Shortcuts: WS:ADMIN, WS:RFA, WS:SYSOPWikispecies:Administrators
- To reach an admin immediately, see Administrators' Noticeboard. (If you rather need to reach a Translation administrator, please use the Translation Administrators' Noticeboard instead.)
Administrator access is granted to known and trusted members of the community who are familiar with the policies of Wikispecies. Administrator access is not meant to imply editorial authority on the project.
You can request adminship on Wikispecies if you meet the following criteria:
- You are not completely new to Wikimedia projects. You have been an editor for at least 2 months and you understand and agree with the goals of the project.
- You have a user page on Wikispecies and are a contributor here.
- You agree to follow relevant policies and respect consensus of Wikispecies' users.
- There is a consensus amongst users here that you would be a suitable administrator.
As with the policy for administrator access on Meta, inactive Administrators may have their access removed by a Steward.
Administrators' abilities
Administrators have the technical ability to perform the following actions:
- block (and unblock) user accounts and IP addresses from editing
- protect (and unprotect) pages to restrict editing of a particular page
- delete and undelete pages
- delete images and other uploaded files
- edit the interface and other protected pages
Administrators assume these responsibilities as volunteers who go through a community review process. They are not acting as employees of the Wikimedia Foundation. They are never required to use their tools, and must never use them to gain an advantage in a dispute in which they are involved.
Assigning
Administrator status can be assigned by any Bureaucrat, and may be removed by a Steward in cases of abuse.
Misuse of administrative tools
Misusing the administrative tools is considered a serious issue. The administrative tools are provided to trusted users for maintenance and other tasks, and should be used with thought. Serious misuse may result in sanction or even their removal. Misuse, and its consequences, are defined and decided by consensus of the Wikispecies community.
List of Administrators
Wikispecies has 23 administrators (including 1 bot). The current list can be found at Special:ListUsers/sysop.
| Administrator | Last activity |
|---|---|
| 1234qwer1234qwer4 | 2022 (check) |
| Accassidy | 2022 (check) |
| AlvaroMolina | 2021 (check) |
| Andyboorman | 2022 (check) |
| Burmeister | 2022 (check) |
| Circeus | 2022 (check) |
| Dan Koehl | 2022 (check) |
| DannyS712 | 2022 (check) |
| EncycloPetey | 2022 (check) |
| Faendalimas | 2022 (check) |
| Floscuculi | 2022 (check) |
| Geni | 2022 (check) |
| Hector Bottai | 2022 (check) |
| Keith Edkins | 2022 (check) |
| Koavf | 2022 (check) |
| Mariusm | 2021 (check) |
| MKOliver | 2022 (check) |
| MPF | 2022 (check) |
| Neferkheperre | 2022 (check) |
| OhanaUnited | 2022 (check) |
| PeterR | 2022 (check) |
| Pigsonthewing | 2022 (check) |
| RLJ | 2022 (check) |
| Thiotrix | 2022 (check) |
| Tommy Kronkvist | 2022 (check) |
| Bots with admin status: | Last activity |
|---|---|
| Abuse filter* | 2013 (check)* |
(* This bot is fully automated and performs actions triggered by the equally fully automated and global MediaWiki AbuseFilter extension. As a side effect, its actions doesn't show up locally in the Wikispecies' public activity logs. Instead, the last activity date shows when the bot was first enabled on Wikispecies.)
Tools
IRC for admins
Wikispecies has an IRC-channel as an option for live communication; #wikispecies-admins (IRC channel), which is accessible for invited members.
Instructions
- Before you can request access, you must register your nickname and log in.
- Type "
/nick theusernameyouwantgoeshere" to switch to that username,
register by typing "/msg nickserv register yourpassword youremail".
To keep your email address private, type: "/msg nickserv set hidemail on"
To keep others from using your name while you're offline, type: "/msg nickserv set enforce on"
In the future, you must login by typing "/msg nickserv identify yourpasswordgoeshere" (some clients can do this automatically when you connect).
You access the channel with command /join #wikispecies-admins.
