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id="toc-Users_with_oversight_permissions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown 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class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Oversight</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="Go to an article in another language. Available in 43 languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-43" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">43 languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%88_%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:مزيلو تعديلات – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="ويكيبيديا:مزيلو تعديلات" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Gizl%C9%99d%C9%99nl%C9%99r" title="Vikipediya:Gizlədənlər – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Vikipediya:Gizlədənlər" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%86%D9%84%D8%B1" title="ویکی‌پدیا:گیزلدنلر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:گیزلدنلر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE:%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80" title="উইকিপিডিয়া:গোপনকারী – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="উইকিপিডিয়া:গোপনকারী" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bjn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bjn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipidia:Pangawas" title="Wikipidia:Pangawas – Banjar" lang="bjn" hreflang="bjn" data-title="Wikipidia:Pangawas" data-language-autonym="Banjar" data-language-local-name="Banjar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Banjar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%87%E0%A4%9F" title="विकिपीडिया:ओवरसाइट – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="विकिपीडिया:ओवरसाइट" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedie:Utajovatel%C3%A9" title="Wikipedie:Utajovatelé – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Wikipedie:Utajovatelé" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ary mw-list-item"><a href="https://ary.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%BE%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D9%85%D8%B2%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA" title="ويكيپيديا:مزيل تعديلات – Moroccan Arabic" lang="ary" hreflang="ary" data-title="ويكيپيديا:مزيل تعديلات" data-language-autonym="الدارجة" data-language-local-name="Moroccan Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>الدارجة</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Wikipedia:Oversight" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Supresores" title="Wikipedia:Supresores – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Wikipedia:Supresores" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%DB%8C%DA%A9%DB%8C%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%A7:%D9%BE%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%8C" title="ویکی‌پدیا:پنهانگری – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="ویکی‌پدیا:پنهانگری" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Masqueur_de_modifications" title="Wikipédia:Masqueur de modifications – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Wikipédia:Masqueur de modifications" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9C%84%ED%82%A4%EB%B0%B1%EA%B3%BC:%EA%B8%B0%EB%A1%9D%EB%B3%B4%ED%98%B8%EC%9E%90" title="위키백과:기록보호자 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="위키백과:기록보호자" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%88%E0%A4%9F" title="विकिपीडिया:ओवरसाईट – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="विकिपीडिया:ओवरसाईट" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedija:Nadglednici" title="Wikipedija:Nadglednici – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Wikipedija:Nadglednici" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ig mw-list-item"><a href="https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight – Igbo" lang="ig" hreflang="ig" data-title="Wikipedia:Oversight" data-language-autonym="Igbo" data-language-local-name="Igbo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Igbo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pengawas" title="Wikipedia:Pengawas – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Wikipedia:Pengawas" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Soppressori" title="Wikipedia:Soppressori – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Wikipedia:Soppressori" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%99%D7%94:%D7%9E%D7%A2%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9D" title="ויקיפדיה:מעלים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="ויקיפדיה:מעלים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%8A%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A7:%D8%A7%D9%88%DA%A4%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AA" title="ويكيبيديا:اوڤرسايت – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="ويكيبيديا:اوڤرسايت" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Wikipedia:Oversight" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A1%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE:%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B7%E0%A4%95" title="विकिपिडिया:पर्यवेक्षक – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="विकिपिडिया:पर्यवेक्षक" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%81%AE%E6%96%B9%E9%87%9D" title="Wikipedia:オーバーサイトの方針 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="Wikipedia:オーバーサイトの方針" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vikipediya:Revizorlar" title="Vikipediya:Revizorlar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Vikipediya:Revizorlar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-km mw-list-item"><a href="https://km.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%9E%9C%E1%9E%B7%E1%9E%82%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%97%E1%9E%B8%E1%9E%8C%E1%9E%B6:Oversight" title="វិគីភីឌា:Oversight – Khmer" lang="km" hreflang="km" data-title="វិគីភីឌា:Oversight" data-language-autonym="ភាសាខ្មែរ" data-language-local-name="Khmer" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ភាសាខ្មែរ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Rewizorzy" title="Wikipedia:Rewizorzy – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Wikipedia:Rewizorzy" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikip%C3%A9dia:Supress%C3%A3o" title="Wikipédia:Supressão – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Wikipédia:Supressão" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Sigge-Versione-Verstecher" title="Wikipedia:Sigge-Versione-Verstecher – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Wikipedia:Sigge-Versione-Verstecher" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Wikipedia:Oversight" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%8F:%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Википедия:Ревизоры – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Википедия:Ревизоры" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%A9%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F:Oversight" title="විකිපීඩියා:Oversight – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="විකිපීඩියා:Oversight" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Oversight – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Wikipedia:Oversight" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0:%D0%91%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B8_%D0%B8%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0" title="Википедија:Брисачи измена – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Википедија:Брисачи измена" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Paneueul" title="Wikipedia:Paneueul – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Wikipedia:Paneueul" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:H%C3%A4ivytysoikeudet" title="Wikipedia:Häivytysoikeudet – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Wikipedia:Häivytysoikeudet" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv 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For suppression of redirects, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:R#SUPPRESS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:R">WP:R § SUPPRESS</a>. For suppression of categories, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Category_suppression" title="Wikipedia:Category suppression">Wikipedia:Category suppression</a>.