Wikipedia:Requests for adminship

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Requests for adminship (not to be confused with requests for arbitration at WP:RFAr) is a page to nominate yourself or others to become a Wikipedia administrator, also known as "sysop". Admins have access to a few technical features that help with Wikipedia maintenance. Please see the reading list and how-to guide before applying here.

• See the list of administrators for complete current listing.
• See recently created admins for links to recent successful candidacies.
• See adminship candidacies not promoted for links to non-promotions since April 2004.

Boilerplate questions for candidates can be inserted using {{subst:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Candidate questions}}.

Rules

Administrator status is granted to known and trusted members of the community who are familiar with Wikipedia policies. Administrators have no special authority on Wikipedia, but are held to higher standards, because they are perceived by many, particularly new, users as the official face of Wikipedia. Therefore they should take care to be courteous, and exercise good judgment and patience in dealing with other users. Nominees should have been on Wikipedia long enough for people to see whether they have these qualities. Most new administrators have over three months of participation and over 1000 edits, though voters should recognize that number of edits may be greatly inflated by those who make many trivial edits. If you wish to count the number of edits by a nominee, please use kate's tool. You may nominate yourself, but it is advisable to exceed usual expectations before doing so. You may look at the minimum standards for adminship expected by some users at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Standards.

Nominations remain for seven days so the community can vote and comment on the nomination. Bureaucrats may extend this when consensus is unclear (because consensus is subjective, bureaucrats have some discretion, but the threshold on this page is roughly 80 percent support). Nominations which are clearly not going to gain sufficient support may be removed earlier to prevent discussions that generate ill will; however, as most editors don't visit Wikipedia daily, a reasonable amount of time should be allowed. Some people oppose early removal under any circumstances. If your nomination is rejected, please wait a reasonable period of time before applying again (at least one month is generally expected).

To add your vote, edit the section for that candidate. You may add a short comment to your vote, but discussion and responses to other comments belong in the Comments section below every nomination. When voting, please update the vote tally of the nomination that you are voting in. The vote tally format is as follows: (Support/Oppose/Neutral).

Anonymous users cannot be nominated, nominate others, or vote. They are allowed to comment.

To nominate someone (including yourself)

1. Get permission from the person you want to nominate.
2. Copy the following text:

   {{Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/UserName}} ----

3. Edit this page (using the edit button at the top of the page) and paste the text just above the most recent nomination.
4. Replace UserName with the username of the person you are nominating.
5. Save page.
6. Follow the red link to Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/UserName and add the following, again replacing Username:

   ===[[User:UserName|]]=== '''[{{SERVER}}{{localurl:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/UserName|action=edit}} Vote here] (0/0/0) ending 00:00 [[00 Month]] [[0000]] (UTC)''' your reasoning {{subst:Wikipedia:Requests for adminship/Candidate questions}}

7. Replace your reasoning with why you believe this person would be a good administrator. Sign your nomination with ~~~~.
8. Preview your nomination to check it. Replace 00:00 [[00 Month]] [[0000]] with the time and date from your signature but make the date seven days later.
9. Save your edit.

Current nominations

Note: Nominations have to be accepted by the user in question. If you nominate a user, please also leave a message on their talk page and ask them to reply here if they accept the nomination.

Please add new requests at the top of this section immediately below (and update the headers when voting)

Current time is 07:13, 8 October 2024 (UTC)

Self nominations for adminship

Self-nominators, please review the qualifications above. Some editors feel that self-nominees should "exceed the usual guidelines by a good measure", have an account name that is many months old and have many hundreds of edits (in practice anyone with less than 1000 edits has no real chance of passing). This is not to say that self-nominators are necessarily any less qualified than "sponsored" nominations; however, some editors use their knowledge of the nominator as a "jumping off" point for considering nominees. Most voters can be presumed to consider all nominees on their own merits, and there are even a few who look with special favor on self-nominations as expressing a suitable independence. A good solid background is equally important for both kinds of nomination.

BugzPal

Vote here (0/0/0) ending 10:39, 5 May 2005 4 Month 0000 (UTC)

I have edited many pages. I have also created pages which are wanted, stubbed and many more. I know a lot of facts and you all can rely on me. Please vote for me!

Candidate please indicate acceptance of the nomination here

Support

Oppose

Neutral

Comments

Questions for the candidate
A few generic questions to provide guidance for voters:

1. What sysop chores, if any, would you anticipate helping with? (Please read the page about administrators and the administrators' reading list.)

A.

2. Of your articles or contributions to Wikipedia, are there any about which you are particularly pleased, and why?

A.

3. Have you been in any conflicts over editing in the past or do you feel other users have caused you stress? How have you dealt with it and will deal with it in the future?

A.

BugzPal 10:39, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Please add new requests at the top of this section immediately below (and again, please update the headers when voting)

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Requests for bureaucratship

Bureaucrats are administrators with the additional ability to make other people admins or bureaucrats, based on community decisions reached here. The process for bureaucrats is similar to that for adminship above, but is generally by request only. The expectation for bureaucratship is higher than for admin, in terms of numbers of votes, ability to engage voters and candidates, and significant disqualifications.

Bureaucrats are expected to determine consensus in difficult cases and be ready to explain their decisions. Vote sections and boilerplate questions for candidates can be inserted using {{subst:Wikipedia:Requests for bureaucratship/Candidate questions}}. New bureaucrats are recorded at Wikipedia:Recently created bureaucrats.

Please add new requests at the top of this section immediately below (and again, please update the headers when voting)

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Other requests

• Requests for permissions on other Wikimedia projects
• Requests for adminship or bureaucratship on meta
• Requests for self-de-adminship on any project can be made at m:Requests for permissions.
• Requests to mark a user as a bot can be made at m:Requests for permissions following consensus at wikipedia talk:bots that the bot should be allowed to run.
• Requests for comment on possible misuses of sysop rights

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