Commons:Requests for rights

How to make a request

First make sure you clicked the correct edit-link and you are actually requesting the right you want.

Copy the following and add it to the end of the text-area:

{{subst:rfr|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}|2=reason}} Thank you. ~~~~

Replace reason with a rationale based on the rollback guideline, renaming guideline or the patroller guideline.
Press Publish changes.

Note

Please check back periodically so you can respond to any queries.
If your request has remained unanswered for several days, consider personally asking an administrator.
Administrators, please welcome users granted a new right with an appropriate message.
When requesting rights that need support by the community (e.g. administrator) please go to Commons:Requests and votes!

If you request the rollback-right, please read the how-to first.

Admins and anyone with global rollback don't need to request rollback. License reviewers don't have to request the patrol flag.

Archives

Confirmed

Autopatrol

Chealer

Chealer (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Not that I mind about patrolling, but autopatrol has become an actual right, and without it, Special:Upload often fails, meaning I can't even update a library file which has been outdated for over 5 years.😐 Thank you. Chealer (talk) 20:05, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your edits here look fine to me. (I've also added the overwriting template to that file) Could you explain in your own words the reasons why you were blocked from frwiki last year? Abzeronow (talk) 20:11, 19 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Abzeronow (talk) 22:11, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yuri Samoylov

Yuri Samoylov (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

As far as I understand, the autopatrolled flag will help to get around cases like this; in addition, I have plans to overwrite some of my uploads with better versions (using different noise reduction filters). Thank you. Yuri Samoylov (talk) 16:38, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Jeff G.: User edits seem OK to me but there was the DR instead of a CfD for a category relating to Georgia (which was probably a newbie error). Abzeronow (talk) 19:47, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Which one, Commons:Deletion requests/Category:People of Georgia (country) by occupation ? It stemmed from a speedy deletion request of a duplicated category in order to move the edit history of the original category to the newly established title. For the reference: both categories are still there, as nobody has come around to cleaning the mess; same for other categories listed by me at that CfD. Yuri Samoylov (talk) 22:14, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I could clean up that mess since I can turn that category into a redirect and have a bot do the category moves. I would like to see consensus for that though. Abzeronow (talk) 19:20, 25 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

André Gerwing

André Gerwing (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

I think it shouldn't be a problem to give this plane spotter autopatrol rights, then there's no need to mark his renaming requests as "controlled" as well. @André Gerwing: }}. זיו「Ziv」 • For love letters and other notes 20:38, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm inclined to grant, I'll just wait a few days to see if there is any objection. Abzeronow (talk) 22:10, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Mathieu Kappler

Mathieu Kappler (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

I would like this right because I upload a lot of Lingua Libre files using Wiktionary lists, and I'm often blocked by the 380-file throttle on Commons. Thank you. Mathieu Kappler (talk) 12:12, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Abzeronow (talk) 18:21, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Andrek02

Andrek02 (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

I often upload new versions of frames of public domain movies and title card below the threshold of originality. Without the flag I need to ask in Commons:Overwriting_existing_files/Requests. With the flag I would avoid this. If this request is deemed premature, no problem: I will continue to ask for an exception on the service page when I want to upload a new version. Thank you. Andrek02 (talk) 15:26, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Abzeronow (talk) 18:23, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

TrameOscure

TrameOscure (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Cleaning images uploaded by users with COM:CropTool and/or derived from djvu files for wikisource (like this or this... A lot of img for ask exception one by one!) Tks. TrameOscure (talk) 15:36, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Your edit count is a bit low. Also, could you explain in your own words why you were blocked from Italian Wikipedia last year? Abzeronow (talk) 18:31, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

AutoWikiBrowser access

Lvova

Lvova (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

I want to have an ability to work with AWB with files that I uploaded. I have access in ruwiki (personally and for the bot), had an access for the bot for inactive bot in ukwiki, so I know how to work with it :) Анастасия Львова^ru/en 12:15, 29 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Patroller

Rollback

Thyj

Thyj (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Recently, there have been frequent vandals who have vandalism the page, asking for authorization. Thank you. Thyj (talk) 10:14, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not seeing that much anti-vandalism activity in your recent edits. Which page are you talking about? Abzeronow (talk) 19:36, 23 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Because that vandal was so stubborn, I rollbacked and but he changed it back. Thyj (talk) 06:37, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you link so I can see what you're talking about? Abzeronow (talk) 22:23, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Template editor

Filemover

Yuri Samoylov

Yuri Samoylov (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

I've been routinely requesting renaming of photos of Georgia (country, not state) for several reasons: 1) criterion 3: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]; 2) criterion 1: [10] [11] [12]; 3) criterion 2: [13] [14] [15]. In addition, I would like to perform "manual" moves myself to fix capitalisation issues with Georgian titles and escape situations like these in future: [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] Thank you. Yuri Samoylov (talk) 17:25, 24 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

PhotographyEdits

PhotographyEdits (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

I have requested renaming quite some files by now and would like to be able to do it myself without having to bother other users. I think I have a good understanding of the filename policy with reasons for renaming. Thank you. PhotographyEdits (talk) 12:15, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@PhotographyEdits Thank you for applying. You so far have only 12 requests since 2022. You say you have good understanding of FM guidelines which contradicts you record. 3 out of these 12 were declined with one most recently in March 2025. I believe you should gain some more experience in this field. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 13:17, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. Will do that. PhotographyEdits (talk) 13:24, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Also, where can I see the list of declined requests? PhotographyEdits (talk) 13:29, 2 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Check your contributions with Renamelink tag filter. Thank you. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 02:31, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Not done for now. Needs a little more experience. Abzeronow (talk) 22:24, 3 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Pitke

Pitke (talk · contributions · Statistics · Recent activity · block log · User rights log · uploads · Global account information) (assign permissions)

Was admin from -11 to -22, please give me filemove back. I rarely rename files but when I do,t hey really need it. Cheers. Pitke (talk) 10:58, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done Abzeronow (talk) 18:20, 4 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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