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This page hosts requests for global permissions. To make a request, read the relevant policy (global rollback , global sysop , global rename , …) 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.

Global rollback and global interface editor requests require no fewer than 5 days of discussion while abuse filter helper and maintainer requests require no fewer than 7 days. Global renamer and global sysop requests require no fewer than 2 weeks of discussion. For requests that are unlikely to pass under any circumstances, they may be closed by a steward without further discussion (after a reasonable amount of input).

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Requests for global rollback permissions

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Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
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:j F Y H:i|+5 days}} UTC''

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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Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
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.
Stewards
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:

  1. You have a global account ;
  2. 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:j F Y H:i|+2 week}} UTC''

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.

Global sysop for WikiFer

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Status:    In progress
Not ending before 24 December 2024 18:08 UTC

Hello everyone, I come to introduce my request for global sysop. I've been an administrator on the Portuguese Wikipedia since 2015 and a bureaucrat since 2020. Since 2021, I've been a global renamer (see log), and this time I want to be able to contribute to small projects without many active administrators.

In the Portuguese language communities, small projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikibooks, Wikinews, Wikiuniversity, Wikisource and Wikivoyage have less than 5 local administrators, with the majority having less than three active administrators in the past two months. In this way, I want to assist in these projects to meet any requests with the global tool.

Furthermore, I want to attend to any requests in Global sysops/Requests for other small projects outside the Portuguese-speaking community. I hope to have everyone's support. Thanks! WikiFer msg 18:08, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  •   Oppose Thanks for volunteering, but crossactivity seems low from my side. –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 18:17, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tanbiruzzaman I believe that when a user makes numerous edits to several projects, it assumes that he is interested in contributing locally to the project's content, not necessarily contributing at the sysop level. I bring here my administrative experience in the most active project in Portuguese (Wikipedia) to be able to assist other projects in the absence of administrative volunteers who cannot carry out administrative actions. My role is limited to just that. Stewards, for example, have the prerogative to assign or remove sysop or bureaucrat status in projects where there are no local users with these tools. At no time, stewards need to be active in multiple local projects in order for them to perform such administrative actions. Therefore, I understand that a global sysop applies to the same situation, given that my action would be in exceptional cases when there is administrative absence in the local project. WikiFer msg 22:10, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose Global sysop is not a backdoor to obtaining local community roles on multiple projects simultaneously, which is seemingly what the request is about. ~~~~
    User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)     21:43, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @1234qwer1234qwer4 These projects I mentioned refer to the Portuguese language because everyone already knows me from my administrative work at Wikipedia since 2015. Furthermore, your claim about the use of administrative tools is wrong, since the global sysop policy itself prohibits their use in projects where there were three administrators carrying out actions in the last two months. My main objective is only to assist these communities in the absence of local administrators who can carry out such administrative actions. WikiFer msg 22:03, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose thanks for volunteering, but I am not seeing any recent xwiki antivandalism work. I suggest that you revert vandalism on the Portuguese projects you are interested in and request adminship on those projects since it sounds like that is your main reason for requesting GS. Ternera (talk) 22:10, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Ternera This request is for Global sysop, not Global rollback. If the objective was revert vandalism, I wouldn't even need any tool to voluntarily contribute. WikiFer msg 22:24, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I would like to point out that the GS policy page says, "Global sysops are highly trusted users with a strong track record of cross-wiki contributions". While this may not need to only be work reverting vandalism, that's something I would like to see in a global sysop candidate since it's something global sysops deal with often. Since you wish to help at GSR, it may be good to get experience reporting vandals there before helping there. Ternera (talk) 22:42, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    "I don't read books, I write them." Experience in dealing with abuse and maintenance cross-wiki (in particular in languages in which you are not proficient) is crucial for a role like this, since there are many intricacies that one can only learn by doing (and making mistakes sometimes), while sysop-level actions on small wikis receive even less scrutiny (while mistakes can be the more consequential). ~~~~
    User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)     23:32, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose per Ternera. Gadir (talk) 22:14, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose per above, run for local adminship on these wikis if you want to help out there. --TenWhile6 00:01, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose Get GR + local adminship on those projects first. --SHB2000 (t • c) 00:26, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  • Thanks for helping out, but I would prefer to see much more experience cross-wiki before supporting this candidacy. Global sysop gives unsupervised administrator permissions across hundreds of small projects; extensive experience reverting vandalism or performing maintenance / other admin tasks across language barriers and multiple types of projects is a must for these permissions. If you want to help out on some of the smaller pt projects, you can request local adminship on those. – Ajraddatz (talk) 02:27, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support - The request is sensible to me. The purpose of the user getting GS is to protect on primarily Portuguese-language projects, and the user is otherwise trusted. Why do we have to force this user to unnecessarily get like 6+ sysop rights just for this? If the concern is about cross-wiki experience (and I don't have that concern in this case), why not make GS conditional on only working on Portuguese-language requests? Also, global rollback shouldn't be a pre-requisite, as there are tools like TwinkleGlobal that make GR not as necessary for routine anti-vandalism. Leaderboard (talk) 02:37, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    (Agree on the GR part fwiw; usually it just gets used as a proxy for determining some standard of cross-wiki experience.) ~~~~
    User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)     00:00, 12 December 2024 (UTC)    [reply]
  •   Support per Leaderboard. signed, Aafi (talk) 03:26, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Neutral. Global sysop grants you access to the sysop kit on 600+ wikis, and use case is for Portuguese projects and processing GSR requests. The reason why I am not opposing is that the user is trusted not to abuse the global sysop access, but the reason why this is not a support is because of the lack of crosswiki activity outside Portuguese projects; GS is appointed to trusted users who work crosswiki mainly in the context of counter-vandalism on small wikis with no sysops available, which is unfortunately not the case here. ToadetteEdit (talk) 07:57, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Neutral I'd like to see (more) cross-wiki anti-vandalism and/or anti-spam activity and experience from this candidate, but on non-Portuguese Wikimedia projects first. --نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 09:48, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Weak oppose per above comments. Wüstenspringmaus talk 09:54, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Neutral. I'm not going to oppose your request as you are a bureaucrat and a sysop on your home wiki (which is a plus), but unfortunately, I cannot support either due to some concerns mentioned above. I would like to see much more activity on non-Portuguese wikis and other small wikis by reverting obvious vandalism and spam, and by reporting small wiki vandals and pages (that should be deleted) to GSR. I still thank you for volunteering. Codename Noreste 🤔 Talk 02:31, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Support per Leaderboard. – DreamRimmer (talk) 06:35, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose per Ternera. AramilFeraxa (Talk) 08:20, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose GS should have a good amount of x-wiki experience. —MdsShakil (talk) 14:32, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose For now, crossactivity is too low, however that something you could easily work on.--A09|(pogovor) 20:44, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose missing crosswiki activity --Ameisenigel (talk) 07:12, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose per A09--Infinite0694 (Talk) 14:49, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Weak oppose per above. happy to support next time. Borhan (talk) 07:45, 17 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose clear --𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 (WikiBayerCatHelper) 16:07, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Oppose As per above -J. Ansari Talk 14:47, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Weak oppose I haven’t seen you make any requests on GSR. GS are not meant for editorial purposes but rather to fight vandalism on small wikis with limited resources, and there are several hundred of these, not just six or seven. Jet Pilot (talk) 02:30, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
  •   Weak oppose Per above comments about cross-wiki activity. Would support a candidacy in the future if it had increased experience on other wikis. --Pólux (talk) 06:55, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

