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
- Raayaan9911 (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
- I reverted vandalism edit at lot, i made over 6,000 edits. Raayaan9911 00:06, 2 April 2025 (UTC)
- Jet Pilot (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
- Rollback makes it easier to revert vandalism. I already have the flag on other wikis, so I’m familiar with how it works. Regards, Jet Pilot (talk) 03:09, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for patroller
- None at this time
Current requests for transwiki importer
- None at this time
Current requests for adminship
M7
End date: 17:17, 20 April 2025 (UTC)
Hello,
this is my self-nomination for becoming an administrator of the Simple Wikipedia project again.
I have been active on Wikimedia Wikies since 2004, and after some years of pause, I am active again and seeking for your consensus to receive admin flag on this project. I usually follow the Recent changes feed, and sometimes some admin actions might be useful to fight vandalism and spam. Also, access to abuse filter logs might be of help and, and by the way, I can help with that.
For reference, I got admin access on this project 2007 and kept until 2016. Now I am a global rollbacker and global sysop, and also sysop and 'crat on the Italian Wikipedia and Meta Wikimedia coordination multi-lingual project.
I know am not an ideal administrator for enhancing page content, but I can help in troubleshooting AF things and keeping things clean and tidy. I will strictly follow this project rules and respect the policy against vandalism when dealing with users.
Please note that I am open to your comments and suggestions. Thank you for your consideration. --M7 (talk) 17:17, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
Candidate's acceptance: Self-nomination
Support
Support— we need more admins on this project due to backlog. As you carried out your 2004-2022 adminship and then as Steward from 2004-2016 with full responsibility and patience. Bensebgli (Talk) 18:55, 13 April 2025 (UTC)- Support consistent activity seems to be on the lower side, but I don't think that's a huge deal. M7 is an experienced admin on other projects and I trust they will do a fine job here. Ternera (talk) 21:02, 13 April 2025 (UTC)
Strong support Seen you around in itwiki. Trusted user. ⯎ Asteralee ⯎ 21:04, 13 April 2025 (UTC)- Support no brainier fr33kman 00:20, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Happy to Support your return :).- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 08:57, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support Trusted user, hopefully to return. Raayaan9911 09:01, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Strong support nothing much to say--Cactus🌵 spiky ツ 10:18, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support MathXplore (talk) 12:04, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Strong Support Trusted user, and hopefully to return to the Wiki, I have seen him around on Italian Wiki (I check often) ⭐ Adelaide Do you have to say something? 16:20, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
- Support - Seen M7 around Wikis and they've never caused problems anywhere, Knowledgeable and trusted editor, No ref flags, Easy support. –Davey2010Talk 16:37, 14 April 2025 (UTC)
Oppose
Comments
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