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This page hosts requests for global permissions. To make a request, read the relevant policy (global rollback, global sysop, ...) and make a request below. Explain why membership is needed for that group, and detail prior experience or qualifications.
This is not a vote and any active Wikimedia editor may participate in the discussion.
Successful global rollback requests require no fewer than 5 days of discussion, while successful global sysop discussions require no fewer than 2 weeks.

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Requests for global rollback permissions

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Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions, and not doing so would reflect poorly on your suitability.

Please also review the Global rollback policy.

Instructions for making a request

Before requesting, make sure that: You have sufficient activity to meet the requirements to be allocated the global rollback flag To make a request Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain of why you need the access and why you're suitable. === Global rollback for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = global <!-- don't change this line --> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user --> }} ::''Not ending before {{subst:#time:H:i j F Y (T)|+5 days}}'' The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than 5 days (with rare exceptions , no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential.

Requests for global sysop permissions

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Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions, and not doing so would reflect poorly on your suitability.

Please also review the Global sysops policy.

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When you give someone global sysop rights, please list them on Users with global sysop access and ask them to subscribe to the global sysops mailing list.

Instructions for making a request

Before requesting, make sure that: You have a global account ; You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account; To make a request Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain of why you need the access and why you're suitable. If you previously requested that right, please add a link to the previous discussion(s). === Global sysop for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = global <!-- don't change this line --> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user --> }} ::''Not ending before {{subst:#time:H:i j F Y (T)|+2 week}}'' The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than two weeks (no exceptions are allowed no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential. Please note: Since 2019 all global sysops are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.

Requests for global IP block exemption

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Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions. Please review Global IP block exemption. You may request Global IP block exemption via stewardswikimedia.org if you can not edit this page.

Please note: Global IP block exemption does NOT make one immune to locally-created blocks of any sort, only global blocks.

Instructions for making a request

Before requesting global IP block exemption, make sure that: You have a global account ; You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account; To request global IP block exemption Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain why you need the access and why you're suitable. If needed, link to relevant discussions. === Global IP block exempt for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!--don't change this line--> |domain = global<!--don't change this line--> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} }} <Add an explanation here>, thanks, --~~~~ The request will be approved if there is demonstrated need for the permission, such as bypassing a global block from someone who is not the intended target.

Requests for other global permissions

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<translate> Before requesting additional global permissions, make sure that:</translate> <translate> You are logged in on this wiki;</translate> <translate> No specific section on this page exists for the permission you want to request;</translate> <translate> To request additional global permissions</translate> <translate> Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain what kind of access you need and why. If needed, link to relevant discussions. If you hold, or have previously held, the right and are asking for either a renewal or revival of that right, please add a link to the previous discussion.</translate> === <Add requested permission here> for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = global <!-- don't change this line --> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user --> }} <translate><!--T:5--> <Add an explanation here>, thanks</translate>, --~~~~ <translate> The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a short period of consideration. A steward will review the request.</translate>

Global editinterface for Ricordisamoa

Status:    In progress

• Global user: Ricordisamoa (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)

I am a sysop on Wikidata, where I have been mantaining several gadgets for months. I am fairly good at JavaScript, CSS, template syntax and Lua. I think I could help wikis with few 'technically competent' administrators - mainly the Italian versions of Wikivoyage and Wikisource, but also Wiktionary, Wikiquote, etc., and other language versions as well. I read the (proposed) policy, and of course I will not do any controversial edit, but will ask the community before, except in case of very high security issues.

Moreover, I'm a filemover on Commons, and with this right I could replace renamed files in protected pages too. --Ricordisamoa 15:49, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

• Oppose. It's not clear to me what changes would be done, whether globally at all and why admins in the few projects you mention couldn't simply be advised by you how to edit css/js pages in the desired way. Also I think using this for changing renamed files is out of scope. --MF-W 16:52, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
• I agree with MF-W here. Especially the absence of any policy for this right makes it a big deal (lacking legitimacy) and unless an accurate rationale is provided this flag shouldn't be assigned. Vogone talk 17:22, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose The issues with his failing to remove his flooder right against policy numerous times on Wikidata [1] do not inspire confidence in me for this right. --Rschen7754 18:56, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

  So, because he forgot to remove a flag from his account on two (?) occasions, he can't be trusted with any unrelated tools? Seems a little unrelated to me, especially since there is no global flooder flag or relation between that and GEI. Ajraddatz (Talk) 19:08, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

  Well, it shows that he wasn't careful, in my opinion, especially after the first time. --Rschen7754 19:12, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

  The scope of the GEI is to edit the mediawiki pages - he's done that quite a bit on Wikidata. If he was careless in that area, there would probably be lots of examples of that as well. Ajraddatz (Talk) 19:28, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

  @Rschen7754: since then, I set up my mass-deletion script to automatically remove the flood flag when finished. --Ricordisamoa 19:16, 17 December 2013 (UTC)

• Oppose, since the request has no clear rational for the use of the tools. I infer you would help fix gadgets? If a more clear rational could be provided I'll reconsider. Ajraddatz (Talk) 19:08, 12 December 2013 (UTC)
•  Oppose per above. Wikidata adminship is not a qualification for this right.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:47, 12 December 2013 (UTC)

Thank you all for the quick replies. I do not share Rschen7754's objection, nor Jasper Deng's. However, MF-Warburg, Vogone and Ajraddatz remind that our provisional policy requires a stricter rationale than mine. And since I planned to use the right for almost every kind of non-controversial edit the communities request - and no local administrator is able to perform flawlessly in short time - I am near to withdrawing. But I would rather wait for someone other's opinion. --Ricordisamoa 05:37, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

I would think that if you offered your services to these communities, either language specific, or to one of the broader sister projects, eg. Wikisource, and they accepted your offer, that would constitute a need, though there would be the obvious need to keep yourself within your set boundaries. — billinghurst sDrewth 11:26, 13 December 2013 (UTC)

@Billinghurst: just for the Italian Wikisource: «Con i privilegi ridotti di utente semplice, non puoi modificare il nsMediaWiki nè i js degli altri utenti. Spero che questa limitazione sia presto superata.» «Non nego che mi punge vaghezza di candidarti come sysop su it.source per permetterti di accedere direttamente al nsMediaWiki» «se metti a posto gli script di Alex, ti facciamo una statua qui su source» —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Ricordisamoa (talk • contribs) LlamaAl (talk) 18:26, 13 December 2013 (UTC).

Global exemption to CAPTCHA for for Sven Manguard

Status:    In progress

• Global user: Sven Manguard (edits ^(alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
• Discussion: I am a Commons admin, and I often remove images from articles right before or right after I delete the images. I know that there is a bot that (supposedly) does this, but I've often found that new users tend to break things when adding images, and doing it manually allows me to fix issues as I go. This is a good example of what I'm taking about; the user added in a new image, and in the process broke the infobox. When I removed the image, I fixed the infobox. Happy happy. Except that it made me do a Captcha. I find myself doing a rather large number of Captchas in this line of work, and am not particularly good at them, so I'd love to be able to skip over them. Considering the nature of this work, while I'll eventually hit autoconfirmed on some of the larger projects, I'm unlikely to hit it on many of them. I've been told that there's no written set of requirements for this type of right, but it has been given out before, and I think this is a valid use for it. Sven Manguard (talk) 03:49, 18 December 2013 (UTC)

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• User groups — Information on user groups
• Global rights log — Log of global permissions changes
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