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	{{indent\|1=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">''This page covers the people who manage and maintain the Wikimedia Foundation servers. Historically, these people were known as "[[Special:MyLanguage/Developers\|developers]]", but that is now inaccurate. For information on developers of the MediaWiki software, see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Developers\|the Developers page on MediaWiki.org]]. For the administration access of wiki pages and users known as "administrators", "admins", or "sysops", see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators\|administrator]].''</span>}}		{{indent\|1=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">''This page covers the people who manage and maintain the Wikimedia Foundation servers. Historically, these people were known as "[[Special:MyLanguage/Developers\|developers]]", but that is now inaccurate. For information on developers of the MediaWiki software, see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Developers\|the Developers page on MediaWiki.org]]. For the administration access of wiki pages and users known as "administrators", "admins", or "sysops", see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators\|administrator]].''</span>}}

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	To facilitate these changes being made in a transparent fashion, all system administrators who ask can be added to the <code>'sysadmin'</code> [[Special:MyLanguage/global group\|global group]] ([//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AglobalUsers&username=&group=sysadmin automatic members lists]). This group allows them to set user rights for any user on any wiki, in the same fashion as [[Special:MyLanguage/Steward\|stewards]]. So if a system administrator needs to perform an action restricted to administrators (like editing system messages) on a particular wiki, they can simply grant themselves admin status on that wiki to make the action. In addition, the <code>'sysadmin'</code> group has access to [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]], where system administrators can ''change'' the permissions assigned to their global group. So as an alternative, the system administrator could add <code>editinterface</code> to the global group permissions, and would then be able to edit system messages on all wikis.		To facilitate these changes being made in a transparent fashion, all system administrators who ask can be added to the <code>sysadmin</code> [[Special:MyLanguage/global group\|global group]] ([//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AglobalUsers&username=&group=sysadmin automatic members lists]). This group allows them to set user rights for any user on any wiki, in the same fashion as [[Special:MyLanguage/Steward\|stewards]]. So if a system administrator needs to perform an action restricted to administrators (like editing system messages) on a particular wiki, they can simply grant themselves admin status on that wiki to make the action. In addition, the <code>sysadmin</code> group has access to [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]], where system administrators can ''change'' the permissions assigned to their global group. So as an alternative, the system administrator could add the user right <code>editinterface</code> to the <code>sysadmin</code> global group permissions, and would then be able to edit system messages on all wikis.
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	System administrators are encouraged to use the latter method of granting permissions, to avoid the lists of administrators/bureaucrats on local wikis becoming cluttered with users who are not 'permanent' members of those groups. These self-promotions may be removed at any time by stewards, as they can be easily restored if needed. However, some system administrators have permissions on certain wikis as a result of due process on that wiki, for instance [[en:User:Tim Starling\|Tim Starling's]] adminship on [[w:\|English Wikipedia]]; such rights should ''not'' be removed in this fashion.		System administrators are encouraged to use the latter method of granting permissions, to avoid the lists of administrators/bureaucrats on local wikis becoming cluttered with users who are not permanent members of those groups. These self-promotions may be removed at any time by stewards, as they can be easily restored if needed. However, some system administrators have permissions on certain wikis as a result of due process on that wiki, for instance [[en:User:Tim Starling\|Tim Starling's]] adminship on [[w:\|English Wikipedia]]; such rights should ''not'' be removed in this fashion.
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	{{indent\|1=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">''This page covers the people who manage and maintain the Wikimedia Foundation servers. Historically, these people were known as "[[Special:MyLanguage/Developers\|developers]]", but that is now inaccurate. For information on developers of the MediaWiki software, see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Developers\|the Developers page on MediaWiki.org]]. For the administration access of wiki pages and users known as "administrators", "admins", or "sysops", see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators\|administrator]].''</span>}}		{{indent\|1=<span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">''This page covers the people who manage and maintain the Wikimedia Foundation servers. Historically, these people were known as "[[Special:MyLanguage/Developers\|developers]]", but that is now inaccurate. For information on developers of the MediaWiki software, see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Developers\|the Developers page on MediaWiki.org]]. For the administration access of wiki pages and users known as "administrators", "admins", or "sysops", see [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators\|administrator]].''</span>}}

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	Users in the <code>restricted</code>, <code>deployment</code>, or <code>ops</code> groups (and by extension the <code>release-engineering</code> ~~groups~~ which is included by reference) have sysadmin access to the servers running MediaWiki itself.		Users in the <code>restricted</code>, <code>deployment</code>, or <code>ops</code> groups (and by extension the <code>release-engineering</code> group which is included by reference) have sysadmin access to the servers running MediaWiki itself.
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	Users in the <code>restricted</code>, <code>deployment</code>, or <code>ops</code> groups (and by extension the ~~<code>platform_engineering_members</code> and~~ <code>release-engineering</code> groups ~~that~~ ~~are~~ included in ~~one of those two groups~~) have sysadmin access to the servers running MediaWiki itself.		Users in the <code>restricted</code>, <code>deployment</code>, or <code>ops</code> groups (and by extension the <code>release-engineering</code> groups which is included by reference) have sysadmin access to the servers running MediaWiki itself.
