Wikibooks:Requests for permissions

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. Please do not nominate other users unless they have already agreed to be nominated.

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.

Requests for permissions

Cremastra (AWB)

Cremastra (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (AWB)

I'm requesting to have AWB access on this wiki, so that I can run w:WP:JWB to fix (or try to fix) some citation errors, and probably some typos as well. I have used JWB on English Wikipedia; you can see the edits I've done there at w:Special:Contribs/Cremastra (JWB). I know Leaderboard said above that Wikibooks tends to be lax on this, but since I'm quite new to the project I thought it best to ask. Thank-you, Cremastra (discuss • contribs) 21:30, 26 June 2024 (UTC)

@MarcGarver @Leaderboard I'm a bit unfamiliar with this—is this a specific right that needs to be granted? Or does the username just need to be added to Wikibooks:AutoWikiBrowser/CheckPageJSON? —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 02:05, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Hi @Kittycataclysm: you can just add it to the above page. In fact: we're lax here, so @Cremastra: can directly add it himself, as unlike en.wiki, that page is not sysop-protected. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 05:35, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

Which I've done, if that's all right. Cheers, Cremastra (discuss • contribs) 12:59, 27 June 2024 (UTC)

For future reference, the major problem with all automation is the flaggedrevisions. If the person using the tool does not have the reviewer right, every minor edit they make will create a new version that needs reviewing manually by someone else. I recommend checking anyone requesting AWB is a Reviewer first. Which means, in this case, @Cremastra: needs to request autoreview on the alternative account, or use their main account. Using the separate account, which is what you seem to be intending to do, is going to create the problem I mentioned MarcGarver (discuss • contribs) 07:21, 28 June 2024 (UTC)

Autoreview for Cremastra (JWB)

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Kwamikagami (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (autoreview)

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Xeverything11 (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (Uploader)

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JJPMaster (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (pseudo-bot)

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JJPMaster (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (importer)

I have had to request the importation of many templates and Lua modules from the English Wikipedia using my script primarily for my work at WikiProject Little Star, and none of my requests have been declined, so I'd like to request this permission such that I can perform these importations myself. Additionally, I have noticed that RFI is chronically backlogged, and I would like to help with that. I am aware of how the importation tool works, and have read all of the appropriate information pages. Courtesy ping: @Kittycataclysm (main RFI handler right now). JJP_Master (she/they) 01:29, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

@JJPMaster Are you aware of this bug? Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 02:56, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

@Leaderboard: Yes, I am. However, I don't think it'll be that problematic, since I do not plan on attempting imports requiring history merges, so, unless I'm missing something, I assume I could just move the page to the Template or Module namespace without leaving a redirect. Any more complicated imports would be left to sysops. JJP_Master (she/they) 02:59, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

@JJPMaster That works indeed. I'll wait for Kittycataclysm to comment given that you pinged them. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 03:03, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm fine with this! Thank you @JJPMaster for putting this work in—we have been lagging in terms of our technical capacity, and your effort is appreciated. Cheers —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 04:10, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

@Kittycataclysm: You're welcome, and your work is definitely appreciated as well. JJP_Master (she/they) 04:13, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Any other concerns? Courtesy ping: Leaderboard P.S. thank you for importing that template, it's very good. JJP_Master (she/they) 05:20, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Done --SHB2000 (discuss • contribs) 08:26, 18 December 2024 (UTC)

Xeverything11 (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfps · rights [change]) (Temporary administrator and interface administrator)

I would like to gain adminship and interface adminship temporarily for around 3 months, but this can be extended on request. I need both user rights to optimise protected templates and messages as well as site CSS for dark mode as well as mobile devices. I had to request edit requests to templates and system messages. I have great experience in CSS. Additionally, I also need the admin rights to block vandals, spammers and LTAs and delete test and spam pages, as I am a vandal fighter here and in other wikis.

Thanks. Xeverything11 (discuss • contribs) 20:11, 20 December 2024 (UTC)

Opening the discussion here with some comments:

• Overall: I can see that you definitely want to improve Wikibooks, and you're a solid contributor, which is awesome! I have some concerns and questions as outlined below, but I don't want to gatekeep excessively, especially on a small project.
• Temporary administrator: Having administrator rights is a lot of responsibility. Per policy, the basic requirement is to be a well-known and trusted member of the community who is familiar with all other applicable policies. One of the big things I would want in an admin is good communication skills, and I think my main hesitation with you and full administrator rights is some continued challenges I see with communication and discussion. For example, I still regularly have a hard time engaging in discussion with you on your talk page, as I have in the past. I might be open to granting temp adminship as a trial but only for specific tasks (per temp admin policy) such as editing protected templates as described. Would love to hear others' thoughts in this respect.
• Interface administrator: I'm very hesitant to grant this right casually since interface administrators have a lot of control over the project. My immediate instinct is that I wouldn't want to grant interface administrator rights to someone unless they have been a trusted administrator for a while. Pinging @Leaderboard and @JackPotte as our current interface admins.
• Questions:
  • What protected templates etc. are you trying to optimize? I think laying out a list (maybe not here due to potential clutter issues) would be helpful so we can get a better idea of the scope of what you're trying to do.

Cheers! —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 15:46, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

@Xeverything11 I'd particularly like you to comment on the communication challenges. You were blocked on the Simple English Wikipedia for concerns that could apply here as well. It appears to me that you've improved since then, but this is still an important aspect irrespective of what we give you temporary adminship for. Regarding interface admin, if they can be trusted for adminship, they should be able to go for interface-admin too - after all, they used to be part of admin. My only concern is not that they have power, but that one mistake can screw up the entire project, and hence I was looking for some evidence of requesting assistance on WB:AA. On that basis there is some, but not that much. I also agree with Kittycataclysm that we need some idea on what protected templates you want to work on. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 16:40, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

Weak oppose Although you are requesting temporary adminship, it appears that you aren't proposing any limits on your adminship (e.g. can only use features X, Y, Z). This is contrary to our policy on temporary administrators. I would be more likely to support if you struck the part about blocking LTAs, and specifically stated the limits outside of which you could not use administrative powers. I do also agree with the above concerns about accountability. JJP_Master (she/they) 17:17, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

@JJPMaster, @Kittycataclysm and @Leaderboard: Thank you for your feedback! Per feedback, I will strike out the parts about interface adminship and blocking. Xeverything11 (discuss • contribs) 18:03, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

I am stating that I will only use adminship rights for optimising protected templates and related pages for dark mode. Xeverything11 (discuss • contribs) 18:11, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

List of templates I plan to optimise for dark mode:

• Template:User
• Template:Admin
• Template:Userlinks
• Template:Anonlinks
• Template:Unblock
• Template:Unblock reviewed
• Template:Unblock-auto
• Template:Checkuserblock
• Template:User committed identity
• Template:Talkback

and numerous others. Thanks! Xeverything11 (discuss • contribs) 19:45, 21 December 2024 (UTC)

@Xeverything11 I am still looking for an answer regarding the communication challenges mentioned earlier. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 01:21, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

JJPMaster (bot) (discuss · contribs · count · logs · block log · rfp · rights [change]) (bot)

This bot updates User:JJPMaster (bot)/markAdmins-Data.json such that the markAdmins gadget always uses up-to-date information. I am requesting the bot flag to avoid throttling that I noticed shortly after setting up the bot. JJP_Master (she/they) 01:33, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

No issues with this one. Leaderboard (discuss • contribs) 12:16, 22 December 2024 (UTC)

I'm fine with this! —Kittycataclysm (discuss • contribs) 13:51, 22 December 2024 (UTC)