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Requests for global IP block exemption

Latest comment: 3 days ago33 comments18 people in discussion

Global IP block exempt for RASHEEDYE

Status:    Done

Hello,

I am writing to request an exemption from the global IP block. Due to restrictions in my country Yemen, I am unable to access certain Wikimedia resources, including Wikimedia Commons, which prevents me from contributing effectively to Wikimedia projects like Wiktionary.

Specifically, I am unable to view or upload images from Commons, which significantly impacts my contributions. Additionally, I face difficulties accessing other archive websites, further limiting my ability to participate.

I am a co-founder of the Yemen Wikimedia User Group (still in the process of being established) and a certified educator in the "Wikipedia in the Classroom" program. I would appreciate the opportunity to have access to these resources to continue my contributions to the Wikimedia community.

Thank you for considering my request.

Sincerely, thanks, --RASHEEDYE (talk) 02:21, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

IP blocks don't prevent you from viewing anything. * Pppery * it has begun 06:24, 25 November 2024 (UTC)

Comment Comment There's few comments in Arabic Wikipedia regarding «Block of Wikimedia Commons in Yemen». Probably needs further investigations? --Alaa :)..! 21:29, 26 November 2024 (UTC)

Done. Similar to this request. --Alaa :)..! 19:46, 30 November 2024 (UTC)

Global IP Block Exempt for Maturity0616

Status:    Done

Per UTRS #95645 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 22:00, 26 October 2024 (UTC)

Done – Ajraddatz (talk) 16:43, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for HelloMao

Status:    Done

I am a Wikipedian from mainland China. Due to the GFW blockade, I have to use open proxies to access Wikipedia. I have applied for an IP block exemption on the Chinese Wikipedia. In the past, I have participated in editing the Chinese Wikipedia multiple times without any misconduct. I hope to apply for a global IP block exemption to upload images to Wikimedia Commons and edit Wikibooks. Thank you. --HelloMao (talk) 10:56, 28 October 2024 (UTC)

Done. – Ajraddatz (talk) 16:44, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP Block Exempt for MarkRosenbaum

Status:    Done

Per UTRS #95471 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 13:00, 23 October 2024 (UTC)

@MarkRosenbaum the IP range you are operating on is globally blocked, but also locally blocked at enwiki. A global IP block exemption only helps agains global blocks, while local exemptions override both local and global blocks (see IP block exempt). If you want to edit at enwiki (which seems to be your main wiki) you will need to ask for a local exemption -> en:WP:IPBE, a global exemption won't help you. Johannnes89 (talk) 10:13, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Johannnes89,
I was actually looking to edit testwiki when I hit the block, I believe the testwiki block is controlled by the global block as opposed to a local block but I could be wrong. MarkRosenbaum (talk) 11:57, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
I have attempted to also submit an enwiki exemption request but I get the message "It has been detected that you or someone else may be trying to spam our system with appeals. Please wait until your previous appeal is closed" MarkRosenbaum (talk) 12:26, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
Granted the global flag as there is some editing activity outside of enwiki. You'll still need a local exemption on enwiki - IRC might be a good place to request if the UTRS option isn't working. – Ajraddatz (talk) 16:54, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for 小林子冲

Status:    Done

Need to use VPN due to mainland China Wikipedia access restriction. Already got Chinese Wikipedia local exception. Need global permission in order to link newly created Chinese Wikipedia page to WikiData page, thanks, --小林子冲 (talk) 17:15, 24 October 2024 (UTC)

Done – Ajraddatz (talk) 16:49, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Iming

Status:    Done

I'm living in China, so I need to use proxy to edit wikimedia, I need this right to skip the IP block, thank you. --Iming (talk) 07:35, 1 December 2024 (UTC)

Done – Ajraddatz (talk) 16:51, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for AnonQuester

