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-stewards^connect IRC channel. In emergencies, type !steward in the channel to get the attention of stewards. Otherwise, you can type @steward for non-urgent help.
All processed requests are automatically archived after 24 hours of no activity. Use {{PinSRP}} on a request section to prevent it from being archived, or {{ArchiveNowSRP}} to archive a request section as soon as possible.

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.

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Cross-wiki requests
CheckUser information Global blocks/locks Permissions (global) Permissions (bot) Permissions (other) Username changes/ usurpation requests Miscellaneous requests URL blacklisting Title/username blacklisting Email blacklisting
Meta-Wiki requests
CheckUser information Deletion Permissions Requests for help

Using this page

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

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

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

See Administrator for information about this user group.

If you are requesting adminship to handle one time vandalism incidents or clearing a deletion backlog, please see Steward requests/Miscellaneous.

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

Admins doing cross-wiki work may wish to see IRC/wikimedia-admin for information about joining #wikimedia-admin^connect.

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.

Interface administrator access

See Interface admin for information about this user group.

If you need to accomplish a one-time, non-recurring task, please request your task at Steward requests/Miscellaneous.

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.

Il Nur@cvwikipedia

Status: In progress

Wiki: cv.wikipedia.org (list 'crats • bot policy • summary • 'crats rights)
User: Il Nur (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)
Discussion: https://w.wiki/Eswb

Il Nur (talk) 12:21, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Making sure I'm reading this correct? That discussion appears to have 3/0/0 in support, however one is yourself and one is someone that seems to be saying they do not understand what they are supporting. — xaosflux ^Talk 13:29, 29 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't sign up in the right place, thank you, I'll fix it. The section is small, so there aren't many active users. He writes that he doesn't quite understand the admin's responsibilities and capabilities. However, everything is clearly stated in the topic. Il Nur (talk) 15:55, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Bureaucrat access

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

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.

Stewards: Before granting this permission to a user, please check the current policy and make sure that the user has signed the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation. An email template is available for requesting new users to identify.

When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list. Subscription to checkuser-l will be handled by list owners. Make sure new users contact an op for access to #wikimedia-privacy^connect and #wikimedia-checkuser^connect.

Oversight access

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-stewards^connect 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 .

Stewards: Before granting this permission to a user, please check the current policy and make sure that the user has signed the confidentiality agreement with the Wikimedia Foundation.

When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them to this list.

Miscellaneous requests

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

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.

-chanakyakdas@aswikiquote

Status: Done

Wiki: as.wikiquote.org (list 'crats • bot policy_{[no automatic approval]} • summary • 'crats rights)
User: -chanakyakdas (talk • edits • logs • UserRights • activity • CentralAuth • email • verify 2FA)

Due to personal reasons, I am resigning as an admin from Assamese Wikiquote. Kindly revoke my administrator privileges. ---chanakyakdas (talk) 05:02, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On hold for 24h, standard for resignation of an advanced permissions. AramilFeraxa (talk) 11:47, 30 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@-chanakyakdas what about interface administrator rights? Do you want to keep them? AramilFeraxa (talk) 14:15, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AramilFeraxa Please, revoke both. --chanakyakdas (talk) 15:08, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done with thanks for your service. AramilFeraxa (talk) 15:38, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@AramilFeraxa Thank you. --chanakyakdas (talk) 00:06, 1 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Liquet@global

Status: Done

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

Last visible action, an edit, more than a year ago at 2024-07-30 16:15 (UTC) on ptwikipedia. Per the policy, GIPBE rights should be removed. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 11:03, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done — xaosflux ^Talk 14:22, 31 July 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Using this page

Confirmation of signing confidentiality agreement

Requests

Administrator access

Interface administrator access

Il Nur@cvwikipedia

Bureaucrat access

CheckUser access

Oversight access

Miscellaneous requests

Removal of access

-chanakyakdas@aswikiquote

Liquet@global

See also