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	To facilitate these changes being made in a transparent fashion ~~with no need of the steward flag~~, all system administrators who ask can be added to the <code>'sysadmin'</code> [[Special:MyLanguage/global group\|global group]] ([//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AglobalUsers&username=&group=sysadmin automatic members lists]). This group allows them to set user rights for any user on any wiki, in the same fashion as [[Special:MyLanguage/Steward\|stewards]]. So if a system administrator needs to perform an action restricted to administrators (like editing system messages) on a particular wiki, they can simply grant themselves admin status on that wiki to make the action. In addition, the <code>'sysadmin'</code> group has access to [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]], where system administrators can ''change'' the permissions assigned to their global group. So as an alternative, the system administrator could add <code>editinterface</code> to the global group permissions, and would then be able to edit system messages on all wikis.		To facilitate these changes being made in a transparent fashion, all system administrators who ask can be added to the <code>'sysadmin'</code> [[Special:MyLanguage/global group\|global group]] ([//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AglobalUsers&username=&group=sysadmin automatic members lists]). This group allows them to set user rights for any user on any wiki, in the same fashion as [[Special:MyLanguage/Steward\|stewards]]. So if a system administrator needs to perform an action restricted to administrators (like editing system messages) on a particular wiki, they can simply grant themselves admin status on that wiki to make the action. In addition, the <code>'sysadmin'</code> group has access to [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]], where system administrators can ''change'' the permissions assigned to their global group. So as an alternative, the system administrator could add <code>editinterface</code> to the global group permissions, and would then be able to edit system messages on all wikis.
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			Users in the <code>restricted</code>, <code>deployment</code>, or <code>ops</code> groups (and by extension the <code>platform_engineering_members</code> and <code>release-engineering</code> groups that are included in one of those two groups) have sysadmin access to the servers running MediaWiki itself.
⚫	== History ==
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		⚫	== History ==
⚫	Initially, it was Jimmy Wales who installed software, ran update programs, etc., on the servers. In March 2002, he proposed to give login accounts to some developers ("[[mailarchive:wikitech-l/2002-March/000239.html\|Trusted user access to machine]]", Wikitech-l).
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		⚫	Initially, it was Jimmy Wales who installed software, ran update programs, etc., on the servers. In March 2002, he proposed to give login accounts to some developers ("[[mailarchive:wikitech-l/2002-March/000239.html\|Trusted user access to machine]]", Wikitech-l).
⚫	System administrators formerly had an important role in the [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]] [[Special:MyLanguage/power structure\|power structure]], since they were the only ones able to promote and demote sysops and lock user accounts (before the "block" feature of [[Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki\|MediaWiki]] existed).
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		⚫	System administrators formerly had an important role in the [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikipedia\|Wikipedia]] [[Special:MyLanguage/power structure\|power structure]], since they were the only ones able to promote and demote sysops and lock user accounts (before the "block" feature of [[Special:MyLanguage/MediaWiki\|MediaWiki]] existed).
	Some sysadmins had shell access to the old California servers, but due to inactivity, weren't given shell access on the "new" (since decommissioned) Florida servers. Magnus Manske, April King, Lee Daniel Crocker, Axel Boldt, Matthias Jordan, Neil Harris and Ed Poor were all in this category.
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	{{Special global permissions/Seealso\|sysadmin}}		{{Special global permissions/Seealso\|sysadmin}}
	* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">A perfectly up to date list of sysadmins is also visible in the operations/puppet.git Git repository e.g. [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/OPUP/browse/production/modules/admin/data/data.yaml].</span>
	* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Issue tracker permissions are no longer dealt with on this page. See [[mw:Special:MyLanguage/Phabricator/Permissions\|the MediaWiki page]] instead.</span>

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	The [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation\|Wikimedia Foundation]] legally controls the servers; ultimately the [[~~foundation~~:~~Board of Trustees~~\|Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees]] is responsible for determining who has ''sysadmin'' access, and how that responsibility is exercised. However, this power is delegated to various Wikimedia Foundation [[~~foundation~~:~~Staff and~~ contractors\|managers]]. On a day-to-day basis, various system administrators with root or shell access manage the server clusters.		The [[Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia Foundation\|Wikimedia Foundation]] legally controls the servers; ultimately the [[foundationsite:role/board/\|Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees]] is responsible for determining who has ''sysadmin'' access, and how that responsibility is exercised. However, this power is delegated to various Wikimedia Foundation [[foundationsite:role/staff-contractors/\|managers]]. On a day-to-day basis, various system administrators with root or shell access manage the server clusters.
