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Latest comment: 2 years ago56 comments26 people in discussion

Global IP block exempt for Daemonspudguy

Status:    Done

I want to add JavaScript to my Wikipedia account, but my IP address (in range 3.139.79.129)is blocked, thanks, --Daemonspudguy (talk) 14:07, 16 March 2022 (UTC)

@Daemonspudguy: Please disable your proxy to continue editing. -- Amanda (she/her) 16:46, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
I can't disable something that doesn't exist. That IP is from a school network. Daemonspudguy (talk) 18:00, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Interesting your school is routing through AWS, either way Done. -- Amanda (she/her) 19:38, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Love Love Lovelove123

Status:    Not done

<Because I love the editing of TVB dramas in Hong Kong TVB, I need to edit the content of this item through this website [1], so I need to unblock before editing Thanks Why is my ip blocked and what have I done? Please unblock me thank you, my ip207.248.207.108I'm requesting for global IP block exemption permission., thanks>, thanks, --Love Love Lovelove123 (talk) 09:04, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

Your IP address is not globally blocked. Ruslik (talk) 20:21, 27 March 2022 (UTC)
@Tks4Fish: who has now blocked it. -- Amanda (she/her) 16:47, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Block has expired, so I don't see a need for GIPBE. —Thanks for the fish! talk•contrib (he/him) 19:59, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Wow that was unexpected that it expired in that time. Switching to Not done. -- Amanda (she/her) 20:31, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Remove global IP block exempt for Pessimist2006

Status:    Not done

Account is locked. AlPaD (talk) 12:50, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

I will let others decide whether to act, but I would let the flag stay, in case Pessimist2006's situation hopefully changes he will need it. --Base (talk) 13:00, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
Seems best - appears to be an evolving situation and this can't be used when they can't log on anyway. If it is say a year and still locked, revist. — xaosflux Talk 15:00, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Note that Special:GlobalUsers/global-ipblock-exempt currently lists two other locked accounts, ST680 (talk · contribs) and ParkHider (talk · contribs). ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
@1234qwer1234qwer4: Hello, ST680 (talk · contribs) is compromised. AlPaD (talk) 11:55, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Not done per Base. This lock is meant as a temporary measure and does not indicate Pessimist2006 is not trusted with GIPBE anymore. mentioned above, a global lock prevents an account from logging in, --Martin Urbanec (talk) 13:02, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Joytz

Status:    Not done

I'm in China and need proxy to accelerate access to Wikipedia for educational purposes. Info: "Your current IP address is 172.104.127.197 and the block ID is #361743". I'm requesting for global IP block exemption permission., thanks, --Joytz (talk) 04:04, 5 March 2022 (UTC)

@Joytz: If you want to the edit Chinese Wikipedia, please follow the instruction on this page; if you want to edit the English Wikipedia, please read this section and send an email. Global IP block exemption permission does not allow you to edit either two sites. Stang 16:26, 10 March 2022 (UTC)
I thought you need a global IP block exemption first and then you can request local IP block exemption? Joytz (talk) 03:37, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
Also, should I be asking for this in case I need to edit in the future but cannot, or should I ask this only when there is something I want to edit now? Joytz (talk) 03:39, 14 March 2022 (UTC)
No, global IPBE is not a prerequisite for local IPBE. You could request for now if you though it is useful even in the future, but at least you need to clarify which project(s) you intended to edit. Stang 01:49, 16 March 2022 (UTC)
@Joytz A ping? Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 08:54, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
I followed Stang's instructions. What should I do next? Should I delete this request? Joytz (talk) 14:07, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
If I understand you right this has been resolved? If not let us know. For now i'll mark this Not done. -- Amanda (she/her) 15:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
{{notdone}} No response. -- Amanda (she/her) 23:11, 13 March 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for 范博2004

Status:    Done

I live in Chinese mainland now, so I can only visit and edit through proxy or mirror website. But IP blocking prevents me from doing anything except browsing before I get ipbe. I hope to contribute to various projects of Wikimedia Foundation, so I hereby apply for global ipbe. I promise I won't abuse my authority. Info:Your current IP address is 104.168.12.112 and the blocked range is 104.168.0.0/17. Could you approve my application? thank you.范博2004 (talk) 14:02, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Done Ruslik (talk) 20:34, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for 水餃喵

Status:    Done

I live in mainland China, and the editing method is only done by proxy to break through the network censorship or using mirror websites. At present, I only apply for the IP block of Chinese Wikipedia. But this has affected my editing in many Wikimedia, so I hope to apply for the Global IP block, which will allow me to edit in more Wikimedia.Info:Your current IP address is 47.240.25.9 and the blocked range is 47.240.0.0/17.,thanks, --水餃喵与他的讨论页 13:17, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 15:03, 13 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for 泠风寒声

Status:    Done

I'm a Chinese Wikipedia editor and I have to use a proxy because of gfw,I often need to go to Wikimedia Commons to upload images, so I need a Global IP block exempt for me, thanks. --泠风寒声 (talk) 13:01, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 16:59, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for BinglunGe

