герман Мейстер (talk) 07:54, 29 August 2021 (UTC)
Ngomanh123@vi.wikipedia
- Wiki: vi.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Ngomanh123 (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: Wikipedia:Yêu cầu kiểm định tài khoản/Ngomanh123
Vi.wiki CU confirmed that he abused multiple accounts to vote for himself in his RfA. Please remove his eliminator flag. Unnamed UserName me 07:08, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- Not done for procedural reasons. @NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh Vietnamese Wikipedia can take away the eliminator flag. Please ask the 'crats to remove this permission. Thank you! Martin Urbanec (talk) 11:55, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
Estevoaei@gl.wikipedia
- Wiki: gl.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Estevoaei (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: renuncia de botóns
Own resignation. Estevoaei (talk) 15:45, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. @Estevoaei: resignation for both sysop and bureaucrat (per the above link), I'm right? stanglavine msg 15:55, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, @Stanglavine:, both sysop and bureaucrat; sorry for not to specifying it :) --Estevoaei (talk) 15:57, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- Ok, thank you for clarify. We will process this tomorrow if you don't change your mind :) stanglavine msg 16:01, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- Yes, @Stanglavine:, both sysop and bureaucrat; sorry for not to specifying it :) --Estevoaei (talk) 15:57, 31 August 2021 (UTC)
- Done Thanks for your services. stanglavine msg 16:04, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
Jarekt@wikidatawiki
- Wiki: wikidata.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: Jarekt (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: d:WD:A
Has not made the required 5 admin actions in the last 6 months. Please remove sysop. Esteban16 (talk) 00:00, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
ChristianKl@wikidatawiki
- Wiki: wikidata.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: ChristianKl (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: d:WD:A
Has not made the required 5 admin actions in the last 6 months. Please remove sysop. Esteban16 (talk) 00:00, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
YourEyesOnly@de.wikipedia
- Wiki: de.wikipedia.org (list 'crats •
no standard bot policy• summary • 'crats rights) - User: YourEyesOnly (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
- Discussion: de:Wikipedia:Kandidaturen#Kandidaten zur automatischen Deadministrierung
Remove Administrator per local inactivity policy, user is inactive since one year and was informed on his talk page 90 days ago. Ameisenigel (talk) 06:24, 1 September 2021 (UTC)
Conde Edmond Dantès@metawiki
- Wiki: meta.wikimedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
- User: Conde Edmond Dantès (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
The global rename rights of users will be removed who have not done rename process for 1 year per Global renamers#Removal of access. rename logs of user --Uncitoyentalk 21:11, 1 September 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:
See also
- Steward requests
- Log of changes to user rights
- Log of global rights-related changes
- Steward handbook
- Users that have signed confidentiality agreement for nonpublic personal data
- Archives
General requests for: help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat · deletion (speedy deletions: local · multilingual) · URL blacklisting · new languages · interwiki map
Personal requests for: username changes · permissions (global) · bot status · adminship on Meta · CheckUser information (local) · local administrator help
Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation