Requests for global permissions/Archive 2

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Sourav Halder's Request for Interwiki administrator
User: Sourav Halder ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
Hi I'm Sourav Halder.According to the policy, the user is a validate candidate with over 1000 global edits and more than two months old. Interwiki administrator I request you to improve the position.I am sharing the link to my global contribution for your convenience The number of my global contributions 1205,Besides, I have been working Miraheze for three months.The humble request will improve my rank

Questions for candidate

 * Interwiki admin isn't given because you hit the criteria. It's given out because you've shown trust and requested interwikis often and are able to help users with adding interwikis. Can you explain what you would do with the access and why we should give you it?  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  22:18, 9 March 2020 (UTC)

Here is the reason why I would be Interwiki administrators
 * 1) If there is no local  Administrator present on the wiki, I will request a community notice board to change the interwiki.
 * 2) When I went to edit any wiki after becoming Administrator for Interwiki administrators, I was able to prevent it from being destroyed here.
 * 3) We help develop the global wiki.
 * 4) As  rule I will contribute. ~'Sourav Halder'  02:15, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

You notice that I am making good contributions to Miraheze at a fast pace. ~'Sourav Halder'  02:22, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) good User  Striked: IP votes are not counted. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 06:04, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) He is a good users Puja (talk) 05:02, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) Ripon (talk) 05:40, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * Above votes struck due to sock puppetry. ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:20, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

good User. Struck an invalid vote casted by a sockpuppet.-- 11:41, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) They seem good in my eyes. WickyHoney (talk) 05:45, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) No comment :)  15:04, 10 March 2020 (UTC)  Striked: Moved to Oppose.

Oppose

 * 1) Doesn’t seem to understand the role, borderline hat collecting and abusing multiple accounts.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  15:20, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  His actions since he registered have left me in doubt. He seems to be unaware of the basic rules that have been made known to him on his discussion page, this unawareness is more problematic for a permit that should be used carefully. Hispano76 (talk) 17:35, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) Not only to mention that either way I wouldn't see enough qualification for this role (not enough community interaction) but the abusing multiple accounts shows me that this user should definitely not be given any advanced rights. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 18:46, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) Using sock puppets on a RfGR is unacceptable; I change my vote for this request.  18:56, 10 March 2020 (UTC)

Sourav Halder's Request for Interwiki administrator
User: Sourav Halder ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
Hi I'm Sourav Halder.According to the policy, the user is a validate candidate with over 1000 global edits and more than 2 months old. Interwiki administrator I request you to improve the position.I am sharing the link to my global contribution for your convenience The number of my global contributions 2,323 ,Besides, I have been working Miraheze for 4 months.The humble request will improve my rank.

Additional comments given by user (if any)
Here is the reason why I would be Interwiki administrators


 * 1) If there is no local Administrator present on the wiki, I will request a community notice board to change the interwiki.
 * 2) When I went to edit any wiki after becoming Administrator for Interwiki administrators, I was able to prevent it from being destroyed here.
 * 3) We help develop the global wiki.
 * 4) As rule I will contribute. ~'Sourav Halder'  02:39, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  Opposing this based on the fact that the user has been blocked multiple times on Meta and has abused multiple accounts in order to vote for themselves for other permissions requests. This makes it impossible for me to trust this user with any elevated rights at this moment. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 07:48, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Believe in me and take away my right if I make a mistake. I realized my mistake ~'Sourav Halder'  08:24, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Unfortunately, that's not really how the system works. For me, this is just too early after what you did just a few weeks ago. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:42, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * What should i do now. From now on I want to contribute honestly. Please do not deprive me of this right.Give me a chance to correct my mistake.I promise it will never happen again. ~'Sourav Halder'  08:50, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * If you want to seriously contribute you can continue helping out and prove your worth, and in a few months if you are trustworthy I could consider supporting a request. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 08:53, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * 1)  Go a little while without any sockpuppetry or bad behavior anywhere on Miraheze and I would be glad to support you. EK ● 📝 ● 🌎 18:47, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * I didn't understand your talk. ~'Sourav Halder'  19:54, 8 April 2020 (UTC)
 * What I mean is: nobody trusts you because you are currently known to be vandal and a sockpuppeteer. That said, if you show that you really are here to contribute, then people will trust you. I am telling you to just behave yourself and come back to request again in a month or so and you will have a better chance at getting the rights that you want. EK ● 📝 ● 🌎 20:09, 8 April 2020 (UTC)


 * Thanks I understand. ~'Sourav Halder'  20:27, 8 April 2020 (UTC)

Reception123's Request (Confirmation) for Global Sysop
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 * Successful reconfirmation. John (talk) 11:58, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

User: Reception123 ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
As per the new RfC that just passed, former CVT members are required to have a confirmation vote in order to be transitioned to the Global Sysop role. I have been a member of the Counter Vandalism Team since 7 March 2017 and I would like to continue my work fighting vandalism and cross-wiki spam, but also with the new scope of Global Sysop I will be able to help the community more and also help Stewards. I'm active on Meta and regularly check abuse logs and IRC feeds as well as noticeboards to deal with user complaints, and if I am confirmed as Global sysop I will continue to do so, as well as support different communities on Miraheze. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 11:26, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)   ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  11:27, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  Sure!--MrJaroslavik (talk) 11:58, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  Was an excellent CVT member, I'm sure they will make an excellent Global Sysop. Sario528 (talk) 12:02, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 4)  A trusted and active user.-- 15:32, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 5)  Without a doubt. Hispano76 (talk) 16:16, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 6)  --そらたこ (talk) 16:30, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 7)  No issues. Amanda Catherine (talk) 16:45, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 8)  Trusted user, very active, no problems here. Bonnedav (talk) 19:14, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 9)  Great CVT member and sysadmin will make for a great GS. Good luck Reception :) -<span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 20px lightskyblue, -4px -4px 20px HotPink;font-weight:bold;">EK ● 📝 ● 🌎 19:16, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 10)  I have no qualms. WickyHoney (talk) 23:49, 19 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 11)  From what I have seen this user is active and has been useful as CVT so I do not have any problems with the transition to Global Sysop to continue to be able to help us. DeeM28 (talk) 15:22, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 12)  Per above.  Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 18:13, 21 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 13) Was an  hard-working CVT member. --松 (talk) 03:07, 22 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 14)  Sure, why not?  14:45, 23 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 15)   he is helpful to everyone and Listens to whatever anyone has to say i think he deserves this --Cocopuff2018  16:36, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

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Zppix's Request for global sysop
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 * Request does not meet the requirements for appointment as outlined in the Global Sysops policy. John (talk) 22:50, 11 June 2020 (UTC)

User: Zppix ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
Just confirming (and/or requesting the rights again) (albeit a bit late as i was on a wikibreak) as I wish to continue my work as a GS Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 15:27, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Questions for candidate

