Steward requests/Permissions

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This page enables stewards to handle permissions requests, including the giving and taking of administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights, for all Wikimedia wikis which do not have a local permissions procedure. 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 (see the index of request pages). Requests for bot status, URL blacklisting and whitelisting, and CheckUser queries belong elsewhere.

Interface-translations are done at Betawiki.

For urgent requests, such as to combat large-scale vandalism on a small wiki, contact a steward in the #wikimedia-stewardsconnect IRC channel (see a web-based IRC client). In emergencies only, type !steward 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.

Quick navigation: Administrator | Bureaucrat | CheckUser | Oversight | Removal of access | Temporary permissions | Miscellaneous | Global permissions

Cross-wiki requests
Meta-Wiki requests

Using this page

  1. 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! ~~~~
  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"). 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]]").
  3. 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

See administrator for information about the position. Requests for temporary permissions and removal of access belong in other sections. Admins doing cross-wiki work may wish to see IRC/wikimedia-admin for information about joining #wikimedia-admin.


Georgian wikiquote

Status:    In progress

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)[reply]
Hi, my candidature was nominated according to my work in Georgian Wikipedia and not in wikiquote, but your suggestion is quite acceptable. In addition there are 6 votes now. Kind regards Rastrelli F23:03, 29 December 2008 (UTC)
Already 6 votes. I'm current administrator of this project, and strongly support for Rastrelli F--Trulala 09:09, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello to You both, thanks for the update.
Looking at the voting shows that most of the voters have very few contributions, please note that I do not put in question Your credibility or reputation, Rastrelli F, it is just that a voting is (or should be) a quality control. On a smaller project where not many users are evaluating the candidates contributions, a temporary status can be helpful.
In the light that the only sysop is supporting Your request and also another user with lots of contributions, I would suggest to grant a temporary period of three months and if the voting does not change to contra until then the status should be made permanent.
What do You think about that? Other stewards opinions are welcomed on this also if they disagree ;)
Best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 23:22, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Malagasy Wiktionary

Status:    In progress

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)[reply]

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)[reply]
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)[reply]
Hello Jagwar, I saw your request on my page. I see that this is taking care of :-) Anthere 23:29, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Hello Jagwar, as I tried to tell You on Your talkpage already the two links You provided [1] and [2] are leading to empty pages, please make a local announcement why You need sysop status, give us the link here and we will wait one week for the community to respond, many thanks, best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 01:39, 29 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, Here are the links we needed

PS: some links used in the left toolbar are broken and must be corrected. Best regards . Jagwar 14:56, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks a lot, Jagwar, I temporarily created a redirect to wikt:mg:wikibolana:Community Portal, so it can be reached via the navigation on the left. Please note, that the word "wikibolana:" is not the current namespace-prefix for "Wiktionary:" therefore entries named "wikibolana:..." are in the main namespace. If You are interested in translating the interface and also namespace names please be welcomed to sign up at betawiki:, which is the place where all interface-translations for Wikimedia-Foundation projects are done. Have a look at betawiki:Translating:How to start / betawiki:Translating:How_to_start/fr.
Best regards, --birdy geimfyglið (:> )=| 15:37, 30 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat access

See bureaucrat for information about the position. In principle, requests for temporary bureaucrat access are not granted.

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)[reply]

Done. Waiting for someone to subscribe him to checkuser-l. guillom 13:09, 28 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Added, but I'll take care of the rest of the details and mark it done when it's done. ++Lar: t/c 08:03, 1 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Checkuser-l list access also Done ++Lar: t/c 05:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Rama@commonswiki

Status:    In progress

Per Commons community vote, which as required, lasted at least 2 weeks, and as required, had at least 25 support votes and at least 80% support (in this case 33 supports, no neutral, no oppose), it is requested that Rama be made an oversighter at Commons, once Rama has identified at the Identification_noticeboard. (as of this writing, Rama has been told about the requirement but the noticeboard does not yet show him) Thanks! (and Happy New Year!) ++Lar: t/c 05:26, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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! ~~~~

Stv@plwiki

Status:    Done

Please remove my bureaucrat rights. stv # 23:00, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done --Thogo (talk) 23:02, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Weft@frwiki

Status:    Done

6 months of inactivity. Thanks! Clem23 23:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done
--M/ 23:25, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ste281@frwiki

Status:    Done

Same as above. Thanks again. Clem23 23:21, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done
--M/ 23:25, 2 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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.

Miscellaneous requests

Requests that don't fit in other sections belong here. Note that the following types of requests belong on separate pages: bot status, URL blacklisting and whitelisting, and requests for CheckUser queries. If you want to have your Meta username changed, please go to Meta:Requests for help from a sysop or bureaucrat. If you want to have changed a username on a Wikimedia wiki without bureaucrats, please go to Requests for username changes.(Existing requests have been moved to the appropriate page.)

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

  • Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation

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