Wikipedia:Requests/Permissions
Please read this: This wiki does not exist for users to test out random nonsense on an exhaustive basis; it's here for developers to check that changes to the code aren't going to cripple the live sites. See also: WP:WWD and WP:NOT. Special:ListGroupRights details available usergroups and their rights.
As a result, administrator status is still not going to be given out to all and sundry. This isn't an arena for you to play with the tools, or mess about, nor is it somewhere you should be testing your bots, etc. - If you want a place that is for you to test out sysop tools, etc, try these sites.
Having said that, if you do need administrator status for a particular reason, request this status and ensure that your userpage here is linked to your home wiki project.
Requests for user rights
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user, has sysop elsewhere.
- Antimuonium (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 17:18, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: Admin and AF editor on WP:fr, I'd like to test the temporary account feature at least until it is made available on the wikis, as the WP:fr community is in favour of being a pilot wiki.
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments:
Done - added for a year. EPIC (talk) 17:22, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Looks OK to me, see below.
- Awesome Aasim (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 19:58, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I am requesting admin rights because I am testing a new editnotice loader system for Wikipedia that uses phab:T50175. This unfortunately requires me to create edit a handful of MediaWiki pages, namely MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext, MediaWiki:Editnotice-notext and related. I only need it for a few months.
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments: @Awesome Aasim: For how long do you need it to be specific? EPIC (talk) 15:15, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
- @EPIC On second thought I think one month will probably be enough. When I am done testing I will probably ask for the right to be removed or let the right expire. If I need an extension I can always file another request, right? Awesome Aasim (talk) 00:49, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
Done OK, granting for a month. Although you don't have content wiki adminship, you are trusted enough and have a valid rationale, so it seems fine to grant here. EPIC (talk) 05:12, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
- @EPIC On second thought I think one month will probably be enough. When I am done testing I will probably ask for the right to be removed or let the right expire. If I need an extension I can always file another request, right? Awesome Aasim (talk) 00:49, 22 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user, has sysop elsewhere.
- XXBlackburnXx (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 14:48, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I want to test some admin scripts and do AF testing with the new temporary account feature. I’m a CheckUser at the Dutch Wikipedia and also an administrator on both nlwiki and metawiki.
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments:
Done EPIC (talk) 14:53, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user with valid usecase (flagged as sysop per below).
- Leaderboard (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 09:01, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: Developing and testing phab:T370842. Normally I would do it on the Beta Cluster, but working with its database is tricky, so I need to do it on production. Some wikis have already requested a trial as well.
- Requested rights:
Bureaucrat. This is because some rights I want to test, such as confirmed, can only be assigned by bureaucrats.adminship is OK for now - Comments: @Leaderboard: Just FYI, sysops can add confirmed rights here. However, if bureaucratship is still relevant, if I'm not wrong then I think bureaucrats should also have sysop here. One alternative could be that I could flag you at test2wiki (as they have no real rights policies), but if that will not work out for your needs then I think I might be able to proceed with something here at testwiki. EPIC (talk) 09:10, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- Hi @EPIC: you're right - I forgot that en.wikipedia allows sysops to manipulate the confirmed flag. Adminship would be enough for now then. Leaderboard (talk) 09:13, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- No problem -
Done for sysop. EPIC (talk) 09:19, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
- No problem -
- Hi @EPIC: you're right - I forgot that en.wikipedia allows sysops to manipulate the confirmed flag. Adminship would be enough for now then. Leaderboard (talk) 09:13, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user, holds sysop elsewhere.
- Ternera (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 19:22, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I'd like to do some testing of the new temporary accounts feature so I can see things from the administrator perspective. I'm a rwwiki admin. Thank you.
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments:
Done Until 8 October 2024 13:29, to match expiry of content wiki adminship. EPIC (talk) 21:01, 13 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user, has sysop elsewhere.
- Mz7 (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 16:09, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I'm an enwiki sysop/checkuser, and I am also looking to test the temporary accounts feature on this testwiki.
- Requested rights: sysop
- Comments:
Done Added for a year. Should you have a need in the future as well, feel free to re-apply. EPIC (talk) 16:12, 12 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user with sysop elsewhere.
- Ingenuity (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 14:18, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I'm testing out some new POTY scripts (see commons:Commons_talk:Picture_of_the_Year) and will need to clean up after myself. I am an admin on enwiki.
- Requested rights: Admin
- Comments:
Done permanent this time per previous temporary tenure here and per adminship at enwiki. EPIC (talk) 14:39, 11 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: per below
- Dragoniez (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 13:04, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I have been using this wiki to test scripts and gadgets, especially those related to blocking users and blocked users. I need to debug an IP block-related gadget at the moment, but I'm unable to do so here because of the experimentally deployed Temporary Account. So, could I have sysop and interface-admin rights (also) for test2wiki? Thank you for your consideration.