Status:    Done

I live in Mainland China, and due to the Internet factor, I have to use some open proxy service in order to edit Wikipedia. And sometimes, I can't link the translated Chinese article to other languages. So please, I need this permission to be able to do this in those cases, thanks, --BinglunGe (talk) 13:49, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 14:27, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Taeas

Status:    Done

There is a network blockage where I currently live and I have to use an open network proxy for editing, so I need to apply for GIPBE, thanks, --Taeas (talk) 15:49, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 00:19, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Nahian

Status:    Done

The current broadband service that I use, they are giving the same IP to all customers. They are not giving any separate private IP. So as many users of that brand are active in Wikipedia, they all edit in the same IP. As a result, I'm being prevented from editing for no reason. So please, remove my IP barrier. Nahian (talk) 13:32, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

@Nahian: Can you please email stewards@wikimedia.org with the IP address and then note the ticket number here please? -- Amanda (she/her) 14:30, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
@AmandaNP: The ticket number below: #2022041910008168 Nahian (talk) 22:36, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
Done -- Amanda (she/her) 22:46, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
@AmandaNP: Why can't I still edit somewhere outside (enwiki) the Meta? IP block showing, what should I do? Nahian (talk) 00:01, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Global IPBE only affects the global blocks, and doesn't affect the local ones. You will need to reach out to any wikis you are still facing a block on. -- Amanda (she/her) 00:17, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

┌────────────────┘
 @AmandaNP:Ok, thanks Amanda. Nahian (talk) 03:26, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Pk.over

Status:    Done

Sometimes I'll edit on an internal network (like your work network, my friend's home network, or someone I know), and this network can be blocked globally for some reason other than me (my company's network is globally blocked because it has a proxy). I need this permission to be able to edit in those cases, thanks, --Pk.over (talk) 03:51, 19 April 2022 (UTC)

@Pk.over: Can you please email stewards@wikimedia.org with the IP address and then note the ticket number here please? -- Amanda (she/her) 14:31, 19 April 2022 (UTC)
@AmandaNP: The ticket number below: #2022042010001028 Pk.over (talk) 03:08, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Awaiting response. -- Amanda (she/her) 03:24, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Done -- Amanda (she/her) 11:12, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Teetrition

Status:    Done

I have already made my request last Monday via stewards@wikimedia.org and the ticket number is #2022041110007334. I need global IP block exempt when using Internet service provided by certain ISP. Please refer to my mails to see details, thanks. --Teetrition (talk) 03:10, 22 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 11:16, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Remove Global IP block exempt for FozzieHey

Status:    Done

Hi, I requested global IPBE after having local IPBE on enwiki and being affected by a global block. I recently requested the removal of local IPBE on enwiki as I don't think I'll have a use for it anymore. Can anyone also remove global IPBE? Thanks --FozzieHey (talk) 08:53, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 10:51, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for MwGamera

Status:    Done

My normal address I use at home is in 2001:470:71:1b::/64 which unfortunately got caught in the global range block of 2001:470::/32 through no fault of mine. There seems to be some opposition to lifting the block, so I would like to request an exception to get my editing privileges back. There are no open proxies nor webhosts in my /64. Thanks. --MwGamera (talk) 08:36, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

Done Ruslik (talk) 20:52, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Nqcwxp

Status:    Done

I have moved to Mainland China for work. I require GIPBE to edit Wikidata and jawiki.I would appreciate it if the administrators can grant me GIPBE, Thanks very much --Nqcwxp (talk) 04:17, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Granted for 2 years. If you are still in Mainland China nearing the 2 year mark, please re-request this and it can be extended. Best, Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 17:35, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for ITZQing

Status:    Done

I'm in China and I have to use a proxy to access and edit the wiki, please give me permission, thank you., --ITZQing (talk) 15:21, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 16:20, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Requests for global rename permissions

Latest comment: 2 years ago124 comments59 people in discussion

Global rename for Nihonjoe

The following request is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Status:    Done
Not ending before 5 April 2022 00:53 UTC

I previously had global rename, but hadn't used it for a year so it was removed. I plan to be more involved in this now. In the years I previously had it (including when it was part of the English Wiki Bureaucrat role), I handled it well. Thanks! ···日本穣? · 投稿 · Talk to Nihonjoe 00:53, 22 March 2022 (UTC)

Done. Trijnstel, please add Nihonjoe to the mailing list. Thank you! Sgd. —Hasley 11:12, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

Done on 13 April. Trijnsteltalk 17:52, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Global rename for BureibuNeko

Status:    Withdrawn
Not ending before 20 April 2022 07:15 UTC

Hi everyone, before my first retired, I was active on rename requests for my home wiki, where I assisted the local RenameUser, and I consider myself to have some experience (though I'm not an admin or administrator). Recently I went back to the local renaming work and I noticed that there are many backlogs of requests that may be in line with policies waiting to be processed locally, I would like to be able to get this permission to deal with the backlog. Granted, I'm still underactive in the global, but if I can, I'd also like to be able to get a temporary permission to deal with the backlog and prove my ability (But it looks like there is no precedent?), thanks.--BureibuNeko (talk) 07:15, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

