Steward requests/Permissions
This page is for requests to havestewardsgrant or revokeadministrator,bureaucrat,checkuser,andoversightrights onWikimedia projectswhichdo not have a local permissions procedure.
Old sections are archived. Thelist of archivesis below.
- Requests for bot flags are handled atSRB,and requests forglobal permissionsare handled atSRGP.
- 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-stewardsconnectIRCchannel. 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 hereaftergaining the on-wiki approval of your local community.
Quick navigation:Administrator|Interface administrator|Bureaucrat|CheckUser|Oversight|Removal of access|Miscellaneous|Global permissions
Cross-wiki requests |
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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 forat leastone week, butno morethan 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 (notablyCheckUserandOversight) additionallyrequireusers to sign aconfidentiality agreement.Users requesting these permissions must make a request below, and must alsosign the confidentiality agreementwith theWikimedia Foundation.The request is placed on hold temporarily, until the receipt has beenformally confirmedby the Office.
Requests
Administrator access
SeeAdministrator for information about this user group.
- If you are requesting adminship to handle one time vandalism incidents or clearing a deletion backlog, please seeSteward requests/Miscellaneous.
- MediaWiki interface translations are done attranslatewiki.net.Please do not request administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
- Admins doing cross-wiki work may wish to seeIRC/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 thesectionbelow.
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. SeeSteward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.
[email protected]
Hello, I've been an administrator on the Twi Wikipedia for the last 6 months. I'd like to continue administrating on the Twi Wikipedia. Thank youRobertjamal12~🔔12:42, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
On holduntil May 30th. --Base(talk)20:01, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
[email protected]
Hello, fa.wiktionary.org is small wiki and all admin of fa.wiktionary is very inactive. A lot of spam and vandalism pages there are in fa.wiktionary and so there isa long list of pagesfor delete but all current admin don't check the fa.wiktionary. I have already reported a lot of pages inGlobal sysops/Requestsbut can't do more than that, I wanted to have an administrator right on the fa.wiktionary.org for the last 3 months for clean logs. Thank you so much.Beginneruser(Talk)02:13, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
Wolverène@biwikipedia
Hello. Please provide me temporary administrator rights on the Bislama Wikipedia, again. I'm ready to be one who works against the vandalism/spam/nonsense pages. More info is in the local discussion (see above). Thank you in advance. --Wolverène(talk)10:34, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Wolverène,please start a new vote, the one from October cannot be reused. Thanks!Base(talk)10:56, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello Base! I've started the new vote yesterday, of course it's different from the October one. It's currently at the bottom of the local Village Pump page. --Wolverène(talk)09:33, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hey @Wolverène,thanks for clarifying. I believe it's the signature what confused us – the vote wasadded yesterday,but with a signature from October 2021
.I'vefixed the signature.
- This is now
On holduntil 2022-06-03, as a RfA needs to be up for at least 7 days. Best wishes,Martin Urbanec(talk)09:50, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hey @Wolverène,thanks for clarifying. I believe it's the signature what confused us – the vote wasadded yesterday,but with a signature from October 2021
- Hello Base! I've started the new vote yesterday, of course it's different from the October one. It's currently at the bottom of the local Village Pump page. --Wolverène(talk)09:33, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Samuele2002@itwikiversity
- Wiki:it.wikiversity.org(list 'crats•bot policy•summary•'crats rights)
- User:Samuele2002(talk•edits•logs•UserRights•activity•CentralAuth•email•verify 2FA)
- Discussion:Re-election(4/0/0)
Per re-election, please assign the sysop and the interface administrator flags (if possible for 2 years). Thanks. --Superpes15(talk)15:02, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Grantedfor 2 years to expire on2024-05-29.To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. --Martin Urbanec(talk)15:14, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
Interface administrator access
SeeInterface admin for information about this user group.
- If you need to accomplish a one-time, non-recurring task, please request your task atSteward 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 attranslatewiki.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 havetwo-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 thesectionbelow.