Mailing list
There is a mailing list located at mail:wikispecies-admin. This is a useful tool for coordination off-wiki; it is recommended that admins sign up for the list.
Admin userbox on Wikispecies
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This user is an administrator on Wikispecies. (verify) |
Administrators may use the administrator user box on their user page. Copy and paste the following code to your user page:
{{User Admin}}
Userbox on Meta-Wiki
If you have a Meta-Wiki user page, you can put the Wikispecies admin user box for Meta on your Meta-Wiki user page.
Requests for adminship
Please explain here why you need administrator access. After seven days, if there is general agreement that you should be an administrator, one of the bureaucrats will fulfill the request.
You can use {{subst:RFA|Username|Why you want to be a sysop.}} when making a request to automatically create the form.
Current requests
While I might not be as active on Wikispecies, I think I could help with administrator tools here. I am quite experienced with the translation extension, and have been a translation administrator on Wikispecies since June 2021. In that role I have responded to a number of requests regarding the translation extension, but without admin rights could only do as much as attempting to explain solutions for problems, like Special:PermanentLink/8996066#Turkish Wikispecies:Localization subpage or Special:PermanentLink/9047115#Speedy delete translation pages, to administrators, with varying success. Apart from that, I plan to work on internationalisation, for which I have already been submitting edit requests from time to time, and would be able to respond to run-of-the-mill abuse, since admin-wise this project can be quite inactive occasionally (cf. my undos). As a global sysop and already an administrator on two projects, I think I can be trusted for this role. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 21:00, 14 December 2022 (UTC) 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 21:00, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
- Poll started 21:00, 14 December 2022 (UTC). Poll will end 21:00, 21 December 2022 (UTC). Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 13:03, 16 December 2022 (UTC).
- Poll closed as promoted. Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 02:35, 22 December 2022 (UTC).
Support
- --RLJ (talk) 21:24, 14 December 2022 (UTC)
- -- very familiar with this user I support this. I am well aware of the point he will not content contribute to this project in all liklihood, but his experience with the admin tools will be a welcome knowledge base for us. Cheers Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 03:21, 15 December 2022 (UTC)
- Can be trusted with the tools, would be beneficial for the project. --DannyS712 (talk) 00:51, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- --Andyboorman (talk) 10:47, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- --Orchi (talk) 12:10, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- --Neferkheperre (talk) 13:41, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- --Thiotrix (talk) 17:45, 20 December 2022 (UTC)
Oppose
Neutral
Kaganer (talk • contribs • block log • all projects)
I wish to nominate User:Kaganer for adminship. He's been a registered Wikimedia user since 2005, with a well documented Wikimedia experience in regards to for example localization, MediaWiki tools and Modules. Paul is already a translation administrator here at Wikispecies, but I think that his contributions as a "regular" admin would be even more beneficial to the whole community, for example when editing Wikispecies:Localization and other fully protected pages which are available for regular administrators only (but not for translation administrators).
He is currently an administrator at MediaWiki, Meta-Wiki and the Bashkir, Udmurt and Russian language versions of Wikipedia, and interface administrator at Meta-Wiki, Wikimedia Incubator plus the Bashkir and Udmurt Wikipedias. He is also a translation administrator at a total of 8 wikis, including here at Wikispecies, and used to be a member of the Arbitration Committee of the Russian Wikipedia.
@Kaganer has already unofficially accepted this admin nomination, however the poll will only be started after he also officially approves the nomination here at this page. Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 12:24, 16 December 2022 (UTC).
- Thanks, i'm agree ;) Kaganer (talk) 18:50, 16 December 2022 (UTC)
- Poll started 19:00, 16 December 2022 (UTC). Poll will end 19:00, 23 December 2022 (UTC). Tommy Kronkvist (talk), 20:07, 16 December 2022 (UTC).
Support
- -- agree with this will be valuable here. Scott Thomson (Faendalimas) talk 03:17, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
- Can be trusted with the tools, would be beneficial for the project. --DannyS712 (talk) 12:58, 17 December 2022 (UTC)
- Is well qualified. Agree. Neferkheperre (talk) 14:23, 26 December 2022 (UTC)
Oppose
Neutral