Global rename for Eta Carinae

Status:    Done
Not ending before 12 April 2022 12:44 UTC

Hi everyone. Due an invitation made by our fellow @Stanglavine:, I decide to open this request to become a global renamer. I've experience with advanced permissions such checkuser and oversight, as well being an ombudsman in 2019. I plan to help with rename request in my homewiki, and others too, when needed. Questions and any comments are welcome. Thanks everyone. --Eta Carinae (talk) 12:44, 29 March 2022 (UTC)

Done @Trijnstel and RadiX: for the mailing list. -- Amanda (she/her) 14:13, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Done on 13 April. Trijnsteltalk 17:52, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Global rename for NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh

Status:    Withdrawn

During his time working on Vietnamese Wikipedia, he has made many useful contributions, and the change of name is a place where he is very active. So I would like to nominate Mr. NguoiDungKhong DinhDanh as the global rename permissions. Thanks. Luân Quyên Vip Pro Max (talk) 05:23, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

I don't need GRN at the moment, thank you. For clarity, they did not even ask me before nominating. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 05:28, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
@NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh: Sorry for not asked you first. What can I do? Thanks. Luân Quyên Vip Pro Max (talk) 05:31, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
I think you are deserve to have GRN, because it only use in local Wikipedia. And I shy to ask someone. Sorry. Luân Quyên Vip Pro Max (talk) 05:36, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Global rename for HTPF

Status:    Done
Not ending before 15 April 2022 20:13 UTC

I've been a wikipedist since 2004, with over 196,000 edits and logs, over 3,000 articles created. As Sysop since 2008, I have over 60,000 administrative actions. In all these years of activity, I gained experience in editing and administrative activities. I believe I am in a position to take on more of this activity. If accepted, I intend to work on Wikipedia-pt. Thanks in advance for the comments. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by HTPF (talk) 20:13, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Done @Trijnstel: for the mailing list. -- Amanda (she/her) 01:22, 16 April 2022 (UTC)

Done, today. Trijnsteltalk 17:52, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

Global rename for CROIX

Status:    Not done
Not ending before 8 May 2022 15:52 UTC

I am applying for global rename permissions because many people go through the stress of having a “bad name” that they would like to get rid of. In fact, I experienced this, and I want to help others who may want to change their usernames. A little bit of information about me is that I am from Codrington, Antigua and Barbuda, and I am very interested in politics and demography. I think I am a qualified candidate because…

  • I would have a very quick response time, as I spend most of my day working on a Wikimedia projects.
  • I am online whenever I can access the internet.
  • Although I cannot say I am perfect, I am getting better at dealing with people who may be a little angry.
  • When dealing with requests, I will be as neutral as possible, and, unless the name may be interpreted as offensive by others, give them the username they would like.
  • I also think I am experienced, being an active editor for over a year now.
  • I understand this is an important rule, and that it can be abused, this is why I will avoid using the role unless I absolutely need to, or if a user requests a new username.

In conclusion, these are the reasons why I think I am a qualified candidate for this role. I remind you not to confuse me with “Croix”, my username is all uppercase. — The preceding unsigned comment was added by CROIX (talk) 15:59, 24 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Oppose Oppose Sorry, but you have 1.214 global contributions, you are new user and you haven't admin rights on a Wikimedia wiki. AlPaD (talk) 17:58, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose --MdsShakil (talk) 18:17, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Neutral Neutral Global renamer is a minor role, akin to the VRT permissions agent role. One does not need to have sysop let alone bureaucrat rights for this role. This is a good-faith request, so I cannot oppose this, but that being said, I'm not seeing enough global activity to justify supporting. Dmehus (talk) 20:24, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose If anyone hasn't sysop rights in any Wikimedia projects, then we expect enough global activities for the GR rights. —Yahya (talk • contribs.) 22:05, 24 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Neutral Neutral I don't care about whether you are an admin or not, but since there is no evidence of experience I cannot support. On enwiki you have 5 edits in project namespace, 3 deleted, 2 at Wikiprojects; I don't think that is sufficient to prove that you have experienced the administrative aspect of Wikimedia of which GRN is a part. You are welcomed to re-request any time when you think you're truly ready for it. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 00:35, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose Global rename is a very sensitive permission with effects over all Wikimedia project and without any trusted role already, I can't support this request. ‐‐1997kB (talk) 02:21, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose no demonstrated need nor trust at a whopping 1200 edits across all projects and less than a dozen on projects that aren't hte users homewiki. Praxidicae (talk) 20:22, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose per above. Concerns with limited experience on WMF projects and no demonstrated need for the tool. -FASTILY 22:08, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose thank you for volunteering, but I think don't have enough experience dealing with WMF hosted community users yet. — xaosflux Talk 18:38, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Not done — closing as an unlikely to pass under any circumstances request. CROIX, thank you for volunteering and please do not let this discourage you. Your help is welcome but for now you should get more experience interacting with the community, both on your home English Wikipedia and cross-wiki. For the latter your may for example consider joining small wiki monitoring team. --Base (talk) 10:37, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions

