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~Squiggles~ (Wiki creator)

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 * No consensus to promote. -- Void  Whispers 18:02, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

User: ~Squiggles~ ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log ) Group: Wiki creator Reason: I would like to contribute, and this seems like a good way to start, i would like to create wikis that have a good and valid reason.

Additional comments: Requesting this right for 4 weeks (1 month) as a trial, then if all goes well, would to obtain this permissions permanently.

Other users feel free to support/oppose/abstain from this RfP but please state your reasoning below.
 * Comments/Questions
 * 1) Looks like this user only has 5 edits on Meta.  17:04, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) w:WP:NOTNOW. Not familiar with many of Miraheze's policies, and seems to want rights on official projects just to help out. There is plenty to do without additional permissions.  dross  (t • c • g) 17:06, 21 November 2019 (UTC)
 * 3) I will abstain from this RfP as I believe it is not my place to vote on this particular one. Best of luck to the candidate though.  Hypercane  (  talk ) 18:27, 21 November 2019 (UTC)


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Gustave London (sysop)

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 * Unfortunately there is no support. Please do continue to be involved in working Meta however, it is appreciated. John (talk) 00:48, 17 December 2019 (UTC)

User: Gustave London ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log ) Group: sysop Reason: Hello,i'm Gustave London.I would like of be sysop to help the community and combating the vandalism.The wiki is growing,and i want help the wiki.With more rights,i can help this wiki. Gustave London (talk) 17:38, 24 November 2019 (UTC)

Additional comments:

Other users feel free to support/oppose/abstain from this RfP but please state your reasoning below.
 * Comments/Questions
 * 1) I don't know this user very well, but his contributions seem okay, so I don't oppose nor support this request. Zppix (Meta &#124; CVT Member &#124; talk to me) 18:15, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * 2) I do not feel like the user has gathered the experience to be able to fulfill the role of administrator at this time. There is also no clear indication of what they would do in the role. Reception123  (talk) ('C' ) 19:20, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * 3) w:WP:NOTNOW know this user from another wiki, while they have good edits, they are not yet ready for the role of administrator.~Squiggles~ (talk) 20:47, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * 4) w:WP:SNOWBALL  22:36, 24 November 2019 (UTC)
 * 5) Not yet. I see lots of good translation work, and a desire to help. However, I believe this user has more to learn in ways of policy and practices before he will be ready for sysop. I say to come back in 2 months or so; in the mean time, perhaps look at other ways to help (perhaps translation admin?) .  dross  (t • c • g) 01:38, 25 November 2019 (UTC)
 * 6) sorry WP:NOTYET --EK ● contribs 15:54, 2 December 2019 (UTC)


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PaperClip (Wiki creator)
User: PaperClip ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log ) Group: Wiki creator Reason: Hello everybody my is I am PaperClip and would like to have wiki creator rights. I can help process wiki requests faster, making it more better involvement to users and I do have user rights experience on Miraheze wikis. That's the reason why I wan't to have Wiki creator rights.

Additional comments: Other users feel free to support/oppose/abstain from this RfP but please state your reasoning below.

Other users feel free to support/oppose/abstain from this RfP but please state your reasoning below.
 * Comments/Questions
 * 1) without anything to comment on. :)  dross  (t • c • g) 06:58, 17 December 2019 (UTC)
 * 2)  Hispano76 (talk) 01:23, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Owen (sysop)
User: Owen ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log ) Group: sysop Reason: As you may or may not know, with the the creation of Miraheze Limited, Labster has recently transferred our financial assets to Miraheze Limited. The board has decided that Owen (John's cousin and board member) is the treasurer of Miraheze Limited and as such will be taking care of the finances from now on. Before, Labster was given sysop rights on Meta in order to be able to edit the Finance page which is a sensitive page that should only be edited by trusted people. As such, to be able to fulfill his new role Owen would now also need this right. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:42, 22 December 2019 (UTC)

Additional comments: Nominated by Reception123. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:42, 22 December 2019 (UTC) Other users feel free to support/oppose/abstain from this RfP but please state your reasoning below.
 * Comments/Questions