 * 1)  Will you be active if elected Global Sysop? (since you were not able to be here in time for your confirmation). DeeM28 (talk) 18:23, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
 * Yes i will, I was inactive before as I was on a Leave of Absence. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:22, 2 June 2020 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  Welcome back :)--MrJaroslavik (talk) 15:44, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  Zppix did a great job as CVT before and I'm sure they will continue as Global Sysop :) Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 15:49, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  Was an excellent addition to CVT, will make an excellent Global Sysop. Sario528 (talk) 18:23, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 4)  Great CVT member and always fair with other users. I think that they will make a great global sysop. -<span style="text-shadow: 4px 4px 20px lightskyblue, -4px -4px 20px HotPink;font-weight:bold;">EK ● 📝 ● 🌎 18:40, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 5)  Certainly,I think that the latest activity amount of Zppix tends to decrease.But I think Zppix should be the global sysop.Because I think Global Sysop Group should meet the condition: inf {#Global Sysop Group (Set)} = 2. i.e. I think the assumption that there is only one person at global sysop is sufficient to reach the conclusion that the review of work done by global sysop is still under review.In short,I think that a global sysop needs a colleague who can consult.--松 (talk) 04:46, 28 May 2020 (UTC)
 * 6)  I am sure they will use their rights accordingly. WickyHoney (talk) 05:38, 1 June 2020 (UTC)
 * 7)  Seems reasonable. I'd also add that, per Zppix' user rights' log, it seems this is mostly a procedural nomination that requires all global sysops to undergo an Requests for Permissions-like nomination process and vote. Activity on Meta is substantial, and I'm satisfied with their needing to take a leave of absence from the project as the reason for the inactivity. (As an aside, perhaps we should draft a policy on requesting or notifying of leaves of absence and expected dates of return that could involve the administrator, global sysop, or steward requesting or notifying the applicable noticeboard on Meta?) At the end of the day, we do have the ability to revoke user rights, which could include long-term unexplained recurring absences. Dmehus (talk) 21:06, 3 June 2020 (UTC)
 * 8)  Without a doubt.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  19:49, 8 June 2020 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1)  I am not familiar enough with this user to make an educated vote. Amanda Catherine (talk) 23:31, 26 May 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

 * for 2 reasons. One, I am not very familiar with this user beyond the fact that they are the operator of one of the main bots on IRC. This in and of itself would not be reason for me to oppose, but I thought about why exactly I wasn't familiar with this user, and I realized that it is because they are not very active on Meta. The user has not made any global locks since February, has not made any global blocks since March with the exception of a single global block made on May 1, and has only made three local blocks in the past 2 months. Sorry, but that's not nearly enough activity for me. I know the user is also a sysadmin and I believe that they are more active in that role, which is fine, but I do not think that they are active enough in this role for me to support their reelection. Amanda Catherine (talk) 23:18, 27 May 2020 (UTC)
 * I’m sorry but if im understanding right, my activity isnt showing activity? Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 17:10, 8 June 2020 (UTC)
 * What I am saying is that you have extremely little activity in regards to CVT/global sysop tool usage, and therefore I do not feel that you are active enough at the role for me to support. Amanda Catherine (talk) 21:28, 8 June 2020 (UTC)


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Zppix's Request for global sysop
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 * Success. John (talk) 14:53, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

User: Zppix ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
I am running for global sysop as I was a member of CVT, the only reason I did lose it was due to me being on a LOA and missing the timeframe to do a "reup". My beliefs about vandalism and other various policy violations have stayed the same and believe that I can ensure that reports that are brought to attention are dealt with in a timely manner. I am fairly active in the community either on IRC or Discord especially. I also am in a timezone that is somewhat in between that of other GS and stewards. I hope you all will consider me again for this position Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 21:48, 3 July 2020 (UTC)

Questions for candidate

 * 1) I've already supported you, again, without question,, but I thought it would be helpful for other community members, who don't know you, to have at least one question you can answer. On wikis that haven't opted out of the Global Sysop program, can you illustrate process or method by which you quickly and efficiently locate that wiki's local content, conduct, promotions, and other policies (including any limitations locally placed on Global Sysops)? This is, of course, assuming, they aren't linked prominently from the main page, but just sort of paint a picture for everyone how you'd find their local policies with respect to the above, consensus determination, etc., to ensure you're operating within the local policies. Dmehus (talk) 19:28, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I would search the pages use Special:AllPages, or check the categories to see if they have a policy category. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 23:37, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Thanks, that's helpful. That's probably exactly what I'd do, too. :P Dmehus (talk) 00:12, 5 July 2020 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  You're honorable and kind. WickyHoney (talk) 23:36, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  Without a doubt. Hispano76 (talk) 02:00, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  Per my support last time, hopefully this time it passes. Now that you're active again it'd be great to have you back on the team :) Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 05:58, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 4)  We need more global sysops/stewards and every new steward/global sysop is the benefit for the project. But for that we need more candidates...--MrJaroslavik (talk) 07:18, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 5)  Friendly + helpful + compassionate + clue = global mop. Passes my simple criteria. Dmehus (talk) 19:21, 4 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 6)  User meets all my criteria for knowledge, friendliness, and fairness. I have no issues with Zppix's activity level. Sario528 (talk) 16:55, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 7)  no change from my last vote.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  16:29, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 8)  It was a shame that last time this request did not pass as there are really more global sysops needed. Zppix has enough experience for this role and has said they will be active if elected. DeeM28 (talk) 11:05, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 9)  Paladox (talk) 12:46, 12 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 10)  He is feeling pretty active, and also kind. I support this. CircleyDoesExtracter (talk) 12:49, 12 July 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  I know I'm swimming upstream here, but I still don't feel that Zppix is active enough for the global sysop toolkit. For me, general activity levels (i.e. activity in one area but not another) is not adequate when requesting advanced permissions, especially global permissions. For these kind of requests, I want to see at least a fair amount of activity in the areas where the rights in question would be directly used. Since the user's previous request, their only actions on Meta have been creating wikis as a wiki creator, making this announcement on the Community noticeboard, and filing this second RFP. The statistics that I put forward about their use, or rather a lack thereof, of the CVT/global sysop tools when they held the rights prior to the reform RFC still remain unchanged. While I believe that Zppix is an excellent system administrator and bot maintainer/administrator, I do not see enough activity on-wiki to justify the gaining of global sysop rights at this time. Amanda Catherine (talk) 23:52, 5 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate you putting forward and articulating a valid argument regarding ' activity levels. I think you've better articulated your concerns this time around (versus last time). Though it's not enough for me not to support Zppix, I do think the concerns you've addressed are both fair and valid. We should have high on-wiki activity levels (not necessarily on Meta, though that helps) for users with advanced rights, especially global rights like Global Sysops. Anyway, I just wanted to reply to you and thank you for sharing a valid concern, as I really dislike it when editors oppose on grounds of, "I'm not sure we need anymore," or "we have enough already," as those address the role not the candidate. I'm sure Zppix will be happy to reply to your concerns and, perhaps, put in place a possible remediation plan whereby he might be subject to recall in say n number of months if x level of on-wiki activity is not met? Would such a plan be enough to move you to support? Dmehus (talk) 00:43, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * I may not have contributions, but I am very active on wiki, and off wiki, if I'm not doing something or watching meta, I'm usually doing something sysadmin related, remember, just because I don't make edits doesn't make me inactive. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 01:34, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Good points,, and that's, partially, why I'm not changing my !vote. Personally, I think we should just adopt an amendment to the System administrators global policy that gives explicit permission for system administrators, while they hold that role, to serve as de facto backups to the stewards as and when a steward is not available. They already have the access, so there's no reason not to do this, actually. Dmehus (talk) 01:53, 6 July 2020 (UTC)
 * "just because I don't make edits doesn't make me inactive." is simply not correct. If you don't make edits or logged actions, we have no way of knowing if you are active or not, since just reading things doesn't leave any trace behind. As I said above, just because you are active in one area doesn't automatically make you active in all areas. Being active as a sysadmin is not enough for me to support granting advanced global rights if you are not also active on-wiki. Amanda Catherine (talk) 16:33, 6 July 2020 (UTC)