Latest comment: 2 years ago57 comments29 people in discussion

2FA Tester for Bcat

Status:    Done

I'd like to be added to the 2FA testers group, please. I haven't actively edited in some time, but would still appreciate the additional protection for my account. I've read the 2FA docs and am familiar with TOTP overall. (I enable U2F or TOTP for all site that support them as a matter of course.) Thanks!! --Bcat (talk | email) 21:16, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

Done. Sgd. —Hasley 21:22, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Adruiza

Status:    Done

I'd like to apply for security reasons, thanks, --Adruiza (talk) 12:00, 1 April 2022 (UTC)

(non-steward comment) Adruiza: have you read Help:Two-factor authentication? --Victor Trevor (talk) 12:42, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
Yes, sorry, should have confirmed that when posting the request! Adruiza (talk) 15:04, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
Done -- Amanda (she/her) 16:42, 2 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Curbon7

Status:    Done

As I have some advanced perms on English Wikipedia and my account had been compromised in the past, it was highly recommended to me that I apply for 2FA. I have read the help page. Curbon7 (talk) 18:45, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

Done. Sgd. —Hasley 18:49, 3 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for IAmChaos

Status:    Done

I was recently subject to a security issue on multiple other websites, and am now locking down all my accounts across the internet. For the record this account was not affected, it was a few sites that used the same (not this) username, but I would still like the POM here. <Add an explanation here>, thanks, --Happy Editing--IAmChaos 12:30, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Have you read H:2FA, IAmChaos? Sgd. —Hasley 12:37, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
@Hasley: Yes I have Happy Editing--IAmChaos 12:39, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
Done. Sgd. —Hasley 12:42, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Bptacek

Status:    Done

Would like to add 2FA for more security, thanks, --Bptacek (talk) 23:44, 6 April 2022 (UTC)

@Bptacek: Have you read Help:2FA? -- Amanda (she/her) 00:03, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
@AmandaNP, apologies, yes, I have read the Help:2FA. Bptacek (talk) 01:11, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
Done -- Amanda (she/her) 01:14, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for User:Obversed

Status:    Done

I have read the help article and understand 2FA, thank you! -Obversed (talk) 16:33, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

Done. stanglavine msg 18:16, 7 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Dirkdagger

Status:    Done

<Add an explanation here>, I have read the help on 2fa and would like to enable. thanks, --Dirkdagger (talk) 17:54, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

Done Ruslik (talk) 20:48, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Rocky 734

Status:    Done

Hi, Myself Prasanta. I'm mostly remain active in Santali Wikipedia, i will soon apply for the Interface administrator which need 2FA. I have also read the Help:Two-factor authentication documentation and have understood how it works. Therefore, I request for this Two-factor authentication service which is a need for doing high security task. Rocky 734 (talk) 15:53, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 17:37, 12 April 2022 (UTC)
Thanks Amanda Rocky 734 (talk) 18:06, 12 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for TheresNoTime-WMF

Status:    Done

I initially contacted T&S (#39959) about this as its a staff account, but apparently this can be handled the normal way — fairly obvious I shouldn't just add it using my volunteer account, so if a steward could kindly process this when they get a moment, that'd be great :) ~TheresNoTime-WMF (talk • she/her) 10:51, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Done sure thing :). --Martin Urbanec (talk) 10:58, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for ADDYBOT

Status:    Done

I'm aware about that for 2 Factor authentication because 2 Factor authentication is best Protect and secure way to strengthen the security of your accounts in any conditions and he protect to hacking of wikipedia accounts and anyone cannot login with wiki account without 6 digit uthentication code and password Regards.Aviram NoSurprisesPlease 14:36, 20 April 2022 (UTC)

Have you read 2FA? Ruslik (talk) 20:37, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
Dear @Ruslik, Ya! I'm Aware about 2Factor Authentication and Already Readed about 2FA. Aviram NoSurprisesPlease 00:08, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 03:04, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for SkyWolf369

Status:    Done

Due to the fact that on the English Wikipedia I currently have rollback permissions I request the ability to have 2FA login in order to protect my account. I also use this account sometimes on public devices like in school and if someone got access to my account due to that then there would be no way for me to stop them unless I have 2FA on my account, thanks and best regards to the Stewards team, --SkyWolf369 (talk) 12:49, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

(non-steward comment) SkyWolf369: have you read Help:Two-factor authentication? --Victor Trevor (talk) 13:05, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Yes I have. SkyWolf369 (talk) 14:58, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Done. -- Amanda (she/her) 15:03, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Thank you! SkyWolf369 (talk) 15:10, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Ianmcaldwell

Status:    Done

best practice to have 2-factor :-) --Ianmcaldwell (talk) 09:59, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

