Commons:Administrators
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This page explains the role of administrators (sometimes called admins or sysops) on Wikimedia Commons. Note that details of the role, and the way in which administrators are appointed, may differ from other sites.
If you want to request administrator help, please post at Administrators' noticeboard.
There are currently 180 administrators on Commons.
What is an administrator?
Administrators as of October 2024 Listing by: Language • Date • Activity [+/−] |
Number of Admins: 180
If 180 is not the last number on this list, there may be an error or there are some users assigned temporarily. |
Technical
Administrators are users with the technical ability on Wikimedia Commons to:
- delete and undelete images and other uploaded files, and to view and restore deleted versions
- delete and undelete pages, and to view and restore deleted revisions
- protect and unprotect pages, and to edit admin-protected pages
- block and unblock users, individual IP addresses and IP address ranges
- edit less-restricted interface messages (see also Commons:Interface administrators)
- rename files
- add and remove user groups
- configure Upload Wizard campaigns
- delete and undelete specific log entries and revisions of pages
- import pages from other wikis
- merge the history of pages
- modify abuse filters
- not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
- override the spoofing checks and title or username blacklist
- send a message to multiple users at once (massmessage)
- use higher limits in API queries
These are collectively known as the admin tools.
Community role
Administrators are experienced and trusted members of the Commons community who have taken on additional maintenance work and have been entrusted with the admin tools by public consensus/vote. Different admins have different areas of interest and expertise, but typical admin tasks include determining and closing deletion requests, deleting copyright violations, undeleting files where necessary, protecting Commons against vandalism, and working on templates and other protected pages. Of course, some of these tasks can be done by non-admins as well.
Administrators are expected to understand the goals of this project, and be prepared to work constructively with others towards those ends. Administrators should also understand and follow Commons' policies, and where appropriate, respect community consensus.
Apart from roles which require use of the admin tools, administrators have no special editorial authority by virtue of their position, and in discussions and public votes their contributions are treated in the same way as any ordinary editor. Some admins may become more influential, not due to their position as such, but from the personal trust they may have gained from the community.
Suggestions for administrators
Please read Commons:Guide to adminship.
Removal of administrator rights
Under the de-admin policy, administrator rights may be revoked due to inactivity or misuse of sysop tools. In a de-admin request, normal standards for determining consensus in an RfA do not apply. Instead, "majority consensus" should be used, whereby any consensus to demote of higher than 50% is sufficient to remove the admin.
Apply to become an administrator
All intending administrators must go through this process and submit themselves to RFA, including all ex-administrators who are seeking to return to their previous role.
First, go to Commons:Administrators/Howto and read the information there. Then come back here and make your request in the section below.
- After clicking the appropriate button and creating the subpage, copy the link to the subpage, e.g. "Commons:Administrators/Requests/Username", edit Commons:Administrators/Requests and paste it in at the top of the section, then put it in double curly brackets (e.g. {{Commons:Administrators/Requests/Username}}) to transclude it. Request a watchlist notice at MediaWiki talk:WatchlistNotice, or edit MediaWiki:WatchlistNotice to put up one if you are an administrator.
- If someone else nominated you, please accept the nomination by stating "I accept" or something similar, and signing below the nomination itself. The subpage will still need to be transcluded by you or your nominator.
Use the box below, replacing Username with your username: |
Voting
Any registered user may vote here although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted. It is preferable you give reasons for both Support and Oppose votes as this will help the closing bureaucrat in their decision. Greater weight is given to an argument, with supporting evidence if needed, than to a simple vote.
Promotion normally requires at least 75% in favour, with a minimum of 8 support votes. Votes from unregistered users are not counted. However, the closing bureaucrat has discretion in judging community consensus, and the decision will not necessarily be based on the raw numbers. Bureaucrats may, at their discretion, extend the period of an RfA if they feel that it will be helpful in better determining community consensus.
Neutral comments are not counted in the vote totals for the purposes of calculating pass/fail percentages. However, such comments are part of the discussion, may persuade others, and contribute to the closing bureaucrat's understanding of community consensus.
