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href="/wiki/Special:GlobalUserRights" title="Special:GlobalUserRights">Special:GlobalGroupMembership</a>.<br /> To change membership on a wiki besides Meta, enter <kbd><username>@<dbname></kbd>, e.g. <kbd>Jimbo Wales@enwiki</kbd>.<br /> <span style="color:red">Remember to advise new sysops to translate MediaWiki on <a href="/wiki/Translatewiki.net" title="Translatewiki.net">translatewiki.net</a>.</span> </p> </div> <dl><dt>Local bureaucrats</dt></dl> <div style="border-left: 3px solid #4682B4; margin-left: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 1em;"> <p>Add or remove the <a href="/wiki/Bot" title="Bot">bot</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta:Central_notice_administrators" title="Meta:Central notice administrators">central notice administrators</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta:Uploaders" title="Meta:Uploaders">uploader</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta:Interface_administrators" title="Meta:Interface administrators">interface administrator</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Meta:Translation_administrators" title="Meta:Translation administrators">translation administrator</a> permissions.<br /> Add (but not remove) <a href="/wiki/Meta:Administrators" title="Meta:Administrators">administrator</a> (sysop) and <a href="/wiki/Meta:Bureaucrats" title="Meta:Bureaucrats">bureaucrat</a>. <br /> Remove the <a href="/wiki/Meta:Flood_flag" title="Meta:Flood flag">flood flag</a> from any administrator.<br /> After adding or removing local admins, please update <a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-markAdmins-data.json" title="MediaWiki:Gadget-markAdmins-data.json">MediaWiki:Gadget-markAdmins-data.json</a>. </p> <table class="collapsible collapsed" width="100%" style="background-color: #f6f6f6;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Making new local administrators </th></tr> <tr> <td> <p>Type the name of the user in the box (without the User: namespace prefix) and click the button to make the user an administrator. </p><p>See also <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/rights" title="Special:Log/rights">the user rights log</a>. </p><p>It is suggested that you include a link to the user's request in the comment field (like this: [[Meta:Requests for adminship/newlyMintedAdmin]]). </p><p>After you make someone a sysop, please update (or ask the new admin to update) the <a href="/wiki/Template:List_of_administrators" title="Template:List of administrators">Template:List of administrators</a>. </p><p>You can notify the newly created sysop on their talk page, and give them some good advice too, by doing this: </p> <pre>{{subst:Template:AdminWelcome/en}} "personal remarks" ~~~~</pre> <p>You should then mark the candidacy ([[Meta:Requests for adminship/newlyMintedAdmin]]) as successful by adding <code>{{subst:closed request}}</code> at the top to gray it out and <code></div></code> at the bottom of the subpage to let folks know it's over. You should explain your rationale if there might be any doubt about consensus. Save the change, untransclude it from <a href="/wiki/Meta:Requests_for_adminship" title="Meta:Requests for adminship">Meta:Requests for adminship</a> and add it to <a href="/wiki/Meta:Requests_for_adminship/Archives" title="Meta:Requests for adminship/Archives">Meta:Requests for adminship/Archives</a> by linking to it at the bottom. </p><p>You will see that some candidacies have special circumstances you may want to note (second try, failed, request for 'crat, reconfirmation by the community, etc.). </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <dl><dt>Local administrators</dt></dl> <div style="border-left: 3px solid #4682B4; margin-left: 4px; padding-left: 5px; width: 100%; margin-bottom: 1em;"> <p>Add and remove the <a href="/wiki/Meta:Translation_administrators" title="Meta:Translation administrators">translation administrator</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Meta:Flood_flag" title="Meta:Flood flag">flood flag</a> from themselves. <b>Preferable that flood flag is set to expire as it takes relative (e.g. 1h) and set times and dates; otherwise please remember to remove the flood flag when you are finished.</b><br /> Add and remove <a href="/wiki/Meta:IP_block_exemption" title="Meta:IP block exemption">IP block exemption</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta:MassMessage_senders" title="Meta:MassMessage senders">MassMessage senders</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta:Event_organizers" title="Meta:Event organizers">Event organizers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta:Autopatrollers" title="Meta:Autopatrollers">autopatrollers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Meta:Patrollers" title="Meta:Patrollers">patrollers</a>. Noting that <kbd>patroller</kbd>, <kbd>MassMessage sender</kbd> and <kbd>event organizer</kbd> require community requests at <a href="/wiki/Meta:RfH" class="mw-redirect" title="Meta:RfH">Meta:RfH</a>.<br /> </p> </div> <p><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Echo_user-rights_icon.svg/20px-Echo_user-rights_icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Echo_user-rights_icon.svg/30px-Echo_user-rights_icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Echo_user-rights_icon.svg/40px-Echo_user-rights_icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></span></span> To see recent rights changes, visit <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/rights" title="Special:Log/rights">Special:Log/rights</a>. </p> </div><div class='mw-htmlform-ooui-wrapper oo-ui-layout oo-ui-panelLayout oo-ui-panelLayout-padded oo-ui-panelLayout-framed'><form 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id='ooui-php-3' class='mw-htmlform-submit oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-inputWidget oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-framed oo-ui-labelElement oo-ui-flaggedElement-primary oo-ui-flaggedElement-progressive oo-ui-buttonInputWidget' data-ooui='{"_":"OO.ui.ButtonInputWidget","type":"submit","value":"Load user groups","label":"Load user groups","flags":["primary","progressive"],"classes":["mw-htmlform-submit"]}'><button type='submit' tabindex='0' value='Load user groups' class='oo-ui-inputWidget-input oo-ui-buttonElement-button'><span class='oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-iconElement-noIcon oo-ui-image-invert'></span><span class='oo-ui-labelElement-label'>Load user groups</span><span class='oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator oo-ui-image-invert'></span></button></span></div> </div></div></fieldset></form></div><form method="post" action="/wiki/Special:UserRights" name="editGroup" id="mw-userrights-form2"><input type="hidden" value="GVarnum-WMF" name="user"><input type="hidden" value="+\" name="wpEditToken"><input