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Cocopuff2018's Request for Global Sysop
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 * per diff.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 03:08, 18 July 2020 (UTC)

User: Cocopuff2018 ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
I think we could use more Global Sysops currently there are only two. What I would do as a Global Sysop is clean up spam and vandalism. I'm an active user and made over 600+ edits. I think it's important to have Users to enforce Terms of Use, and clean up bad edits. I would make sure that things are handled in a fair way. I am experienced at vandalism and spam. Since it's summertime, I have more time on my hands and would like to use it fighting vandalism. On top of all that, I will take care of wikis with inactive staff members, including Admins, and Bureaucrats. I am a friendly user, and think it's important to take care of inactive wikis. I would be available most of the time when someone needs me to do something, and to wrap it up. Last of all, I am good with installing/managing abuse filters. I would go provide abuse filters to wikis in needed of filters and am helpful throughout the server and Miraheze. (:

Support

 * 1)  This user is very helpful and welcoming new users, primarily on Discord and Phabricator. Universal Omega (talk) 01:52, 16 July 2020 (UTC).
 * 2)  I don't have to explain PowerDagger15 (talk) 02:53, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  I think he will be a good and helpful Global Sysops
 * 4)  Cocopuff is a very friendly user as the comments have mentioned. Although his goals as a sysop seem broad, I have inquired about them with him and he has clarified and elaborated them with me. However new and slightly inexperienced at times, he seems dedicated and active and he should have a good shot at global rights, although I do advise he has some more time on the platform for a bit and truly understand the role as my fellow users have mentioned.Fredmodulars (talk) 03:14, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 5)  I think you have good ideas for what you would do as a GS. You are active around here, and you have made several hundred edits. I think that you would be able to handle the task. --TFFfan (talk) 15:04, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 6)  you stand with the beliefs of the AntiWikians and are a very friendly user. I believe that if you become a global admin that you could change the whole way wikifarms work. Anti Sinistram AZ (User talk:Anti Sinistram AZ) 19:40, 17 July 2020 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1)  Very friendly user, extraordinarily helpful and welcoming to new users/Mirahezians, primarily on Discord but on-wiki as well; however, it's not clear from the candidate's nomination statement that they've fully digested and interpreted all of the duties that the Global Sysop role entails. It's not enough for me to outright oppose the candidate, but I can't outright support, either, so, regrettably, this is where I land. As I've said to the user on Discord, I'm happy to guide them to a particular local or global role in which I think they'd be well suited, and this has not changed. Dmehus (talk) 01:36, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  This really is a person open to help and that seem to have a lot of experience. As with Dmehus, I think that it's present presentation doesn't show a clear understanding of what does a Sysop. Developing a clearer understanding should be required in my own opinion. On the other hand, it's clear that he can still help those that accept it.

Oppose

 * 1)  I believe it's too early for this user to request such a prestigious user right, and it's not the first time the user has tried to achieve a feat like this (such as requesting Oversight once, and Wiki Creator more than once), which makes me feel that the candidate has too much confidence. I am okay with not giving up so easily, but it just strikes me that the user is too insistent in getting such an altitudinous position, which doesn't bode well for me. I do think the candidate is acting in good faith, but maybe this user should perhaps give us way more time to get familiar with them and how they work. I heard they have lots of experience, but I haven't seen it and I would like to. WickyHoney (talk) 01:59, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  While Coco may be helpful on Discord, I don't believe requesting global sysop is appropriate at this time and I also don't believe the user has enough experience for this role yet. As WickyHoney also pointed out, the user has requested quite a few rights in the past which seems a bit like hat collecting as well. Additionally, Cocopuff2018 said "I think it's important to have Users to enforce Terms of Use", which is factually incorrect since the Terms of Use is enforced by system administrators and not by elected users, with all the other policies being enforced by Stewards and Global Sysops. Therefore, I am not confident that this user is fully aware of how our policies work and of what the role of global sysops entails just yet. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 06:08, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  Although I requested the same rights, also very early, so I agree with Reception123's and WickyHoney's inputs.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 06:32, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 4)  I'm sorry Coco, while you are helpful on Discord, it's a bit too early. I also don't think he is experienced in global sysop.  12:13, 16 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 5)  I see that many people here have mention Cocopuff2018 being a friendly user and helping people on Discord but I do not think that is enough for someone to be global sysop and a global sysop takes care of wikis not Discord. I checked the contributions for this user and he has very little contributions on Meta and I do not see any proof that this user would be able to do countervandalism from his contributions or that he has already helped wikis. Since the recent RfC global sysops are more powerful and this power should not be this easy to get. My oppose is weak because I like giving everyone a chance and if Cocopuff2018 proves that he has experience I can change my mind for the next global right request. DeeM28 (talk) 07:32, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 6) too soon imho. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 14:21, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 7) Having seen their behaviour on Discord, they are absolutely far from demonstrating the maturity and competence needed to serve as a global sysop. They have demonstrated cluelessness with help requests. For example, in this image, when a user asked about the line underneath "From Dreamverse Wiki", they responded "Oh that's suppose to be there" (when it's not, and they clearly did not think their response through). They have been seen forum-shopping for votes on Discord via DMs (link), which earns an automatic oppose from me. Moreover, they have also been banned from the Wikimedia Discord server after making a racist comment about Chinese people (which has since been deleted). I could list more reasons, but the last one especially should be enough to completely disqualify this candidate from serving in any capacity with any global tools. — k6ka  <span title="Canadian!" style="color:red">🍁 ( Talk  ·  Contributions ) 02:36, 18 July 2020 (UTC)