Status:    Not done

The router I use for internet access has VPN enabled automatically. The problem is that I cannot edit any Wikipedia pages in this setup. If I disable the VPN, it causes inconvenience to other members of my family., thanks, --AnonQuester (talk) ✦ 17:07, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Not done Sock account of CosmLearner. ~ Yahya (talk • contribs) 08:26, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
Comment Comment AnonQuester is a confirmed sock puppet of "CosmLearner" as verified by a CheckUser. Link to the investigation page: https://bn.wikipedia.org/s/ub6u — The preceding unsigned comment was added by Nahian (talk)

Global IP block exempt for Nahian

Status:    Done

I am an active Wikipedia contributor facing global IP blocks due to frequent IP changes on mobile data, which hinders my contributions. I request global IP block exemption rights to continue contributing securely and effectively while adhering to Wikipedia’s policies. Please consider my appeal.

– Vengeance • Talk 08:14, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Done ~ Yahya (talk • contribs) 09:33, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP Block Exempt for Mesz0r

Status:    Not done

Per UTRS #97587 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 12:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Not done per UTRS. ~ Yahya (talk • contribs) 13:42, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP Block Exempt for Lena1

Status:    Not done

Per UTRS #97572 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 00:00, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Not done see UTRS. EPIC (talk) 18:34, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Chaheel Riens

Status:    Done

I've been on the project for 15 years, and have 38K+ edits. I edit in both a WFH and home capacity - my work IP address appears to still be IP blocked. This first happened several years ago and I applied for IP exemption back then which was granted. I forgot about it, and I guess it's just expired, thanks, --Chaheel Riens (talk) 09:20, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Done added for a year, renew if needed. — xaosflux Talk 16:11, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Mliu92

Status:    Done

Hello and thanks for your consideration. I have been editing primarily English Wikipedia and Commons in earnest since 2014 and have accumulated a fair number of edits, very few of which have been reverted or eliminated. Most of my edits are aimed at adding references or providing background information that is useful for the understanding of the subject. My work IP address is served by an open proxy (Zscaler) which recently was placed under a global hard block, eliminating the soft administrative override that was available for users that are logged in when editing. Thanks, Mliu92 (talk) 16:02, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Done added for a year, renew if needed. — xaosflux Talk 16:10, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP block exempt for Ariandi Lie

Status:    Done

Hello, I'm an actived Wikipedia contributor. Recently I've faced IP block in some wiki. I've got IP block exemption before from eswiki but expired on November. So, I'm requesting for global IP block exemption right. I'd to be greateful if you consider my request. Thanks, --Ariandi Lie Talk with me 16:20, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Done for one year, renew if needed. ~ Yahya (talk • contribs) 20:34, 10 December 2024 (UTC)

Global IP Block Exempt for BohemianRhapsody

Status:    Not done

Per UTRS #97930 --DeltaQuadBot (talk) 09:00, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Not done see UTRS. EPIC (talk) 09:20, 13 December 2024 (UTC)

Requests for other global permissions

Latest comment: 9 days ago19 comments6 people in discussion

Captcha-exempt for Leaderbot

Status:    Not done

This is for Global reminder bot, solely to handle wikis that may require a CAPTCHA despite having an account on the site. This is required since some wikis (including small ones) may have an edit count requirement as well, and hence the bot will fail for all such wikis. Having to ask local wikis for confirmed rights as an alternative is not reasonable, especially since the bot runs without a bot flag on most wikis. --Leaderboard (talk) 13:56, 17 November 2024 (UTC)