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. SeeSteward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.
[email protected]
Hello, fa.wiktionary.org is small wiki and all Interface administrator of fa.wiktionary is very inactive or not reply to me. I Create aMain Page Templatefor this project, Moreover, I haverequest for add useful gadgets from en.wiktionary to fa.wiktionary.Ahmad252is now the only one who has Interface administrator right in this project butonly one timeanswer to after my request is throughSteward requests/Miscellaneous.I wanted to have an Interface administrator right on the fa.wiktionary for the last 3 months for insertMain Page Templateand add gadgets from en.wiktionary to fa.wiktionary.Beginneruser(Talk)02:32, 27 May 2022 (UTC)
- @Ahmad252is interface administrator of fa.wiktionary, Right after me post request for permission here, Ahmad inwikt:fa:Special:PermaLink/845781reply to me!!!Beginneruser(Talk)15:42, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- This is the first time I'm seeing this request here on Meta, and my response to your request on the project didn't have anything to do with it. Additionally, that response, and the fact that I did accept your request, would normally strengthen, not weaken, a request for (interface) adminship. I would personally like more people to have administrator and interface administrator rights on Persian Wiktionary, especially due to the fact that we have lost two administrators and it's only me and Mardetanha now.
- However, I oppose both this request and the one for adminship for User:Beginneruser, because I believe that, contrary to their username, they are not a "beginner." In my opinion, their actions and their level of familiarity with Wikimedia projects does not match that of a new user. On Persian Wikipedia, they were asked to publicly or privately reveal their previous account(s) and/or activity, but they repeatedly said that they did not have any other accounts, which led to an indefinite block. I have not blocked them on Persian Wiktionary because I have no reason to believe that they have been active there using their previous account(s). However, administrator and, especially, interface administrator rights are, in my opinion, too sensitive to be granted in this case.Ahmadtalk13:51, 29 May 2022 (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. Seeherefor a guideline.
Requests for removal of access should be posted at thesectionbelow.
CheckUser access
- To request CheckUserinformation,seeSteward requests/Checkuser.This is the place to request CheckUseraccess.
- One-time CheckUser access is not permitted and temporary access is only used byStewards 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 currentpolicyand make sure that the user hassigned the confidentiality agreementwith the Wikimedia Foundation. Anemail templateis available for requesting new users to identify.
- When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them tothis list.Subscription tocheckuser-lwill be handled by list owners. Make sure new users contactan opfor access to#wikimedia-privacyconnectand#wikimedia-checkuserconnect.
Elph@arwikipedia
- Wiki:ar.wikipedia.org(list 'crats•bot policy[no automatic approval]•summary•'crats rights)
- User:Elph(talk•edits•logs•UserRights•activity•CentralAuth•email•verify 2FA)
- Discussion:User Elph asked to remove all of his flagson 12 December 2021, but now hereturned back,inour policymentioned that "all flags returned to the user if user requested to be returned before the passage of 6 months duration". Sysop and bureaucrat flag already given. But Checkuser flag needs a steward (I can't do that, as arwiki is my homewiki)
- Signature:
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I'll put this request "onhold" based on@RadiX:and@Trijnstel:comments on2017-12.I'll open a discussion on steward-l. Best--Alaa:)..!14:21, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
Oversight access
- To request to have content oversighted, ask for a steward in#wikimedia-stewardsconnectand contact a steward privately.This section is for requesting access to the Oversight tool.
- For contact details about oversighters across the wikis, refer tothis page.
- Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and temporary status is only used byStewards .
- Stewards: Before granting this permission to a user, please check the currentpolicyand make sure that the user hassigned the confidentiality agreementwith the Wikimedia Foundation.
- When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them tothis list.
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:
Removal of access
- If you're requesting the removal ofyour ownpermissions, 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(seeprevious discussionon 24 hour delays);the rights will not be restored by stewards once they are removed.