- Requested rights: (test2wiki) sysop, interface-admin
- Comments:
Done (as test2wiki crat) valid usecase (IA for 2 years) --TenWhile6 (talk) 13:13, 9 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Per previous request
- Enhancing999 (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 17:12, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: Test admin features of Commons. Please grant me another month. Previous request: Wikipedia:Requests/Permissions/Enhancing999
- Requested rights: Sysop
- Comments:
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- Closing rationale: User is already an admin
- Doug Weller (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 13:41, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: to test temporary accounts.
- Requested rights: Admin
- Comments:
- @Doug Weller, you’re already admin here, from 2018. 🙂 --Pols12 (talk) 17:29, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
- Ha! I forgot. But a lot has happened, Covid then cancer. Doug Weller (talk) 17:36, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Per below
- Pols12 (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 23:25, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I would like to test Translate extension features, especially new ones (e.g. translatable page move), not spamming content wiki such as Meta-Wiki or Mediawiki.org.
- Requested rights: Translation admin
- Comments:
Done -- Xaosflux (foo/bar) talk 12:53, 6 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user with valid usecase.
- HouseBlaster (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 14:57, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: Enwiki admin who would like to test things surrounding temporary accounts. HouseBlaster (talk · he/him) 14:57, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
- Requested rights: Admin
- Comments:
Done Added for a year. EPIC (talk) 15:24, 5 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Per below
- TenWhile6 (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 22:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: Testing temporary accounts and it's consequences for abuse filters and scripts. As I am sure about the fact that I will work with that in the upcoming next years in order to update our local dewiki filters (where I am admin) and my scripts (which are often used globally) it would be great getting the flag permanent to avoid multiple re-requests for adminship in the future.
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments:
Done indefinite. (may be removed for inactivity, but if so you can always re-request). -- Xaosflux (foo/bar) talk 09:00, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Per below
- LD (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 21:53, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: To test features (new temporary accounts) as WP-fr CU.
- Requested rights: Sysop
- Comments:
Done 1 year. -- Xaosflux (foo/bar) talk 08:58, 2 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: pre below
- A09 (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 17:48, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I'd like to request administrator rights to test out temporary accounts before enrollment. I am a sysop and checkuser on slwiki. Thanks,
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments:
Done -- Xaosflux (bar/foo) talk 18:37, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user with valid rationale.
- MdsShakil (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 13:34, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: For temporary account-related testing, I have administrator access on bnwiki and bnwikibooks. I am also a global sysop. MdsShakil (talk) 13:34, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments:
Done EPIC (talk) 13:38, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Per below, valid use case provided.
- SCardenas (WMF) (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 17:49, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I am a member of the Moderator Tools team and one of our tools (AutoModerator) is currently being tested here.
- Requested rights: Administrator (sysop)
- Comments: I will mostly be editing the MediaWiki:AutoModeratorConfig.json file and checking that AutoModerator is reverting this correctly
Done EPIC (talk) 23:35, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user, per below.
- Vermont (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 14:30, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: Process others' adminship requests
- Requested rights: bureaucrat
- Comments:
Done Added for a year, user is a steward so no issues here. EPIC (talk) 14:33, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Done and not done/withdrawn per below
- RoySmith (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 12:40, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: As an admin and checkuser on enwiki, I want to better understand how the new temporary accounts feature works.
- Requested rights: Admin and checkuser.
- Comments:
Done for sysop - trusted user with sysop on a content wiki and valid rationale.
On hold for CU, simply because we don't have a real process for granting CU here. On one hand I think it's relatively uncontroversial as requestor holds CU right on a content wiki, on the other hand I'm not too sure here so I'll wait and keep this open until we have a decision. EPIC (talk) 13:37, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- OK, thanks. FWIW, I technically do have CU at the moment, granted via my membership on Ombuds Commission, but the constraints of that grant limit my use of that permission here to investigating OC business. Having CU granted localy would legitimize my use of the tool here for the purposes I want, i.e. exploring the new interface. I'll hold off making any checks here until the local grant
(and I'm fine with it being denied if need be). RoySmith (talk) 14:01, 30 July 2024 (UTC)- Actually, I've gone as far as I can on the tests I need to do without having CU, and there's still some flows I need to explore, so striking my statement that I'm fine with being denied :-) RoySmith (talk) 17:11, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- Hello @RoySmith, unfortunately, as of now, it is challenging to grant checkuser permissions on testwiki for testing purposes – the CU policy doesn't allow for that. I'm currently working with the Trust and Safety Product team (which is responsible for Temporary accounts) for figuring out what the solution should be for that.
- In the meantime, it is possible to test temporary accounts with full checkuser permissions via Patch Demo – phab:T369637 has instructions on that if you're interested.
- If you have any notes/feedback regarding how Temporary accounts currently work like, please do feel free to put it at [1], so that it can be actioned. If you prefer placing your feedback to a public venue, phab:T369637 would be a right venue.
- If you have any questions about Temporary accounts, please do feel free to let me (or alternatively, @SGrabarczuk (WMF)) know at any time.