You asked those projects to run your bot on them, but they won't give you +confirmed? — xaosflux Talk 14:37, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
@Xaosflux Not that. I do not ask for permission on wikis that do not have a bot approval policy or do not require explicit approval, and it's on those wikis that I had in mind with this request. Additionally, even on some wikis where permission is required (eg zh.wikipedia), it is often not obvious that a captcha problem would occur. Leaderboard (talk) 15:30, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
What CAPTCHA-triggering actions are you doing on these projects? — xaosflux Talk 15:46, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
@Xaosflux The usual - posting a message on the user talk page. That itself tends to be enough to trigger a captcha - so I guess it's "any edit" on those wikis. Leaderboard (talk) 15:53, 17 November 2024 (UTC)
Seems to be an end run around non-approval of Steward_requests/Bot_status/2024-10#Global_bot_status_for_Leaderbot. Leaving this for someone else to review. — xaosflux Talk 11:15, 18 November 2024 (UTC)
Is this not something that could be resolved through confirmed flags on projects that are ok with the bot running? Given that there doesn't seem to be consensus for it to be flagged globally. – Ajraddatz (talk) 05:32, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Every time I read such discussions, or am affected by Captcha myself, I consider to somewhere request "If a user is a bot on a large wiki (to be defined), implicitly give them global autopatroll. If a user is sysop on a large wiki, implicitly give them global autopatroll and global rollback." Perhaps this is technically difficult, and perhaps controversial, but it will save a lot of productive users a lot of time. Krd 06:19, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
I generally agree, particularly with captcha-exempt, if someone is being affected by them and is a human then there's no reason (imo) that we shouldn't give the exemption. I think in this case I am more trying to understand the extent to which this bot is controversial or necessary, and whether that decision-making can be delegated to the local projects it is operating on. I'm not sure where I'm currently landing on any of that. – Ajraddatz (talk) 14:02, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
Getting off topic, and certainly would be very controversial - considering how at least one large project doesn't even give their own sysops autopatrol by default. — xaosflux Talk 14:10, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
@Ajraddatz
  • The problem is mainly knowing which projects are affected by it - this is not obvious. As a general rule, I explicitly note that my bot does not need a flag, so these projects generally do not flag Leaderbot accordingly.
  • I do not request approval (which I'm told should be OK, especially in the global bot request case) on wikis that do not explicitly require approval or do not have a bot approvals page - most of them that is.
  • Also, as this will (eventually) be run without supervision, detecting failures as a result of this would be difficult.
  • Finally, I would also like to handle the edge case where a wiki pops up before the customary 4-day period for autopatrolled for most wikis. This is because account creation can only be done manually (using User:Krinkle/Tools/Global_SUL) due to issues with CentralAuth.
Regarding the global bot case, quite a few people did not want the flag but were OK with running the bot globally - so I do not consider the two the same. Leaderboard (talk) 09:16, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
I'm not super on board with your I want to run my bot on every project idea, especially when you are not running it in the language of those projects. — xaosflux Talk 10:23, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
@Xaosflux "especially when you are not running it in the language of those projects" - the bot has been designed to handle this. See the main page Global reminder bot, and in particular, Global reminder bot/Messages/default which is linked to every message on wikis that have not chosen to customise the message. My experience so far with wikis that do require approval (see the requests for bot status page) has been that the vast majority of wikis, across different projects and languages, have been OK with this bot running. Leaderboard (talk) 12:41, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
I'm talking about all the projects that you haven't even discussed this with before running there. — xaosflux Talk 12:57, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
@Xaosflux They are projects with no known bot policy or evidence of requiring explicit approval, plus in practice the bot is expected to edit like once or twice per year? I'm not sure what you're hinting at here or what you want me to do. The feedback I got at my global bot application suggested that it should be acceptable to run without further discussion on these projects, but if you think this is incorrect or that I should do something else, this is something I can definitely consider. Leaderboard (talk) 13:03, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
I think this is inappropriate in general; bot edits are an extension of edits by their operator - if a user showed up on my talk page and starting leaving me messages in a foreign language I wouldn't appreciate it - and for this message would wonder why are they even watching my personal account. However, I may certainly be in the minority here, thus why I'm not denying this. — xaosflux Talk 14:08, 21 November 2024 (UTC)
While I do not have any strong opinions for or against, other fellow stewards seem to be objected to this, so closing as Not done at this time. EPIC (talk) 18:11, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

remove global VRT permissions agents for Tohaomg

Status:    Done

Thanks, --Krd 15:59, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Done -- Amanda (she/her) 20:23, 7 December 2024 (UTC)

