Steward requests/Global permissions

Shortcut: SRGR Please be sure to follow the instructions below: Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions, and not doing so would reflect poorly on your suitability. Please also review the Global rollback policy. Please note that Global rollbackers discussions are not votes. Comments must present specific points in favor of or against a user's approval. Instructions for making a request Before requesting, make sure that: You have sufficient activity to meet the requirements to be allocated the global rollback flag To make a request Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain of why you need the access and why you're suitable. === Global rollback for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = global <!-- don't change this line --> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user --> }} ::''Not ending before {{subst:#time:j F Y H:i|+5 days}} UTC'' The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than 5 days (with rare exceptions , no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential.

Shortcut: SRGS Please be sure to follow the instructions below: Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions, and not doing so would reflect poorly on your suitability. Please also review the Global sysops policy. Stewards When you give someone global sysop rights, please list them on Users with global sysop access and ask them to subscribe to the global sysops mailing list. Please note that Global sysops discussions are not votes. Comments must present specific points in favor of or against a user's approval. Instructions for making a request Before requesting, make sure that: You have a global account ; You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account; To make a request Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain of why you need the access and why you're suitable. If you previously requested that right, please add a link to the previous discussion(s). === Global sysop for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = global <!-- don't change this line --> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user --> }} :''Not ending before {{subst:#time:j F Y H:i|+2 week}} UTC'' The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a period of consideration of no less than two weeks (no exceptions are allowed no matter how obvious the result may seem). This is not a vote, and all input is welcome. Stewards will determine whether consensus exists; when doing so it is likely that the weight given to the input of those involved in cross-wiki work will be most influential. Please note: Since 2019 all global sysops are required to have two-factor authentication (2FA) enabled.

Not ending before 26 April 2020 11:07 UTC

I've been editing since February 2003, mostly in the English Wikipedia. I helped set up the Wikimedia South Africa chapter, and am serving on the current board. My main aim in obtaining global sysop rights is to assist editors in the smaller South African language Wikipedias with things such as Wikidata integration. Frequently new editors get involved, run into obstacles in this area, and then, with no-one to assist, lose interest. Greenman (talk) 11:07, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for volunteering, can I know how global sysop can help you with the role? And do you have sysop experience on any wikimedia projects?Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 11:12, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

At Wikimania Cape Town, we made a concerted effort to kickstart some of the smaller local language Wikipedias. Unfortunately, much of the time was spent running around trying to find admins that could help us edit sitewide CSS and sitewide JavaScript. I would like to have these rights so that we can remove this bottleneck in future. I do not have sysop rights on other wikimedia projects, but am sysop for the local chaper's wikimedia.org.za. Greenman (talk) 11:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'd love to support the efforts to save local South African low-resource Wikipedias from atrophy and improve them with more Wikidata-driven content (e.g. Wikidata-based templates as seen in Catalan). Greenman is experienced, technically adept, and a wise communicator. I trust him with this role. We will also need a responsive admin to aid new stewards of our local ingenious languages. --YaguraStation (talk) 11:19, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

How would administrative rights help you assist new users, and why do you need administrative rights for Wikidata integration? This also seems that it may be outside the scope of global sysops. Vermont (talk) 11:26, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Vermont, you might be responding to my comment. Not only new users, but new stewards, willing to take on responsibilities and long-term commitment. We are trying to recruit contributors for the local indigenous languages especially from universities. And they'd need someone to support them with standard admin tasks. The current situation is as follows: Swati (bureaucrats, admins), Sotho (bureaucrats, admins), Tswana (bureaucrats, admins), Tsonga (bureaucrats, admins), Venda (bureaucrats, admins), Xhosa (bureaucrats, admins), Zulu (bureaucrats, admins) --YaguraStation (talk) 12:03, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

PS: Northern Sotho (bureaucrats, admins), sry. --YaguraStation (talk) 12:06, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Okay. This is out of the scope of global sysops, and should require requesting userrights on each individual project that Greenman wants administrative rights on. Vermont (talk) 12:16, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Oppose Global sysop incorrect for this purpose. 22.568 Edits in 11 years. You have no crosswiki experience. You do not meet the requirements for GS. Nothing against you personally, but GS applies to hundreds of projects and it's difficult to control its use. --𐐎ℹ𝕜ⅈ𝕭𝒂𝕪ⅇ𝕣 👤💬 11:28, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:WikiBayer, Can you suggest a workable alternative? · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 11:38, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Admin rights are not required for the stated purpose. If any are really needed, apply for local rights or make a request to SRM.--𐐎ℹ𝕜ⅈ𝕭𝒂𝕪ⅇ𝕣 👤💬 11:43, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:Greenman, I think this is where you need to explain why that does not work. · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 11:49, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes User:Greenman, you need to explain why that does not work. We WMZA members have faith in you. Michaelgraaf (talk) 18:37, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This will not work because SRM is exactly the problem we're trying to overcome. Ask an admin? There aren't any. Active editor community? There aren't enough who will respond. Ask a sysop and wait for them to respond is just a bureaucratic bottleneck, and means nothing will get done. Forcing African editors to remain reliant on the goodwill and prompt responses of global sysops is why little progress has been made in this area for years. Greenman (talk) 17:37, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

