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 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-stewards^connect 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.

Projects

Information: List of all projects; Overviews; Reports; Wikimedia Embassy; Project portals; Country portals
Tools: Spam blacklist; Title blacklist; Email blacklist; Rename blacklist; Closure of wikis; Interwiki map
Requests: Permissions; Bot flags; New languages; New projects; Username changes; Translations; Speedy deletions

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Using this page

When requesting permissions, copy and paste the following text into the correct section. Please fill in all the required fields -- language code, link to the local request (or other means of confirming that the request has approval), and link to your local user page. Without this information, a steward cannot process your request.

Please summarize your request in the "summary".

==== Username@language-code project-name ====
I request sysop access.
*'''Language Code:''' xx
*'''Local Request Link:''' [[:xx:Project:wiki]]
*'''Automatic List of local bureaucrats:''' [[:<xx:project>:Special:Listusers/bureaucrat]]
*'''Local User Page:''' [[xx:User:Example]]

Thank you. ~~~~

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.

Placet experiri @ ro.wikinews and Whiteman @ ro.wikinews

I request permanent sysop access on ro.wikinews for n:ro:Utilizator:Placet experiri. The current administrators have been inactive for nearly one year now. See also: n:ro:Wikiştiri:Candidaţi administrator. Thank you! --Emily007 16:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

I request permanent sysop access on ro.wikinews for n:ro:Utilizator:Whiteman. The current administrators have been inactive for nearly one year now. See also: n:ro:Wikiştiri:Candidaţi administrator. Thank you! --Emily007 16:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

On hold May I ask why people are voting there under IP and why people vote there who didn't anything else on the wiki than voting? example? --Thogo (talk) 17:31, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Consta @ el.wikiversity

Consta requests permanent sysop access on el.wikiversity. The voting process lasted one week and there were two people that voted in favor, and none opposed or neutral. The other active participants refrained from voting or weren't informed about the election (although mentioned in el.wv's forum). Since el.wv was recently launched, we didn't have the time to vote for a policy about sysop elections. Our opinions differed as regards if this vote states community consensus, the talk was made in el.wv's irc channel unfortunately and there is no talk about that in el.wv's forum. The candidate preffered to make the request and let the stewards decide if this states community consensus. The voting is here. --Assassingr 18:07, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Two supports are not enough to get sysop rights, only temporary adminship can be granted. Sorry--Nick1915 -^{all you want} 18:12, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Bureaucrat access

See bureaucrat for information about the position.

CheckUser access

To request CheckUser information, see Request for CheckUser information. This is the place to request CheckUser access. Note that temporary CheckUser access is not permitted.

Stewards: When someone asks for CheckUser status, please check the current policy regarding bestowal of status before giving the status. Do not grant CheckUser access unless the user is identified to the foundation, which will be announced here. 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@wikipedia.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.

Rojelio @ it.wikipedia

Please give it:User:Rojelio CheckUser access due to successful election.

Language Code: it
Local Request Link: it:Wikipedia:Check user/Elezioni/Rojelio‎
Automatic List of local bureaucrats: it:Special:Listusers/bureaucrat
Local User Page: it:User:Rojelio

PS User hasn't confirmed his identity yet... waiting cary--Nick1915 -^{all you want} 23:35, 6 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Oversight access

Do not initiate an oversight request here. The Arbitration Committee will make the request once there is consensus on the local wiki (this process is currently for en-Wikipedia only).

Stewards: Do not grant Oversight access unless the user is identified to the foundation, which will be announced here. When you give someone oversight access, list them on Hiding revisions.

Removal of access

If you want to request that your own status be removed, please don't forget to place a note on your local user talk page (preferably with an English translation). This is required to prove your identity. And then add the request here. You should add the difflink 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.

Copy and paste the following text into the correct section. Fill in all the required fields -- language code, link to the local request, and link to your local user page. Without this information, a steward cannot process your request.

==== Username@language-code project-name ====
I request removal of access.
*'''Language Code:''' xx
*'''Local Confirmation/Request Link:''' <!--Difflink of the local confirmation edit (for own requests), or link to the community decision-->
*'''Local User Page:''' [[xx:User:Example]]

Thank you. ~~~~

Please summarize your request in the "summary".

Vishal@enwiki

I request removal of access for Vishal.

Language Code: en
Local Confirmation/Request Link: No link necessary. User was a sysop out of necessity in his work at Wikimedia Foundation. User should stand for election at this point (I will support him, but still!)
Local User Page: en:User:Vishal

Thank you. Cary Bass 19:04, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Done drini ^[es:]_[commons:] 19:04, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Inactive admins @ enwikinews

There has been an ongoing request since 28 December 2007 for removal of adminship rights from a number of inactive administrators on the English Wikinews project. I'd now invite a steward to look through each of these requests to determine whether consensus exists for the removal of their admin rights. I feel that there is consensus to remove rights for all three users.

