| This is anofficial Incubator policy. This page has been elaborated and approved by the community and its compliance is mandatory for all users. You may edit it, but please discuss major changes on the talk page first. |
SeeSpecial:ListGroupRights for the full list of user groups with their user rights. User group changes are logged onSpecial:Log/rights.(Please note, though, that many rights here—notablytest-administrator rights—have automatic expiration dates. Automatic expirations are not logged.)
Administrator access can be granted to known and trusted members of the community who are familiar with the policies of Wikimedia's Incubator wiki. Adminship status on Wikimedia Incubator is not an honour for outstanding content contributors but just an additional tool for people that showed that they want to clean up. Administrator access is also not meant to imply editorial authority on the project. An administrator is simply a trusted user who can:
You can request adminship on the Incubator if you meet the following criteria:
As with the admin policy onMeta andCommons, inactive administrators may have their access removed. According to this policy, any sysop inactive on Incubator will be desysoped. "Inactive" means virtually no edits or log actions in the past twelve months. Inactive administrators may re-apply in the regular way.
Admins are expected to watch theAdministrators' noticeboard for notices put up by other users.
When requesting adminship, after seven days, a bureaucrat will make a decision based on the votes and comments to grant, not to grant, or to extend the time for discussion if there is still need for it.
Any new admin should first propose (on theCommunity Portal for example) what they are going to do (certainly for mass-scale actions) before doing it. This is to prevent mass-scale mistakes that need to be reverted manually afterwards. Some time later (a few months or so), when the admin is used to common practices, this is no longer required.
Bureaucrats are administrators who can assign user rights of requests on this page.
There are no requests for bureaucratship; any administrator may optionally ask to become a bureaucrat after one month (providing they have behaved well).
Currently on Wikimedia projects, the number of accounts that can be created in a 24-hour period from a single IP is limited to six. There may be situations, such as outreach events, where creating more would be helpful.
Administrators and bureaucrats are already exempt from the six-account limit and do not need this right. Anyone else (including test administrators) needing an exemption from the six-account limit for a specific event should ask here.
Importers have the possibility toimport pages with the full history from certain defined wikis (administrators can do this too). Additionally, they are able to edit pages in bulk from XML files, which is used forimporting closed projects.
When requesting importer access, after three days, a bureaucrat will make a decision based on the votes and comments to grant, not to grant, or to extend the time for discussion if there is still need for it.
When you are already an administrator, no waiting time is needed. Bureaucrats are also able to grant these rights to themselves.
Interface administrators can edit JavaScript (JS), Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) and JSON pages (pages such asMediaWiki:Common.js,MediaWiki:Vector.css). They can also edit users' individual CSS and JS pages which otherwise can only by edited by the users themselves. CSS and JS access is particularly sensitive due to the possible damage caused by intentional or accidental misuse, so it is important that interface administrators ensure they practice good account security and be careful with the changes they make. For legal and security reasons, the Wikimedia Foundation has decided that you need to havetwo factor authentication enabled in order to hold this right.
Bureaucrats are able to grant and revoke these rights, including to themselves. Please make requests in the appropriate section below. They will run for at least 7 days.
This right is granted for no longer than one year at a time to non-administrators, but is renewable.
Bureaucrats decide about granting both rights. Administrators can also add/remove the translation administrator rights on their own accounts. They are removed when a bureaucrat deems appropriate to do so (e.g. inactivity).
The edits of an account with bot status will be hidden from the recent changes.
To request a bot status, pleaselist you and your bot's name below along with a description of what your bot will be used for. A bureaucrat will decide if a bot is safe and needed though any user may make a comment about it.Note: Bots for mass article creation are typically not approved. The ultimate approval of projects into subdomains is based on the existence of active communities, not only the numbers of articles.
Shortcut:
I:RFP
Below are the current requests for permissions.
Please always first read thepolicy written above before making a request.
Hi, although as a global sysop I have almost similar rights as local sysops, but sometimes I hesitate to do regular cleanups as there'reactive sysops here. That's why I'm requesting for adminship. I'm also interested to help language committee, by importing on their decision in closing project requests, I'm requesting for 'importer' rights too. Thank you.🪶-TΛNBIRUZZΛMΛN (💬)10:34, 16 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Greetings! I just noticed that my test adminship atWp/isv has lapsed. I had hoped prolongation wouldn't be necessary as I imagined it would just be a matter of a few months, but since there is still no verdict from the Language Committee, I'd nevertheless like to request prolongation for as long as it takes. Best regards,
IJzeren Jan(besěda)13:02, 10 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hello!I would like to request the extension of my administrator rights on the Incubator testWp/lua, which will expire on November 16, 2025.This renewal will allow me to ensure the proper functioning of the ongoing work, including the ability to:
I remain fully available and committed to continuing to support the management and maintenance of the project.— The precedingunsigned comment was added byShayi ngolu (discussion •contribs)15:03, 13 November 2025 (UTC).[reply]
Hello I would like to request the extension of my administrator rights on the Incubator test Wp/bol, which has expired.El-hussain14 (talk)04:06, 20 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi, could we renew admin rights of HitomiAkane on Wp/apc, which has expired. Thanks.TheJoyfulTentmaker (talk)21:23, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Wp/apc, could you confirm your interest? Thanks!TheJoyfulTentmaker (talk)21:24, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]Done. --MF-W{a, b}21:38, 15 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
am request test administrator at wp/ngiAdamu mc (talk)
Hello i am requesting for test admin rights in wp/ngi to manage the project, maintain quality, and support new contributors.Thank you.Pharouqenr (talk)11:30, 5 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]