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Full name Oversight policy Requests Appointments process Policy differences Removal
All other wikis Oversight policy stewards(_AT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org Stewards/elections
English Wikipedia Local page oversight-en-wp(_AT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org ArbCom
Must be admin or arbitrator
Removal of vandalism (defunct) By ArbCom
English Wikinews Local page Email users RFP - 70% No attack names provision RFP only
German Wikipedia Local page oversight-wp-de(_AT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org
#wikipedia-de-osconnect
RFA - 25 supports, 80%
Reconfirmed every 2 years
Cannot be B, CU or ArbCom
Must log actions Temporary/permanent process (?)
Finnish Wikipedia Local page oversight-request-fiwiki-l(_AT_)lists(_DOT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org RFA - 25 supports, 80%
Must be an admin
Same With adminship (1 year of inactivity)
French Wikipedia Local page privacy-wp-fr(_AT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org Comité de nomination (similar to an Arbcom) - every year
Must be an admin
Same by the Comité de nomination
Indonesian Wikipedia Local page Email users RFA - 25 supports, 70%
Must be an admin
No attack names provision RfP
Japanese Wikipedia Local page oversight-ja-wp(_AT_)wikipedia(_DOT_)org RFA - 75%, 30 people
Or in an emergency
Removal of vandalism (defunct) With adminship (including 3 months inactivity)
Persian Wikipedia Local page Email users RFA Same ?
Polish Wikipedia Local page rewizor.pl(_AT_)gmail(_DOT_)com RFA - 25 supports, 85% Same ArbCom
Portuguese Wikipedia Local page oversight-wp-pt(_AT_)lists(_DOT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org RFA - 25 supports, 75%
Must be an admin, annual reconfirm
Same Confirmations, with adminship
Russian Wikipedia Local page Email users ArbCom
Must be admins
Personal/libel info ArbCom
Simple English Wikipedia Local page oversight-wp-simple(_AT_)lists(_DOT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org RFA
Must be an admin
Same With adminship (100 edits in calendar year)
Swedish Wikipedia Local page Email users RFA - 25 supports, 90%
annual reconfirm, cannot be a crat or CU
Same Confirmations
Spanish Wikipedia Local page oversight-es(_AT_)lists(_DOT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org RFP - 30 supports, 80% Same Deadminship processes apply for all additional rights
Turkish Wikipedia Local page gozetmen(_AT_)lists(_DOT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org RFA Removal of vandalism (defunct) Voting?
Chinese Wikipedia Local page oversight-zh-wp(_AT_)wikipedia(_DOT_)org RFA - 25 supports, 80%[1]
Must be an admin for at least 3 months
Removal of vandalism (defunct) With adminship or self-request
Commons Local page oversight-commons(_AT_)lists(_DOT_)wikimedia(_DOT_)org RFA - 25 supports, 80%
Must be an admin
Same With adminship, or 50% for removal
Meta Local page oversight-meta@wikimedia.org RFA - 25 supports, 80%
Must be an admin
Same With adminship, or vote
Wikidata Local page oversight@wikidata.org RfP - 25 supports, 80%
Must be an admin
Same With adminship, or 33% for removal
Bengali Wikipedia Local page RfP - 25 supports, 80%
Must be an admin
Same self-request or community consensus

Wikis with no local oversighters

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Full name Oversight policy Requests Appointments process Policy differences Removal
Norwegian (Bokmål) Wikipedia Local page Email users Elections - 4 OS maximum
75%, 25 people
2 year term
Must be admin 1 month
Same Reconfirmations or RfP
  1. Voters must be autoconfirmed users with at least 100 edits before 1 month before the vote start, and at least 1 edit in 3 months before the vote start; or with at least 3000 edits; or with at least 1500 mainspace edits.