Requests for global permissions

Request for CVT
I want to express my desire to go and become a member of the Counter Vandalism Team of Miraheze since a larger amount of reports in the CVT discord channel (which is routed to the relevant IRC channel) are dealt with by stewards. I believe I have sufficient knowledge and command of MediaWiki to use pages such as Special:Multilock (place a list of spambot or vandal accounts in the box 1 per line, select lock and insert a good reason) and Special:GlobalBlock (blocks the IP address based on settings there across all of Miraheze, does not apply on meta unless the option on meta is ticked which should only be used with good reason since it will remove the ability of the IP to appeal on meta). I understand that I will have the ability to be able to use a set of limited sysop style rights across all wikis and state that I should only take use my tools when local staff (sysops, bureaucrats and any custom local group that can reasonably be construed as 'local staff') do not respond to vandalism, global or local filters are triggered and are not acted upon within a reasonable period and if a direct request is served to me by a member in good standing with that wiki community asking for help. I can and have shown proficiency in dealing with some sorts of spam by means of this user which I own, control and operate on another wiki. Please feel free to use the space below to leave your comments. Best Sau226 (talk) 12:17, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Questions
1. Will you be active enough as a CVT? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 12:21, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Activity will be no problem. I pledge myself to ensuring that I deal with reports frequently as a reasonable person can expect me to be active. I will however ensure I scan for any CVT work when I log into Miraheze (you can see my wiki creation log for details of the times while I may be active). Time differences with some of the community (e.g. some people sleeping while at the same time I have a large amount of my day ahead of my) may affect your perceptions of this but in the times I am active I will carry out my actions swiftly (even though my activity may have dropped a bit) --Sau226 (talk) 12:50, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

2. What knowledge do you have of AbuseFilters? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 12:21, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I have enough knowledge to write a basic abusefilter and am not sure about potentially more advanced ones (however I'm open to learning about the advanced syntax). I do however possess enough competence with Special:AbuseLog to be able to get the user of an edit and edit text (which is all I need to stop their junk and also why I have a direct link to the Abuse Log on the portlet on the left side of my page while logged in). There's no better way I could put this at present --Sau226 (talk) 12:50, 23 July 2018 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Seems legit.-- 14:48, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) I have seen your diligence firsthand. You tirelessly and faithfully seek to improve Miraheze by reporting and notifying the stewards whenever there is an issue whether it be vandalism or not. I believe you are qualified for this role. &#32;  Miraheze Logo.svg centrist16 | Talk | P mail.svg | Discord color D.svg  &#32; 18:36, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 3) I've seen you report spam in #miraheze-cvt, so being part of the CVT will allow you to be able to fight the spam and vandalism yourself, without needing to ask people to do it. From what you wrote, you also seem to understand what a CVT member does, including not taking actions on wikis where there are local sysops. Reception123  (talk) ('C' ) 07:50, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) Wiki1776 (talk) 13:29, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) GethN7 (talk) 13:42, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) I have come across Sau226 a few times on Wikimedia Foundation sites and elsewhere - although I have never deeply interacted with the user, I think that the demonstrate the skills necessary to be a helpful addition to the CVT team (and I say that as someone who never really was onboard with the creation of CVT in the first place). Amanda Catherine (talk) 14:06, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 7) My only problem with this user is them being somewhat inactive at times, otherwise no problems whatsoever. Good candidate who understands CVT.   Malcolm Aces! Aces!  22:40, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 8) Trusted User. —AlvaroMolina (✉ -  ✔ ) 04:20, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Comments
Please direct all and any relevant comments to myself by writing them below this comment. Please only comment if you wish to ask a question or have something else that is not linked to your support/oppose reason that you wish to point out or state. Regards Sau226 (talk) 09:45, 24 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I have moved the request from stewards' noticeboard to this newly created page.-- 04:51, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Request for CVT for 開拓者
Hi, I would also like to request for CVT as Sau226 did above, because I see there are only five CVT members, and I think we need more members. Here are my strengths. My weakness is probably that I'm just 51 days old here on Miraheze, but I can cover that with my experiences outside Miraheze (You can see that I'm an experienced and trusted user across wikis if you see my user page). Thanks for considering.-- 14:45, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 1) I understand the policies (including but not limited to CVT) well, considering the fact I've translated most of them into my native language, and that I'm a wiki creator.
 * 2) *I know how and when a CVT should take actions, and I also know that I can monitor global recent changes from #Miraheze-feed IRC channel.
 * 3) I'm an admin and a bureaucrat on a wiki over 1000 articles, and am experienced against fighting vandals (including the experiences before moving my wiki to Miraheze) because there are some terrible cross-wiki LTAs from major Japanese wikis coming into my wikis and other Japanese wikis on Miraheze.
 * 4) I'm familiar with the AbuseFilter, considering the fact that I'm the main editor of them in my wiki.
 * 5) I live in Japan, meaning that I can cover different time zone (UTC+9).
 * 6) I'm quite active on Miraheze wikis. I have more than a 100 edits on four wikis, with a total of over 4500 edits globally (See here). I've visited over 100 wikis, and have an experience of combating vandals on wikis where I don't have additional permissions (this is one of the examples).
 * 7) *I also have the experience of reporting cross-wiki vandals to stewards, as you can see above and possibly in the archives.

