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All rights available on Wikibooks are handled here, including autoreview, reviewer, importer, uploader, administrator (and interface administrator), bureaucrat, CheckUser, pseudo-bot, and bot flags. A nomination must demonstrate how the project will benefit from granting the rights.

Nominations
To nominate a user (including yourself), add their username to the appropriate section below. Please explain why you feel the nominated user would be a good choice. All registered Wikibookians may comment, and provide arguments in support or opposition. For the bot flag, technical information about the bot may be requested. See the specific requirements for each type of access on their respective pages.
Outcome
Consensus does not need to be demonstrated —though discussion is welcome— in granting autoreview, reviewer, importer, and uploader flags. Administrators may use their best judgement in granting those. Interface admin was historically part of the administrator tool set and is granted on request to administrators. All other tools require community consensus and can only be granted by bureaucrats. Access to CheckUser is governed by CheckUser policy. After about one week, if there is consensus to grant access, then a bureaucrat will make it so and record the fact here. If not, a bureaucrat may refuse to grant the rights and the request will remain until a consensus is reached. The importupload permission requires a 5-day discussion before the right can be granted.

Removal of permissions[edit source]

Requests for permissions[edit source]

Leaderboard (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (CheckUser)[edit source]

Disclosure note: I had previously applied for this right in December 2018, and was unsuccessful then. The nomination then can be seen at my RfP history

Hi, I'm applying for CheckUser on this site. The rationale is that I'm finding cases where there's a need to check users' accounts for various reasons:

  • there are multiple cases where different users post identical spam, which is an ideal use case for CU (especially if there are sleepers or the sockpuppetry is subtle, both of which have happened here recently)
  • we had an unfortunate case of an admin (in good faith) duck-blocking a user which ended up being incorrect, and a CU was needed for that user to be unblocked.
  • Xania is inactive (not to the extent of invoking the inactivity policy however), which leaves QuiteUnusual as the only CU in practice (who has been responsive fortunately)

Now, given that Wikibooks' global rights policy is unique is that it's the only one in Wikimedia (as far as I am aware) that explicitly allows stewards to perform non-emergency checks on this wiki, it would be reasonable to say that I should not have CU on that basis because given that if QU becomes inactive, the stewards can easily take over unlike other projects. If the community would rather have that, I'm OK with it. However, I still think that my having CheckUser will be an asset to this project, which is why I've applied for it again.

I have the technical background for CheckUser as someone who holds equivalent access on a non-WMF wiki (and the same can be said from a privacy point of view). Please do let me know if there are any issues. Thanks in advance. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 21:31, 16 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support[edit source]

