Project:Requests for permissions

Information

Use this page for requests for:

autopatrollers, uploaders or IP block exemption (which can be assigned by administrators)
Promotion to sysop, translation admin, bureaucrat or anything not above (which can be assigned by bureaucrats)

Note that Requests for comment and other miscellaneous requests should not go here, but instead to the Project:Village Pump or Project:Administrators' noticeboard if you want to avoid using Structured Discussions.

Any new flagging to +sysop should have an associated subpage here, except for well-established developers, where a developer is someone who has had changes accepted to the MediaWiki core or a MediaWiki extension where the total number of changed lines in the relevant whitespace-insensitive diffs exceeds 100.

The autopatroller group can be assigned by administrators, too, but generally that is given when an admin notices that patrolling someone's edits does not add any value, and not based on requests by the user themselves.

One thing to keep in mind is that unlike most Wikimedia sites, this site is controlled by the MediaWiki developers, not the other users in this community. Being a developer (someone with merge access who uses it to maintain code that runs on Wikimedia sites) automatically entitles you to at least administrator status, and a long-time developer won't find it hard to become a bureaucrat. If you're not a developer, you do have to give some good reason to get any privileges; you should not expect to ever be made a bureaucrat. Something like a third of administrators and a quarter of bureaucrats are non-developers, however, so it's not like you shouldn't bother asking.

That said, there aren't really any formal policies on what's required: you just have to convince a bureaucrat. Use common sense – if you're trustworthy and your services are in need, there's no reason not to promote you to administrator at least, but don't ask for administrator without giving a concrete reason (unless you're a developer). Being personally known to a developer or having administrator or higher status on a major Wikimedia project are two ways to be deemed trustworthy. This is a wiki that has opted in to allowing global sysops to work here, and such users are free to use their rights on this wiki and do not need to separately request administrator. The same applies to global rollbackers, who are already autopatrolled on this wiki. Other users in specialised global groups (such as global interface editors) are also free to use their rights on this wiki by default.

Archives: Autopatrolled (formerly Autochecked user) • Translation administrator • Administrator • Interface administrator • Bureaucrat • Other user rights, Other requests, Requests for comments

Please fill out the form below to request rights, and then add the template here. If you have had a previous request, Please add a number to the end of your username to create a separate request, example: MyUserName (2)

User: Zulf

Requested user-rights: Autopatrolled.

Zulf (talk • contribs • logs • rights • SUL utility)

Warm regards, I would like to request Auto Patroller rights, for some reason. I who have demonstrated an understanding of policies and guidelines. and I'm also an Autopatroller on the local wiki.thanks 🌴Zulf ^talk 15:56, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong website---this is not meta. (And "for some reason"?) --Clump (talk) 16:04, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
oh sorry, I was wrong 🌴Zulf ^talk 16:08, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose w:WP:Hat collecting. Autopatrolled should be granted sua sponte by admins not due to a request by the user. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 17:26, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
but according to mediawiki rules it is allowed. 🌴Zulf ^talk 01:44, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, it's technically allowed to request autopatrolled. In my opinion almost all such requests should be denied. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 15:46, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

N Not done - we need something better than "some reason", and asking for translation admin and admin at the same time does sound like you have a lack of understanding on how permissions work. I do not recommend repeatedly asking for permissions for some time, as otherwise you can be labelled as a "hat collector" which can be an annoying mess to get out of. Leaderboard (talk) 17:20, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User: Zulf

Requested user-rights: Translation administrator.

Zulf (talk • contribs • logs • rights • SUL utility)

I would kindly like to ask for Translation administrator rights because I actively do translate pages for MediaWiki and sometime I must correct original text. Now I must wait for somebody who would mark them for translation) and I can't finished page translate. the focus is Indonesian and Sundanese. Thanks 🌴Zulf ^talk 16:06, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose w:WP:Hat collecting. Shirayuki handles most markings anyway so we need relatively few other translate admins. * Pppery * _{it has begun} 17:25, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
but a small part is sometimes missed. 🌴Zulf ^talk 01:47, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Huh? * Pppery * _{it has begun} 15:46, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose --Ameisenigel (talk) 20:03, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You can already translate most pages without this right, and if you want to mark something for translation, just ask at the village pump. Leaderboard (talk) 17:23, 16 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

User: Zulf

Requested user-rights: Administrator.

Zulf (talk • contribs • logs • rights • SUL utility)

I would kindly like to ask for administrator rights because I need to delete pages or edit protected pages and I see many admins are busy.thanks 🌴Zulf ^talk 16:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose No specific need demonstrated. No admin requests made either. --Clump (talk) 17:19, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
such as deleting useless translation pages. 🌴Zulf ^talk 01:49, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose * Pppery * _{it has begun} 17:20, 12 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose --Ameisenigel (talk) 20:03, 13 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]