  Comment Well, I thought it would be possible to use the tool on local wikis. Remembering that VRT volunteers work on project queues in their own language. I imagined that it would be possible to limit the actions of global sysops by language. WikiFer msg 21:10, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The purpose of global sysops is to do uncontroversial work on GS wikis like cleaning vandalism and spam that would otherwise not be easily handled by local admins – but very rarely intervene in complex local matters. What you are doing is essentially using GS as sysop on wikis that never formally elected you as one in the first place. I for one would definitely not welcome a GS who tried to bypass local sysop procedures on my home wiki and I assume I'm not the only one who would feel that way. It's not like these projects you mention are completely abandoned, they have communities albeit small – if they really want your help, your local requests will more or less easily pass with no dramas. --SHB2000 (t • c) 22:47, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@WikiFer "it would be possible to limit the actions of global sysops by language" - technically possible, but it's exceptionally rare from experience. That being said, there's nothing in the request that justifies the hounding you've gotten here. Leaderboard (talk) 02:07, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Re it would be possible to limit the actions of global sysops by language. I share SHB's statement, one could just request for (temporary) adminship on all of the projects in a certain language (in your case on pt* projects) other than request administrator access on 700+ wikis simultaneously while also bypassing the local communities' decisions. As what Leaderboard said above, it is possible to be appointed GS and restrict the use of the tool to a very limited set of wikis. I have never seen such a request like that at all; simply requesting GS simply doesn't work any way. ToadetteEdit (talk) 16:25, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for global rename permissions

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Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
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 rename policy and the global renamers policy page.
Stewards
When you give someone global rename rights, please add them to the list of global renamers and ask them to subscribe to the global renamers' mailing list.
Instructions for making a request

Before requesting, make sure that:

  1. You have a global account;
  2. You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account;
  3. You have considered the addition of a user language box to your user page
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 rename for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} ===
{{sr-request
 |status    = <!-- don't change this line -->
 |domain    = meta.wikimedia <!-- 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:j F Y H:i|+2 week}} UTC''

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). While all input is welcome, there is a hard 80% support requirement for this role as per the global renamer policy.

