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This page is for requests to have stewards grant or revoke administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights on Wikimedia wikis which do not have a local permissions procedure. Please check the sidebar to the right to see whether your request belongs better elsewhere. Specifically, bot requests, requests for CheckUser information and global rights requests belong on their respective pages.

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).

Interface translations are done at translatewiki. Please do not request administrator access for that purpose; your request will be declined.

For urgent requests, such as to combat large-scale vandalism on a small wiki, contact a steward in the #wikimedia-stewardsconnect IRC channel (web client). In emergencies only, type !steward in the channel to inform stewards that you need help. Otherwise, you can use @steward to gain attention if the channel is quiet.

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 | Bureaucrat | CheckUser | Oversight | Removal of access | Miscellaneous | Global permissions | Unexpired temporary access
Crosswiki requests
MetaWiki requests

Using this page[edit]

  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= 
}}
(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]]").
  3. If anything is missing from your request, a steward will request more information.

Confirmation of identity[edit]

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 the receipt has been formally confirmed by the office.

Requests[edit]

COPY THE FOLLOWING CODE to the bottom of the appropriate section below:

==== Username@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
 |domain    =
 |user name =
 |discussion= 
}}

Administrator access[edit]

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

If you are requesting administrator status to translate the wiki interface, this should be done at the translatewiki.net 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 Steward requests/Miscellaneous.

Stewards
Currently-active temporary permissions are listed at /Approved temporary; please use {{Systmp}} for temporary permission. Please invite new sysops to the admin IRC channel.
Archiving
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. Users who archive requests on that page, please check if the request was correctly added to the temporary subpage before removing it from this page.

For permanent sysopship please provide a link to the local community approval. For temporary sysopship please state for how long and for which tasks you need it, and link to a local announcement.

Санюн Вадик@mhr.wikipedia[edit]

Status:    On hold

The voting is over. Adminship is not available. --Санюн Вадик (talk) 18:59, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold. Please start a new vote. The four votes were dated back in May 2013 that would grant you 3 months, now expired.--Jusjih (talk) 03:16, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
The new voting is over. --Санюн Вадик (talk) 16:14, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

거북이@ko.wikiversity[edit]

Status:    Done

Voting period is over. Because his request is second(3 months), I request for his temporary custodianship for 6 months. Thank you for helping. PS: You can find his acceptance here. --Sotiale (talk) 07:04, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Done Granted for 6 months to expire on 2014-03-03. Ruslik (talk) 18:39, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Bureaucrat access[edit]

See bureaucrat for information about the position. In principle, requests for temporary bureaucrat access are not granted.
General note
There is an ongoing discussion regarding the minimum number of votes and overall participation to promote users to bureaucrat at Talk:Bureaucrat/2010-02#Minimum number of votes (see also this RFC). Users are encouraged to assist in the development of a policy that allows stewards to not decide on whether a promotion is valid or not. Thank you.

आशीष भटनागर@hi.wikipedia.org[edit]

Status:    In progress

Ashish BhatnagarPlume pen w.giftalk 06:43, 25 August 2013 (UTC)

Are you not aware that your bureaucrat rights were removed because of this? --MF-W 19:41, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
I would not say that I was not known but not confirmed if it was a mistake as the points stated for removal seems not covering me, Anyways I had stated the present consensus and further Hi wikipedia is seriously lacking a crat. So I reiterate the request. --Ashish BhatnagarPlume pen w.giftalk 03:26, 26 August 2013 (UTC)

CheckUser access[edit]

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 before giving the status. There is an email template to request identification from the new CU. Do not grant CU access unless the user is identified to the Foundation. 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-owner-at-lists.wikimedia.org so the listadmins know the person is allowed on the mailing list, and make sure they contact an op for access to #wikimedia-privacy and #wikimedia-checkuser.

Sotiale@kowiki[edit]

Status:    On hold

Thank you. – Kwj2772 (msg) 03:44, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Now identified. --Rschen7754 05:28, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Time2wait.svg On hold pending another CU being granted. Snowolf How can I help? 06:11, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Dmthoth@kowiki[edit]

Status:    On hold

Thank you. – Kwj2772 (msg) 03:44, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold pending identification. Snowolf How can I help? 06:11, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
Identified by ReviDiscussSUL Info at 13:56, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

PuzzletChung@kowiki[edit]

Status:    On hold

Thank you. – Kwj2772 (msg) 03:44, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Time2wait.svg On hold pending identification. Snowolf How can I help? 06:12, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Oversight access[edit]

To request to have content oversighted, ask in #wikimedia-stewards, or, for requests regarding English Wikipedia email oversight-en-wp-at-wikipedia.org. This is the place to request Oversight access. Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and the temporary status is only used by Stewards.