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MrJaroslavik's Request for global sysop
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 * Successful. John (talk) 16:18, 10 August 2020 (UTC)

User: MrJaroslavik ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
So... How start? Hello, here is MrJaroslavik, from Czech Republic... After much deliberation, I decided to request the global sysop rights. Yes, I know it's a little early, I wanted to apply in 1-3 months, but for a few reasons I request now. Yes, I'm in the same timezone as most of users (CEST) I think I know how recognize vandalism/trolling/spamming and other bad things. I have experience with vandalism handling on WMF projects as global rollbacker. I have read and understand policies, of course. Thank you for considering this request and all your votes! Any questions? Ask me.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 19:28, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * We have about 4 000 wikis and only 4 stewards and 2 GSs (with Zppix)
 * Miraheze need more active global users and more GSs and stewards as well.
 * I would like to help with the handling request and reports (SN, #cvt channel, etc.) - I have enabled notifications on Miraheze discord server and i getting notifications about recent changes on Miraheze Meta as well (thanks to @Reception123)

Additional comments given by user (if any)
If this my application will not be successful, but someone else applies for global rights, it will be success for me.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 19:28, 9 July 2020 (UTC)

Questions for candidate

 * 1)  What administrative tasks would you be most likely to do across all wikis, and why is this important enough to deserve global sysop rights? --TFFfan (talk) 14:51, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * The most important task of a global sysop/steward is to respond quickly to urgent requests > (b)locks. Knowledge of abuse filters and the ability to search spam-logs/abuse are also required by me. Any more questions? :)--MrJaroslavik (talk) 15:12, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Nope. And you have my full support!
 * 1)  Would you be able to streamline communication and help on IRC? Sometimes I have questions/help needed and go there, and I would like to see some more activity (no offense to any currently working members on IRC, good job to you guys). Fredmodulars (talk) 20:06, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello, I am not an IRC user, but I am active on IRC using a relay from Discord-IRC, see Discord for more info. If the user needs help, he can write there, or ping me.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 20:15, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 1)  What would you do if you are unsure whether a user should be locked and if the situation is more complicated than simple vandalism? Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 06:36, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello thanks for the question. Generally, when I'm not sure, I ask others (mainly on discord via irc-relay) as you may have noticed. Another question might be "what if no one is around?" - according to the situation. If account vandalized still for example on one wiki, should be blocked there until opinions by others CVT members. If account vandalized but not at this time, no urgent action needed. If it is not urgent, it can be handed over to stewards (i mean should be forwarded to stewards). I apologize for the vague answer, but is not possible answer to your questions easily, some cases are very specific. Can you give me about 2 examples? That could be more telling. Thank you!--MrJaroslavik (talk) 07:09, 29 July 2020 (UTC)
 * Your answer is fine, I didn't need it to be too specific. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 10:22, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

Support

 * 1)  Why not? Also, LGTM. Friendly + knows more than one language + knowledgeable + experienced = global mop.  In consideration of the subsequent comments, particularly Amanda Catherine and Universal Omega below, I am clarifying my support level only slightly. I'm still supporting because the user is friendly, knows multiple languages, and has demonstrated experience with cross-wiki counter-vandalism as a global rollbacker on Wikimedia projects, but am just a bit concerned they may be spreading themselves too thin (as local administrator and a Global Sysop). In short, I'd prefer to see MrJaroslavik as either an administrator on Meta or a Global Sysop, which would be enough to move me back to full, if not strong, support.  Amended 22 July 2020. Dmehus (talk) 19:33, 9 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  I think its a bit early to request this and I am not sure how much Miraheze counter-vandalism experience this user has. I give my weak support because this user is friendly and very active and can back up their claims with their Wikimedia countervandalism experience so they do not deserve an oppose. DeeM28 (talk) 11:07, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  per above  18:46, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 4)  I do think it's a bit early to request this status, but I will show support as I have experienced only good things from this user. WickyHoney (talk) 18:57, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 5)  We have very few global sysops. We need more of these, and  is the a great choice for global sysop. I have seen him around, he has contributed significantly to the project, and I don't see why he should not be a global sysop. I also see him frequently, and he could check and respond to issues or concernes at the admin noticeboard, and would also help lock abusive users. I also want to say to him, keep up the good work, and possibly request stewardship in about a year. --TFFfan (talk) 15:24, 17 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 6)  - No need to explain PowerDagger15 (talk) 01:00, 18 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 7)  I think it is a little bit to early for this, but from what I have seen this user is helpful.  23:55, 22 July 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * 8)  I believe this user is capable of being a global administrator. He seems knowledgable and active, as well as kind too from my perspective.

Abstain

 * 1)  While I do think that the candidate is helpful around Meta, I feel that they are jumping into things a little too quickly. They requested Meta administrator much earlier than most users would that I know of, and now they are requesting global sysop, again much quicker than most users. As such, I do not feel comfortable supporting at this time, but there are no red flags that I know of that would cause me to oppose. So I land here. Amanda Catherine (talk) 13:25, 10 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  I agree with Amanda's point of view here, which is why I'll also abstain.  Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 08:31, 13 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  I also agree with Amanda and Hypercane. I think they step up too soon. But there's not enough bad things to make me oppose.  11:48, 13 July 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) Im not very familar with this user, and I think it may be too soon. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 16:19, 11 July 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) he requested right' not too long ago So i am going to be opposing for Now Keep up the good work Though And then in about 3 months you got my support (: --Cocopuff2018  18:15, 16 July 2020 (UTC)


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AtticComedian's Request for
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 * ❌ No reason given. Also blocked on two wikis for toxicity.--MrJaroslavik (talk) 06:15, 29 July 2020 (UTC)

User: AtticComedian ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

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Dmehus's Request for Interwiki administrator
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User: Dmehus ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
I am a wiki creator here on Meta, who has been successful, together with my fellow wiki creator colleagues, at ensuring all valid wiki requests are created either the same day or by the next day (which was a personal stated goal in my successful wiki creator nomination), and an active community volunteer who helps out on Discord and here on Meta daily through the noticeboards, talk pages, and elsewhere with answering users' questions and responding to requests. When there is a request to a link to a local wiki's local interwiki table, usually at the community noticeboard, it is also my goal that such requests be completed by the end of the calendar day on which it was requested, just as we are now seeing all valid wiki requests created within the same timeframe. We currently only have six members of the interwiki administrators global group, three of whom are either largely or somewhat inactive and the other three who are either active or semi-active. Excluding those who are either largely or somewhat inactive, this means we have less than one interwiki administrator for every 1,000 wikis. In addition to actioning such requests in a timely fashion, I would also like to make local wiki bureaucrats aware that it is possible for them to select (through a local appointment or election process) a local interwiki administrator, a process which is ultimately effected by a steward.