Questions
1. Could you provide some examples of some other wikis where you have fought with vandalism in the past? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 07:48, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * It depends on whether my answer should be limited to Miraheze wikis or I can add my experiences outside Miraheze.
 * As for Miraheze, my experiences of fighting vandals was mainly fighting against LTAs coming from my country. Blocking, reverting, hiding illegal contents, reporting vandals' appearances to stewards, and creating pages focusing their typical style of vandal activities on vandalismwiki so that anyone can share (if necessary) were my main activities against them. However, this doesn't mean I've never fought against other vandals, as the example I showed above is the record of me fighting against one of those non-Japanese vandals.
 * If not limited to Miraheze, I've also fought against spammers and LTAs worldwide (and I know there are spammers here on Miraheze, too, though Japanese wikis seem to be relatively free of them so far). I have created an anti-spam filter on former Usopedia (now moved to Miraheze), I have made proposals and comments regarding the abuse filter on English Illogicopedia and Uncyclopedia, and I have fought against vandals editing admins' and bcs' user pages on Unmeta  and Uncyclomedia Commons .-- 10:17, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

2. What would you do if there is a spam page created on Meta Wiki? Reception123 (talk) ('C' ) 11:46, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * Since Meta is clearly opted out from CVT, I should just report it on admin's noticeboard, add delete to mark the page for deletion, and wait for a local admin to deal with it. I should not use the CVT permission on Meta. At least for now.
 * However, situations might change, and if meta were to be opted into CVT list again(?) in the future (I know it's very unlikely, but I should think about any possible situations), I should check whether there are any active admins remaining, or any requests from the local community to seek whether I may take an action, as I should do in other wikis.-- 13:25, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

3. I see that you are a Translation Administrator here. Will you have time to do both that job and this job? --Robkelk (talk) 16:10, 27 July 2018 (UTC)
 * I have already made most of the pages I think is necessary for translation marked for it. The remaining job as a translation admin is, thus, marking for translation on pages when updated or requested, which is not so often. I'm rather busy here on meta as a wiki creator, but since there are more wiki creators than CVTs, I think I still can spend enough time as a CVT at the same time working as a wiki creator and a translation admin.-- 17:00, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Even though you have only been here for nearly two months, your dedication and intimate familiarity with the software and community is commendable and impressive. You raise a valid point about the relatively small number of users available who are able to (and have the time to) combat vandalism and other forms of abuse on here. I am compelled to support you based on your knowledgeability, activity, and dedication. &#32;  Miraheze Logo.svg centrist16 | Talk | P mail.svg | Discord color D.svg  &#32; 18:42, 23 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) Yeah! You need to be on the CVT! Vandals, vandalism, and their damage is no joke or laughing matter on this wiki. Vandalism sucks.
 * 3) A great user who moved the whole Usopedia to Miraheze. Also many contributions on meta. As a Japanese wiki user, I am very proud that he is Japanese.--トーダイン (talk) 18:24, 25 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) Seems to understand how CVT works, and has experience and knowledge about how to combat vandalism. The language factor is also good, as no other CVT member speaks Japanese. Reception123  (talk) ('C' ) 13:37, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) GethN7 (talk) 13:42, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 6) The Pioneer is active almost every day and has shown, time, and time again that they can be trusted. There is a utter lack of things that would make me even consider opposing. All in all, one of the best users that we have. They also seem to understand CVT quite well. Sincerely,   Malcolm Aces! Aces!  22:37, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 7) Trusted User. The Japanese language is also a great advantage. —AlvaroMolina (✉ -  ✔ ) 04:23, 27 July 2018 (UTC)