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	Although system administrators are often not active on Wikimedia wikis themselves, they may occasionally need to perform actions for technical reasons, such as blocking users or bots that are consuming unacceptable amounts of system resources, or undoing edits that put heavy strain on the servers. Such actions should not be undone without consulting the system administrator.		Although system administrators are often not active on Wikimedia wikis themselves, they may occasionally need to perform actions for technical reasons, such as blocking users or bots that are consuming unacceptable amounts of system resources, or undoing edits that put heavy strain on the servers. Such actions should not be undone without consulting the system administrator.
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	To facilitate these changes being made in a transparent fashion with no need of the steward flag, all system administrators who ask can be added to the <code>'sysadmin'</code> [[Special:MyLanguage/global group\|global group]] ([//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AglobalUsers&username=&group=sysadmin automatic members lists]). This group allows them to set user rights for any user on any wiki, in the same fashion as [[Special:MyLanguage/Steward\|stewards]]. So if a system administrator needs to perform an action restricted to administrators (like editing system messages) on a particular wiki, they can simply grant themselves admin status on that wiki to make the action. In addition, the <code>'sysadmin'</code> group has access to [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]], where system administrators can ''change'' the permissions assigned to their global group. So as an alternative, the system administrator could add <code>editinterface</code> to the global group permissions, and would then be able to edit system messages on all wikis.		To facilitate these changes being made in a transparent fashion with no need of the steward flag, all system administrators who ask can be added to the <code>'sysadmin'</code> [[Special:MyLanguage/global group\|global group]] ([//meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AglobalUsers&username=&group=sysadmin automatic members lists]). This group allows them to set user rights for any user on any wiki, in the same fashion as [[Special:MyLanguage/Steward\|stewards]]. So if a system administrator needs to perform an action restricted to administrators (like editing system messages) on a particular wiki, they can simply grant themselves admin status on that wiki to make the action. In addition, the <code>'sysadmin'</code> group has access to [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]], where system administrators can ''change'' the permissions assigned to their global group. So as an alternative, the system administrator could add <code>editinterface</code> to the global group permissions, and would then be able to edit system messages on all wikis.
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	System administrators are encouraged to use the latter method of granting permissions, to avoid the lists of administrators/bureaucrats on local wikis becoming cluttered with users who are not 'permanent' members of those groups. These self-promotions may be removed at any time by stewards, as they can be easily restored if needed. However, some system administrators have permissions on certain wikis as a result of due process on that wiki, for instance [[en:User:Tim Starling\|Tim Starling's]] adminship on [[w:\|English Wikipedia]]; such rights should ''not'' be removed in this fashion.		System administrators are encouraged to use the latter method of granting permissions, to avoid the lists of administrators/bureaucrats on local wikis becoming cluttered with users who are not 'permanent' members of those groups. These self-promotions may be removed at any time by stewards, as they can be easily restored if needed. However, some system administrators have permissions on certain wikis as a result of due process on that wiki, for instance [[en:User:Tim Starling\|Tim Starling's]] adminship on [[w:\|English Wikipedia]]; such rights should ''not'' be removed in this fashion.
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	Approving the on-wiki [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/sysadmin\|sysadmin]] global group to any account (staff and volunteers) is the responsibility of the Trust and Safety team in consultation with Legal at the Foundation. Not all system administrators have this permission. The on-wiki permission can be given to those who already have relevant permission/access in Wikimedia’s technical spaces (i.e. shell access) and can demonstrate a need of doing related on-wiki changes in order to better support the communities.		Approving the on-wiki [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/sysadmin\|sysadmin]] global group to any account (staff and volunteers) is the responsibility of the Trust and Safety team in consultation with Legal at the Foundation. Not all system administrators have this permission. The on-wiki permission can be given to those who already have relevant permission/access in Wikimedia’s technical spaces (i.e. shell access) and can demonstrate a need of doing related on-wiki changes in order to better support the communities.
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	* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The requester needs to submit their request on the [[~~Steward_requests~~/~~Global_permissions~~#~~Requests_for_other_global_permissions~~\|Steward requests/Global permissions]] Meta page. After submitting the request on Meta, the requester needs to send a note with a detailed use case (i.e. what do you need the rights for?) to Trust and Safety through ca{{@}}wikimedia.org for approval.</span>		* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">The requester needs to submit their request on the [[Steward requests/Global permissions#Requests for other global permissions\|Steward requests/Global permissions]] Meta page. After submitting the request on Meta, the requester needs to send a note with a detailed use case (i.e. what do you need the rights for?) to Trust and Safety through ca{{@}}wikimedia.org for approval.</span>
	* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Once approved by the Legal department, one of the members from the Trust and Safety team will coordinate with the Stewards and will confirm the approval on the Meta request page.</span>		* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Once approved by the Legal department, one of the members from the Trust and Safety team will coordinate with the Stewards and will confirm the approval on the Meta request page.</span>
	* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Once the approval from the Foundation is secured, the Stewards ensure that the 2FA requirement for the user account is met and grant the rights.</span>		* <span lang="en" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr">Once the approval from the Foundation is secured, the Stewards ensure that the 2FA requirement for the user account is met and grant the rights.</span>

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