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 (autopatrolled). See Wikipedia:Patroller.
- 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
- None at this time
Current requests for patroller
- Sir Banking (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
- Hi, I would like to request patroller rights.
I have been actively contributing by creating multiple articles and improving existing content. I consistently aim to follow community guidelines and ensure the accuracy and quality of the information I add. I have gained the understanding and familiarity with policies required to identify good edits and spot potential issues. I am interested in helping maintain the quality of new contributions and supporting the community by patrolling recent changes.
Thank you for considering my request.
Done having gone through your contributions I can see that you create new articles often and that is one of the requirements for patroller. fr33kman 00:35, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, it is a pleasure to be able to share my experience. Sir Banking (talk) 01:07, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Please note, that now with patroller rights, your new articles are usually not overseen by other users. I just checked your most recent articles. Please always make sure that they are simple and have categories and that they are tagged as stubs as needed: Special:Diff/10412054 & Special:Diff/10412058. That was pretty much the reason I did not hand out the right automatically upon reviewing the new pages feed. -Barras talk 07:47, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- I'm always learning and appreciate your feedback sir. Your suggestions often highlight things I might miss, and as a patroller, I'll make sure to follow Wikipedia's guidelines even more closely from now on. Thanks for trusting me with this responsibility, I really appreciate it. Sir Banking (talk) 22:44, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Please note, that now with patroller rights, your new articles are usually not overseen by other users. I just checked your most recent articles. Please always make sure that they are simple and have categories and that they are tagged as stubs as needed: Special:Diff/10412054 & Special:Diff/10412058. That was pretty much the reason I did not hand out the right automatically upon reviewing the new pages feed. -Barras talk 07:47, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you very much, it is a pleasure to be able to share my experience. Sir Banking (talk) 01:07, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Cactus🌵 hi ツ 10:21, 30 July 2025 (UTC) - Bobherry (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
Hello, I am requesting patroller be added to myself. I have made many articles from the simple wiki and have experience with patrolling pages already on enwiki and informally on the simple wiki (tagging pages connecting to wikidata etc). I understand the policies and guidelines associated with this. Thank you. Bobherry Talk My Changes 13:43, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
Not done I checked some of the pages you created, and they seem to require a significant amount of work or tag to be marked as patrolled. One of the things about this right is that it automatically marks the assigned user's page as patrolled. I think you should read some of our very good pages to learn more about how the content work is done here. Thanks, --BRP ever 13:55, 23 July 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Cactus🌵 hi ツ 10:21, 30 July 2025 (UTC) Current requests for transwiki importer
- None at this time
Current requests for adminship
- None at this time
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