- Hope this helps. Best, Martin Urbanec (talk) 10:56, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
- Actually, I've gone as far as I can on the tests I need to do without having CU, and there's still some flows I need to explore, so striking my statement that I'm fine with being denied :-) RoySmith (talk) 17:11, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
- OK, thanks. FWIW, I technically do have CU at the moment, granted via my membership on Ombuds Commission, but the constraints of that grant limit my use of that permission here to investigating OC business. Having CU granted localy would legitimize my use of the tool here for the purposes I want, i.e. exploring the new interface. I'll hold off making any checks here until the local grant
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- Closing rationale: See below
- Yash4357 (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 18:12, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I want to test whether the page curation toolbar is compatible with dark mode.
- Requested rights: Patrollers
- Comments: If that is your only reason for requesting this right, I'm just going to note that I just tested it and the answer is no. With that said, while this is a test wiki and this isn't really that sensitive of a permission, I would generally want to see more than 31 global edits (and none between September 2021 and today) before granting this. That combined with the reason provided makes me tend towards declining this. EPIC (talk) 20:33, 27 July 2024 (UTC)
Not done concur with EPIC's info above. -- Xaosflux (bar/foo) talk 21:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: As last time
- Wüstenspringmaus (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 07:16, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I would like to receive admin rights again for the same reasons as my last request.
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments:
Done per last time and also considering user also holds sysop at testwikidata. No specified time limit so doing six months this time with the same comment as on the last request. EPIC (talk) 20:36, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- However I do note what Dragoniez informed you about here so please be careful considering we are still in the production cluster. I'm doing temporary again since you don't hold permanent adminship at a content wiki although we can consider extending in the future should the rights still be needed by then. EPIC (talk) 20:48, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Per below, valid rationale provided.
- KGraessle-WMF (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 14:35, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: As an engineer on the Moderator Tools team, I need to be able to test configuration changes on wiki.
- Requested rights: sysop
- Comments:
Done EPIC (talk) 14:53, 23 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user with sysop level permissions elsewhere (granting temporarily per no content wiki adminship).
- Nardog (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 18:51, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I maintain several user scripts, and I want to make sure they work properly for those with the privilege to view IPs.
- Requested rights: Administrator (or whatever group that has
checkuser-temporary-account
) - Comments:
Done for a year, should you still have use for the rights once expired, feel free to re-apply by then. EPIC (talk) 18:56, 22 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: Trusted user with valid use case and sysop rights elsewhere. Granted for three months as requested.
- Titore (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 07:00, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I'd like to test the upcoming IP masking/temporary accounts
- Requested rights: Administrator
- Comments: I'm an itwiki sysop. A temporary permission should be enough.
- @Titore: Sure, but how long do you think you will need it so that I know for how long to grant it? EPIC (talk) 07:24, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
- @EPIC Let's say three months. Thank you. Titore (talk) 14:59, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
Done for three months as requested. Feel free to re-request should you need the rights in the future as well. EPIC (talk) 15:04, 20 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: No local admin / importer rights in production wikis and blocked in two projects. Please use the tools that are listed on Wikipedia:Requests/Tools instead.
- Cactusisme (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 12:47, 2 July 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I want to test importing pages
- Requested rights: Importer rights
- Comments: Any updates?
- @Cactusisme: You don't have local import or sysop rights on a production wiki, is there anything in particular you will need import rights for, and if so, what will you need it for? Import is quite serious stuff and can mess up quite a bit if used incorrectly, even on a test wiki. EPIC (talk) 16:43, 4 July 2024 (UTC)
- Template importing? Cactusisme (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Could you be a little more specific; what will you need to import templates for? To test before using it in production? Otherwise I'm not sure what you will need it for as this is a not a wiki for testing rights but rather a wiki for developers to test their stuff before taking it to production to ensure that it's not going to break stuff. Like I mentioned, importupload is a cautious right and can mess up a lot if used incorrectly, even here on testwiki - while this is a testing wiki it is still part of the SUL cluster, and there is generally not much of a need to import things here since we're not on a real content wiki so I would like to know what you will need it for, also considering that you don't have local import rights anywhere. Now, I haven't really handled that many permissions requests here so I'm not the best person to talk but if another more experienced crat here wants to give their opinion (e.g. Xaosflux), that is of course appreciated. EPIC (talk) 01:37, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
- Template importing? Cactusisme (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2024 (UTC)
Oppose See the request immediately below this one. I also have trust concerns based on the user's CentralAuth. Dragoniez (talk) 10:17, 6 July 2024 (UTC)
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- Closing rationale: No local admin / importer rights in production wikis. Please use the tools that are listed on Wikipedia:Requests/Tools instead.
- Gopala Krishna A (talk · contribs · logs), global contribs 06:53, 22 June 2024 (UTC)
- Motive for request: I want to test importing templates and deleting those templates and a few pages on Test Wiki. So I am requesting admin rights.
- Requested rights: Admin rights
- Comments:
- Have you tried these sites? Admin rights aren't generally given out to users who don't have them on any other wikis, and testwiki isn't a place to test admin tools. Even if this request will be (partially) approved, importer rights would suffice for your purposes. Dragoniez (talk) 16:48, 29 June 2024 (UTC)