Have you read H:2FA, Ianmcaldwell? Sgd. —Hasley 11:49, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Yes, carefully! @Hasley Ianmcaldwell (talk) 18:18, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
Done. Sgd. —Hasley 18:21, 21 April 2022 (UTC)
thanks @Hasley ! Ianmcaldwell (talk) 18:42, 21 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Soumya92

Status:    Done

I have read the help page and would like to enable 2FA for my account, thanks, --Soumya92 (talk) 20:44, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

Done. Sgd. —Hasley 20:51, 23 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Kastilo

Status:    Done

I am just looking to shore up my account safety on all online places I have accounts due to recent attempts on other accounts. I understand I don't have many edits but would still feel safer to make sure that I harden my security. I've read up on the 2FA explanation article and am fully aware of the risks, thanks, --Kastilo (talk) 06:15, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Done. — regards, Revi 06:17, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Tamptonato

Status:    Done

Hi, I'd just like to be able to generally improve the security of my account with 2FA. I have read the 2FA help article and understand the risks involved, and I have an offline backup solution for scratch-codes in case my 2FA device fails. Thanks, Tamptonato (talk) 06:30, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Done ~TNT (talk • she/her) 09:34, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Harushiga

Status:    Done

I use 2FA for most of my online accounts, and I'd like to do the same with my Wikipedia account. I have also read the 2FA help page. Thanks, --Harushiga (talk) 16:25, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

Done. stanglavine msg 16:45, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Basilc123

Status:    Done

As the user above mentioned, I have 2FA on all of my accounts and need the same for Wikipedia to stay secure. I have read the 2FA help page and would like the feature enabled. Thanks, --Basilc123 (talk)

Done Ruslik (talk) 20:47, 25 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for 너무나도

Status:    Done

Hello, this is my alternate account. I already use 2FA for my main account and would like to do the same for my alternate account. regards, --Bluehill (talk) 12:39, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

Ownership confirmed, so Done. stanglavine msg 14:28, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for PerryPerryD

Status:    Done

<Account has potential compromise risk due to password history>, I have fully read the help page and have Authy already set up. thanks, --PerryPerryD (talk) 17:24, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

Have you read the help page? Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 17:27, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Yes. PerryPerryD (talk) 17:27, 29 April 2022 (UTC)
Done. Happy editing! Vermont 🐿️ (talk) 17:28, 29 April 2022 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Garion

Status:    Done

Enhanced account security and have received account reset requests in the past. I have read the help page and use Keepass with KeepassOTP. Thanks! --Garion (talk) 02:31, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Done Ruslik (talk) 08:02, 30 April 2022 (UTC)
Done and working. Thanks! :) Garion (talk) 10:27, 30 April 2022 (UTC)

Requests for other global permissions

Latest comment: 2 years ago126 comments52 people in discussion

Global exemption to CAPTCHA for Victor Trevor

Status:    Withdrawn

Hi. As a monitoring the SWViewer, sometimes I can't undo the edits on several wikis. I mostly reverting blatant vandalism out there, and the CAPTCHA confirmation is blocking me.

I would also like to mention that have received a block from my home wiki and there is no way to fix it. --Victor Trevor (talk) 12:13, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

  • Oppose sorry no, there are easier ways to just be autoconfirmed on projects, as most do not require many edits. And you certainly should work on overcoming your block. — xaosflux Talk 13:20, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Comment Comment I see them patrolling and I'm sure they're in good faith in cross-wiki patrolling. I admit that I also had doubts about them at the beginning but, having followed them a bit in the last month, they seems they're working the right way. They've a block on trwiki (their home wiki) so I asked for explanations in private, they told me they tried to get an unblock but were not believed, I hope that the blocking issue will be clarified as soon as possible. They just need more experience in cross-wiki patrolling imho, in the end this flag is only used to avoid captchas, generally used for spam of external links (so nothing dangerous imho). --Superpes15 (talk) 13:59, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose Let's just keep this usergroup just for technical use and not to avoid the local requirements for no good reason. Those who want to help with reverting vandalism can go for GR.-BRP ever 14:13, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose Per Xaosflux. AlPaD (talk) 14:42, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose per above. Not a valid reason for requesting this right. -FASTILY 22:47, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

There is no more need to take up users time; I would like to withdraw. Thanks. --Victor Trevor (talk) 22:54, 4 April 2022 (UTC)

Global editinterface and deleter for Pathoschild (renewal)

Status:    Done
Not ending before 7 April 2022 22:00 UTC

Hi! I use the global editinterface and deleter permissions to run the Synchbot service and maintain my scripts crosswiki (mostly the former now). I'm not active in editing anymore, but I've been running Synchbot regularly each month since 2008. (This month's run is paused due to the permissions expiring.) Stewards have said they'd rather not take over Synchbot, so I'd like to continue this work. —Pathoschild 22:00, 02 April 2022 (UTC)

@Pathoschild: Done Granted for 2 years to expire on 2024-04-08. (both permissions) —MarcoAurelio (talk) 09:11, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

global-interface-editor and abusefilter-maintainer for billinghurst (2022)

Status:    Done
Global Interface editor: Not ending before 5 April 2022 05:13 UTC
Abusefilter-maintainer: Not ending before 7 April 2022 05:13 UTC

Ugh, these quietly expiring rights. Similarly to Xaosflux, here for a third successive time for the rights to view local filters results at local wikis and to support their maintenance.