  1. Support. Frequent editors may notice that I don't usually comment on permission requests - that's because I have to action many of them and therefore remain neutral during the discussion. In this case, as I won't have any part in assessing or actioning the request, I am more than happy to be able to support Leaderboard's request. While Stewards can act here, for as many cases as possible it is better to have local community members acting who are accountable for their actions to the community. Leaderboard has shown they can be trusted and while I can't judge their technical skills, to be honest the skills required for CU are not as great as it is often suggested. I will specifically refer to the 2018 request. That hit a number of concerns but seemed to be focused on age and / or maturity. With the passage of more than two years, and a track record here since then, I feel these can be put aside for good. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 10:52, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Comment: having read through the prior request, an oppose that stood out to me that wasn't based on age/maturity was from TonyBallioni, who wrote "my interactions on Leaderboard on other projects makes me feel that they would not be an asset to the global CheckUser team at this time. I do not trust them to handle the CheckUser tool effectively and within policy constraints" - @TonyBallioni: do you still feel the same way? Given how sensitive this permission is, if an existing holder (albeit not on this wiki) still feels this way I would be hesitant to support. --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 22:12, 26 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support. JackPotte (discuss • contribs) 18:07, 17 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support The need is evident. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 20:09, 17 May 2021 (UTC)
    Comment I'd would really want to support this but m:Checkuser policy states "(at least 70%–80% in pro/con voting or the highest number of votes in multiple choice elections) in the local community, and with at least 25–30 editors' approval". --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 03:35, 22 May 2021 (UTC) I'm not sure I understand why that means you can't support. We're well aware of the policy and this request can stay open as long as necessary to gain the required support. There's no time limit in the policy QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 15:33, 22 May 2021 (UTC) - # Support as per the reply of QuiteUnusual. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 03:24, 25 May 2021 (UTC) See below. Minorax (discuss • contribs) 09:37, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support.--Jusjih (discuss • contribs) 04:59, 26 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support. I endorse QuiteUnusual's comments. 𝟙𝟤𝟯𝟺𝐪𝑤𝒆𝓇𝟷𝟮𝟥𝟜𝓺𝔴𝕖𝖗𝟰 (𝗍𝗮𝘭𝙠) 22:13, 2 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support per QuiteUnusual. EpicPupper (discuss • contribs) 04:00, 4 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support - Trusted. Not just here, but across all WMF projects. Also Leaderboard, could you create a local userpage? While I appreciate the reasons behind it (will not disclose, as this is just what I think) it explains all what you do locally here. After all, I even have a local userpage on the French Wikivoyage, having about only 500 edits there. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 12:52, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support - I very much trust Leaderboard for this - Already goes above and beyond with improving Wikibooks. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 22:07, 8 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support per QuiteUnusual. Seemplez (discuss • contribs) 11:55, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support as per Quite Unusual. Ardenter (discuss • contribs) 23:05, 10 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support per QuiteUnusual. Samuel.dellit (discuss • contribs) 03:44, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support and invite a local userpage :) Sj (discuss • contribs) 02:39, 12 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  13. Support I've looked and tried to find a reason to vote against this but I can't see any reason not to support this RFP. Good luck. --ЗAНИA Flag of the Isle of Mann.svgtalk 05:21, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  14. Support. —Hasley (discuss • contribs) 17:22, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

# Support - I don't see a reason not to vote against this. I think you'll do a great job. :) IAmNotAPersonOk? (discuss • contribs) 02:07, 21 June 2021 (UTC) Vote struck, not a contributor to any Wikimedia wiki, likely socking. --Martin Urbanec (discuss • contribs) 17:52, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

As a note, this editor has 3 local edits and 5 globally. --Rschen7754 00:11, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
I removed the vote --Martin Urbanec (discuss • contribs) 17:52, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Martin, I don't think you can do that, I've seen IPs and newbies vote before (I believe Leaderboard has as well). Per the duck test, this looks quite unlikely to be a Leaderboard sock since Leaderboard has refused to create a local userpage despite many attempts in convincing them.
This user may have just come when there was a banner at the top saying "Leaderboard has nominated themselves........" Or at least, that's how I found out. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 06:24, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Because this is a steward-granted permission, stewards have the right to enforce minimum voting requirements and discount the votes of newer users. --Rschen7754 19:42, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
That makes much more sense to me on why. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 23:47, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Support --Jules (Mrjulesd) 11:29, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Support -- Leaderboard has my support for use of the Checkuser tools Dsalerno (discuss • contribs) 14:36, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    9 edits on Wikibooks SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 10:36, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Support -- BishtSarthak (discuss • contribs) 08:02, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    This editor has 18 edits globally. --Rschen7754 00:15, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    But there's nothing prevent newbies from voting here, are there? Maybe Leaderboard can confirm SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 06:20, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  5. Support -- per QuiteUnusual 2005-Fan (discuss • contribs) 12:41, 14 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  6. Support -- per the comments of my fellow steward QuiteUnusual. I think it’s important to have local checkusers where there is a significant community and ENWB is certainly significant. There is an ever rising tide of spammers and vandals, and they are moving slowly but surely to smaller wikis when they have been tackled on places like ENWP or Commons. There is also a technical difference between a CU carried out locally and a CU carried out at loginwiki (where the stewards have secret online rave parties and claim expenses from the WMF for our tax-exempt second homes 😁). Sometimes the CU at loginwiki will not show data for an account which has clearly been editing on a wiki but a local CU would show the data. Plus it is better to have more CU's than the minimum because there may be times when one of them needs a break from the wiki. We have a volunteer in Leaderboard and I’m willing to give them a chance to help tackle those cases more effectively. ——Green Giant (discuss • contribs) 00:26, 16 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  7. Support - Leaderboard is one of the active users in Wikibooks and have my full support for CheckUser . Voted by Encik Tekateki (discuss • contribs) 14:24, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  8. Support -- per QuiteUnusual AshLin (discuss • contribs) 04:58, 19 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  9. Support Trustworthy user Rubbish computer (discuss • contribs) 22:41, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  10. Support —Eihel (discuss • contribs) 02:17, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  11. Support I can trust Leaderboard not to abuse the CU permission. JavaHurricane (discuss • contribs) 13:28, 2 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  12. Support
    acagastya  💭 14:40, 3 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose[edit source]

