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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.
  • 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.

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.

De-Invincible@kaiwikipedia

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Status:    Done

I would like to request for admin and interface admin rights at the Karai-karai language Wikipedia where I wish to continue my maintenance work. When the Karai-karai was in the Incubator, I was serving as an admin regulating/watching over the project against vandalism and in maintenance work. Thank you for your help. DE-INVINCIBLE  talk  12:23, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Image On hold until April 8 to allow for community discussion. Count Count (talk) 12:28, 1 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Done Granted for 3 months to expire on 2026-07-08. 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. Count Count (talk) 11:02, 8 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Kuldhar Rabha@as.wikiquote

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Status:    In progress

​I would like to update my request regarding the duration of this temporary adminship. Based on the community discussion, I'm amending my request from 1 month to 3 months to effectively complete the necessary cleanup and maintenance tasks. I'm leaving the original proposal above unchanged to maintain the integrity of the initial votes. Thank you for your understanding. --Kuldhar Rabha (talk) 06:40, 4 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

We normally start assigning rights for 3 months in duration, but your discussion linked clearly states it's only for 1 month, and (while I don't expect it to) some support may be based on only the 1 month. The group would need to be repolled to see if the time can be extended. That said, I would say leave the length of time, when you ask for people's support, to the discretion of a steward as you have had the rights for over a year before. We may consider even longer. -- Amanda (she/her) 22:04, 5 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@AmandaNP: Thanks for explaining. I understand what you mean. I'm happy to leave the length of time up to the Steward. I appreciate your help with this. -- Kuldhar Rabha (talk) 05:29, 6 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Ninjastrikers@mywiktionary

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Status:    In progress

My admin rights will be expired on 8 April 2026. Thus, I would like to request for the extension of my admin rights including interface admin. Thanks. Ninja✮Strikers «☎» 01:44, 8 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

AtUkr@ruwikinews

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Status:    In progress

Requesting a temporary adminship ending with the closure of Wikinews on May 4th.

Note that the local bureaucrat is 100% inactive. I emailed him twice, on the 1st and on the 4th, with no reaction. Please consider bypassing him entirely, there's no time for more delays.

AtUkr (talk) 10:26, 8 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]


TimumachtikanNawat@ppl.wikipedia

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Status:    In progress

Estoy solicitando permisos de administrador en la Wikipedia en náhuat (ppl.wikipedia.org). Soy parte activa del proyecto Timumachtikan Nawat, dedicado a la revitalización y desarrollo de contenido en náhuat. He contribuido de manera constante a la creación y mejora de artículos, así como al crecimiento de la comunidad.

Este acceso es necesario para apoyar en tareas de mantenimiento, moderación y fortalecimiento del proyecto, especialmente considerando que nuestra comunidad está en crecimiento y requiere mayor soporte técnico y organizativo.

Agradezco de antemano su consideración. --TimumachtikanNawat (talk) 18:02, 8 April 2026 (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.

Mienski@bewiki

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Status:    Done

Please remove Oversight access per global Oversight policy: "Any user account with Oversight access that is inactive for more than a year will have their Oversight access removed." User is inactive since 1 February 2024. Thanks, Ameisenigel (talk) 10:25, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Image Done Per policy the OS flag of Wizardist has also been suspended as the only remaining local oversighter. Unfortunate of course considering the situation in Belarus, but it is what it is. EPIC (talk) 10:35, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Why didn't you warn the community about these serious security changes? Meta did it all in one day, and someone's going to jail for it. Who's going to be held accountable? Mienski is fine; he doesn't participate because it's unnecessary, and he doesn't have time to do regular Wiki edits due to his work. He warned the community about this when he was elected. This is all incredibly irresponsible. Find urgent solutions to fix this security hole in our community. Urgent! -- M.L.Bot (talk) 17:57, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
I very much recognize the concerns and I too would like bewiki to continue having their OS, but policy is policy, and since we have to abide by them there is sadly little room for overriding it. As I mentioned at the community village pump (link), the stewards are well aware of this and discussing it, and we are considering a solution of temporarily adding a steward as a local oversighter (meaning Wizardist can be re-added) until the community elects a second oversighter. This is provided that the community agrees and is OK with that. That is what we can offer you given the situation and we are happy to do so if you do agree. Until then, the stewards are happy to handle oversight requests from the community. EPIC (talk) 19:59, 7 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
All bewiki needs to do is elect another local oversighter and Wizardist will have their access restored. These actions were done to the letter of the OS policy, as they are done in all other cases where a project with two functionaries loses one due to inactivity or resignation or removal. Just find another candidate, have a one week discussion, request access on Meta and your local coverage will resume. In the meantime, stewards are available to handle any OS requests that pop up. – Ajraddatz (talk) 04:33, 8 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
@EPIC , @Ajraddatz. ​I apologize for the emotional nature of my reaction. However, I believe that no strict adherence to rules is worth compromising the safety of our already vulnerable community. At the very least, the community should have been informed in advance that such a decision would be made, so that we could take preventive measures — finding a candidate without haste (which is not easy due to geographical requirements) and approving them. To submit requests to stewards, one must monitor updates in hundreds of articles; until yesterday, this was handled by a script, and I cannot imagine who will be doing this now. However, we are now faced with a fait accompli. What are the conditions, and what quorum must we reach? What quorum is required to "connect" a steward to this project so that everything works again? Which of the stewards will handle this, if approved? And what quorum is required for our own candidate? Previously, the quorum was at least 30-35 votes; now it will be difficult because the community has been weakened by repressions. Specific answers are needed to begin the procedures. Please provide your response at the community village pump (link) so that the entire community is informed. Thank you. M.L.Bot (talk) 06:15, 8 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]
No worries, I understand your reaction and I'm sure we can find a solution. I will post some thoughts on bewiki. – Ajraddatz (talk) 13:32, 8 April 2026 (UTC)[reply]

See also

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

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