Requests for 2 Factor Auth tester permissions

Latest comment: 8 hours ago17 comments12 people in discussion

2FA Tester for AnonQuester

Status:    Done

I am aware of the potential issues that might arise from enabling 2FA. Enabling 2FA will keep my account secure. Therefore, requesting to enable 2FA, thanks, --AnonQuester (talk) ✦ 17:11, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 17:22, 4 December 2024 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Hendrikhalkow

Status:    Not done

I want to secure my account, thanks, --Hendrikhalkow (talk) 22:15, 3 December 2024 (UTC)

@Hendrikhalkow:Did you read the help page and understand it could lead to irrecoverable loss of access to your account?~~Sid~~ 03:49, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
@Hendrikhalkow, second ping. TenWhile6 09:35, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
@Hendrikhalkow: ping 3. --SHB2000 (t • c) 06:07, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Thanks all, no further pings please. Stewards will close out as appropriate. -- Amanda (she/her) 20:24, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
Not done no response. — xaosflux Talk 11:26, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Walnut2687

Status:    Done

I would like to enable TOTP on my account. I have read the help page & understand the risk. Thank you in advance.— The preceding unsigned comment was added by Walnut2687 (talk)

Done --Alaa :)..! 13:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Haydn010

Status:    Done

Hello, I would like access to two-factor authentication for increased account security. I have read the related articles to this topic, thanks, --Haydn010 (talk) 03:41, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 13:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Hendrikhalkow

Status:    Done

Hi, I would like to increase the security of my account, and yes—I read the documentation on the help page. Thanks, --Hendrikhalkow (talk) 21:37, 11 December 2024 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 13:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)

2FA Tester for Joanico

Status:    Done

Hi, I want 2fa because of my general policy of securing all my accounts, I am aware of the risk of getting locked out, I've read the 2fa help pages both on wikipedia and wikimedia, thanks, --Joanico (talk) 12:58, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Done --Alaa :)..! 17:57, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

2FA Tester for BlasterOfHouses

Status:    Done

I have read Help:Two-factor authentication and understand it could lead to the loss of this account. Best, BlasterOfHouses (talk) 22:44, 14 December 2024 (UTC)

Done ~ Yahya (talk • contribs) 12:38, 16 December 2024 (UTC)

Requests for global rename permissions

Latest comment: 4 days ago88 comments49 people in discussion

Global rename for Robertsky

The following request is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Status:    Done
Not ending before 5 December 2024 11:01 UTC

Hi, I would like to request for this perm to assist in the unblock queue at enwiki where sometimes the blocks are related to the username policy there. I have read and understood the Global rename policy and Global renamers policy pages here and as well as the corresponding guidelines at enwiki. Robertsky (talk) 11:01, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

Done There is a clear consensus here, congrats! Robertsky, please check your email and I'll assist with subscribing you to the mailing list. EPIC (talk) 11:05, 5 December 2024 (UTC)

Global rename for Gerges

The following request is closed. Please do not modify it. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
Status:    Done

Hello, I would like to request this permission to help with user rename requests in arwiki and small projects. I have read and understood the Global Rename Policy and Global Rename Policy pages here as well as the corresponding guidelines in arwiki. --Gerges (talk) 21:28, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Not ending before 11 December 2024 21:28 UTC

* Support Support Queen of Hearts (talk) 03:10, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

removed Queen of Hearts's duplicate vote Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 19:06, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
Derp... Queen of Hearts mobile (talk) 20:39, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
Done Clear consensus, congrats! @Gerges: Please check your email - I will assist with subscribing you to the mailing list. EPIC (talk) 21:35, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
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