User rights
- Stewards
Unrestricted access to add and remove userrights.
To manipulate membership in global groups, see Special:GlobalGroupMembership.
To change membership on a wiki besides Meta, enter <username>@<dbname>, e.g. Jimbo Wales@enwiki.
Remember to advise new sysops to translate MediaWiki on translatewiki.net.
- Local bureaucrats
Add or remove the bot, central notice administrators, uploader, interface administrator and the translation administrator permissions.
Add (but not remove) administrator (sysop) and bureaucrat.
Remove the flood flag from any administrator.
After adding or removing local admins, please update MediaWiki:Gadget-markAdmins-data.json.
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Type the name of the user in the box (without the User: namespace prefix) and click the button to make the user an administrator. See also the user rights log. It is suggested that you include a link to the user's request in the comment field (like this: [[Meta:Requests for adminship/newlyMintedAdmin]]). After you make someone a sysop, please update (or ask the new admin to update) the Template:List of administrators. You can notify the newly created sysop on their talk page, and give them some good advice too, by doing this: {{subst:Template:AdminWelcome/en}}
"personal remarks" ~~~~
You should then mark the candidacy ([[Meta:Requests for adminship/newlyMintedAdmin]]) as successful by adding You will see that some candidacies have special circumstances you may want to note (second try, failed, request for 'crat, reconfirmation by the community, etc.). |
- Local administrators
Add and remove the translation administrator and the flood flag from themselves. Preferable that flood flag is set to expire as it takes relative (e.g. 1h) and set times and dates; otherwise please remember to remove the flood flag when you are finished.
Add and remove IP block exemption, MassMessage senders, Event organizers, autopatrollers and patrollers. Noting that patroller, MassMessage sender and event organizer require community requests at Meta:RfH.
To see recent rights changes, visit Special:Log/rights.
User rights log
- 16:26, 13 November 2024 Mdennis (WMF) talk contribs was automatically promoted from translation administrator and WMF Trust and Safety to translation administrator, WMF Trust and Safety and temporary account IP viewer
- 18:02, 7 July 2016 MarcoAurelio talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from mass message sender, translation administrator and WMF Trust and Safety to translation administrator and WMF Trust and Safety (per Special:Diff/15747389)
- 00:17, 25 May 2016 Jalexander-WMF talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from mass message sender and translation administrator to mass message sender, translation administrator and WMF Trust and Safety (Grant new local right for Support & Safety team before removing those rights from global staff rights)
- 18:47, 19 March 2015 Mdennis (WMF) talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from flooder, mass message sender and translation administrator to mass message sender and translation administrator (translateable page moved; not needed anymore.)
- 18:12, 19 March 2015 Mdennis (WMF) talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from mass message sender and translation administrator to mass message sender, translation administrator and flooder (per James)
- 15:24, 12 December 2013 MZMcBride talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from translation administrator to translation administrator and mass message sender (user is listed at Global message delivery/Access list (permalink))
- 14:14, 31 August 2012 Philippe (WMF) talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from (none) to translation administrator
- 18:43, 19 July 2012 Mdennis (WMF) talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from steward to (none) (testing accomplished)
- 18:40, 19 July 2012 Mdennis (WMF) talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from (none) to steward (testing)
- 17:09, 10 April 2012 Thehelpfulone talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from flooder to (none) (this can be removed now)
- 16:35, 5 April 2012 Dungodung talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from (none) to flooder (per THO's request on IRC)
- 02:01, 17 January 2012 Philippe (WMF) talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from administrator to (none) (Has +staff)
- 00:06, 11 January 2012 Philippe (WMF) talk contribs changed group membership for Mdennis (WMF) from (none) to administrator (Staff member with need)