This page is for requests to havestewards grant or revokeadministrator,bureaucrat,checkuser, andoversight rights onWikimedia projects whichdo not have a local permissions procedure. Minimum voting requirements are listedhere.
- Requests for bot flags are handled atSRB, and requests forglobal permissions are handled atSRGP.
- 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-stewardsconnectIRC 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 hereafter gaining the on-wiki approval of your local community.
Quick navigation:Administrator |Interface administrator |Bureaucrat |CheckUser |Oversight |Removal of access |Miscellaneous |Global permissions
Using this page
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 forat least one week, butno 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
Certain permissions (notablyCheckUser andOversight) additionallyrequire users to sign aconfidentiality agreement. Users requesting these permissions must make a request below, and must alsosign the confidentiality agreement with theWikimedia Foundation. The request is placed on hold temporarily, until the receipt has beenformally confirmed by the Office.
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
SeeAdministrator for information about this user group.
- MediaWiki interface translations are done attranslatewiki.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 thesection 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. SeeSteward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.
Hzy980512@zh.wiktionary
The election had ended with 4 supports and no oppose. Seeking for prolonging the adminship.—TongcyDai ฅ • ω • ฅ04:50, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Extended both sysop and interface administrator rights for two years as requested. ~Yahya (talk •contribs)09:30, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Granted for 2 years to expire on2028-01-25. 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. ~Yahya (talk •contribs)09:28, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Interface administrator access
SeeInterface 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 attranslatewiki.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 havetwo-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 thesection 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. SeeSteward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements.
Bureaucrat access
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. Seehere for a guideline.
Requests for removal of access should be posted at thesection below.
CheckUser access
See
CheckUser policy for information about this user group and the policy governing the use of this tool.
- To request CheckUserinformation, seeSteward requests/Checkuser. This is the place to request CheckUseraccess.
- One-time CheckUser access is not permitted and temporary access is only used byStewards or when the mandate of the CUs has an expiry date specified in local policies.
Oversight access
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 tothis page.
- Note that temporary Oversight access is not permitted and temporary status is only used byStewards.
- When a new user is assigned to this group, please add them tothis list.
Miscellaneous requests
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
- If you're requesting the removal ofyour 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(seeprevious discussion on 24 hour delays); the rights will not be restored by stewards once they are removed.
- To request the removal ofanother 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 aseparate list of these specific wikis.
- To request the removal ofanother user's permissions forinactivity, link to your local inactivity policy. If your site does not have inactivity policy, the global policyAdmin activity review applies.
- See theinstructions above for adding new requests. Please post new requests at the bottom of the section.
many crats@testwikis
Just FYI, I'm cleaning up a pile of inactive bureaucrats on testwiki and test2wiki —xaosfluxTalk15:38, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- What abouttestwikidata:? --Ameisenigel (talk)15:42, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- No requests/notices were posted at testwikidata as far as I can see (only at testwiki and test2wiki). That being said, there probably shouldn't be any issue removing potential inactive crats from testwikidata either if desired and if someone were to post requests/notices there.EPIC (talk)15:44, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- I hadn't gotten to that one yet, and so far only looked at 2+ year local inactive. —xaosfluxTalk15:48, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- @Xaosflux: also, just as a query; did you intend to do these removals yourself (with this request simply posted for the sake of transparency), or was this a request for another steward?EPIC (talk)15:53, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- I'm going to do them, just put a notice in this local place as well. —xaosfluxTalk15:56, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Thank you! Request was simply a bit unclear to me, thus the question.EPIC (talk)15:56, 19 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Is it standard policy to not inform those users?Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI")talk08:19, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- All of the affected users should have gotten a ping in the discussions linked above. All of them haven't been active on test(2)wiki for 2+ years, some never used their crat rights even once on that project. More than enough reason to remove for inactivity.Johannnes89 (talk)10:15, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- At least one has not gotten a notification. You got a screenshot as proof.Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI")talk10:40, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Since this is a test wiki removals are likely less controversial here, since the rights are removed without prejudice and can be re-granted on request if and when they are needed again. Noting that this is also partly a preparation for 2FA enrollment for bureaucrats.EPIC (talk)10:45, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Yup this, especially trying to avoid getting someone's global account tied up because of an old unused test. —xaosfluxTalk11:41, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Where can I read more about 2FA becoming required for crats?Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI")talk11:55, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- WMF T&S is still in early planning. —xaosfluxTalk12:01, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Interesting. Was your non-ping intended? Several of those users are active in general, just not on that specific project.Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI")talk12:07, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- No, I did link the usernames and used a live signature on the edit; I wasn't going to bother people with a user talk for old inactive tests. —xaosfluxTalk14:28, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- I know for sure that one of them did not receive the ping. I assume it's true for all of them.Der-Wir-Ing ("DWI")talk18:53, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- No ping, thx for nothing. BestItti (talk)21:40, 20 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- I sent another list without any section links to attempt echo notifications, will sit on this for a few more days to see if there are responses. Noting, these are all users that have been inactive on these projects for years. —xaosfluxTalk19:18, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Since it is possible to turn off such notifications in one's preferences, I would strongly recommend that everyone receives a message on their talk page. While these are only test wikis and the rights can be restored as needed, I think it would be only fair, especially to people who are still active on other wikis but not watching these projects. -Barrastalk20:00, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- It's a test wiki; does it really matter? If these users suddenly find that they need the right, it shouldn't be difficult to get the right back.Leaderboard (talk)15:52, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- The users have advanced permissions, and there is no clear rule that they are aware of which states that they will lose their rights when they become inactive. It would be fair and respectful to send them a direct message. Please note that I am absolutely in favour of removing rights from inactive users. However, if there is no strict rule that users are aware of, the very least that can be done is to inform them about the upcoming removal. -Barrastalk21:04, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- testwiki's don't have "communities" and don't have access policies, we also skip them during things like the routine small wiki cleanups. —xaosfluxTalk13:14, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Mr.Rosewater@uk.wikipedia
I ask that you remove the bureaucrat badge from me at my own request.Mr.Rosewater (talk)14:25, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. --Mykola14:42, 24 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]- @Mykola7: One day passedVadikano (talk)17:00, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Done —MdsShakil (talk)18:11, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Рассилон@uk.wikipedia
Please remove the user's sysop flag. The community decided to remove it (see the discussionhere; the result is 56.25% in favor of removal, with 51% required by the rules).Mr.Rosewater (talk)06:57, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Done with thanks for their service.EPIC (talk)07:37, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Mkdw@en.wikipedia
I am stepping down from the Checkuser team. Please remove my checkuser access. Thank you,Mkdw (talk)02:16, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Noting that Mkdw contacted me directly for removal from CU-L and the Checkuser Wiki, which has already been done.Risker (talk)04:26, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
- Done Given that the user already resigned more than 24 hours ago (en:Wikipedia:Bureaucrats'_noticeboard#Checkuser) and was already removed from the list and wiki, I'm not applying any further hold time. Thank you for your service.EPIC (talk)05:43, 26 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
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