  1. Oppose. This RfCU has come to my attention and, after checking, I don't think there is a need for more checkusers here. The amount of checks is not high to justify that. Additionally, I don't think Leaderboard is a good choice if the community decides there is a need. Checkuser isn't all about the tool. The tool helps, yes, but more frequently than not it will not decide a case. You'll need to analyze behavior, and Leaderboard has shown multiple times on requests for permissions in other wikis (such as Meta) that they can't properly analyze people, and sometimes lack civility due to that. —Thanks for the fish! talk•contribs 16:23, 21 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Indeed. I'm not opposing because I'm not really active here, and I mean no offense to QU but I'm not really sure that en.wikibooks needs CUs, especially if it takes this long to get 25 votes. I also share the civility concerns. --Rschen7754 01:41, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    Needs? No because it could rely on the Stewards. But we do have a fair number of LTAs and it is much easier for an experienced local CU to pick them out than a Steward. I share your concern re. the time taken. Usually we managed to get the necessary votes in a couple of weeks. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 07:49, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  2. Oppose for the reasons explained by Tks4Fish here and TonyBallioni in the prior request --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 04:31, 22 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  3. Oppose per Tks4Fish. Didn't really read up on the civility portion before voting. Sorry. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 09:37, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  4. Oppose for civilty reasons as stated above. 1997kB (discuss • contribs) 16:30, 24 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Comments[edit source]

  1. Please create your local user page so I can send you a support vote. You can just copy the code by the metewiki user page then paste to your local user page. I just created my local user page here as well.--Q28 (discuss • contribs) 16:37, 4 July 2021 (UTC)Moved from "support" section, as it doesn't sound like a support vote, but as a comment. --Martin Urbanec (discuss • contribs) 21:26, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    • @Q28: I'm not sure why that's needed - after all, global user pages is the same as "You can just copy the code by the metewiki user page then paste to your local user page". Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 16:53, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      @Leaderboard: If you really don't want to do it, there's nothing I can do. but please take a look at my application below.--Q28 (discuss • contribs) 06:16, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      @Leaderboard: Reping.--Q28 (discuss • contribs) 06:22, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      Why does he need to create a local user page? It's nice but not a prerequisite. --ЗAНИA Flag of the Isle of Mann.svgtalk 15:14, 13 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
      Because having a local userpage is specifically designed for that wiki. I'm quite firm on userpages, since in my opinion, they are quite vital SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 09:47, 28 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Minorax (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (Pseudobot)[edit source]

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Granted, and removed, as requested. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 08:19, 11 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi again. I'd like to request for flood to tag hundreds of pages (subpages of Pinyin) for deletion using AWB. @QuiteUnusual: as the only one who can give me the right temporarily. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 03:32, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

~700 pages to be tagged. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 03:58, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done. Please ping me to remove it when done. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 15:35, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@QuiteUnusual: Done. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 16:14, 22 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Alexlatham96 (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (Importer)[edit source]

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Not done. The rights are not required for the work you want to do. Anyone can move pages between namespaces. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 07:42, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to take over the Character Encodings Wikibook and finish what has not been done. I already told the user who started the import process on Wikipedia for this Wikibook (see [[1]]).Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 21:55, 23 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Aren't all the pages already imported here? I believe the outstanding work is to edit them here and integrate them into a book. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 11:08, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Then I'm asking to do the tasks required. The first step is install the Transwiki:Is empty and Transwiki:Yesno-no templates to template space on Wikibooks. The rest of the work to do is listed at Character Encodings/To do.Alexlatham96 (discuss • contribs) 23:37, 24 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]
You don't need the +importer right to do these tasks. Closing request. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 07:42, 25 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2005-Fan (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (administrator)[edit source]