- To request the removal ofanotheruser'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 aseparate list of these specific wikis.
- To request the removal ofanotheruser's permissions forinactivity,link to your local inactivity policy. If your site does not have inactivity policy, the global policyAdmin activity reviewapplies.
- See theinstructions abovefor adding new requests. Please post new requests at the bottom of the section.
Zhxy 519@zhwikisource
- Wiki:zh.wikisource.org(list 'crats•bot policy•summary•'crats rights)
- Discussion:s:zh:Topic:Wuir0v1gqhndz5e1
I request the suspension of administrator access ofUser:Zhxy 519untilthe desysop processforUser:Zhxy 519on zhwikisource ends. Reason: He blocks another administratorUser:Jusjihon zhwikisource for submitting aformal desysop requestofUser:Zhxy 519himself following the desysop process. This is absolutely unacceptable behaviour for an administrator on a small wiki.Midleading(talk)10:42, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
Collapsing extended discussion: Stewards are aware of this and discussing this on stewards-l. — regards,Revi19:02, 30 April 2022 (UTC) |
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- Any update about this case? Thank you.SCP-200015:39, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
- Is this still in progress or has been on hold? ——Eric Liu(Talk)17:14, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
SilkTork@metawiki
The user made their last rename more than a year ago at 10:36, 18 May 2021 (UTC), as per thepolicy,their global renamer rights should be removed. Thanks! --CptViraj(talk)07:12, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
Done@Trijnstel:for the mailing list. --Amanda(she/her)14:41, 20 May 2022 (UTC)
Rahuldeshmukh101@mrwikisource
They have importer rights on this project. The user is inactive on this project for last 10 years 2 months. So they are definitely inactive for long. As there was no action and such advance rights should be removed as perAdmin activity review?I am bit confused as importer rights is not mentioned in the policy but such long inactivity seems a pretty good reason for removal?QueerEcofeminist[they/them/their]17:54, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- You can ask the user if they still need it (the user is active on other projects).Ruslik(talk)20:33, 23 May 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, if active means to edit same site notice every year...as that's what they are doing every year. No other edits are seen even on mrwiki.QueerEcofeminist[they/them/their]18:37, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- I have pinged them on their talk page let's se if they reply.QueerEcofeminist[they/them/their]19:01, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
- Yes, if active means to edit same site notice every year...as that's what they are doing every year. No other edits are seen even on mrwiki.QueerEcofeminist[they/them/their]18:37, 24 May 2022 (UTC)
[email protected], [email protected]
- Wiki:fa.wikiquote.org(list 'crats•bot policy•summary•'crats rights)
- User:Sajad(talk•edits•logs•UserRights•activity•CentralAuth•email•verify 2FA)
- Discussion: lack of active users
- Wiki:fa.wikiquote.org(list 'crats•bot policy•summary•'crats rights)
- User:Mardetanha(talk•edits•logs•UserRights•activity•CentralAuth•email•verify 2FA)
- Discussion: lack of active users
As an active user of a project, I request the removal of another user's permissions for inactivity. BothUser:SajadandMardetanhaare inactivie, Sajad for more than two year, and Mardetanha, well is not active from the first, 7 Augt 2007, He has not done any useful work for the project; Every ping leaves him unanswered, most of his contributions are minor edits not very active while there is active users, he does not care about any of the programs that other active users suggest for the progress of the project. Be active or resign. There are also concerns about abuse, another admin of fa.wikiquote.Farhang2016,did not treat me well, accused me of sockpuppetry but Mardetanha did not interfere. There is no way for local discussion too, lack of active users, actually I'm the only one there. I feel Farhang basically does not talk and discuss, he likes silence and instructs users to only participate in content and be silent and not participate in any discussion. I am the only living person in that cemetery!
