Wikimedia:Access

This page describes how users can request rights and what the procedure will be when a request is handled.

Technical roles

The Wikimedia Belgium wiki uses some technical roles:

• bureaucrat (bureaucraat or bureaucrate), a role users can assign bot, sysop and translation manager rights (and revoke bot if needed) ;
• sysop, a role users can delete pages, block vandalism users and do other upkeep and maintenance tasks on the wiki ;
• bot, a role for softwares doing automated operations on the wiki ;
• translation manager ("vertalingenbeheerder"), a role users can maintain the translation system.

The Special:ListGroupRights will give you a comprehensive list of the rights associated to all those technical roles.

Procedure to request right

1. Ask on the Community Forum.
2. Each user would have an opportunity to give feedback during 3 days (extended to 7 on less active periods).
3. A bureaucrat will process the request as soon a consensus is reached.

Procedure to assign right

• Ensure there are at least 3 users who commented the right request.
• Ask on the IRC channel or on Community Forum for extra advices if there is less than 3 feedback.
• Ensure there is a consensus.
• Note your feelings if you don't think there is a consensus, so the discussion could go on.
• If there is a consensus, 3 users, 3 days, assign the right via Special:UserRights.