Steward requests/Global permissions
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Requests for global rollback permissions
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- Global user: Quebecguy (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 15 January 2025 13:16 UTC
Hello!
Around 2 years ago, i've requested this right, but i ended up withdrawing due to my lack of experience at that time and i'm going to try again. Since my last attempt, I currently have:
- 10,000 global edits, with ~1400 reverts outside of frwiki and enwiki
- Local rollback rights on enwiki and frwiki
- Autopatrolled on Meta-Wiki
- 3 years of experience
Global rollback rights would allow me to fight against vandals and LTAs more efficiently. 2FA is also enabled on my account and i intend to fully adhere by the GR policy. Thanks! --quebecguy ⚜️ (talk | contribs) 13:16, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Weak support checked some recent undos and they look good to me. activity over the past year looks a little low, but I don't think that will be a huge issue. thanks for volunteering! Ternera (talk) 14:32, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support – DreamRimmer (talk) 16:21, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support. --Wüstenspringmaus talk 16:24, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Sincerely, Gadir (talk) 18:13, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 18:30, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Ameisenigel (talk) 20:30, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Weak support recent cross-activity seems low to me, but i see a lot of good reverts done by him. Borhan (talk) 21:33, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
Weak supportper Borhan. --SHB (t • c) 22:26, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Changing to Neutral per the link that XXB mentioned. --SHB (t • c) 10:13, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Despite the somewhat low cross-wiki activity, I don't see any recent concerns, so I am inclined to Support. Codename Noreste (talk) 00:12, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Cross wiki activity is a bit low, besides that there's no problem, Weak support. Aqurs1 (talk) 05:12, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support though with a Note: please don't edit war with vandals in the future. Doing so is counterproductive and only encourages them. Report and wait for an admin to intervene. XXBlackburnXx (talk) 05:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, XXBlackburnXx, well, those are the usual results of not protecting clearly high-traffic pages, on a regular or permanent basis... نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 09:17, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- This has nothing to do with 'high traffic' pages not being protected well enough or permanently but serves as general advice. + that page functions as a hub for collaboration, where new users should have the opportunity to engage. Protecting it long-term is counterproductive XXBlackburnXx (talk) 09:23, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Protecting it is also rather counterproductive as it can in some cases just encourage vandals to move onto another page. Sometimes (and in the case of the link XXB mentioned) it's better to just leave it be for a few hours and report to WM:RFH – leaving vandalism up for an hour and waiting for an admin isn't the end of the world. SHB (t • c) 11:04, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- @XXBlackburnXx: Will do in the future. quebecguy ⚜️ (talk | contribs) 12:43, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- w:WP:IBRL is also a good advice. Sometimes vandals do stop after short time e.g. 20-30 minutes and do not persist; after which it is easy to mass-rollback their edits ourselves. Svārtava (tɕ) 21:34, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- @XXBlackburnXx: Will do in the future. quebecguy ⚜️ (talk | contribs) 12:43, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Protecting it is also rather counterproductive as it can in some cases just encourage vandals to move onto another page. Sometimes (and in the case of the link XXB mentioned) it's better to just leave it be for a few hours and report to WM:RFH – leaving vandalism up for an hour and waiting for an admin isn't the end of the world. SHB (t • c) 11:04, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- This has nothing to do with 'high traffic' pages not being protected well enough or permanently but serves as general advice. + that page functions as a hub for collaboration, where new users should have the opportunity to engage. Protecting it long-term is counterproductive XXBlackburnXx (talk) 09:23, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, XXBlackburnXx, well, those are the usual results of not protecting clearly high-traffic pages, on a regular or permanent basis... نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 09:17, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 09:00, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --V0lkanic (talk) 14:29, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support - Hasan (talk) 14:58, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support. --Paloi Sciurala (talk|contribs) 15:40, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support The xwiki activity is a bit on the lower side but they're doing a good job with it overall and have some experience. Mistakes like the edit war presented happen and one can learn what may be a better way to handle them. Good luck! --KonstantinaG07 (talk) 16:44, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support but like the others above, I would suggest that you take things slow and don't rush. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 16:48, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 19:33, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support —Aopou {discusión} 19:43, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 04:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
- Global user: Bhairava7 (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 15 January 2025 18:47 UTC
