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Use this page for requests for:

Note that requests for comment and other miscellaneous requests should not go here, but instead to the Project:Village Pump.

Any new grant of the administrator flag should have an associated subpage here, except for well-established developers, where a developer is someone who has had changes accepted to the MediaWiki core or a MediaWiki extension where the total number of changed lines in the relevant whitespace-insensitive diffs exceeds 100.

The autopatroller group can be assigned by administrators, too, but generally that is given when an admin notices that patrolling someone's edits does not add any value, and not based on requests by the user themselves.

One thing to keep in mind is that unlike most Wikimedia sites, this site is controlled by the MediaWiki developers, not the other users in this community. Being a developer (someone with merge access who uses it to maintain code that runs on Wikimedia sites) automatically entitles you to at least administrator status, and a long-time developer won't find it hard to become a bureaucrat. If you are not a developer, you do have to give some good reason to get any privileges; you should not expect to ever be made a bureaucrat. Something like a third of administrators and a quarter of bureaucrats are non-developers, however, so it's not like you shouldn't bother asking.

That said, there aren't really any formal policies on what's required: you just have to convince a bureaucrat. Use common sense – if you are trustworthy and your services are in need, there's no reason not to promote you to administrator at least, but don't ask for administrator without giving a concrete reason (unless you are a developer). Being personally known to a developer or having administrator or higher status on a major Wikimedia project are two ways to be deemed trustworthy. This is a wiki that has opted in to allowing global sysops to work here, and such users are free to use their rights on this wiki and do not need to separately request administrator. The same applies to global rollbackers, who are already autopatrolled on this wiki. Other users in specialised global groups (such as global interface editors) are also free to use their rights on this wiki by default.

Archives: Autopatrolled (formerly Autochecked user) • Translation administrator • Administrator • Interface administrator • Bureaucrat • Other user rights, Other requests, Requests for comments
Please fill out the form below to request rights, and then add the template here. If you have had a previous request, please add a number to the end of your username to create a separate request, example: MyUserName (2)

User: Gopavasanth

Requested user-rights: interface administrator.

I have spent the past six years contributing in Wikimedia’s technical ecosystem at the volunteer capacity. My contributions include:

To better serve the community, I’d like Interface Administrator rights so I can:

  • respond quickly to technical-page edit requests (MediaWiki:*.js, *.css, *.json);
  • maintain and deploy gadgets and user scripts securely;
  • assist with wider technical housekeeping as MediaWiki evolves.

Thank you for considering my request. -- Gopa Vasanth (talk) 15:52, 17 May 2025 (UTC) Preceding unsigned comment added by Gopavasanth (talk • contribs) 08:02, 16 May 2025[reply]

  •   Oppose Sorry, the fact that you (a) didn't sign this request, (b) didn't transclude this request, and (c) are requsting administrator despite the rationale seeming to require interface administrator all fails to convince me that granting either right is a good idea. * Pppery * it has begun 13:33, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, @Pppery, for your feedback. I’ve expanded my request with additional details. If there are any further steps I should take, please let me know—I’m happy to follow them and hope you’ll reconsider. Thanks again! Gopa Vasanth (talk) 16:18, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Sorry, this is still very vague and the rationale still seems to be mostly for things that require interface admin rather than admin. Interface admin rights are required to edit MediaWiki:*.js, and *.css, as well as to edit gadgets and others' user scripts. (Admins can edit MediaWiki:*.json, and anyone can edit their own scripts). I'm worried that you don't seem to understand what the rights you are requesting do. * Pppery * it has begun 16:38, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, @Pppery. I’ve now updated my request to Interface Administrator, as I realize that’s the right permission for my current technical work. I appreciate your clarification, Please feel free to review the updated request. Thanks again! Gopa Vasanth (talk) 09:48, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Before we continue this discussion, please confirm you have enabled two-actor authentication, which is required for interface admin rights. * Pppery * it has begun 14:04, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I must agree with Pppery with this one; it feels that through your contributions you appear to be wanting to request interface admin status. I might support that, but   Oppose for sysop---no experience outside .js interface editing (which requires intadmin access by the way...) ToadetteEdit (talk) 17:25, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks, @ToadetteEdit. I've updated my info, please reconsider reviewing once more. Gopa Vasanth (talk) 16:19, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    1) How do you even ping users? 2) I have no idea why you keep mentioning MediaWiki:.js and .css editing which intadmin access is required. It is fine to edit .json files. The second bullet point pretty much also require interface admin to import scripts to the MediaWiki: namespace. You can continue to maintain your scripts in your userspace without requiring special rights. I will think of this later. ToadetteEdit (talk) 17:41, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Thank you, @ToadetteEdit. I’ve now updated my request to Interface Administrator, as I realize that’s the right permission for my current technical work. I appreciate your clarification, Please feel free to review the updated request. Thanks again! Gopa Vasanth (talk) 09:48, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    OK, that fine for now.   Support unless concerns are raised. ToadetteEdit (talk) 12:03, 18 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • I don't think this wiki really has a lot of "technical requests and help manage user gadgets", so some clarification would be needed. Leaderboard (talk) 18:42, 16 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Hi @Leaderboard, I've now updated my request info with more additional details, please reconsider reviewing once more. Thanks! Gopa Vasanth (talk) 16:20, 17 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Please use some examples to clarify what do you mean by regular upkeep of user scripts and on-wiki gadgets, and what's your experience of editing js/css/json pages on other sites? Stang 02:37, 23 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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