My need is no different from previous requests, my volunteerism continues. There have been no other status changes in my roles as an advanced rights holder at wikis. There has been no particular change in community requirements or security that says that the tasks that I do are now redundant. Rights have been used in the past 12 months to support wikis to build and maintain their local abuse filters and their local js/css pages.  — billinghurst sDrewth 05:13, 31 March 2022 (UTC)

  • Support Support Long-term trusted contributor. Jianhui67 talk★contribs 05:36, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • {{S}} extending for a year. No problems here. --Ferien (talk) 06:24, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
    Per CM, 2[1234qwer]4 and Stang I am withdrawing my support. This issue hasn't just been on Wikidata and zhwiki. This has also been an issue on simplewiki (as can be seen here) - this wasn't a situation where there was loads of vandalism and it was an emergency, this was just one account who vandalised two or three times. Protection wouldn't have been used even from a local sysop, and we have a strict protection policy on simplewiki. There was no checking with users on IRC either unlike the other situations. There was another protection on simplewiki where you noticed your mistake and removed the protection a minute after but this is clearly quite a large problem, going into multiple wikis and protecting pages likely without even checking local guidelines. These rights aren't even supposed to be used in an emergency - using your tools for something they're not meant for is bad enough, breaking local policy is worse. While I'm sure you'd still make a good abuse filter maintainer and global interface editor, I think these issues make you a net negative with these tools and so I am Oppose opposing. --Ferien (talk) 15:43, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support – trusted user and has a need for it. --SHB2000 (talk | contribs) 06:27, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support --Minorax«¦talk¦» 10:30, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support --Sotiale (talk) 10:35, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • {{Support}} Thanks for your work --Superpes15 (talk) 10:36, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
    I'm also a bit concerned with out-of-purpose use of a tool - and I'm referring not in this specific case but in general. Policies should be respected and, in the event of an emergency and without active local admins, a steward is first of all asked to protect (policies allow stewards to intervene during an emergency on a non-GS wiki and, seeing the log, there was at least an active steward at the time). Also not everyone may be aware that it was discussed on IRC, especially since the decision was probably made after talking with non-admin/steward users on IRC. So it would have been better to write "Repeated vandalism - discussed on IRC and no local sysop and steward active". I'm still in favor of both flags because it has happened sporadically and given Billinghurst's experience and quality of work, but I notice that it isn't the first time it has happened (as pointed out by Camouflaged Mirage). The flags should only be used for the purpose for which they were assigned! I, as an ombuds, have never made a CU for vandalism reasons, it's something not foreseen by the policy (and even if it's not explicitly forbidden it doesn't mean that it can be do), although technically I could have done it. Superpes15 (talk) 10:06, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    Sorry, after the other comments, I have to Support Support only AFM, while I Weak oppose to GIE. When I wrote the previous comment there were reported protections only on two wikis. I found for example also this protection and, seeing the history, there was no emergency for which to semi-protect indefinitely the user talk (only 1 edit in the 2 years prior to protection). Also, if it had been an emergency, the semi-protection would have had to be very very short. As much as I'm sure that these are simply bona fide mistakes, an experienced user should never fall into these issues, and I'm really sorry if they lose this right but, given the situation, it seems to me the most correct decision. For these things there are local sysops and I have always avoided self-protecting my pages to avoid controversy but I always made others decide if it was necessary and how long. For the future, I think it would have been better to separate requests for different flags (and whose discussions have different lengths), to avoid confusion. --Superpes15 (talk) 15:00, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support – no issues here. Hulged (talk) 10:48, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Strong support Strong support Trusted user. --Victor Trevor (talk) 10:52, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
    There is concern here. :( --Victor Trevor (talk) 17:16, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
  • {{s}} — xaosflux Talk 10:55, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
    Regarding 1234's oppose, I'm going to assume this was some sort of one-off - wikidatawiki used to be part of the GS set where this could have be more natural, though it had opted out at that point. I'm not seeing any specific opposition or complaint raised by that community at the time. — xaosflux Talk 14:18, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
    On hold pending responses in other sections. A bit concerned that GIE is being used as some sort of "Global Sysop Plus" to extend xwiki efforts in to projects that have available local functionaries, I don't see anything malicious going on - but am worried about creating friction with the local governance model. — xaosflux Talk 15:15, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    • Support Support for AFM as no concerns have been identified there. — xaosflux Talk 12:59, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
    • Weak oppose for GIE due to multiple uses outside the expectations that this group is designed as a special technical support role, not for routine administration tasks for non-GS wiki's. I could see changing this if the requester revisits some of these concerns and commits to limiting future use to these expectations as they otherwise are making constructive use of it. — xaosflux Talk 12:59, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
  • {{S}} —MdsShakil (talk) 12:35, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support Per above! AlPaD (talk) 12:52, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Support. Sgd. —Hasley 13:26, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support --Geonuch (talk) 15:00, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support. —— Eric Liu（Talk） 15:12, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • {{S}} * Pppery * it has begun 22:51, 31 March 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose I have been linked to [2]. Protecting content pages should not be in scope of GIE, and it certainly isn't part of the "local js/css pages" maintenance stated in the nomination (far from any kind of emergency either). Not impressed by such sneaky misuse of tools, without even informing local community as far as I can tell from your contributions around that time. ~~~~
    User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)     09:17, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
    Nothing sneaky about it, and I reject that use of a loaded word, you just need to ask. [Anyway, what do I have to need to be sneaky about in that regard.] I have no conflict of interest, and it this is part of xwiki vandalism response. I discussed it at the time, think it was in the #wikidata channel. You should also note the regular times that I request protection for numbers of pages, or alerted to vandalism, at WD. Very occasionally with that right I can put a short block in place and inform local admins at a range of wikis—it isn't very often. And I will admit that I didn't give it a lot of attention at the time, so no, I don't have good records for doing it, so in that regard I will admit casualness nor giving it much concern.  — billinghurst sDrewth 00:18, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    Please also note the history of the files. And the reports User:COIBot/XWiki/tre.it, User:COIBot/XWiki/wind.it and there are another one or two, which I cannot remember at the moment.  — billinghurst sDrewth 00:26, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    At the time, were you aware that Wikidata was no longer a GS wiki? --Rschen7754 02:45, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    @Billinghurst Same question about the zhwiki action noted below, are you missing some GS overlap - or just think that GIE's should perform general protection wherever it could be useful for antivandalism? — xaosflux Talk 10:12, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    If you discussed it on IRC and there were local admins online, I'm not sure why they couldn't have handled it themselves. If there were none, well, I'm not sure how much authority that discussion would have had. The links to indefinite and one-year protections of your talk page shared by Rschen7754 below show that your actions have indeed not been limited to short blocks, and your statement above makes this seem even more concerning to me than it already did. ~~~~