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Requests for adminship
When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Administrators/Archive.
- Please read Commons:Administrators before voting here. Any logged in user may vote although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.
Günther Frager (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth) (Activity: Talk Commons DR)
- Scheduled to end: 21:37, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
After some encouraging comments from Yann and The Squirrel Conspiracy, and some reflection of my side I decided to apply for adminship. I roughly started collaborating in Commons 18 months ago after reporting some copyvios that I found while patrolling eswiki. While trying to upload old photos I was confused by URAA and other rules that lead me to the rabbit hole of learning copyright laws. I started more than 1.400 DRs and an uncountable number of SDs. I'm aware of the most important copyright issues like de minimis, freedom of panorama, URAA, etc, but I'm not an expert on specific legislation. I have a good grasp of Argentine law, Spanish law, German law with its weird rules on FoP, French law (WWII extensions, 50 years at URAA-time) and I can dig into US restorations, but I'm mostly clueless on Middle-East, African or Asian specific copyright laws. Thus, I will likely stick to tasks where I have confidence, e.g. closing FoP cases, and avoid controversial ones like scope-related DRs or user problems. The admin flag will also allow me to see deleted files while participating on undeletion requests. Günther Frager (talk) 21:37, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
Votes
- Support Has the right temperament, trustworthy enough for the mop. Abzeronow (talk) 22:25, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Queen of Hearts (talk) 23:21, 24 October 2024 (UTC)
- I don't care about the redlinked userpage and they already have Babel on their talkpage, although perhaps I'm biased seeing as my userpage is a redirect. Queen of Hearts (talk) 18:13, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Krd 07:17, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Gbawden (talk) 08:38, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 08:52, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Neutral It's not like there are any obvious "no go's" here, still, I would like to see own uploads too, not only Flickr imports and similar stuff. And an (upcoming) admin should have a userpage, be it just for placing the "Commons administrators" category. --A.Savin 10:15, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Comment. I supported below, but I agree with you about the User Page and I hope that Günther Frager considers this. Bastique ☎ let's talk! 15:11, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support no concerns. --A1Cafel (talk) 10:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support-- Mohammed Qays 🗣 11:36, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Ooligan (talk) 11:53, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Seems to have good judgment Bastique ☎ let's talk! 15:10, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Thank you for volenteering! All the Best -- Chuck Talk 16:29, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Rzuwig► 17:27, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support They've been doing such great work here, but there should be a user page with a little bit of info about the languages they speak. Waqar💬 17:32, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 07:41, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support ToadetteEdit (talk) 09:12, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support though I agree with the people above and below that it would probably be nice if the candidate creates a userpage. Just putting the Babel info on the user page is fine by me. Jianhui67 T★C 11:06, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support No red flags for me --Ameisenigel (talk) 13:31, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support. —— Eric Liu(Talk) 15:37, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
Comments
- Could you please add the language(s) you speak on your user page using Commons:Babel? Thanks, Yann (talk) 08:55, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Prior to submitting the request I placed that Babel template already on my user talk page Special:Diff/948915253, and I plan to set up an archive bot (but I'm still investigating which approach I will follow). Günther Frager (talk) 12:18, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Please create Babel copy on your user page. It should not be blank. EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:08, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- I completely agree. A red page for an admin is not the best. --Msb (talk) 20:49, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Please create Babel copy on your user page. It should not be blank. EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:08, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Prior to submitting the request I placed that Babel template already on my user talk page Special:Diff/948915253, and I plan to set up an archive bot (but I'm still investigating which approach I will follow). Günther Frager (talk) 12:18, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- I would feel more comfortable voting if there was something personal about you anywhere. Like, any own uploads (even yesterday's breakfast mobile photo), or any quasi-personal information on user page (maybe nationality, or country of residence, maybe your languages, maybe age, even approximate, if you don't feel like being doxxed :)). Other than that, I'd support your Request.--Tupungato (talk) 11:31, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- I would also agree that for an admin, having a userpage can let others to know more about you, but I think information like residence and age is somehow private so I don't think Günther needs to disclose it. --A1Cafel (talk) 04:31, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Although I am inclined to support, the red-linked user-page gives me a headache. May I know why is it so? Regards, Aafi (talk) 13:50, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- yeah, i love good looking userpages. modern_primat ඞඞඞ ----TALK 22:01, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
Ratekreel (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth) (Activity: Talk Commons DR)
- Scheduled to end: 21:33, 1 November 2024 (UTC)
Hello, I'm Ratekreel. I am nominating myself for adminship on Wikimedia Commons. I am an active contributor who regularly tags files for speedy deletion, assists with file moves, and, as a license reviewer, helps review licenses—primarily, though not exclusively, of GODL-India files, which have a significant backlog of ~15,000 files.