I like to say that if any Iranian Arab user appears in any Farsi project, they call him/her as sock ofChyah,There is a chaos of sockophobic monster about Chyah in all Persian project, they block any user they pleaseant with no reason under excuse of Chyah's sock. But Mardetanha whos is active in WMF, a bureaucrat and admin in fa.wikiquote does nothing, he has forgotten even simple tasks and does not show any reaction to the harassment of users, eespecially multilingual-cultural users. I pinged him many times about UCoC local situation, no reply. Today I confirm that he is not active, he is an inactive user with more access in fa.wikiquote. With Regards. --Ruwaym(talk)08:36, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hello @Ruwaym,thank you for making the request. Does fa.wikiquote have any inactivity policy that should be applied here? If there's such a policy, please link it here, so we can take a look and review the situation.
- If there is no inactivity policy specific to fa.wikiquote, then the global one (AAR) applies. Inactivity on projects with no local inactivity policy is reviewed annually by the stewards – more details about the last round of reviews can be found atAdmin activity review/2021.As far as I know, none of the users you mention met the AAR criteria during the last round of reviews.
- If you have any questions, please feel free to let me know -- I'll be happy to clarify. Sincerely,Martin Urbanec(talk)09:20, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- Hey @Martinthank you for replying speedy. As I said, basically any discussion outside of the articles is almost forbidden there; If I start such topic - inactivity policy - they will be accuse me of "disrupting" and then blockme for infinite, with no right of emailing or editing talkpage. They love blocking, actually they don't reply you but block you easily.
- It's better to take a closer look at his contributions out of a 365-day calendar, someone might be Inactive for 364 days and send Christmas greetings on the last day to escape AAR. Mardentanha is not active, he may do minor edits every year, he has done so for all the years he has had such access. But that's this is not only problem, I think he has lost his bureaucratic qualifications; Because not doing his duties and protecting the system and society. For example, if a troll attacks me right now, he and the other admin will not react. Why? Because they consider me a sockpuppet, and why they call me a sockpuppeter of Chyah? because Sunfyre said that. They can not realize that there aremillions of Arabs living in their own country,they are "Iranian Arabs", and every Iranian Arab user is not Chyah. I talked about this issue before, no one cares. Just blocking user is matter.
- I'm sure trolls will attack me soon, all my virtual information will be stolen, I am terrified and I will be spied on, I will be harassed more, As I was harassed, both in the real and virtual world; But what is the reaction of Mardetanha and Farhang? Nothing. Both are indirectly feeding the trolls. In my opinion, Mardentanha is not only inactive, but also disqualified. Because of what happened to Chyah, it will probably happen to me as well. There is no guarantee for protection of users there, or in any of the Persian projects. They just do blocking users.
- I repeat again, Mardetanha is inactive, I pinged him a lot of times, not replying us, and I am an active user in fa.wikiquote.org I wanna see some active users with more access, not sleeping ones.Ruwaym(talk)10:43, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- Sajad is really not active, about Mardetanha It's so much better that If he can guarantee about saftey of users and UCoC applying in fa.wikiquote. He is silent, not repyling, please tell him to be more active or resign, tell him to protect fa.wikiquote users or leave his access. I can't contribute under the shadow of a sockophobic monster who terrifies any Iranian Arab to Infinite block. Thank you again Martin.Ruwaym(talk)14:15, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
- (non-steward comment) Without commenting on the validity of the allegations above - may be worth reviewingUser:Rschen7754/Help, my wiki went rogue!for suggestions in cases like this. --Rschen775421:19, 28 May 2022 (UTC)
Klaudio@itwiki
- Wiki:it.wikipedia.org(list 'crats•
nostandard bot policy•summary•'crats rights) - User:Klaudio(talk•edits•logs•UserRights•activity•CentralAuth•email•verify 2FA)
- Discussion:Inactivity policy
Per policy (no sysop action in the last 6 months) and also perself-request,please remove the sysop flag, thanks --Superpes15(talk)14:43, 29 May 2022 (UTC)
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