Global rename for HouseBlaster

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Status:    In progress
Not ending before 26 December 2024 02:08 UTC

I am an administrator on the English Wikipedia (verify; RfA), and I have been helping out with unblock requests and frequently come across requests that require renames. I have read and will abide by Global renamers, Global rename policy, and en:Wikipedia:Username policy. As for languages, I have babel on my userpage (en-N, la-2, es-1), but I only am planning on being active with enwiki matters. Thank you kindly for considering this request; I am more than happy to answer any questions people might have. Best, HouseBlaster (talk) 02:08, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global rename for Svartava

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Status:    In progress
Not ending before 28 December 2024 10:38 UTC

Hi, I would like to apply for global renamer permissions. My languages are hi-N, en-4, sa-2, pra-1, fr-1. I have some basic understanding of other Indic languages like gu, mr, pa, bn, etc. due to interest in comparative historical linguistics and having enwiktionary as homewiki, which I think would be useful for this right when dealing with usernames. Thanks, – Svārtava (tɕ) 10:38, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It doesn't happen often, but I became aware of the hat collecting this user has at the moment. While GREN isn't as critical as other global perms, I'm afraid they have not shown yet the need for the tools. Hence, changing to   Oppose, but you have my moral support and would likely support in the future.--A09|(pogovor) 12:53, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Although I realize that the RFA was too soon and I fully accept the mistake, I disagree with the hat collecting accusation that I have not shown any need for the tools. – Svārtava (tɕ) 13:24, 24 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global rename for Queen of Hearts

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Status:    In progress
Not ending before 28 December 2024 18:23 UTC

Hello, I am an enwiki admin and would like to be a global renamer to help respond to username unblock requests and Special:GlobalRenameQueue. I have read Global rename policy and relevant enwiki policies. I speak English and some Spanish; I will only be responding to enwiki requests. Thanks! Queen of Hearts (talk) 18:25, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global rename for Fathoms Below

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Status:    In progress
Not ending before 29 December 2024 17:27 UTC

Hi everyone, I'm an enwiki admin since February 2024, though I took a break for a few months and just returned to adminship recently. I'm involved some at UAA, and I think I could handle some unblocks at enwiki that involve renaming. I read the Global rename policy and have experience with enwiki's username policy. I speak en-N, es-2, and la-1. If anyone has concerns about my actions they can message me on my talk pages. I'll also ask around if I have any questions regarding a rename. Thanks, Fathoms Below (talk) 16:30, 15 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global rename for Aopou

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Status:    In progress
Not ending before 1 January 2025 23:26 UTC

I am a Wikipedian originally from the Spanish Wikipedia. I would like to request permission to collaborate globally across Wikipedias as a global renamer. I am proficient in Spanish (native), English, French, Portuguese, and Arabic. I hold local permissions as a rollbacker and reviewer on the Spanish Wikipedia, and as a rollbacker on Wikidata. Throughout my years of contributing, I have never encountered any issues. I am well-versed in the policies and guidelines associated with this role. Thank you for considering my request. —Aopou {discusión} 23:26, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global rename for Wüstenspringmaus

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Status:    In progress
Not ending before 3 January 2025 15:55 UTC,

Hi, I'm Wüstenspringmaus, an admin on Wikidata, AFH and a member of the ArbCom of the German Wikipedia. I am active in several multilingual projects and am familiar with local policies. I would like to support on the relevant pages and on the local request page.

I have read and will abide by the Global renamers policy, Global rename policy, and other relevant (local) policies. My languages are de-n, en-3, and la-2. Thank you for considering this request and if you have any questions or comments, please let me know. Best, Wüstenspringmaus talk 15:55, 20 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for global IP block exemption

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Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
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 stewards wikimedia.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:

  1. You have a global account ;
  2. 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.

Global IP Block Exempt for Haohaoh4

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Per UTRS #98276 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 14:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Global IP block exempt for Rich Farmbrough

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Per previous exemption, yesterday I once again ran into the globally blocked IP range at a location I regularly edit from, and hence need this permission once more. --Rich Farmbrough. 16:16 22 December 2024 (GMT).

Global IP Block Exempt for Bangbang.S

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Status:    In progress

Per UTRS #98086 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 05:00, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions

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  Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions.
Testing this service may result in the loss of your access and is not recommended for inexperienced users.
Instructions for making a request

Before requesting 2FA tester global permissions, make sure that:

  1. You are logged in on this wiki;
  2. You have read the help page about two-factor authentication and understand how it could lead to irrecoverable loss of access to your account ;
To request 2FA tester global permissions
Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and INDICATE you have read the Help page.
If the request page is currently protected, please file as an edit request on the talk page.
=== 2FA Tester 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 no reason not to grant one. A steward will review the request.

2FA Tester for JohnnyHer

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Status:    Done

I understand the risks of having 2FA and what could happen if I lose access to it. I have this method for all my accounts. I would like to activate this mfa. Thanks in advance. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by JohnnyHer (talk) 02:54, 23 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for other global permissions

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  Please be sure to follow the instructions below:
Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions.
Instructions for making a request

Before requesting additional global permissions, make sure that:

  1. You are logged in on this wiki;
  2. No specific section on this page exists for the permission you want to request;
To request additional global permissions
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.
=== <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 -->
}}
<Add an explanation here>, thanks, --~~~~

The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a short period of consideration. A steward will review the request.

See also

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Cooperation requests for: comments (local) (global) · translation

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