Secondarily, on that point about locally selected interwiki administrators, over the medium- and long-term, I intend to do outreach to our most active and largest content wikis, to make their local bureaucrats aware of the advantages of using interwiki links versus external links (i.e., in templates). This would be part of a larger outreach strategy I'm planning that, together, should help to boost overall community participation on Meta and a general feeling of increased community cohesion.

In terms of assessment process for deciding whether or not to add a site to the interwiki table, I would assess who owns the site, who is hosting the site, whether and if the site has a valid SSL website security certificate, and various other factors, such as general common sense.

With that, I welcome any questions the community may have and look forward to your support. Dmehus (talk) 17:43, 4 August 2020 (UTC)

Prerequisites
✅ - 2,016 global edits
 * Have at least 1000 total global edits on Miraheze (on more than one wiki) (Note: These edits may not consist of directly copy/pasting content from other wikis, they must be edits done by the user)

✅ - Two months ✅ - Very active on the Meta noticeboards, companion talk pages, and Discord, answering questions from new or existing users, and responding to requests.
 * As at the date of this nomination
 * Have had their Miraheze account for at least 2 months
 * Be involved in some way in community matters (in discussions on Community Noticeboard, etc.)


 * n.b. Meta is one of my two home wikis, and I will always be very active here

Support

 * 1) Not only he is pretty active in Meta and Discord, but he's also a very nice guy.  CircleyDoesExtracter  ( Circley Talk  |  Global   |  Email the Cloud ) 18:00, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  Eager to help, knows what he's doing, asks if he needs help, polite, definitely active.  ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  18:05, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) Why the hell not? Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 18:07, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) . I mean, Doug, you are probably one of the best contributors here on miraheze. You help other users, and you helped me. There is absolutely no reason for you to not have this right. --TFFfan (talk) 19:45, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 5) Hispano76 (talk) 20:09, 4 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 6) He is always positively helping people.--松•Matsu (talk) 06:22, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 7) Sure! Why not?  13:07, 5 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 8) Very helpful and friendly user!  14:38, 5 August 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * 9)  He is helpful I appreciate all the stuff he does and all the help he provides. He has my full support. (:  --Cocopuff2018  16:06, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 10) Very helpful, friendly and has a large knowledge of how Miraheze (and MW) works --Lakelimbo (talk) 22:20, 9 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 11)  Why not ? There is very helpful and active on Miraheze ! HeartsDo (Talk || Global || Wiki Creator) 16:10, 10 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 12) He definitely is active and experienced enough to get the user group. I support.  Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 18:07, 11 August 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

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Universal Omega's Request for Interwiki administrator
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User: Universal Omega ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
I am pleased to be able to nominate as an additional global interwiki administrator, principally, because, as noted below, he has also taken to being active on Meta, doing a lot of patrolling, answering users' questions on the community noticeboard, creating wikis with the guidance provided by me and other wiki creators, and enhancing Meta's content pages. Additionally, he is also helpful and active with answering users' questions on Discord, especially when it comes to CSS styling and MediaWiki skin questions. Even though my interwiki administrator request closed yesterday, we do still have only seven (7) global interwiki administrators, for which only roughly 5 (including me) are either very active, active, or somewhat active. With nearly 4,000 wikis, we could do well to have at least a couple more. Universal Omega was very intrigued with my plan to do outreach to our busiest and most active wikis, making them aware of the advantages of using interwiki links instead of external links and also that they can hold hold a local election or appointment process for one or more local interwiki administrators, consistent with both their local and Miraheze global policies. With the upcoming outreach and reworked way of handling interwiki requests, I fully expect to see an uptick in interwiki addition requests, thereby adding to the need for more interwiki administrators. Secondarily, Universal Omega comes to us from Fandom, in which he has also migrated several wikis from Fandom to here, so this simplifies him having to request local interwiki administrator granting by stewards, after having held local election or appointment processes, on multiple wikis.

Nominated by: Dmehus (talk) 16:31, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Nomination accepted by: Universal Omega (talk) 16:38, 22 August 2020 (UTC)

Nominated candidate's acceptance statement: I would would to start by thanking for the nomination. I would like the opportunity to help Miraheze in even more ways then I already am, which is why I am accepting this nomination. Me being an interwiki admin provides me with a unique ability to help Miraheze with interwiki requests, as I already do with wiki requests. I thank you for consideration!

Prerequisites
✅ - 4,442 global edits
 * Have at least 1000 total global edits on Miraheze (on more than one wiki) (Note: These edits may not consist of directly copy/pasting content from other wikis, they must be edits done by the user)

✅ - Four months ✅ - Active with patrolling on Meta, enhancing content pages, answering questions on the noticeboards, and helping users on Discord
 * n.b. Many of these edits, would've been related to the importing of files and such from his Fandom wikis, but with more than 100 edits on Meta, it is certainly reasonable to expect there were at least 900 additional, manual edits done by the user
 * As at the date of this nomination
 * Have had their Miraheze account for at least 2 months
 * Be involved in some way in community matters (in discussions on Community Noticeboard, etc.)

Additional comments given by user (if any)

 * Note: Please kindly refrain from voting until the candidate has accepted this nomination and added their own comments. Thank you.