The relevant requests are below. Note that support means the request to removal admins rights is supported. Adambro 17:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Done --Thogo (talk) 17:35, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Eirik@no.wikinews and Kurtber@no.wikinews

I request removal of sysop access for these users. Both users are fine with it, and both active users at no.wikinews (i.e. myself and User:Marius2) support it. The reason is that we do not want inactive users with sysop status. These users haven't really been active since 2006. If a more comprehensive summary of the discussion is needed, please post a request at n:no:project talk:administratorer.

Language Code: no
Local Confirmation/Request Link: http://no.wikinews.org/w/index.php?title=Wikinytt:Administratorer&oldid=7066
Local User Page: n:no:User:Eirik and n:no:User:Kurtber

Thank you. Kjetil r 18:42, 4 February 2008 (UTC)reply

On hold. We have to discuss that first since it doesn't look very clear. --Thogo (talk) 19:18, 4 February 2008 (UTC)reply

I left a notice on n:no:Wikinytt:Administratorer#diskusjon Thanks, --birdy geimfyglið _(:> )=| ∇ 19:27, 4 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Both have confirmed now. --Kjetil r 21:41, 4 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Kurtber removed. Eirik on hold, waiting community pronouncement about his 'crat flag--Nick1915 -^{all you want} 01:52, 5 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Squattaturi @ it.wikipedia

I request removal of access.

Language Code: it
Local Confirmation/Request Link: http://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Discussioni_utente:Squattaturi&oldid=13999842
Local User Page: it:Utente:Squattaturi

Thank you. Rob erto 10:52, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Done. Thanks for serving. --FiLiP ¤ 11:03, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Inactive commons-admins

According to this

Commons:User:Erin Silversmith
Commons:User:Martorell
Commons:User:竹麦魚(Searobin)
Commons:User:Thryduulf
Commons:User:Crux
Commons:User:ColdShine
Commons:User:Neutrality
Commons:User:Rdsmith4
Commons:User:Danny
Commons:User:Ausir (Attention, also Beaurocrate)
Commons:User:Eloquence
Commons:User:Grön
Commons:User:Walter
Commons:User:UED77
Commons:User:W.wolny
Commons:User:Reytan

will have to be de-sysoped :((( Others may follow after confirmation time in the next weeks. Regards, — ^ABF — 17:32, 9 February 2008 (UTC)

Please provide a link to the local policy and to the page where these users have signed (as you wrote on that commons page). --Thogo (talk) 17:59, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Local policy; older page where they signed first time to keep their rights. abf /talk to me/ 18:05, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Confirming ABF these are people who stated that they wish to keep their rights six months ago but have not performed 5 admin actions in accordance with policy since then & so may be de-sysopped. Thanks --Herby ^{talk thyme} 18:09, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Done --Thogo (talk) 18:17, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Harshalhayat@mr wikipedia

I request removal of access.

Language Code: mr
Local Confirmation/Request Link: Request link
Local User Page: Harshal

Thank you. Harshalhayat 18:19, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Done. Thank you for your work!--Nick1915 -^{all you want} 18:22, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Temporary permissions for emergency or technical purposes

If you are requesting administrator status to make a translation of the wiki interface, see also the BetaWiki project, which seeks to make a neutral MediaWiki translation that will then be default for all wikis. That is more useful than only making a local translation. You can ask questions in the IRC channel or in the mailing list. See also MediaWiki localisation.

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.

Copy and paste the following text into the correct section. Fill in all the required fields -- language code, link to the list of sysops and bureaucrats, local request link, link to your local user page, and the preferred duration with a reason. Without this information, a steward cannot process your request.

==== Username@language-code project-name ====
I request temporary sysop access.
*'''Language Code:''' xx
*'''List of local sysops:''' 
*'''List of local bureaucrats:'''
*'''Local Request Link:''' 
*'''Local User Page:''' [[xx:User:Example]]
*'''Preferred duration and reason:''' 
Thank you. ~~~~

Please summarize your request in the "summary".

Demmy@YO-Wikiepedia

I request a temporary sysop access

Language Code: yo
List of local sysops: w:yo:Wikipedia:Administrators
List of local bureaucrats:
Local Request Link: w:yo:Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship/demmy_2
Local User Page: yo:User:Demmy
Preferred duration and reason: 1 month to carry out maintenance work e.g the menus need translation etc

Thank you. Demmy 02:24, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

User was asked to request temporary sysop access on RfP ~Kylu (u|t) 02:33, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

Hi Demmy, please make translations globally on Betawiki only, please create an account there, link to Your yo.wikipedia user-page and ask for translator status at betawiki:Betawiki:Translator and You will be granted translatorstatus immediately. Please contact me if You have any questions about this.
Sysop-status granted for 1 month, expires 9.3.2008, best regards, --birdy geimfyglið _(:> )=| ∇ 02:51, 9 February 2008 (UTC)reply

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.)