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Done for three months. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 13:10, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello, so on @Leaderboard:'s talk page, he suggested that I apply for temporary adminship since I've been involved in restoring many of the old, previously deleted video game-related guides. He predicts that I will ask for more, which he's correct about, as Halo 2 and Super Smash Brothers 64: Strategy Guide are guides that have not been restored yet, and I want to have a go at restoring them if this request passes so that I have more independence in restoring some of the older video game guides. Thank you! 2005-Fan (discuss • contribs) 20:03, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support for a temporary period (say 3 months). I know we normally don't do temp admin at Wikibooks, but in this case the user has been legitimately submitting undelete requests as part of the strategy guide policy, as you can see at WB:RFU. OK with this request as long as it is temporary. A delete-only role (such as eliminator which some projects have) would be ideal, but we don't have that here, and hence admin would be the next best choice. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 20:13, 16 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. People voting need to understand that there is no technical way to limit the rights and therefore access will be granted to all of them - e.g., to block users. When assessing the request you need to both consider whether it is appropriate for the purpose requested (deleting) but also whether you trust the requestor to hold, but not use, the other rights. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 08:22, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@QuiteUnusual: Is there a way to attach a condition to their adminship? Similar to limited adminship on meta, I was thinking of something like "if the user uses the rights for anything other than undeleting without justification, they risk being desysoped". Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 08:53, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Leaderboard: There isn't a specific policy on this. We could amend the policy, but it's probably fine to just document here if the request is granted and then it can be used to ask a Steward to remove the rights if abused. E.g., the closing of the request could say "any other admin may request a Steward to remove the rights immediately if they believe they are being misused". QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 16:32, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@QuiteUnusual: I think there's enough support for this one - could you action it? Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 12:13, 28 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Leaderboard. I'm not sure if this helps since this is English Wikibooks, but 2005-Fan appears to have a solid track record on English Wikipedia. Also they've been working hard on restoring strategy guides here, and this measure would turn what is now a two person job into a one person job, saving contributor time and effort. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 20:38, 17 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support - per Leaderboard. Also User:2005-fan can you please create a userpage? SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 23:01, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Done, why did you need me to make it 2005-Fan (discuss • contribs) 16:35, 22 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@2005-fan: - I think it's just me who's quite into userpages, but having a local userpage tells who you are, and what sort of things you do here. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 07:23, 27 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment I've created a possible addition to policy at Wikibooks:Administrators/Temporary administrators to allow for this, which I will try to have ratified. I really feel that temporary adminship should be given the support of policy before this is granted; but with a policy change I see no problem with this happening. --Jules (Mrjulesd) 11:22, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Please see proposal at Wikibooks:Reading room/Proposals#Wikibooks:Administrators/Temporary administrators. --Jules (Mrjulesd) 11:46, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Support Per Leaderboard.--Jusjih (discuss • contribs) 23:39, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

2005-Fan (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (uploader)[edit source]

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Done by Leaderboard. --Jules (Mrjulesd) 11:25, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Excuse the duplicate permission request, but I'm requesting uploader permissions because there are several broken image links on the wiki game guides needing to be fixed. I think @Leaderboard: said it's ok to upload under fair use (recommended: under 800x400px?) 2005-Fan (discuss • contribs) 11:46, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done as there's a valid need. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 11:48, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! 2005-Fan (discuss • contribs) 11:49, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SHB2000 (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (autoreviewer)[edit source]

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Done by Leaderboard, but now promoted to reviewer. --Jules (Mrjulesd) 11:27, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've been a long term editor on Wikivoyage and Wikipedia, and I'm not sure why my edits need to be reviewed here - with most of them removing duplicate words. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 12:09, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@SHB2000: We generally prefer reviewing edits till they get automatically promoted to reviewer, and normally give autoreview only when there is a good reason otherwise (examples include high-volume editing or similar that would cause unnecessary work for reviewers). I'm not seeing that in your case unless I am missing something. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 12:25, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's mainly the fact that when I'm removing a duplicate word, someone needs to review each and every one of my edits. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 12:29, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Fine. Done for one month; hopefully you become a reviewer by then. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 12:47, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks! SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 12:48, 18 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