Support

 * 1)  As nominator, to which I'd add that Universal Omega is friendly, engaging, helpful, and, crucially, very receptive to feedback and constructive criticism as part of his personal training and learning process. I've seen this first-hand as his unofficial wiki creator mentor. No concerns. Dmehus (talk) 16:49, 22 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  per Dmehus --Lakelimbo (talk) 05:45, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  Nimrod (talk) 07:07, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 4)  Nice user overall.  CircleyDoesExtracter  ( Circley Talk  |  Global   |  Email the Cloud ) 14:47, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 5)  I believe he is quite suitable for the role. As such, I support this.  Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 21:16, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 6)  Very helpful on the Miraheze server! UpnCbs06 (talk) 04:15, 28 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 7)  One of the best users I've work with! Glad to have the opportunity to work with someone as talented as him. Cool11guy12 (talk) 16:32, 27 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 8)  he’s active and helpful fully support him --Cocopuff2018  01:03, 31 August 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  First off, I feel it's too early and, 2nd, I would like to see him make more edits on more wikis before requesting this rank. Most of his edits come from one individual wiki and to get this rank the user should edit on more then just a few wikis. --Cocopuff2018  05:12, 23 August 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  I do not like opposing users that seem friendly and helpful which is the case for the user, but I can not support this request for the only reason that only 248 edits are actually made outside of their own wiki which to me is a bit cheating the system of 1000 edits. As soon as there would be 1000 edits outside of their own wiki I would support this user. "Have at least 1000 total global edits on Miraheze (on more than one wiki)". I do not want this to discourage you though, you are doing a good job and I would switch to support until the requirement is met! DeeM28 (talk) 07:42, 25 August 2020 (UTC)
 * thank you for the vote. While I will 100% accept it, and understand it, I would like to still comment on it. I do not personally feel as though I do not meet the criteria. I do have 1000 global edits, and while it may be true that quite a bit are on my own wikis, the requirement is not 1000 edits on multiple wikis equivalating to multiple thousands of edits. The requirement is meant to show that the user has global activity, and from my activity on meta, and others where users do request help sometimes, simply helping them there, I do feel I meet that criteria. Thank you! 08:06, 25 August 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * I said before I do not exactly have a problem with supporting you as the interewiki administrator role is concise but for me the policy means you need more edits. I put the "procedural vote" mention because if maybe, I misunderstood this policy then my vote cannot count. My vote should only be taken into account by a steward if the way that I interpreted the interwiki administrator policy is also right. If I did not interpret it right maybe my vote can be "Weak support". I hope the steward that closes this can make the policy clear for me. DeeM28 (talk) 11:10, 26 August 2020 (UTC)
 * I believe your vote and argument are valid, but I don't think it's a "procedural" !vote. My understanding is the requirement is for only 1,000 global edits on at least two Miraheze wikis. There's no specific quantity on how many of those 1,000 contributions cannot be simply imports or copying and pasting of pages/templates from other wikis, but that's certainly a valid argument one can assess, as you've done. It then comes down a nosecount and a weighing of the arguments presented. A portion of those 1,000 contributions could be copying and pasting or import contributions, but I believe at least the majority of them should be manual edits (including WikiGnome and copyediting-type edits). As I stated in my nomination of Universal Omega, though I suspect a lot of the ~4,400 or so global edits were imports, uploads, and copying and pasting-type edits, I believe there's sufficiently enough to have the majority of the 1,000 edit requirement be manual edits (including on his own DC Multiverse Wiki). Hope that clarifies. Dmehus (talk) 14:12, 26 August 2020 (UTC)


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DarkMatterMan4500's Request for Global Sysop
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 * by the candidate in this request. I would just add that I do hope will reach out to me at my user talk page about volunteering on Meta in other ways, such as a Meta wiki creator as I think they'd be a really good fit there. Dmehus (talk) 17:39, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

User: DarkMatterMan4500 ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
I have been reporting vandalism to the stewards and I do believe that I would make a good candidate since I've been fighting vandalism on other wikis, along with being more active on Crappy Games Wiki every single day and contributed over 2,000 edits on that site. As much as I am concerned however, I don't intend on "hat collecting", but rather help with keeping everything in a perfect order, as I helped out with numerous wikis that needed more editors. I've been using Miraheze since January of this year, and I do believe that this is the very first step on stepping up my game, and hopefully this would be my next step in the right direction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkMatterMan4500 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Questions for candidate

 * So, how would I also fight vandalism on other Miraheze wiki sites? — Preceding unsigned comment added by DarkMatterMan4500 (talk • contribs) 02:23, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Comments by other users

 * 1)  For what right?  14:34, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * you may choose out of Global Sysop, Global IP block exemption, Interwiki administrator, but in my opinion I think he is requesting Global Sysop--Cocopuff2018 15:21, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Indeed, I am requesting that, so I can make sure I protect wikis from vandalism, and stop them at the source, and not to mention, I will make the appropriate choices for each account I lock as much as Reception123 does. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 15:31, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1)  I would like for you to expand your reasoning I do not feel it's strong enough to gain my support at the moment showing you really want the role you need to have a stronger reason and actually put more effort into it, so it does not look like your hat collecting  Another thing you need to show you can handle it and understand CVT and from reading your reason I do not feel you understand what CVT really is about and I do not feel you are ready at the moment however if you expand your answer it will possibly help to know what knowledge you do know about this role (CVT) --Cocopuff2018  15:39, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  However, on the bright side, I am not assuming you're hat collecting as I am assuming good faith toward you and your request. However others may think your hat collecting due to lack of knowledge and low quality reasoning and I don't want that to happen, but I would like it if you expanded your reasoning as I mentioned above. Cocopuff2018  15:39, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't intend on hat collecting, as I'm not that type of person with a massive ego, but I appreciate your concern though. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 16:28, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) - While you are a useful contributor, I feel that you may be a bit of a stranger to me. —-'''Μπέλα2006🌎 (🔥 T he B lazing D uke 🔥) ( B lazing T alk ) ( B lazing E dits ) 15:52, 24 September 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) the user doesnt carry any advanced rights on Meta, no real edits outside of reports, which while isnt a bad thing but theres more to GS and such then handling reports, and such. Haven't even heard of this user until this month. To be blunt, this feels like hat collecting. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 17:06, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Didn't even notice when DarkMatter said, So, how would I also fight vandalism on other Miraheze wiki sites? , so I'm adding that right there to a reason for opposing. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 17:11, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * Okay, never mind this. I'm better off reporting vandals instead, so close this thread. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 17:25, 24 September 2020 (UTC)
 * I will close this as a withdrawal, per your request, but I do hope you'll consider volunteering in other ways on Meta, as I think you'd be a good fit for other roles. This would allow you to learn more about our global policies whilst also helping out in other ways. One role I think you would be a good for immediately is wiki creator and, later, a patroller on Meta. I can help you with guidance in both of those areas as well. Talk to me on my user talk page if interested. Dmehus (talk) 17:36, 24 September 2020 (UTC)


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Gomdoli4696's Request for global sysop
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 * ❌ per SNOW Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 19:23, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

User: Gomdoli4696 ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
I am Korean. There are many difficulties in managing the Korean wiki but there are not many Korean in Mirahezian. So I request Global sysop.

I'm not a hat collecter. it hasn't been long since I started Join to miraheze, but It's not a lie, it's real.

My regards, Gomdoli4696 (talk) 13:22, 28 September 2020 (UTC)

Additional comments given by user (if any)
gomdoli.miraheze.org, truth.miraheze.org, wooriwiki.miraheze.org, etc.

Oppose

 * 1)  While you seem eager to help out, you unfortunately have only had an account for three weeks and only have 11 edits (3 of those being this request) on Meta as well as no demonstrated experience with countervandalism. It is way too early to be requesting global rights right now though I am glad that you want to help out and invite you to help us out in your capacity as a user for the time being. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 14:32, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * , regrettably, per my comments to you in stewards' noticeboard that we mainly need to see more Meta activity, some activity on Discord, and a general feeling that you understand and can objectively apply our global policies. Dmehus (talk) 18:32, 28 September 2020 (UTC)
 * 1)  Clear WP:SNOW request, very few edits here. '''Μπέλα2006🌎 (🔥 T he B lazing D uke 🔥) ( B lazing T alk ) ( B lazing E dits ) 19:06, 28 September 2020 (UTC)


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Zppix - Revocation of Rights (Global Sysop)
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 * Regrettably marking this as "successful" in line with obvious consensus below. I feel some things were blown out of proportion but it seems the community has some definite concerns with Zppix, and as such them being in an administrative role of large scale is currently problematic. Hopefully Zppix can choose to attempt to address the concerns of the community and potentially regain these rights at a later date. -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 20:55, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

User: Zppix ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Group: Global Sysop

Reasoning for request
Alright, let me start off by saying that this decision to post a revocation of rights request was not made lightly or easy in any way. I understand there will be mixed opinions about whether this is warranted and whether I am mistaken to even take such action as posting this request. That's fine, but I will give in detail the reasoning for my posting of this proposal.