    User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)     16:00, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support --mirinano (talk) 14:04, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support —Svārtava (t/u) • 14:53, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose per 1234qwer1234qwer4 * Pppery * it has begun 21:09, 1 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support abuse filter maintainer, no issues. Support Support global interface editor, while the rights should not be used for things out of scope of the user group, incident does not appear to have been malicious, user claims to have discussed it at the time, and does not appear to be a frequent issue. --DannyS712 (talk) 03:29, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Strong support Strong support -No Concerm. Aviram NoSurprisesPlease 03:40, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support Both. As noted in my 2020 support, please try to use protection more sparingly. Zhwp is clearly not a GS wiki and such actions seems out of scope. Thank you for your other efforts and volunteering. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 08:54, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose for GIE, sorry. Since you have Hoo man's active sysop.js installed, I think it is pretty clear for you to distinguish if a site is gswiki or not. Although protection action - part of fighting against x-wiki abuse- is in good faith, it is indeed a misuse of GIE's permission. Similar to steward access, "[stewards] typically will not use their access unless there is an emergency", and cases listed above failed to meet the criteria of "emergency" in my view. Stang 13:51, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose for GIE. Would reconsider if the ability to protect pages was removed from the set (which IMO it should be). I see another content page protection on fawiki, and on frwiki and semi-protecting one's own talk page on idwiki, enwikivoyage before it became GS, eswiki, ruwiki, bswiki, [3], [4], [5]. --Rschen7754 15:47, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    IMO the ability to protect pages is useful for GIE in situations like this (though in this specific case the user had sysadmin privileges), and the permission requires enough trust to believe a user that they will not misuse it – else it should be removed. (Different discussion though.) ~~~~
    User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)     15:52, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    Note that the human-readable summary of the right is "Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages" (emphasis mine). I'm not sure if MediaWiki indeed requires the protect right for editing cascade-protected pages, but if it does, it certainly shouldn't be removed (at least not until the right is split into protecting and something like editcascadeprotected). Martin Urbanec (talk) 16:03, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    Appears this is being discussed in phab:T71607. --Rschen7754 18:01, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support per DannyS712. The incident(s) identified above appear to be quite minor and could be easily resolved by creating an opt out WikiSet for GIE. Dmehus (talk) 18:31, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    Note that "Projects may not opt out" Superpes15 (talk) 18:36, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
    To be quite honest, I think that'd be worth an RfC to allow projects to opt out of global-interface-editor as there's no real need to not allow that. We have stewards, around which wikis cannot opt out. Dmehus (talk) 02:06, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
    This flag is often used by WMF so I don't think an opt-out will be useful Superpes15 (talk) 09:36, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
    Superpes15, then they should have these permissions, arguably, as part of their staff and/or sysadmin permissions, thus requiring no need for this global group, in my opinion. The community can just advise the ways in which they would like WMF to use these specific user rights (i.e., for CentralNotice banner administration and creation, UX design improvements to align with the WMF brand standards, etc.). Dmehus (talk) 19:02, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
    Not only by WMF but also by other cross-wiki tool developers where removing some wikis would not be helpful. I think it is obvious that this permission therefore requires sufficient trustworthiness to not use it for other purposes, so I do not follow Dmehus's arguments, but if they would like to start an RfC they are free to do so (rather than continuing discussion here). ~~~~
    User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)     20:20, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
Support Support for both rights, and I looked carefully at the comments regarding GIE; this is despite some of the concerns being valid. Personally, I do not see an issue using GIE out of policy where this is sufficiently justified; however I have to agree with Ferien that neither the simple.wiki case nor protecting your own talk pages come under that category. But should we be opposing someone just for minor errors like this, especially when this is the first time the issue has come up? In my opinion, no; especially since the net effect of these errors are minor at worst. I would just ask that the user be careful with this in the future; as can be seen, arguments such as "I will admit casualness nor giving it much concern" won't work with this community. This user has been using that right for legitimate purposes after all. Leaderboard (talk) 18:43, 2 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose per above. Out of process page protections are not okay. -FASTILY 08:00, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
    Fastily, I had thought that the issue was merely editing protected pages on GS-opted out wikis. Do GIEs have the ability to protect or unprotect pages? If so, I personally think this needs a wider discussion, as page protection actions should be restricted local administrators and, secondarily, to stewards (all wikis) and Global Sysops (wikis that have not opted out). Nevertheless, I wouldn't want to not renew Billinghurst's GIE over the above instance(s). I think Billinghurst would take this as a clear learning opportunity to make the necessary corrections in approach and, if it continued this year, then I doubt the community would support renewal next year. Dmehus (talk) 17:40, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
    @Dmehus the current technical layout has one permission, (protect) which empowers users to both edit cascade-protected pages (arguably within the normal remit of GIE's) and to set/unset protection levels. phab:T71607 has been open for about 5 years requesting this be split just as editprotected was split. — xaosflux Talk 18:43, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
    Xaosflux, ah, yeah, that makes sense. I didn't realize the ability to edit cascade-protected pages required the protect permission. Splitting the protection actions from the editing actions would be fine, but I wonder if there might be a better approach? It's not clear to me, though, what that other approach might be, since I guess it's a bit tricky if the protection originates from an upstream fully protected page. Another (potentially related) issue, too, that's long outstanding is the ability for protection/restriction levels "above" the fully protected protection/restriction level to be overridden for creation protection because the protect action only checks for whether the user has the editprotected and/or protect user right(s), I think, rather than checking to see whether they have matching higher level protection level user right and/or because there's only one protect right. Dmehus (talk) 18:57, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support Support Trusted user. Ruy (talk) 17:48, 3 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose. I was unsure how to address the protection issue that was raised – I decided to wait for a more detailed response from billinghurst (mainly, for an answer to Xaosflux's question from 10:12, 2 April 2022 (UTC)). Unfortunately, that question was unanswered. Without knowing billinghurst's opinion about relation of GIE to antivandalism, I can't support the request. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 15:07, 5 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose for GIE per Stang.--SunAfterRain 10:15, 6 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Oppose Oppose does not install confidence. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 19:31, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
  • Support for Abusefilter maintainer as the misuse seemingly concerns GIE rights only --Johannnes89 (talk) 19:39, 8 April 2022 (UTC)