If there are issues, you can ask on SRM for global sysops to help. It has nothing to do with goodwill. Also, you don't need people to respond to an admin request. So long as no one opposes, you can be a temporary administrator. I was one on the Somali Wikipedia for a few weeks, before I became a global sysop, to handle the mess of copyright violations there. Vermont (talk) 18:04, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

•  Oppose out of scope and no sysop rights on any wiki. It might be more effective for editors on those wikis to apply for adminship themselves. --Rschen7754 18:21, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

User:Rschen7754, the Wikipedias in question have very few active editors, and it is quite possible that they may not have any editors competent to handle the technical issues, which is why Greenman is volunteering to help as a person who does have the technical competence, as well as the support of the local Wikimedia chapter representing those Wikipedias. · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 19:08, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, but GS has a limited policy scope, and this would basically be giving admin rights on 800 wikis to this user. --Rschen7754 19:20, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

There are no administrators and not enough editors on most of the South African language Wikipedias to respond. Nomden, for example, applied in 2017 to become an admin on the Xhosa Wikipedia, and had no responses. The effect of your suggestion is effectively a purple crocodile, and will leave the South African languages stuck in their current state. Greenman (talk) 17:51, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Even if it is difficult to find a local solution, we cannot change anything.-𐐎ℹ𝕜ⅈ𝕭𝒂𝕪ⅇ𝕣 👤💬 17:58, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The vast majority of Wikimedia wikis have no admins. --Rschen7754 18:03, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, all of them have at least one, the friendly edit filter. Vermont (talk) 18:02, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

•  Oppose This is not at all within the scope of GS. If local wikis need local admins, they should nominate people or apply themselves. The GS scope doesn't include anyone acting in a local admin capacity. I also fail to see why having GS would be useful for the Wikidata issue. Praxidicae (talk) 18:07, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I also want to comment re:"bottleneck" - sure I get where you're coming from but you're asking for Global Sysop access to hundreds of projects just to edit 5? You should apply to local projects you want admin rights in, where they are generally granted temporarily (by Stewards) and then extended should they be needed. Praxidicae (talk) 18:14, 13 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Greenman. Looks like you can't get there from here. Try getting admin access for each of the projects. You may at least get somewhere by that approach. · · · Peter (Southwood) ^(talk): 09:40, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

•  Oppose Putting aside the controversial use case, you have not demonstrated why you can be trusted, by the global community, with admin rights on 800 wikis. There are a limited amount of global sysops (22, to be specific) for a reason - these permissions require a high level of trust and a strong track record. ~riley (talk) 17:23, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
•  Oppose Sorry, I can't support a user is not admin on their local wiki and requests for gs. --Wright Streetdeck 04:56, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
•  Oppose Regretful, GS is not the tool for this use case. I will recommend per Vermont to ask for administrator rights on individual wikis. Will be happy to guide if needed. Camouflaged Mirage (talk) 08:34, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Steward requests/Global permissions/Global renamers

Shortcut: SRIPBE Please be sure to follow the instructions below: Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions. Please review Global IP block exemption. You may request Global IP block exemption via stewardswikimedia.org if you can not edit this page. Please note: Global IP block exemption does NOT make one immune to locally-created blocks of any sort, only global blocks. If you want to edit the Chinese Wikipedia, usually global IP block exemptions will not help you. Please see this instruction to request a local IP block exemption. Instructions for making a request Before requesting global IP block exemption, make sure that: You have a global account ; You are logged in on this wiki, and the account is part of your global account; To request global IP block exemption Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain why you need the access and why you're suitable. If needed, link to relevant discussions. === Global IP block exempt for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!--don't change this line--> |domain = global<!--don't change this line--> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} }} <Add an explanation here>, thanks, --~~~~ The request will be approved if there is demonstrated need for the permission, such as bypassing a global block from someone who is not the intended target.

Hi, while logging in from a university network, I encountered the following message - " Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. The block was made by Vituzzu (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is hosting service with open proxies such as 23.239.22.58. Start of block: 30 Oktober 2017 19.39 Expiry of block: 30 Oktober 2022 19.39 Your current IP address is 23.239.18.33 and the blocked range is 23.239.0.0/19. Please include all above details in any queries you make." Can you please provide IP-block exemption? Thanks for read my request, --Symantec51 (talk) 05:02, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

23.239.18.33 doesn't really seem to be part of university network - this IP address is assigned to Linode, a company that provides cloud for developers. Could you contact your university IT departament, please? They can email stewards@wikimedia.org with any questions or explanations. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 13:18, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for suggestion Martin, but need more time for take a process, I already inform that. Also I often attempt to edit using public WiFi on library or canteen, but find these IPs to be globally blocked quite frequently. I have also had the same problem on other operators. Not really a massive issue, but would be convenient to be able to edit from these networks. It will be great if I have a exemption, so I will be fine to edit wikipedia easily. Thanks for attention, please consider. Symantec51 (talk) 04:15, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure why I've been blocked... maybe my ISP has a weird NAT setup, 'cause I've been unable to edit ever since I've switched to them. I'm logged in on Wikipedia as Wleightond but can't log in here, so I think the signature may only show my IP. I can't reset my password because of this block, but in any case, when I try to edit a page on Wikipedia (while logged in), this is the error I'm getting:

Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. The block was made by Jon Kolbert (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Open Proxy: :Colocation webhost - Request an exemption if you are affected.