Oppose

 * 1) for now, and I’ll clarify that this is a very weak oppose. My main reason for opposing at this time is the tenure of the user - while I understand that they may be very experienced on and off Miraheze, having only been here for ~50 days is not sufficient for being granted any kind of global permission (IMHO). Additionally, I do not speak or read Japanese, and therefore I cannot navigate my way around the Japanese site that the user linked to above, where they claim they are an admin and bureaucrat. However, this would not be a reason for opposing. If the user had just slightly more tenure here, I would probably be neutral, again since I cannot understand the user’s contributions elsewhere. Amanda Catherine (talk) 14:10, 26 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) * I Just wanted to point out that if you look at another link above (this one) you can see that they have 1100+ edits on the wiki they linked where they are a crat (this is all in English) and that they also have 2k+ edits on this wiki where they are already a wiki creator and translation admins. I haven't posted my support or oppose yet but I do think that we need members with advanced permissions that speak multiple languages. How am I to know if a wiki in another language contains vandalism or not? -- Cheers, NDKilla ( Talk • Contribs ) 15:41, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Comments

 * I have moved the request from stewards' noticeboard to this newly created page.-- 04:51, 26 July 2018 (UTC)

Wiki1776's Request for Interwiki administrator
User: Wiki1776 ( contributions &bull; CA &bull; blocks log &bull; rights log &bull; global rights log )

Reasoning for request
Hello, everyone. I want to express my desire to become an Interwiki administrator so that I can help with Interwikis requests for MetaWiki or Phabricator.

I am a registered user since May 22, 2017 and have about 5000 global editions [active/live] and almost 500 local editions. I am a Wikicreator since February 2018 and a volunteer at Phabricator (and GitHub) since March 2018. At MetaWiki I have helped with the translations and although it hasn't been much, I have occasionally participated in the Community Noticeboard.

Support

 * 1)  MacFan4000 (Talk Contribs) 23:35, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2)  —AlvaroMolina (✉</b> -  ✔ ) 23:40, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 3)  While I don’t really know this user, this is a permission that I feel comfortable expressing my support for granting just given the statistics provided. Amanda Catherine (talk) 00:15, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 4) -- 01:39, 1 August 2018 (UTC)
 * 5) Active as a wikicreator, in community discussions and for feature requests. Reception123  (talk) (<font color="#FF0000">'C' ) 04:53, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

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

Reasoning for request
Hi, today I come to request the Interwiki Administrator permission as I am willing to help with requests that require addition or removal of interwikis. At some point I have worked with Special:Interwiki on test wikis (external to Miraheze), so I know how to work there.

I know that some will express concerns about the long inactivity I had until a few days ago, however, during these days I am having more free time to spend at least a couple of hours a day between Miraheze and other wikis.

For those who don't know me: I am Wiki Creator, CVT Member and Code of Conduct Commission Member. I still hope to have the confidence of the community to also be able to play this additional role. Thanks. —AlvaroMolina</b> (✉</b> - ✔ ) 23:38, 31 July 2018 (UTC)

Support

 * 1) Do I even need to explain my support here? One of the best users we have.   Malcolm Aces! Aces!  23:50, 31 July 2018 (UTC)
 * 2) -- 01:39, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Abstain

 * 1)  While I do feel that the user is qualified, I’m hesitant to support due to past negative interactions I’ve had with this user, both on Miraheze and on other sites. Keeping TL;DR in mind, I’m not going to go into a long explanation here, but I can supply more information if anyone considers it necessary. Amanda Catherine (talk) 00:13, 1 August 2018 (UTC)