SHB2000 (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (reviewer)[edit source]

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Done --Jules (Mrjulesd) 11:24, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

For some reason, I fulfil all the criteria, but autopromotion is failing to occur. So thus, Wikibooks:Reviewers tells me to come here. Thanks, SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 13:29, 20 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Done , it appears that some reason the software has chosen not to promote you, as you seem to fulfill the automatic criteria. I'm hoping that this is not a re-occurrence of the earlier problems we had. --Jules (Mrjulesd) 11:12, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks :) SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 11:17, 21 June 2021 (UTC)[reply]

q28 (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (autoreviewer)[edit source]

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Not done . Good-faith request, but it does not seem that autoreview can even help here since it mainly applies to pages that have already been reviewed, which is not the case with a new page. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 09:00, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I've been a long term editor on Chinese and English Wikipedia, and I'm not sure why my edits need to be reviewed here. I'm going to create about 30 pages similar to Unicode/Character reference/3F000-3FFFF, if I don't have this permission, then there is a large backlog in the check queue. So give me a week autoviewer, please.--Q28 (discuss • contribs) 10:09, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Q28: We generally prefer reviewing edits till they get automatically promoted to reviewer, and normally give autoreview only when there is a good reason otherwise (examples include high-volume editing or similar that would cause unnecessary work for reviewers). I'm not seeing that in your case unless I am missing something. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 10:49, 3 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Leaderboard: I'm trying to make all the links on Unicode/Character reference blue. These uncreated pages are unassigned area, and the community (accepts?) this kind of behavior because it is also considered a kind of information. The format of the pages that will be created is all identical, in order to reduce the burden of auditors, so I will apply for this authority.--Q28 (discuss • contribs) 16:15, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Comment ：As for why an unassigned area is important infomation in unicode, see vfd Wikibooks:Requests for deletion/Unicode.--Q28 (discuss • contribs) 16:28, 4 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Q28: There is nothing wrong with what you are doing, but that I am not sure that requires autoreview. Personally I think you can just create the pages - 30 is not that much. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 08:19, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Autoreview is not required for this. It is granted to prevent Reviewers having to manually review small changes to existing pages, not to allow brand new pages to bypass the review process. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 13:27, 5 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • That is, even if I have this permission, these edits of mine need to be reviewed, right? Even if it increases the pressure on the auditors. --Q28 (discuss • contribs) 07:10, 6 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Q28: if you're asking this since I got autoreviewer permission. That's because I was just removing duplicate words, and it would be tedious work for a reviewer to review like 60 pages. But I got reviewer rights the next day though. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 05:49, 8 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
    @Q28: and yes, it will still have to be reviewed. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 04:21, 9 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Minorax (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (administrator)[edit source]

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Done as there's sufficient support. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 14:54, 12 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hello all, I'd like to request for +sysop rights to help out with day to day tasks here. I've been editing this wiki for quite some time, any I've been doing my best in fixing lint errors, format cleanup of some pages. Well I do understand that I already have access to admin tools as I'm a global-sysop, there are some stuff that I refrain from doing (as there are many active admins here), such as localised cleanup of content, deleting out of scope pages, etc. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 12:42, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