type="hidden" value="event-organizer,sysop,translationadmin" name="conflictcheck-originalgroups"><fieldset><legend>View user groups</legend>Viewing user groups of user <strong><a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" title="User:GVarnum-WMF">GVarnum-WMF</a></strong> <span class="mw-usertoollinks">(<a href="/wiki/User_talk:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-talk" title="User talk:GVarnum-WMF">talk</a> | <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-contribs" title="Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF">contribs</a>)</span><p>Member of: <a href="/wiki/Meta:Event_organizers" title="Meta:Event organizers">Event organizers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta:Administrators" title="Meta:Administrators">Administrators</a>, <a href="/wiki/Meta:Translation_administrators" title="Meta:Translation administrators">Translation administrators</a></p> <p>Implicit member of: <a href="/wiki/Meta:Autoconfirmed_users" title="Meta:Autoconfirmed users">Autoconfirmed users</a></p> </fieldset></form> <h2>User rights log</h2><ul class='mw-logevent-loglines'> <li data-mw-logid="57787014" data-mw-logaction="rights/rights" class="mw-logline-rights"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=57787014" title="Special:Log">21:27, 5 November 2024</a> <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-userlink" title="User:GVarnum-WMF"><bdi>GVarnum-WMF</bdi></a> <span class="mw-usertoollinks mw-changeslist-links"><span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-talk" title="User talk:GVarnum-WMF">talk</a></span> <span><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-contribs" title="Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF">contribs</a></span></span> changed group membership for <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" title="User:GVarnum-WMF">GVarnum-WMF</a> from administrator and translation administrator to administrator, translation administrator and event organizer <span class="comment">(Foundation staff)</span> </li> <li data-mw-logid="15584714" data-mw-logaction="rights/rights" class="mw-logline-rights"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=15584714" title="Special:Log">19:29, 30 January 2016</a> <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-userlink" title="User:GVarnum-WMF"><bdi>GVarnum-WMF</bdi></a> <span class="mw-usertoollinks mw-changeslist-links"><span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-talk" title="User talk:GVarnum-WMF">talk</a></span> <span><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-contribs" title="Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF">contribs</a></span></span> changed group membership for <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" title="User:GVarnum-WMF">GVarnum-WMF</a> from flooder, administrator and translation administrator to administrator and translation administrator </li> <li data-mw-logid="15572151" data-mw-logaction="rights/rights" class="mw-logline-rights"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=15572151" title="Special:Log">21:53, 29 January 2016</a> <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-userlink" title="User:GVarnum-WMF"><bdi>GVarnum-WMF</bdi></a> <span class="mw-usertoollinks mw-changeslist-links"><span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-talk" title="User talk:GVarnum-WMF">talk</a></span> <span><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-contribs" title="Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF">contribs</a></span></span> changed group membership for <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" title="User:GVarnum-WMF">GVarnum-WMF</a> from administrator and translation administrator to administrator, translation administrator and flooder </li> <li data-mw-logid="15507256" data-mw-logaction="rights/rights" class="mw-logline-rights"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=15507256" title="Special:Log">06:18, 26 January 2016</a> <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-userlink" title="User:GVarnum-WMF"><bdi>GVarnum-WMF</bdi></a> <span class="mw-usertoollinks mw-changeslist-links"><span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-talk" title="User talk:GVarnum-WMF">talk</a></span> <span><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-contribs" title="Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF">contribs</a></span></span> changed group membership for <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" title="User:GVarnum-WMF">GVarnum-WMF</a> from flooder, administrator and translation administrator to administrator and translation administrator <span class="comment">(completed AWB task)</span> </li> <li data-mw-logid="15507067" data-mw-logaction="rights/rights" class="mw-logline-rights"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=15507067" title="Special:Log">06:05, 26 January 2016</a> <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-userlink" title="User:GVarnum-WMF"><bdi>GVarnum-WMF</bdi></a> <span class="mw-usertoollinks mw-changeslist-links"><span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-talk" title="User talk:GVarnum-WMF">talk</a></span> <span><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-contribs" title="Special:Contributions/GVarnum-WMF">contribs</a></span></span> changed group membership for <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" title="User:GVarnum-WMF">GVarnum-WMF</a> from administrator and translation administrator to administrator, translation administrator and flooder </li> <li data-mw-logid="13306385" data-mw-logaction="rights/rights" class="mw-logline-rights"> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&logid=13306385" title="Special:Log">22:34, 7 September 2015</a> <a href="/wiki/User:Jalexander-WMF" class="mw-userlink" title="User:Jalexander-WMF"><bdi>Jalexander-WMF</bdi></a> <span class="mw-usertoollinks mw-changeslist-links"><span><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Jalexander-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-talk" title="User talk:Jalexander-WMF">talk</a></span> <span><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Jalexander-WMF" class="mw-usertoollinks-contribs" title="Special:Contributions/Jalexander-WMF">contribs</a></span></span> changed group membership for <a href="/wiki/User:GVarnum-WMF" title="User:GVarnum-WMF">GVarnum-WMF</a> from (none) to administrator and translation administrator <span class="comment">(Required for onwiki work as contractor setting up new Access Policy)</span> </li> </ul></ul> <noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UserRights/GVarnum-WMF">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UserRights/GVarnum-WMF</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks catlinks-allhidden" data-mw="interface"></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" 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