remove global VRT permissions agents for Morgankevinj

Status:    Done

Thanks, --Krd 08:11, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 08:33, 9 April 2022 (UTC)

abusefilter-maintainer for Daimona Eaytoy

The following request is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Status:    Done
Not ending before 17 April 2022 11:41 UTC

Hello all. After thinking about it for a while, I'm applying for the abusefilter-maintainer group. I often monitor the AbuseFilter dashboard on logstash, and there are many filters out there that are either terribly slow, or simply broken. In the past, I've sometimes left maintenance requests at the local village pumps, but some issues have never been fixed, and new ones continue to emerge. As an AF-maintainer I would make these fixes myself, as long as the functionality of the filters wouldn't change; example fixes are checking for divisions by zero and optimizing regexps. FTR, I'm already an abusefilter-helper (since 2018). Thanks, --Daimona Eaytoy (talk) 11:41, 10 April 2022 (UTC)

Done Clear consensus, promoted (to expire on 2023-04-17). --Martin Urbanec (talk) 13:38, 17 April 2022 (UTC)

add global VRT permissions agents for DutchTina

Status:    Done

Thanks, --Krd 14:38, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Done. stanglavine msg 14:59, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

add global VRT permissions agents for VernoWhitney

Status:    Done

Thanks, --Krd 15:27, 28 April 2022 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 15:32, 28 April 2022 (UTC)
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