In addition to these roles, I am involved in the VRT process and occasionally help by translating commons policies and other things. I have a fair understanding of our policies and guidelines, and I am always open to asking for guidance if I'm unsure or in doubt.
Thank you for your consideration. --Ratekreel (talk) 21:33, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
Votes
- Strong support Ratekreel is almost everywhere on commons, is insanely active at RFR, and has the temperament expected of an admin. Thank you for volunteering, and for making this an easy support! All the Best -- Chuck Talk 21:42, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support Queen of Hearts (talk) 22:04, 25 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 07:39, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
Support All the best. However, I'd really want you to fix your userpage (looks very disturbed in mobile view and makes it less-approachable). Regards, Aafi (talk) 08:36, 26 October 2024 (UTC)- Support ToadetteEdit (talk) 09:13, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support --Yann (talk) 09:19, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Oppose Quasi inactive (around 100 edits) between 2022 and September 2024, now VRT and Com-A at the same time. One month is not enough, please show consistent activity at relevant areas. --Krd 09:26, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Support No concerns --Ameisenigel (talk) 13:34, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
Comments
- Since when are you involved in the VRT process, and how many tickets do you have processed since then? --Krd 05:36, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Krd, I was recently granted the VRT flag (on 20 October) and I've handled a few tickets (I've been busy in college for the past three days). I don't know the exact number and I am unable to find any way to get the exact number. Two tickets have been answered which are awaiting response by orginal email sender. --Ratekreel (talk) 06:54, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- I follow-up Krd, you have been recently granted the VRT-permissions flag, and I would not consider this an active involvement there. However, what are other possible admin areas where you are willing to contribute and why? Regards, Aafi (talk) 05:42, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Aafi while I am still getting started with VRT, there are several other areas I’m interested in contributing as an admin. I would start with patrolling speedy deletion requests and then I would focus on regular deletion requests. As someone who regularly tags files for deletion, I understand the challenges around these processes and believe I could help ensure a more efficient workflow. Ratekreel (talk) 07:31, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- please create https://xtools.wmcloud.org/ec/commons.wikimedia.org/Ratekreel#Month%20counts page for this to more understand you activity history. modern_primat ඞඞඞ ----TALK 15:34, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
- Hi Aafi while I am still getting started with VRT, there are several other areas I’m interested in contributing as an admin. I would start with patrolling speedy deletion requests and then I would focus on regular deletion requests. As someone who regularly tags files for deletion, I understand the challenges around these processes and believe I could help ensure a more efficient workflow. Ratekreel (talk) 07:31, 26 October 2024 (UTC)
Requests for bureaucratship
When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Bureaucrats/Archive.
- Please read Commons:Bureaucrats before posting or voting here. Any logged in user may vote although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.
No current requests.
Requests for CheckUser rights
When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Checkusers/Archive.
- Please read Commons:Checkusers before posting or voting here. Any logged in user may vote although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.
No current requests.
Requests for Oversight rights
When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Oversighters/Archive.
- Please read Commons:Oversighters before voting here. Any logged in user may vote, although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.
No current requests.