Over the past month or so, Zppix has made some very questionable decisions, which has apparently resulted in him:
 * 1) Being unable to manage the role conflict between his Global Sysop and system administrator roles;
 * 2) Feeling as though he is not limited by the policy to which he is bound by; and,
 * 3) Feeling like he is not accountable to stewards

Firstly, in terms of the first item, apparently in the course of exercising an apparent Code of Conduct-related issue, he added and removed user rights to the sysadmin global group, without a log summary, which suggests role conflict. [src] [src]

Secondly, regarding the last two points, some examples of this include Zppix getting involved in local affairs where local administrators disputed it and he did not seen to have any interest in discussing his reasoning. [src] Other examples include the fact that he has been very rude to newcomer users and has not been assuming any good faith, and has been far to quick to take action against simple good faith mistakes with no attempt to engage with them beforehand.[src] He ignored a warning from another Steward on his own talk page, [src] to which he obviously saw per his own responses to another user to that very same thread, [src] but had no effort to improve upon his behavior and to seemingly have no regard for John's warning, which is absolutely unacceptable for a Global Sysop to disregard a warning from a Steward like that. The Global Sysop position was established to assist Stewards, and they should not disregard them under any circumstances.

Most recently he issued a local Meta block against a user which he had been previously arguing with on his talk page [src] and on Discord. On IRC, during a conversation with other users, Zppix even acknowledged that he should not take action against this user because he was personally invested in it. [src] However, he seemed to not care and blocked the user anyway.[src] That is an example of an action which he should've not done and waited for approval to block him from whomever he claimed to have talked to. [src], [src], and [src] It is worth noting that Zppix also during this same IRC conversation, apparently requested another Global Sysop or Steward globally lock his account for something occuring in Meta alone as well as his own personal annoyance with the user, letting personal opinion dictate his actions as a Global Sysop. src After seemingly failing to get another volunteer to globally lock this user, he took his own local action on Meta, once again, showing his disregard for the community and authority.src

As a final note, I would like to add that far too often, the log entries Zppix gives are very vague.[src]

Additionally, should this revocation request pass as successful, the community additionally requests that a steward and Meta bureaucrat review the circumstances surrounding Zppix' global account locks and Meta blocks in the past 30-60 days (steward or bureaucrat discretion applies here), excluding spam only accounts, to ensure that they were all justified and appropriate to the policy infractions claimed.


 * Note: Given that this involves both his Global Sysop and Meta administrator roles, there is also a companion revocation request for Zppix' Meta administrator user group at Requests for permissions, in which you're encouraged to review and express a view. - Meta adminstrator  vote withdrawn.

Additional proof/explanation

 * Regarding the IRC conversation, which you can see in the section below, Zppix originally requested that that user be globally locked. That is a 100% inappropriate action towards a user who was doing good faith edits, and only made mistakes on Meta alone, absolutely nothing to actually warrant a global lock. And I have absolutely no idea his rationale for attempting to get someone else to globally lock a user where a global lock is not warranted.

Support

 * 1) Per my proposal  23:26, 29 October 2020 (UTC) ］ |
 * 2) Hello community, we have an extremely troubling problem at this time. A meta administrator/global sysop by the name of  has decided to abuse his powers. This must be dealt with urgently and swiftly, as Zppix has caused nothing but chaos and hurt towards many members of the Miraheze community. There are many examples of Zppix's abuse of power, but I will share a select few with you in this message. For in-depth info, see User talk:Zppix, but for now we'll settle with the basics.
 * He Blocked a user for, and I quote: "Continuing to spam their wiki after being asked to stop". He was not involved in that wiki, got no talk page messages about it, and decided to intervene WITHOUT communicating with the user to either notify them of the block or discuss their behavior. A user requested an un-ban on a wiki and Zppix immediately deleted, with the reason for deletion being simply "No". He overrode a community's decision and deleted another request about a user's ban, citing "Code of Conduct violations by topic creator". You say, oh, that's ok as it's only 3 mistakes in his reign. Well, no. That all has happened in the past TWO WEEKS that has been remembered. Imagine in five years what he has done that hasn't been remembered.
 * He blocked me on Meta ONE HOUR after I had last edited, and also instructed to ban me from TestWiki because I deleted a page. Just a notice: I deleted it with a 's (a consul) permission there. On Meta, the co-founder of Miraheze,  had to step in to get Zppix to stop. He has harassed users on Discord either on servers or in private DMs, calling them a "pain in the ass", or a "whiny b***h".
 * Quotes from John in User talk:Zppix reads:


