Wikipedia:Requests for permissions
Archived requests
- Administrator / Bureaucrat / Checkuser / Oversighter
- Rollbacker
- Patroller
- Transwiki Importer
- Temporary account IP viewer
Permissions
There are many kinds of special permissions that users can be granted. These include:
- Rollbacker is a user who can quickly revert changes by other users. See Wikipedia:Rollback feature.
- Flood is a very short-term permission that a user can get from any administrator to make lots of small edits in a row. When using the flood permission, a user’s edits will be hidden by default from Special:RecentChanges.
- Patroller is a user who can review new pages that other users make by marking them "patrolled". Any pages a patroller makes do not have to be reviewed by others (autopatrolled). See Wikipedia:Patroller.
- Administrator (also called an "admin" or "sysop") is a user who can delete and protect pages and block users. Admins can also grant the rollback, flood and patroller permissions.
- Bureaucrat (also called a "crat") is a user who can grant and revoke the admin and bot permissions.
- Checkuser is a user who can see private information about editors (for example, their IP addresses).
- Oversight is a user who can hide private information from everyone except other oversighters and stewards.
- Transwiki importer is a user who has use of the import tool to move pages here from other projects. This is not to be confused with importer, who can upload XML files using the import tool.
- Importer is not granted on this wiki.
- Uploader is a user who can upload files locally on this wiki. This permission is granted temporarily and will be removed once the task is complete.
- IP block exempt is a right given to trusted named users who may edit from an IP address that would otherwise be blocked through no fault of their own.
- Temporary account IP viewer is a right given to trusted users that allows the user to see the IP address of a temporary account user.
Adding a new request
Rollbacker
You must be an active member of Simple English Wikipedia, preferably with some experience in reverting vandalism.
Rollback must never be used to revert in edit wars, or to remove good-faith changes. Use the undo feature for this, and give a reason. Rollback does not let you give a reason when reverting. It must only be used to revert bad changes. It can and will be revoked if misused.
Click here to request rollback.
Flood
Requests for the temporary (short-term) flood permission should be made on an administrator’s talk page, on the #wikipedia-simple connect IRC channel, or at the Administrators' noticeboard.
Uploader
Requests for temporary (short-term) file upload permissions should be made on the Administrators' noticeboard. An administrator should be notified once the uploads are done so that the permission can be removed.
Image uploads are not allowed, this should only be requested for uploading other media (such as audio clips)
Temporary account IP viewer
Requests should be made only by active, trusted users who are active in antivandalism and New Changes patrolling. This right has restrictions on its use which users must be aware of prior to requesting it.
Administrator
Please read the criteria for adminship before nominating another user or yourself, to make sure the nominated user meets the criteria for becoming an administrator. You may want to look at the archives first so you can see why other people’s requests have succeeded or failed.
Administrator tools are there to better help the community. They do not make certain users better than others. To nominate a candidate for adminship, please follow these instructions:
- In the input box below, replace USERNAME with the username of the person you are nominating for adminship.
- Complete the fields given to you.
- Once the user has accepted, add {{Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/<insert name of person nominated>}} underneath the Current requests for adminship heading below, at the very top of the list.
- Optional: Add {{rfa-notice}} to the candidate's userpage.
Notes: This is not the place to get "constructive feedback from others", if you want feedback from others in a less formal environment, please see Simple Talk. If a candidate is successful, an administrator or bureaucrat should add them to MediaWiki:Gadget-HighlightAdmins.js.
Bureaucrat, Checkuser, or Oversight
For the bureaucrat, checkuser, or oversight permission, a user first needs to be an administrator. There are special requirements at Wikipedia:Criteria for adminship for these users.
Current requests for rollback
Current requests for patroller
User:Critical Hippo
Critical Hippo (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks)
Good day. My name is Critical Hippo. I have contributed over 400 edits. I believe I have gained sufficient experience to patrol articles. The exemplar article I'd like to submit in consideration of my request is TV Edwards. I believe this article demonstrates the high quality contributions I have made to the platform. I would like to extend my contributions to the platform through reviewing and supporting others to improve their contributions. Thank you for considering my request. Critical Hippo (Critical Hippo) 19:15, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
Not done The creation of your RfP is the first edit on this wiki, and due to the presence of rights like autopatrol in the group, you will need more contributions on this wiki before obtaining the right here. I also noted you cited an example of a page you created on enwiki, if you meant to request patroller on en.wikipedia.org you should request it at en:Wikipedia:Requests for permissions.- FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 19:38, 1 October 2026 (UTC)
User:Aurafish
Aurafish (talk · contribs · count · logs · block log · lu · rfa · rfb · arb · rfc · lta · socks)
I am requesting the patroller permission. I have more than 560 edits and have created almost 100 articles. I actively patrol new pages, help new users improve notable articles, participate in deletion discussions, nominate pages for deletion when needed, and notify creators on their talk pages. I would like the patroller permission to help me review new pages more efficiently. Thank you. Aurafish (talk) 00:02, 6 August 2026 (UTC)
- Because patroller includes autopatrol, I am a little concerned by Femi Adebayo. It was deleted as a copy and while there was some simplification, it was pretty close to the original. Some of your other pages, like Paul Bindrim use words and sentences that aren't really simple. I'd like to see your new pages become a little more simple before granting autopatrol. Thanks for all your work here generally, especially patrolling new pages! For now, Not done. Garsh (talk) 19:19, 9 August 2026 (UTC)
- @Garsh2 Thanks for the feedback. I understand the concern, especially regarding the simplicity of the language and the Femi Adebayo deletion. I’ve been working on creating and improving several articles, and I’ll pay more attention to keeping the wording simple and avoiding sentences that are too close to the source. I’ll continue working on this and may reapply for autopatrol after I’ve built up a stronger record of simple-English articles. Aurafish (talk) 19:32, 9 August 2026 (UTC)
This section is resolved and can be archived. If you disagree, replace this template with your comment. - FusionSub (Talk page) (Contributions) 12:57, 1 October 2026 (UTC) Current requests for temporary account IP viewer
Current requests for transwiki importer
- None at this time
Current requests for adminship
- None at this time
Current requests for bureaucratship
- None at this time
Current requests for checkusership
- None at this time
Current requests for oversightership
- None at this time
Current requests for removal of rights
- None at this time