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 time is 10:51:47, 10 February 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for rollback
Hi, I’d like to request rollback rights to better combat vandalism. I primarily patrol history-related pages and have been actively reverting vandalism. I understand vandalism and always ensure my reverts are appropriate. I'm well aware of WP:3RR and use rollback responsibly. I'm also already autoconfirmed here. Additionally, I’m familiar with warning levels. Having rollback rights would allow me to revert vandalism more efficiently. Shakib ul hassan talk! 17:00, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- Mihira Bhoja is an example of my anti-vandalism efforts, where I have dealt with caste-based POV pushers. Shakib ul hassan talk! 17:02, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- I am seeing limited experience in anti-vandalism patrol. What is your understanding of when rollback is appropriate for use? Griff (talk) 17:14, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your response. I understand rollback is meant for obvious vandalism and not for good-faith changes. I always check the context before reverting to avoid mistakes. I’ve dealt with persistent vandalism, especially on Mihira Bhoja, where caste-based POV pushing was common. I will make sure to continue contributing to Wikipedia faithfully and responsibly. Shakib ul hassan talk! 17:34, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
Not done - Thanks for the response Shakib. I appreciate all the work you do across the project. At this time, I would like to see a little more experience in vandalism reversion (perhaps through Twinkle) and user warning before granting the right. I personally avoid using rollback when reverting POV pushing because it allows me to clearly identify why I am reverting, as sometimes the issues are not obvious. Once you feel like you have a bit more experience, feel free to reach out to me directly or here and I will be happy to review again. Griff (talk) 02:05, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you, Griff, for your quick response! I will work on gaining more experience in handling vandalism and hope you'll consider reviewing my request again in the future. Shakib ul hassan talk! 12:39, 7 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for your response. I understand rollback is meant for obvious vandalism and not for good-faith changes. I always check the context before reverting to avoid mistakes. I’ve dealt with persistent vandalism, especially on Mihira Bhoja, where caste-based POV pushing was common. I will make sure to continue contributing to Wikipedia faithfully and responsibly. Shakib ul hassan talk! 17:34, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
- I am seeing limited experience in anti-vandalism patrol. What is your understanding of when rollback is appropriate for use? Griff (talk) 17:14, 6 February 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Griff (talk) 02:05, 7 February 2025 (UTC) Hello, I would like to request rollback rights to help in fighting vandalism more efficiently. I have experience in identifying and reverting vandalism and have been actively contributing to maintaining Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects.I already have rollback rights on English Wikipedia, Hindi Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia Commons. I regularly use Twinkle, Huggle, RedWarn, and SWViewer to detect and revert vandalism quickly. I understand that rollback should only be used for clear cases of vandalism or disruptive edits, not for content disputes.Having rollback rights here will allow me to revert bad edits more efficiently and contribute to keeping Wikipedia clean. I will use rollback responsibly and in line with Wikipedia’s policies. Thank you for considering my request!→TypeInfo (talk) 18:18, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- I looked through your contributions and found this. Do you mind explaining this revert? If you don't want to I wont mind.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 18:33, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- Thank you for checking. I made a mistake while looking at that edit, and when I tried to revert it again, I saw that someone else had already fixed it. I’ll be more careful in the future to avoid such errors. →TypeInfo (talk) 18:52, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
- Ok, thank you for replying :).- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 18:57, 9 February 2025 (UTC)
Current requests for patroller
- None at this time
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