Start of block: 04:44, 28 February 2020

Expiry of block: 04:44, 28 February 2021

Your current IP address is 154.70.153.206 and the blocked range is 154.70.153.0/24.

Thanks, --154.70.153.206 08:04, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Could you log in and post a request? If you can edit with IP, you can log in and edit it with your account. --Sotiale (talk) 11:17, 12 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Not done per the above. --Martin Urbanec (talk) 14:46, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

各位相关的审核专员好，我是zh站区已经获得了ip豁免权限的用户。目前我也经常关注en和jp站点，同时也可能存在其他语言的站点。由于众所周知的原因，我需要使用某些方式科学上网，所以无法进行编辑。请求获得全局ip豁免权限，以方便编辑。至为感谢！— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Litanwei (talk) 01:54, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Please note GIPBE won't exempt you from local blocks. —Thanks for the fish! ^{talk•contribs} 14:48, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

<Hi，I'm living in Mainland China，must use proxy to edit wiki，and can not Set Item sitelink，The message show as below:

The block was made by -revi (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is Open proxy: Leaky webhost: Contact stewards if you are affected . Start of block: 16:19, 13 July 2018 Expiry of block: 16:19, 13 July 2021 Your current IP address is 65.49.38.143 and the blocked range is 65.49.0.0/17. Please include all above details in any queries you make.

I hope IP-block exemption, Thank you.>，谢谢, --Shangshupuye (talk) 02:28, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Please note GIPBE won't exempt you from local blocks. —Thanks for the fish! ^{talk•contribs} 14:39, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

<I'm living in Mainland China too.Because of the Great FireWall,I must use a proxy so I cannot edit wiki.The message show as below:

Your IP address is in a range that has been blocked on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis. The block was made by Vituzzu (meta.wikimedia.org). The reason given is leaky colo + open proxy at 45.32.89.47. Start of block: 19:32, 6 April 2016 Expiry of block: 19:32, 6 April 2021

I hope IP-block exemption, Thank you.>，谢谢, --SakuraLuo (talk) 02:39, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@SakuraLuo: Not done Hi, could you please email unblock-zh@lists.wikimedia.org and ask for local exemption at zh.wikipedia? Thank you, --Martin Urbanec (talk) 09:41, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hi. I am from Mainland China, and have to edit Wikimedia projects by proxy. I have the IPBE right at the Chinese Wikipedia, and request the global one. Thanks! --Lopullinen (talk) 15:13, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please be sure to follow the instructions below: Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions. Testing this service may result in the loss of your access and is not recommended for inexperienced users. Instructions for making a request Before requesting 2FA tester global permissions, make sure that: You are logged in on this wiki; You have read the help page about two-factor authentication and understand how it could lead to irrecoverable loss of access to your account ; To request 2FA tester global permissions Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and INDICATE you have read the Help page. If the request page is currently protected, please file as an edit request on the talk page. === 2FA Tester for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!--don't change this line--> |domain = global <!--don't change this line--> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} }} <Add an explanation here>, thanks, --~~~~ The request will be approved if there is no reason not to grant one. A steward will review the request.

I am enabling 2FA on all accounts I own where this is possible. I have used 2FA extensively for many years, and I have read and understood the page at Help:Two-factor_authentication. Thanks in advance. --Jwfxpr (talk) 11:00, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done, Linedwell ^[talk] 12:41, 16 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Want to get my WP account protected by 2FA, I enable it on most services. Thanks :) --Rich^T|C|E-Mail 19:57, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Rich Smith: please, confirm you have read H:2FA--Sakretsu (炸裂) 20:09, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Sakretsu: Ah, sorry about that. Yes, I have :) - Rich^T|C|E-Mail 20:13, 17 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Please be sure to follow the instructions below: Your request might be rejected if you don't follow the instructions. Instructions for making a request Before requesting additional global permissions, make sure that: You are logged in on this wiki; No specific section on this page exists for the permission you want to request; To request additional global permissions Copy the template below to the bottom of this section and explain what kind of access you need and why. If needed, link to relevant discussions. If you hold, or have previously held, the right and are asking for either a renewal or revival of that right, please add a link to the previous discussion. === <Add requested permission here> for {{subst:u|{{subst:REVISIONUSER}}}} === {{sr-request |status = <!-- don't change this line --> |domain = global <!-- don't change this line --> |user name = {{subst:REVISIONUSER}} <!-- don't change this line unless you're nominating another user --> }} <Add an explanation here>, thanks, --~~~~ The request will be approved if consensus to do so exists after a short period of consideration. A steward will review the request.

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