Hello there, I'm Bhairava7 (previously Aviram7) and I'm Anti-Vandal & spam removing fighter on Wmf project via SWviewer, I have rollback privilege on several wikis (include enwiki,simplewiki, wikidata).etc and patroller on metawiki. I understand global rollback policy and I regular monitoring Vandalism or spam on wikimedia project through SWviewer.Happy editing --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 18:47, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support looks good to me! Ternera (talk) 19:21, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- easy Support. --Wüstenspringmaus talk 19:24, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support No problem. --quebecguy ⚜️ (talk | contribs) 19:48, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Svārtava (tɕ) 20:01, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Ameisenigel (talk) 20:31, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support no concerns. Borhan (talk) 21:06, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support. Codename Noreste (talk) 00:12, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Sure. Aqurs1 (talk) 05:06, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support as Per Ternera TYPEINFO (talk) 08:16, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 09:00, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Sincerely, Gadir (talk) 10:47, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --V0lkanic (talk) 14:29, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Vanderwaalforces (talk) 14:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support ---Hasan (talk) 14:59, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support. --Paloi Sciurala (talk|contribs) 15:40, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --KonstantinaG07 (talk) 16:45, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Jianhui67 talk★contribs 16:48, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:18, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Drummingman (talk) 17:51, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support LGTM. –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 19:32, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support —Aopou {discusión} 19:43, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 04:56, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for global sysop permissions
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- Global user: Ternera (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
- Not ending before 15 January 2025 18:49 UTC
Hello all,
I’m Ternera and I’ve been actively fighting vandalism on a variety of wikis - especially focusing on small wikis with no admins.
I'm requesting global sysop rights mainly so I can help with Global sysops/Speedy delete requests and at GSR, where I've made over 350 edits. It would also come in helpful while I’m patrolling recent changes and run into LTA’s on small wikis.
Currently, I’m a global rollbacker and have served as a sysop on rwwiki for the past 6 months, which has taught me how to use the sysop toolkit. I’ve made my fair share of mistakes since I've been participating on Wiki projects, but I do my best to learn from them. 2fa is enabled on my account. Thank you for your feedback. Ternera (talk) 18:49, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- One of the easiest Supports of my life, trusted user with sysop and global experience.-FusionSub (talk) 18:52, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support No concerns --Wüstenspringmaus talk 18:54, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support experienced and active. Svārtava (tɕ) 18:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support ToadetteEdit (2025 is here) 19:02, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Ameisenigel (talk) 19:10, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support —Aopou {discusión} 19:22, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Active and trusted. --M/ (talk) 19:39, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support no concerns here. trusted, active and experienced. thanks for volunteering, good luck. Sincerely, Gadir (talk) 19:41, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Easy Support –TANBIRUZZAMAN (💬) 19:44, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support, seems fine (sysop on two content projects with the global GR permission). Codename Noreste (talk) 19:45, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Experienced and trusted enough, no concerns --KonstantinaG07 (talk) 19:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support – Leotalk 20:24, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support no concerns. --TenWhile6 21:25, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Alaa :)..! 21:34, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 21:56, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Thank you for volunteering, and please familiarise yourself with the local sr.wiki policy concerning the global sysops. Local administrator of the Serbian Wikipedia, نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 21:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- There is no need to repeat the same message to every global sysop applicant, especially since prospective candidates are expected to be familiar with the policy anyway. Leaderboard (talk) 16:02, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, of course editors are allowed to inquire about the matters within the GS scope, while that particular wiki is in fact no regular GS/SWMT wiki (as she's somewhat similar to uk.wiki/the Ukrainian Wikipedia, I guess...). نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 18:59, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Still, it gets irritating quickly. You're just giving an (unnecessary) reminder, not enquiring about anything. Leaderboard (talk) 04:48, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, I appreciate your feedback. Hm, perhaps I should send a more general reminder next time. نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 06:05, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- To be honest, I don't think that any reminder is needed. Global sysops have to familiarize themself with the global sysop policy before they run for GS, that includes all relevant local policies. TenWhile6 19:42, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- نوفاك اتشمان, I agree with Leaderboard and TenWhile6 here that your reminders are not needed at all, because regarding the Serbian Wikipedia's policy about global sysops, it's obviously listed on the global sysop page regarding some projects' local policies. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk) 00:08, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, TenWhile6 and Codename Noreste, I appreciate your feedback. Assuming that a GS/GR/(successful) candidate for these global user rights indeed reads a relevant local policy (which one can't really verify, btw), let me ask a more practical question about a realistic situation, then. For example, a global user/SWMT member starts to combat vandals, spammers and LTAs, both local and cross-wiki-like, on a wiki, yet a local administrator/patroller/rollbacker reverts (No. 1) an obviously valid edit/action of theirs (No. 2), due to unspecified or unknown reasons. That's why the injured party proceeds to contact the reverting local user (No. 3), but they receive no meaningful or no direct answer (excluding a possible unhelpful "thank-you" notification), and/or they get no help from another local administrator (No. 4)/patroller/rollbacker (No. 5) at all, while their edit/action still remains unjustly reverted (aka not restored). So, how [w/sh]ould a global user/SWMT member act in such a scenario? Also, [w/sh]ould they continue to combat abuse there, possibly antagonising local users and thus knowingly putting themselves at risk? In addition, I should note that these circumstances are in fact very much real, and they are known to have happened before as well, whilst even resulting in tragic local blocks of the affected, innocent global users/SWMT members. نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 06:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- + Comment Hm, could we have a dedicated global support/help page on Meta-Wiki for reporting and handling such unwanted situations? نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 08:57, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- @نوفاك اتشمان The edits appear to be revision-deleted, so it is hard to tell further. But: if the community disapproves of a global sysop, they can always tell them to stop operating there. That's how it works in the wikis I look at. But otherwise, the GS hasn't done anything wrong as long as the policy allows this - it is one thing if the GS does not follow a wiki rule, but they cannot be expected to follow rules that are unwritten. Leaderboard (talk) 10:28, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, yes, indeed, these 2 (two) specific edits (No. 6 & No. 7) have already been rev-del-ed, but it's actually the regular, typical attack page/link spam of that LTA "Rocky/GRP" from Chicago. So, while this particular story about the GS Tanbiruzzaman did receive a double happy ending after all, one may not always get a good ending – unfortunately. نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 12:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Got it, but I see no fault of the GS itself - so what do they gain from the reminder? Leaderboard (talk) 14:12, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, maybe we should take this to the talk page of this page or somewhere else. This has little to do with this request itself and it's shaping to be a longer discussion. BRP ever 14:18, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, BRPever, hm, perhaps simply move this whole discussion to here: Talk:Global sysops? نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 17:18, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, of course it's true that the GS is innocent, but they were very lucky that one time, so there ought to be an effective and comprehensive method for preventing such unfortunate cases. As for that reminder of mine, I'll simply replace it with a more friendly welcome-message next time. نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 17:13, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Hi, maybe we should take this to the talk page of this page or somewhere else. This has little to do with this request itself and it's shaping to be a longer discussion. BRP ever 14:18, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Got it, but I see no fault of the GS itself - so what do they gain from the reminder? Leaderboard (talk) 14:12, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, yes, indeed, these 2 (two) specific edits (No. 6 & No. 7) have already been rev-del-ed, but it's actually the regular, typical attack page/link spam of that LTA "Rocky/GRP" from Chicago. So, while this particular story about the GS Tanbiruzzaman did receive a double happy ending after all, one may not always get a good ending – unfortunately. نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 12:42, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, TenWhile6 and Codename Noreste, I appreciate your feedback. Assuming that a GS/GR/(successful) candidate for these global user rights indeed reads a relevant local policy (which one can't really verify, btw), let me ask a more practical question about a realistic situation, then. For example, a global user/SWMT member starts to combat vandals, spammers and LTAs, both local and cross-wiki-like, on a wiki, yet a local administrator/patroller/rollbacker reverts (No. 1) an obviously valid edit/action of theirs (No. 2), due to unspecified or unknown reasons. That's why the injured party proceeds to contact the reverting local user (No. 3), but they receive no meaningful or no direct answer (excluding a possible unhelpful "thank-you" notification), and/or they get no help from another local administrator (No. 4)/patroller/rollbacker (No. 5) at all, while their edit/action still remains unjustly reverted (aka not restored). So, how [w/sh]ould a global user/SWMT member act in such a scenario? Also, [w/sh]ould they continue to combat abuse there, possibly antagonising local users and thus knowingly putting themselves at risk? In addition, I should note that these circumstances are in fact very much real, and they are known to have happened before as well, whilst even resulting in tragic local blocks of the affected, innocent global users/SWMT members. نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 06:50, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- نوفاك اتشمان, I agree with Leaderboard and TenWhile6 here that your reminders are not needed at all, because regarding the Serbian Wikipedia's policy about global sysops, it's obviously listed on the global sysop page regarding some projects' local policies. Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk) 00:08, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- To be honest, I don't think that any reminder is needed. Global sysops have to familiarize themself with the global sysop policy before they run for GS, that includes all relevant local policies. TenWhile6 19:42, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, I appreciate your feedback. Hm, perhaps I should send a more general reminder next time. نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 06:05, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Still, it gets irritating quickly. You're just giving an (unnecessary) reminder, not enquiring about anything. Leaderboard (talk) 04:48, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Hello, Leaderboard, of course editors are allowed to inquire about the matters within the GS scope, while that particular wiki is in fact no regular GS/SWMT wiki (as she's somewhat similar to uk.wiki/the Ukrainian Wikipedia, I guess...). نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 18:59, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- There is no need to repeat the same message to every global sysop applicant, especially since prospective candidates are expected to be familiar with the policy anyway. Leaderboard (talk) 16:02, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Comment Thank you for volunteering, and please familiarise yourself with the local sr.wiki policy concerning the global sysops. Local administrator of the Serbian Wikipedia, نوفاك اتشمان (talk) 21:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support also rwwiki + rwwikt sysop; can be trusted with no issues. --SHB (t • c) 22:37, 1 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 00:28, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support trusted user --Mtarch11 (talk) 00:38, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Pólux (talk) 04:51, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support --Jet Pilot (talk) 05:26, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support trusted and experienced user. Borhan (talk) 10:02, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --- Hasan (talk) 16:17, 2 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --V0lkanic (talk) 10:36, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support TYPEINFO (talk) 13:33, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support--A09|(pogovor) 20:29, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support--𝐖𝐢𝐤𝐢𝐁𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫 👤💬 (WikiBayerCatHelper) 21:30, 3 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support Sofia (talk) 05:48, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support. --Paloi Sciurala (talk|contribs) 15:42, 4 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support –FlyingAce✈hello 00:27, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support —MdsShakil (talk) 04:13, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Jianhui67 talk★contribs 15:12, 5 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support trustedAqurs1 (talk) 02:57, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support – DreamRimmer (talk) 13:22, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support ~ Yahya (talk • contribs) 21:06, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support – DARIO SEVERI (talk) 12:27, 7 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Tmv (talk) 09:01, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support quebecguy ⚜️ (talk | contribs) 13:59, 8 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support no concerns and thanks for volunteering.~~Sid~~ 14:31, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support XXBlackburnXx (talk) 16:44, 9 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Neriah - 💬 - 11:20, 10 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support Trusted -J. Ansari Talk 11:24, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support No Concerns. --- Bhairava7 • (@píng mє-tαlk mє) 14:19, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support no concerns; obviously competent.--BRP ever 14:20, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
- Support --Lookruk 💬 (Talk) 04:57, 12 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for global rename permissions
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Requests for global IP block exemption
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- Global user: Haohaoh4 (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Per UTRS #98276 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 14:00, 22 December 2024 (UTC)
Global IP Block Exempt for alachuckthebuck
edit- Global user: alachuckthebuck (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Per UTRS #98799 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 18:00, 6 January 2025 (UTC)
- Global user: YikyuenG (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Per UTRS #98724 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 16:00, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions
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- Global user: KpaBap (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
I've read the help pages and just want 2FA enabled because it's a good way to make my account more secure, thanks, --KpaBap
- Global user: 9reat (edits (alt) • CA • global groups • crossactivity • verify 2FA)
Hi. I've read the help pages and I wish to enabled 2FA on my account. Thank you. --9reat (talk) 03:07, 11 January 2025 (UTC)
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