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 Oversight.

Removal of access[edit]

If you're requesting the removal of your own status, make sure you're logged in to a global 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; the rights will not be restored by stewards once they are removed.

To request the removal of another user's status, you must gain consensus on the local wiki first. All discussion must take place 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 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). Please post requests at the bottom of the section.

However, as the bureaucrats of a few wikis may remove users from the administrator or bureaucrat group, please see also a separate list of these specific wikis.

==== username@domain ====
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!--don't change this line-->
 |domain    = 
 |user name = 
 |discussion= <!-- local confirmation link / local policy link -->
}}
Your remarks, etc. --~~~~

Jniemenmaa@fi.wikipedia[edit]

Status:    Done

Jniemenmaa has been inactive as an oversighter for several years. Therefore his oversight rights should be removed by policy. He is one of the fiwiki checkusers too, and it's possible that those rights should be removed too. –Ejs-80 15:15, 3 September 2013 (UTC)

Yes check.svg Done. Please, on behalf of stewards thank this user for his/her service. Ruslik (talk) 18:49, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
Thanks. Jniemenmaa was one of the first administrators on the fi.wikipedia, and we can't thank him enough. –Ejs-80 20:11, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
  • Hmm, in the past it has been the customary interpretation that the user needs to be fully inactive for a year for the oversight and/or checkuser rights to be removed. As the user's last edit on the finnish wikipedia was in February, I am unsure that the removal is in line with past practices. Snowolf How can I help? 20:35, 3 September 2013 (UTC)
    Some information: Jniemenmaa’s edit to his talk page in February 2013 was his only edit since September 3, 2012. I removed his bureaucrat and admin rights on fiwiki per local policy, since he had not made any administrative or buraucrat actions for over a year. I also checked that his last oversight action was in 2009. There’s no clear definition of ’inactivity’ in CheckUser and Oversight policies (one discussion about that), but I think that edit-wise this case is similar to MikkoM’s case who did one edit in November 2011 and whose CU and oversight rights were removed in May 2012 due to inactivity (MikkoM’s last oversight action was in May 2011). Of course, it’s up to you to interpret the policy, and I have not followed closely what stewards usually do in these situations. –Ejs-80 00:57, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

The Rambling [email protected][edit]

Status:    Done

The Rambling Man announced his resignation as a bureaucrat here, here and here (more than 24 hours ago, by the way, in case anyone thinks a pause is needed) and needs a steward to decrat him. I've checked with him by email already and will point him here in case of questions. Thanks. Bencherlite (talk) 14:00, 4 September 2013 (UTC)

Comment Comment It would be great if he could edit here, confirming this request Mardetanha talk 14:03, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
I've asked him by email to do so. Bencherlite (talk) 14:06, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Yes, I can confirm this request. Thanks. The Rambling Man (talk) 14:59, 4 September 2013 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done, bureaucrat flag removed. Thanks for the help the past years! Trijnsteltalk 15:12, 4 September 2013 (UTC)


Ilnur [email protected][edit]

Status:    Done

Hello! Please remove my bureaucrat and administrator flags. --Ilnur efende (talk) 11:46, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

Moved from Special:PermanentLink/5786018#[email protected] — billinghurst sDrewth 12:15, 5 September 2013 (UTC)
Yes check.svg Done Thanks for the time that you have given to the project. — billinghurst sDrewth 12:19, 5 September 2013 (UTC)

[email protected][edit]

Status:    On hold

7 supports from autoconfirmed users between July 27 and August 29. --GZWDer (talk) 10:21, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

It seems that amongst those, in at least 4 cases the account was created specifically for the vote (noted by an IP on the page, confirmed myself for 守望者爱孟, Coolmanjackey , Fayhoo , JuneAugust). DarkoNeko (talk) 11:39, 6 September 2013 (UTC)
On hold pending an investigation into abuse of process (e.g., sockpuppets) and for the RfC to run its course QuiteUnusual (talk) 13:16, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

Miscellaneous requests[edit]

Requests that don't fit in other sections belong here. Import rights can be granted on most wikis by stewards only, not bureaucrats, so the automatic list of local bureaucrats is irrelevant for this. Please gather community consensus before placing a link to the discussion here.

Note that the following types of requests belong on separate pages:

See also[edit]

Requests for: permissions (global) — bot status — CheckUser information (local) — deletion (speedy deletions: local | multilingual) — translation — logos — URL blacklisting — username changes (local) — SUL problem solving — new languages — adminship on Meta — comments — interwiki map — an account on WMF wiki — help from a Meta sysop or bureaucrat

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