@Minorax: The Wikibooks' global rights policy is explicit in that global sysops are allowed to use any of the rights in their toolkit, and we are quite open to it unlike some other wikis. You can definitely delete out of scope pages here like any local admin (even if there are "local" admins), and I would personally prefer that you continue using your global sysop rights instead of requesting adminship here since you gain very little from a technical standpoint. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 13:02, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@Leaderboard: Ok then, consider this withdrawn. Thought that it was a normal policy where GS are allowed to only do non-controversial tasks from a global POV. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 13:25, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Wikibooks is a bit different; this has been reiterated by @QuiteUnusual: amongst others (correct me if I'm wrong). Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 13:35, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
AFAIK, the global sysop toolkit was created to help stewards combat x-wiki spam/large scale vandalism and not have jurisdiction over local content. As a global sysop myself, I would not want to poke my head into a wiki where there is an active community or when it isn't an emergency. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 13:56, 17 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Ad, Seems like there's something within the toolkit that I need, which is the flood flag. --Minorax (discuss • contribs) 03:15, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support only because Global sysops can't change user rights. SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 05:53, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support —Eihel (discuss • contribs) 02:13, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I know it's withdrawn, but Minorax does good work. If it helps them out, I'm for it. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 05:55, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Being a global sysop should not be held against a candidate, its better to be a local sysop too if they are a member of the community and are active enough. User can be trusted, valid use case, LGTM --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 13:45, 27 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support. —Hasley (discuss • contribs) 01:04, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support I don't see any issues with this. —Atcovi (Talk - Contribs) 15:24, 5 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Oppose weakly. Why were so many edits removing considerable contents on 31 July 2021 marked minor?--Jusjih (discuss • contribs) 04:50, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support already a GS, trusted and will not abuse tools. LGTM. JavaHurricane (discuss • contribs) 09:28, 6 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Permission to use AutoWikiBrowser[edit source]

Hi, can I use AWB on this wiki to fix typos? I used to do this before permission separate to enwiki was required here. I'm familiar with using AWB on enwiki and other websites. Rubbish computer (discuss • contribs) 18:58, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Support I haven't been around that long, but Rubbish computer has a proven track record of improving Wikibooks since 2015 according to their user contributions page, and they used the tool without apparent incident before. Seems like a good idea to me. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 19:59, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]
Actually we don't have a formal requirement to request permission, but we do prefer people to be Reviewers so that their edits are autoreviewed. As you are a Reviewer, I'm fine with your request. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 21:28, 29 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Hi QuiteUnusual, if I add my name to Wikibooks:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON, would that enable me to use it? And if so is it ok if I do so? Cheers, Rubbish computer Ping me or leave a message on my talk page 12:14, 31 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

yes that's fine. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 13:57, 31 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

AshLin (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (reviewer)[edit source]

Hi, as per the criteria given in Wikibooks:Reviewers, I should have qualified for Reviewer status automatically. Is there anything else that I need to do? AshLin (discuss • contribs) 13:11, 24 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you, its automatically happened today. AshLin (discuss • contribs) 10:40, 28 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Mathmogeek (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (reviewer)[edit source]

I now am sure I qualify for auto-reviewer. Please let me know if there is anything else to do though. --Mathmogeek (discuss • contribs) 08:47, 4 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

The bot(?) that does this acts in a delayed fashion, that's what happened to me. I recommend that you continue editing. It should happen eventually. AshLin (discuss • contribs) 04:28, 6 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
The bot still hasn't done this, and it's been almost two weeks now. Not sure what is causing the delay at this point. Mathmogeek (discuss • contribs) 11:32, 16 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
@AshLin and Mathmogeek It's not done by a bot, but it's rather automatic. This happened to me as well, and apparently it stopped doing this between 2019-202 SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 05:55, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]
It's not a bot, it's a function of the MediaWiki software and it isn't reliable. I've manually added +reviewer QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 08:31, 17 September 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Gffsgeys (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (administrator)[edit source]

Ambox warning yellow.svg The following discussion has concluded. Please open a new discussion for any further comments.
no support at all after 6 days - closing as not done. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 15:28, 8 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I want to be deleting pages and that is why I want to become an administrator. I want to delete blank pages and delete offensive pages. You can mail me any time with my mail page. (Gffsgeys discuss • contribs 14:57, 2 October 2021 UTC Gffsgeys discuss • contribs 14:57, 2 October 2021 UTC Gffsgeys discuss • contribs 14:57, 2 October 2021 UTC Gffsgeys discuss • contribs 14:57, 2 October 2021 UTC)

Comment Have you tried using Wikibooks:Requests for deletion? It's not the fastest process, but it's pretty easy. --Mbrickn (discuss • contribs) 20:25, 2 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment In my opinion you've got a lot to learn about editing Wikibooks before you should be trusted to have admin rights. I have had to make numerous fixes to your work and you continue to do things like creating pages in the wrong name space, adding instructions to other editors telling them not to edit "your" pages, creating categories out of line with WB norms, etc. QuiteUnusual (discuss • contribs) 07:53, 4 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]
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