 * "I am here to address the attitude of an administrator who despite being asked to consider their harsh and heavy handed approach and dislike to engaging with users in a manner to prevent escalation, has chosen to ignore such advice and act in a similar manner to which I have received complaints about from members of the community and fellow administrators in relation to their use of global and local permissions. Since there does not seem to be a willingness to engage in the matter, I will now consider whether more formal processes are necessary to address the matter."
 * "You’ve blocked them for things not even related to the capacity you are acting in then? It seems like you’re trying to justify being called out for acting in a manner not suitable to the role you’re acting in by trying to get out every defence than answer the core solid question of why you blocked a user, an hour after they last edited, in relation to a conflict you were in with them against the advice of your colleagues. Until you can provide a satisfactory answer to that, excuses are not good enough to justify this action."
 * Quite obviously, Zppix has shown no willingness to try and fix his actions, instead resorting to blocking as a way of minimalizing opposition to him. He blocked me because "I wanted to". This is not appropriate behavior that a representative of Miraheze, a Global Sysop, should be portraying. To be blunt, this is an abuse of power. Global Sysops were created to assist Stewards, not outright ignore them, especially when they post on YOUR talk page, looking for an answer but not receiving one. For every one of those reasons and more, I am voting for a full revocation of rights from Zppix, which includes, but is not limited to: Global Sysop, Meta Admin, System Administrator, and Wiki Creator. For Zppix, when you next request rights, make sure you can be responsible and kind with them. Thank you. 23:37, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I would just like to note the fact that while the community is free to express their view or disapproval of a System administrator, they do not directly participate or have a say in the appointment and removal of a sysadmin as that is not in the community's purview. The appointment and removal of sysadmins is decided by the Site Reliability Engineering team. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 07:30, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) While I believe that his block against BlackWidowMovie0000Editor was valid, I believe the hostility concerns displayed are problematic. There are other questionable judgements calls as well. Naleksuh (talk) 23:38, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Does this mean a ? 23:45, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * I do indeed support, that is why I wrote in the support section. I generally refrain from using such templates except under specific circumstances. Naleksuh (talk) 23:48, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * Cool. Thanks! 23:49, 29 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) Reviewing and considering my experiences and my impressions of Zppix’s interactions/decisions/behaviours, I feel like I must support this. I could delve down deep into history to display a consistent behavioural pattern but I feel like that would be less constructive and more critical than needs be. Therefore, I’ll keep it short and recent. In this topic, I’m unsure why deletion was a necessity when local administrators were actively engaging in the issue and seeking to resolve the matter themselves. Further, why an alteration to a local block to take away the ability for the local community to handle a code of conduct issue. While I’m sure the pre-emptive response (as was already given) will be “I can’t discuss it”, I can say I reviewed it and I don’t feel the need to intervene in such a way was necessary or proportionate as the two users were having a discussion between themselves at the time – no active harassment on-going. Further, there was no communication given to the local community to inform them that he overrode a community block at the time. On the topic of engagement, this topic was deleted because Zppix did not wish to reply to the user. Deleting a topic on a wiki with local active administrators because a global sysop did not wish to reply is not an acceptable use of the tools. To extend on the issue of not wishing to engage with users, engaging with colleagues also does not seem to be a point of consideration when he confirmed he sought advice and ignored it because it wasn’t what he wanted to happen in a situation where he was directly involved in a conflict with a user. John (talk) 00:04, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 2) Per above.  00:28, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 3) He is rude and not to mention when he blocks someone he says  he can make decisions on his on and does stuff without consulting Fellow colleagues --Cocopuff2018 (talk) 02:00, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) . He does strike me as impulsive and harsh. I will support revocation for now. --GondorChicken (talk) 03:48, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * , very, very regrettably, unfortunately, per the arguments expressed by Universal Omega in his request and John in his comment. This is a mentally and emotionally gut-wrenching decision, as Zppix is unquestionably a talented, funny, generally kind and friendly person, and a very knowledgeable, talented, and responsive system administrator. For me the core problems are addressed in the apparent inability to appropriately distinguish between his  and   roles, when the latter doesn't include user rights relating to oversight; the apparent inability to take guidance from both functional superiors and colleagues; and apparent unwillingness to reconsider his actions when colleagues provide a view of the situation which counters actions taken. Perfection isn't required for any role, but it's essential to leave room for doubt or that one may not always make the correct decision. Regardless of the outcome, I do hope that Zppix chooses to remain as a system administrator, wiki creator, and MirahezeBots developer, where he does generally excellent work, is responsive to customer requests, and provides helpful code improvements to the MirahezeBots project. He certainly wouldn't even be the only system administrator who isn't Global Sysop or Meta administrator, and certainly there are are still other tools that can be provided, if requested, to help him continue to make helpful improvements to Meta. Dmehus (talk) 07:10, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 1) The proof is there, I am sad to come here but it is clearly a misuse of the tools HeartsDo (Talk || Global || Wiki Creator) 07:15, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  After looking at the arguments advanced by the proposer and the various supporters, I unfortunately can't find myself disagreeing with what they have put forward. Zppix undoubtedly has redeeming qualities, especially in the sysadmin area which I think Dmehus put very well in his statement above. That being said, my main concerns regarding Global Sysop relate to his attitude towards users and blocks/locks. On his talkpage, in a reply Zppix claims that "there is no policy against me being blunt". While that is indeed true, there is a policy (the Code of Conduct) regarding being nice and for me being overly blunt is incompatible with being nice, and the statement made to BlackWidow was not nice. The other issue is the unwillingness to reconsider his actions (which are often BOLD) and especially the rush to block and/or lock users without enough warning in advance or seemingly without consulting other Global Sysops or Stewards who may disagree with that action. Specific examples of such behavior and links have been provided above, so I don't think it's necessary to bring them up once again. With all this being said, I feel that Zppix should no longer be Global Sysop for the time being, however I see no issue in him continuing to be sysadmin and help us with technical matters, as he has been great in that area, and it would be a shame to lose him. Reception123 (talk) ( C ) 07:20, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 3)  Like many people said above it is very sad and very regrettable that this must happen. Before saying my other points even though other people said it before me I want to mention that I really do not like discouraging Zppix with this vote and that I think he has done some great things both as sysadmin and in his other functions that he has had on Miraheze and I thank him for that. For the reasons above however I do not think I can oppose this revocation. The main issue for me is that Zppix has not listened to advice that was given to him to be nicer and follow the Code of Conduct like every Miraheze user should. I myself said this when he ran for Stewardship and I said that he was not assuming good faith and that he was not being nice enough or at least he did not come off as being nice enough. Looking now on his talk page too I notice that other users tried to discuss this with him as well only to be ignored and "shouted at" instead of a productive discussion becoming of a Miraheze Global Sysop, and even worse for me that Zppix then removed the entire discussion. In the end Zppix has been sanctioning multiple people without first trying to talk to them or ask them to change their behavior and I think that is not right and every new user should be treated kindly and have the benefit of the doubt. My belief is that Zppix should take a break now and learn from the mistakes pointed out by the community and later I would be willing to vote for him again. DeeM28 (talk) 16:40, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 4) Per above — Preceding unsigned comment added by SkarletWitch (talk • contribs) 20:58, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 5) If this stuff occurred under his management position, then I don’t really think that he’s trustworthy. Paramount1106 (talk) 22:25, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 6) Probably my best advice for Zppix is that he should probably improve his response towards such situations -- H ookuai ( Talk to Nuclear Jaws ) 02:39, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 7)  Per all the above points posted.  Hypercane  <font color="#8152C6">(  talk <font color="#8152C6">) 12:43, 31 October 2020 (UTC)
 * 8)  Well, his actions reminds me Vicious187, a former bureaucrat from mainline Reception Wikis.  SpazJR61 08:10, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I find it odd that you are just now commenting on this, after I wouldn’t do what you wanted me to do... just an observation. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 07:50, 5 November 2020 (UTC)
 * I think you should be a bit more careful about your decisions in the future, Zppix. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) 14:51, 5 November 2020 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1)  He's been very helpful. Waldo (talk) 00:54, 8 November 2020 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1)  -- Gomdoli (talk) 01:58, 1 November 2020 (UTC)
 * 2)  He's okay to me. So I don't really mind if he gets his rights revolked or not. While he did close down the toxic waste that is the outcast network, he does unfairly ban people on the times they least expect it. RedTheShadowWarrior73 (talk) 22:17, 1 November 2020 (UTC)


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