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
- NX3710 (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
- I have been reverting vandalism (see my contribs) and I feel like I'm ready for rollback. NX3710 (talk) 23:34, 25 June 2025 (UTC)
@User:NX3710 Have you tried using twinkle?--Cactus🌵 hi ツ 08:21, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- I mainly edit from my phone, so I'm not sure if using twinkle from editing on my phone is possible. NX3710 (talk) 10:25, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- Twinkle works just fine from a phone fr33kman 12:59, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Barras talk 12:49, 27 June 2025 (UTC) Current requests for patroller
- Garsh2 (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
- Hello! I have been working around here off and on for some time and would like to help with patrolling pages. I’ve created 35 articles and plan to create a lot more simplified music articles. I understand the guidelines regarding writing articles from experience here and on enwiki, so the auto-patrol shouldn’t be an issue (though I welcome any feedback about my article creation). I am familiar with the guidelines for patrolling, notability, BLP, etc and have participated a bit in RfD. If it’s relevant, I also maintain page patrol permissions on enwiki. Thanks! Garsh (talk) 02:01, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
Done articles look good. Keep up your good work here! -Barras talk 05:01, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. -Barras talk 05:05, 27 June 2025 (UTC) - Cactusisme (talk · contribs · count) (assign permissions)
- Based on suggestions I improved articles that I have created, simplification etc. I am familiar with this Wikipedia's policies, including those about copyright infringement, biographies (notability) and if a source is verifiable. I also patrol pages using new pages. Thanks, Cactus🌵 hi ツ 08:20, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- Done - as above.
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. Barras talk 12:54, 27 June 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