Steward requests/Permissions

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This page is for requests to have stewards grant or revoke administrator, bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight rights on Wikimedia projects which do not have a local permissions procedure. Minimum voting requirements are listed here.

Old sections are archived. The list of archives is below.

  • Requests for bot flags are handled at SRB, and requests for global permissions are handled at SRGP.
  • 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-stewardsconnect IRC channel. 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 here after gaining the on-wiki approval of your local community.

Quick navigation: Administrator | Interface administrator | Bureaucrat | CheckUser | Oversight | Removal of access | Miscellaneous | Global permissions

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Cross-wiki requests
Meta-Wiki requests

Using this page

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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 this is for multiple users, leave this field blank and give a list of these users 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 for at least one week, but no more than 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

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Certain permissions (notably CheckUser and Oversight) additionally require users to sign a confidentiality agreement. Users requesting these permissions must make a request below, and must also sign the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. The request is placed on hold temporarily, until the receipt has been formally confirmed by the Office.

Requests

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

==== User name@xxproject ====
{{sr-request
  |status     = <!--don't change this line-->
  |domain     =<!-- Such as en.wikibooks -->
  |user name  =
  |discussion = 
}}

Administrator access

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See Administrator for information about this user group.

  • MediaWiki interface translations are done at translatewiki.net. Please do not request administrator access solely for that purpose; your request will be declined.
  • Stewards: Please use {{Systmp}} for approved temporary requests.

Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.

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. See Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.

Rarani@Suwiki

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Status:    In progress

hello, i applied as sysop suwiki, i have contacted local bureaucrat Kumincir but he is not active. so i am requesting here. RaRani (Talk) 00:23, 28 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Wildoo78@frwikivoyage

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Status:    On hold

Hi! Could someone please give Wildoo78 administrator status on the French Wikivoyage? Thanks in advance! Fourmidable (talk) 20:24, 31 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  On hold until June 9. There is a local bureaucrat. I've emailed them so waiting for a response. AramilFeraxa (talk) 09:36, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

TongcyDai@nanwiktionary

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Status:    In progress

Hi, I am currently a permanent administrator on Chinese Wiktionary. I would like to apply for administrator rights on Min Nan Wiktionary. I can read and write Min Nan language. I recently learned that Min Nan Wiktionary lacks an active local community and local administrators, leaving vandalism and other issues that can only be handled by seeking assistance from global administrators. Therefore, I would like to request a three-month temporary administratorship to help with site maintenance and management tasks. —TongcyDai  ฅ • ω • ฅ 16:33, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@TongcyDai please note that MVR requires a local discussion – even if the project lacks an active community. This way we want to make sure that people can raise feedback and concerns (if there is anything). Please start such a discussion at nanwiktionary and link it here. We can grant permissions 7-14 days later, even if there are no comments in the local discussion. Johannnes89 (talk) 19:29, 2 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Johannnes89: I've told him that recently, and he'd opened a local discussion accordly as well (linked above). —— Eric Liu（Talk） 22:35, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Muddyb@Swwikt

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Status:    On hold

Hi! Request for temporary admin rights for Swahili Wiktionary.I'm expecting to have a succession of editathons on the project. Having the tool will help for clean up.User:Muddyb (Talk) 19:49, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  On hold until 10 June. Your request was posted today. According to MVR it must last at least one week. AramilFeraxa (talk) 21:57, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

De Wikischim@nl.wikinews

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Status:    In progress

Please renew my sysop rights (preferably for as long as possible/permanent) on this local project. This is still not done automatically, as on most other WMF projects. There are too little other active users at the project for now for a "formal" re-election process to be useful (it would only be waste of time). De Wikischim (talk) 21:17, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

MVR requires a formal request, regardless of the community size (it doesn't necessarily need any votes). Could you link to such a discussion if it exists? EPIC (talk) 21:30, 3 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Anthonymunthali44@tumwikipedia

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Status:    Done

1 week and 2 days have elapsed since request was posted on community page. User would like to have their sysop rights renewed. They have been the sysop for more than twice. Giving them 2-3 years would be an ideal. Thanks.- Tumbuka Arch (talk) 03:50, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Granted for 1 year to expire on 2026-06-08. 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. AramilFeraxa (talk) 06:12, 8 June 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Interface administrator access

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See Interface admin for information about this user group.

  • 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 at translatewiki.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 have two-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 the section below.

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. See Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.

Bureaucrat access

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See Bureaucrat for information about this user group.
  • 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. See here for a guideline.

Requests for removal of access should be posted at the section below.

CheckUser access

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See CheckUser policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
  • To request CheckUser information, see Steward requests/Checkuser. This is the place to request CheckUser access.
  • One-time CheckUser access is not permitted and temporary access is only used by Stewards or when the mandate of the CUs has an expiry date specified in local policies.

Oversight access

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See Oversight policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
  • To request to have content oversighted, ask for a steward in #wikimedia-stewardsconnect and contact a steward privately. This section is for requesting access to the Oversight tool.
  • For contact details about oversighters across the wikis, refer to this page.
  • Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and temporary status is only used by Stewards .
  • When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list.

Miscellaneous requests

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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:

  • SRB — Local or global bot status
  • SRGP — Global permissions

Removal of access

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  • If you're requesting the removal of your own permissions, 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 (see previous discussion on 24 hour delays); the rights will not be restored by stewards once they are removed.
  • To request the removal of another user'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 a separate list of these specific wikis.
  • To request the removal of another user's permissions for inactivity, link to your local inactivity policy. If your site does not have inactivity policy, the global policy Admin activity review applies.
  • See the instructions above for adding new requests. Please post new requests at the bottom of the section.

TheDaveRoss@en.wiktionary

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Per CheckUser_policy#Removal_of_access, complete inactivity from over one year. As in a section above on this page, a new checkuser has been elected so that we continue having at least 2 active ones. With thanks to him for his service, – Svārtava (tɕ) 19:28, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

My interpretion of that policy is one year of global inactivity, rather than local inactivity? They last edited at 7 October last year [2]. EPIC (talk) 19:33, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@EPIC: My thought was that it referred to local inactivity, seeing the previous example of Versageek being removed for inactivity at enwiktionary (Steward_requests/Permissions/2017-08#Versageek@enwiktionary) on 15 August 2017 despite being significantly active on enwikipedia in the previous 1 year (as opposed to a single edit as in this case). I think that makes sense given that CU is a local right so should be determined on the basis on local activity itself similar to for example, administrator inactivity, which I haven't usually seen take (in)activity on other projects into consideration. – Svārtava (tɕ) 22:22, 30 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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