Wikipedia:Requests for permissions
Archived requests
- Administrator / Bureaucrat / Checkuser / Oversighter
- Rollbacker
- Patroller
- Transwiki Importer
Permissions
There are many kinds of special permissions that users can be granted. These include:
- Rollbacker is a user who can quickly revert changes by other users. See Wikipedia:Rollback feature.
- Flood is a very short-term permission that a user can get from any administrator to make lots of small edits in a row. When using the flood permission, a user’s edits will be hidden by default from Special:RecentChanges.
- Patroller is a user who can review new pages that other users make by marking them "patrolled". Any pages a patroller makes do not have to be reviewed by others.
- Administrator (also called an "admin" or "sysop") is a user who can delete and protect pages and block users. Admins can also grant the rollback, flood and patroller permissions.
- Bureaucrat (also called a "crat") is a user who can grant and revoke the admin and bot permissions.
- Checkuser is a user who can see private information about editors (for example, their IP addresses).
- Oversight is a user who can hide private information from everyone except other oversighters and stewards.
- Transwiki importer is a user who has use of the import tool to move pages here from other projects. This is not to be confused with importer, who can upload XML files using the import tool. *Importer is not granted on this wiki.
- Uploader is a user who can upload files locally on this wiki. This permission is granted temporarily and will be removed once the task is complete.
- IP block exempt is a right given to trusted named users who may edit from an IP address that would otherwise be blocked through no fault of their own.
Adding a new request
Rollbacker
You must be an active member of Simple English Wikipedia, preferably with some experience in reverting vandalism.
Rollback must never be used to revert in edit wars, or to remove good-faith changes. Use the undo feature for this, and give a reason. Rollback does not let you give a reason when reverting. It must only be used to revert bad changes. It can and will be revoked if misused.
Click here to request rollback.
Flood
Requests for the temporary (short-term) flood permission should be made on an administrator’s talk page, on the #wikipedia-simple connect IRC channel, or at the Administrators' noticeboard.
Uploader
Requests for temporary (short-term) file upload permissions should be made on the Administrators' noticeboard. An administrator should be notified once the uploads are done so that the permission can be removed.
Image uploads are not allowed, this should only be requested for uploading other media (such as audio clips)
Administrator
Please read the criteria for adminship before nominating another user or yourself, to make sure the nominated user meets the criteria for becoming an administrator. You may want to look at the archives first so you can see why other people’s requests have succeeded or failed.
Administrator tools are there to better help the community. They do not make certain users better than others. To nominate a candidate for adminship, please follow these instructions:
- In the input box below, replace USERNAME with the username of the person you are nominating for adminship.
- Complete the fields given to you.
- Once the user has accepted, add {{Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/<insert name of person nominated>}} underneath the Current requests for adminship heading below, at the very top of the list.
- Optional: Add {{rfa-notice}} to the candidate's userpage.
Notes: This is not the place to get "constructive feedback from others", if you want feedback from others in a less formal environment, please see Simple Talk. If a candidate is successful, an administrator or bureaucrat should add them to MediaWiki:Gadget-HighlightAdmins.js.
Bureaucrat, Checkuser, or Oversight
For the bureaucrat, checkuser, or oversight permission, a user first needs to be an administrator. There are special requirements at Wikipedia:Criteria for adminship for these users.
Current requests for rollback
- Cactusisme (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
It's been over 1 month since my last request and over 2 months since I had joined this Wikipedia. In this period, I have had over 5000+ edits and most of them are reverting vandalism. I usually use RTRC to monitor recent changes and use twinkle to revert edits. I am a very active editor. I think that rollback permissions world greatly benefit me in reverting vandalism. I have read all the rollback rules and know when I should and should not use rollback. Thanks for your time. --Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 09:20, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
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Oppose - I'm going to Oppose per this and this and per the fact their last request was declined due to revert issues all of which have happened in less than a month, Fyi their first request was marked as not done so imho shouldn't have any bearing here, We all make mistakes myself included but mistakes like this should not happen. –Davey2010Talk 18:15, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Davey2010: Please note that this is not a vote, so opposes and supports are not in order. Requests for rollback are at the discretion of the responding admin. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:02, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- Yes I'm well aware of all that. I simply wanted the deciding admin to be aware of these issues before granting/declining. –Davey2010Talk 21:17, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Davey2010 The first one was because I was reverting a Vandals edit at the time and accidentally clicked the wrong link. The second one is blatant vandalism, that is if you translate it. Cactus🌵 spiky ouch 11:55, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- Oops sorry I didn't translate it so had no idea of the message, given you've only technically made one error I don't see a reason why you can't be granted it. –Davey2010Talk 13:32, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
- @Davey2010: Please note that this is not a vote, so opposes and supports are not in order. Requests for rollback are at the discretion of the responding admin. -- Auntof6 (talk) 21:02, 15 August 2024 (UTC)
- ToadetteEdit (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
- Good afternoon. After my last request was declined, I have been patrolling for more than a month, and I am rerequesting it so that I can revert faster and more efficiently. I have similar rights on enwiki and meta. ToadetteEdit (talk) 13:39, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for patroller
- BZPN (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
- Since the last request, I have written several new articles, following the instructions I received. I have improved the quality of my articles, I learned how to write in basic English. I have been on simple wiki for a few weeks, but I am quite an experienced user on plwiki, I also know the rules of Simple English Wikipedia and I quickly learned how to write proper articles here. BZPN (talk) 12:00, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- P.S. I know I'm impatient, but that's not a problem - I want to help add new content to the Simple Wiki and improve its quality :). BZPN (talk) 12:02, 8 August 2024 (UTC)
- Have been a registered user on Simple English Wikipedia for over a year, and during this time, I've made over 7,900 undeleted mainspace edits (verify) and created over a 100 articles on the mainspace (verify), including translations of the week; simplifying articles mainly from EnWiki. I am familiar with the processes of QD and RFD; having nominated over 1000 pages for quick deletion and many for RFD (verify). I am pretty familiar with the manual of style used on this wiki and am active on the recent contributions page reviewing newly created pages. This is my second request for Patroller rights, my last request can be seen here. – Cyber.Eyes2005Talk 14:47, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Xegma (talk · contribs · count) (assign permission)
- I am patrolling new pages and also created good articles and love to do so, now i'm requesting for patroller rights. Xegma(talk) 09:01, 14 August 2024 (UTC)
Current requests for transwiki importer
- None at this time
Current requests for adminship
- None at this time
Current requests for bureaucratship
- None at this time
Current requests for checkusership
- None at this time
Current requests for oversightership
- None at this time
Current requests for removal of rights
- None at this time