 * As nominator, clear need for the role. Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 15:43, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Needed to continue the transparency. Paladox (talk) 15:49, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't think there any reason to oppose or abstain this. 16:14, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Trustworthy, polite, will help in his role. Owen is probably sick of me questioning everything the board do within an inch of its life if I can so he can’t mess much up. :) ~ RhinosF1 - (chat)· acc· c -  19:31, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Are you kidding me right now? Frankly, the constant battery of bureaucracy and double-standards of the staff team lately is way out of order. It has been made clear many times before that Meta is intended for the Miraheze community as a whole, and should not be overrun by staff. Owen has no clear need for admin tools, and neither did Labster. Assigning these rights based simply on the principle of being staff is frankly offensive. What other options were considered? I mean,  exists for a reason (but that's not even mentioning the ridiculous mass protection here on Miraheze). As Miraheze is allowed to move to a new phase, let's leave all this staff bureaucracy in the past, and allow Meta to be community driven.  dross  (t • c • g) 23:45, 22 December 2019 (UTC)
 * This may be until a new user permission is created, in the meantime.. Hispano76 (talk) 01:26, 23 December 2019 (UTC)


 * There's no doubt about it. Hispano76 (talk) 01:26, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * If the sole purpose of giving him the permission is to allow him to edit protected pages, we can simply create a new usergroup instead. Also, being trustworthy as the member of the board doesn't necessarily mean that he is trustworthy as a wiki editor. IMO, he doesn't seem to be very experienced in wiki editing, and thus do not think giving the whole sysop permissions is a good idea. As for Labster, Special:ManageWiki/permissions wasn't available back then. The situation has changed ever since.-- 03:48, 23 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I have read the other comments and I agree that the bureaucracy around here and on the Wikipedias is very ridiculous at times. Though in this case I would rather that Owen has sysop as long as he only uses it for Finance. That is because the alternative is more bureaucracy, to create another group just for one user to edit a page. While I agree that this is not great, it is easier this way in my view. Or, would there be a technical way of allowing only one user to edit a page? If such technical way exists I am in favour of that and consider this vote as an oppose. --DeeM28 (talk) 09:55, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Revocation of Labster (sysop)
User: Labster ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log ) Group: sysop Reason: First of all, as always I want to make clear that when requesting revocation I do not want to discourage any user from participating and voluteering but I don't like people having rights and not using them or not having a need. I am not sure why it was not done concurrently with the nomination of Owen as administrator, but since Labster no longer has the need to edit the Finance page which is given as the reason for him being made administrator (before there was voting) I think that the original purpose for his adminship no longer exists and therefore it should be removed. Of course if adminship is still desired Labster should open a new vote, but the original mandate has been exhausted and there was never a mandate from the users for the position. --DeeM28 (talk) 09:55, 23 December 2019 (UTC)

Additional comments: Other users feel free to support/oppose/abstain from this RfP but please state your reasoning below.
 * Comments/Questions


 * No longer needed for editing Finance which was the original reason for appointment. --DeeM28 (talk) 09:19, 24 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Labster has done a fair share of sysop work with his tools. It would also disrupt the precedent we've already set here on Meta. Frankly, if we're to examine anybody's sysop rights, we should be looking at revi, NDKilla, and SPF. We need to decide if sysop tools should be held onto for merit and edits, or just admin actions. Can't have it both ways. dross  (t • c • g) 06:33, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I've been active for last 6 months (per Requests for Comment/Meta administrator and bureaucrat policies and Special:Log/Revi - Nov and Dec actions (excluding wiki creation) are admin actions). &mdash; revi  12:09, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The last actions on some pages/user(s) could be treated as potential abuse or COI actions, but as the issue seems to be discussed and resolved, I don't think there's an immediate need to revoke his permissions. If similar actions happen again, however, we might want to discuss this topic seriously.-- 12:17, 26 December 2019 (UTC)
 * She know what should do! I think that can be use in immediatelly situation. Cmg (talk) 16:33, 26 December 2019 (UTC)

Cmg (Wiki creator)
User: Cmg ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log ) Group: Wiki creator Reason:

Additional comments:

Other users feel free to support/oppose/abstain from this RfP but please state your reasoning below.
 * Comments/Questions