</div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">"WP:OS" redirects here. For original synthesis, see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Synthesis_of_published_material" title="Wikipedia:No original research">Wikipedia:No original research § Synthesis of published material</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238436933">.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 0;border-collapse:collapse;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);box-sizing:border-box;color:var(--color-base,#202122)}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{border:2px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ombox-delete{border:2px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ombox-content{border:1px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ombox-style{border:1px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ombox-move{border:1px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ombox-protection{border:2px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.9em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ombox .mbox-invalid-type{text-align:center}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ombox{margin:4px 10%}.mw-parser-output .ombox.mbox-small{clear:right;float:right;margin:4px 0 4px 1em;width:238px}}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.ombox img{max-width:none!important}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .ombox-speedy{background-color:#310402}}</style><table class="box-Caution plainlinks ombox ombox-style" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Caution"><img alt="Caution" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Ambox_warning_yellow.svg/40px-Ambox_warning_yellow.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="35" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Ambox_warning_yellow.svg/60px-Ambox_warning_yellow.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/7/74/Ambox_warning_yellow.svg/80px-Ambox_warning_yellow.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="334"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><b>The fastest way to request oversight is to <span style="font-size:120%"><u><a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Oversight" title="Special:EmailUser/Oversight">email the oversight team</a>.</u></span></b></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="box-Notice plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/40px-Information_icon4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="40" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/60px-Information_icon4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/Information_icon4.svg/80px-Information_icon4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="620" data-file-height="620"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text" style="text-align: left;"><b>If you want to request suppression, don't post the details publicly. Use <a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Oversight" title="Special:EmailUser/Oversight">this form</a>, email <span class="nowrap">oversight-en-wp<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikipedia.org</span>, or see <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_oversight" title="Wikipedia:Requests for oversight">Wikipedia:Requests for oversight</a> for other ways to request suppression.</b></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/30px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/45px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/60px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><div style="padding-top: 6px; padding-bottom: 5px;"><b>This page documents an English Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">policy</a>.</b><div style="font-size: 90%;">It describes a widely accepted standard that all editors should <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Ignore_all_rules" title="Wikipedia:Ignore all rules">normally</a> follow. 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class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OS"></span><span id="WP:OVER"></span><span id="WP:SUPPRESS"></span><span id="WP:SIGHT"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcuts</a></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OS&redirect=no">WP:OS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OVER&redirect=no">WP:OVER</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SUPPRESS&redirect=no">WP:SUPPRESS</a></span></li><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:SIGHT&redirect=no">WP:SIGHT</a></span></li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238436933"><table class="plainlinks ombox ombox-notice nutshell" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/30px-Walnut.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/45px-Walnut.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Walnut.png/60px-Walnut.png 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="192"/></span></span></td><td class="mbox-text"><b>This page in a nutshell:</b> Suppression (<a 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nowraplinks help-box noprint plainlist"><tbody><tr><th class="sidebar-title"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies#Deletion" title="Wikipedia:List of policies">Deletion policies</a></th></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">Deletion policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Criteria_for_speedy_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion">Criteria for speedy deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion">Proposed deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_deletion_of_biographies_of_living_people" title="Wikipedia:Proposed deletion of biographies of living people">Proposed deletion (BLP)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oversight</a></li></ul></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-navbar"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Deletion_policy_list" title="Template:Deletion policy list"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Deletion_policy_list" title="Template talk:Deletion policy list"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Deletion_policy_list" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Deletion policy list"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Suppression</b> on Wikipedia (also known as <b>oversight</b> for <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Oversight">historical reasons</a>) is a form of enhanced deletion that, unlike normal <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_policy" title="Wikipedia:Deletion policy">page deletion</a> or <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">revision deletion</a>, expunges information from any form of usual access, even by administrators. It is used within strict limits to protect privacy, remove <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Defamation" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Defamation">defamatory material</a>, and sometimes to remove serious <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:COPYVIO" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:COPYVIO">copyright violations</a>, from any edit, revision, page, or log entry on the English Wikipedia. </p><p>On the English Wikipedia, "oversight" (the power to suppress information) is entrusted to <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers/suppress" title="Special:ListUsers/suppress">a restricted number of users</a>, who can suppress material if it meets the strict requirements below. Use of these tools is monitored by other oversighters who patrol the log, and by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a>. The fastest way to request oversight is to <b><a href="/wiki/Special:EmailUser/Oversight" title="Special:EmailUser/Oversight">email the oversight team</a></b>. </p><p>The permission is granted by Wikipedia's <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a>, after community consultation and vetting of the editor by the committee's members and the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FUNCT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:FUNCT">functionary team</a>. While there is no formal requirement that oversighters also be administrators, the Arbitration Committee has traditionally restricted applications to users who are currently administrators. Oversighters must also be 18 years of age or older and have <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Access_to_nonpublic_information" title="Wikipedia:Access to nonpublic information">signed the Wikimedia Foundation's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information</a> before being appointed. The use of the Oversight tool on the English Wikipedia is monitored and controlled by the Arbitration Committee, and Oversighters may have their permissions revoked by the Arbitration Committee for misuse or abuse of the Oversight permission. </p><p>This policy supplements the <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy" class="extiw" title="m:Oversight policy">global oversight policy</a> and applies only to the English Wikipedia. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Nomenclature" data-mw-thread-id="h-Nomenclature"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Nomenclature"></span>Nomenclature<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Nomenclature"></span></h2></div> <p>The term <i>"oversight"</i> (for the function/tool) originally came from the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Oversight">Oversight extension</a>, an old revision removal function whose log access was intended to allow <i>oversight</i> of its operation. The Oversight extension was only intended to be a temporary measure; the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RevisionDelete" class="extiw" title="mw:RevisionDelete">RevisionDelete</a> system was enabled in 2009, fixed several problems with oversight (including causing misattribution of edits and its irreversibility), added features not originally present (including account and log hiding), and is the method used to this day in order to remove content. For historical reasons, the group of users with the ability to use the RevisionDelete and Oversight tools are still known as <i>"oversighters"</i>, and suppression might still be referred to as <i>"oversight"</i>. However, <i>"oversight"</i> might refer specifically to use of the old Oversight extension, while <i>suppression</i> will not. </p><p>Page revisions removed with the old Oversight extension did not leave a placeholder in the page history and could not be restored, and revisions that were hidden were logged at Special:Oversight; Oversight, however, was superseded by <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RevisionDelete" class="extiw" title="mw:RevisionDelete">RevisionDelete</a> with the new version and deployment of the MediaWiki software in 2009. With the replacement of the old extension with the updates and changes to the MediaWiki software, revisions suppressed with RevisionDelete (the new suppression workflow) leave a visible placeholder in the page history and can be restored if the situation calls for it. All visibility changes that were made on Wikipedia using the old Oversight extension were migrated over to the updated workflow and hence are visible and reversible. <span class="anchor" id="Table"></span> </p> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" border="1" style="text-align:center; margin: 1em auto 1em auto"> <caption>Comparison of hiding tools </caption> <tbody><tr> <td> </td> <th scope="col" colspan="2">Content visible to: </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Reversible </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">In public<br/>deletion log </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Appearance in<br/>page histories </th> <th scope="col" rowspan="2">Error when<br/>viewing diff </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:ADMIN" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:ADMIN">Administrators</a> </th> <th scope="col">Oversighters </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REVDEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REVDEL">RevisionDelete</a> </th> <td style="background:#9EFF9E; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> Yes </td> <td><i><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:#72777d"><s>(crossed out)</s></span></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Rev-deleted-no-diff" title="MediaWiki:Rev-deleted-no-diff">MediaWiki:Rev-deleted-no-diff</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Suppression </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/13px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/20px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/26px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> No </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> Yes </td> <td style="background:#9EFF9E; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/13px-Green_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/20px-Green_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Green_check.svg/26px-Green_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> Yes </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/13px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/20px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/26px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> No </td> <td><i><span style="color:#202122; text-decoration:line-through; text-decoration-style:double;">(doubly crossed out in black)</span></i> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki:Rev-suppressed-no-diff" title="MediaWiki:Rev-suppressed-no-diff">MediaWiki:Rev-suppressed-no-diff</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Oversight">Old Oversight</a> </th> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/13px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/20px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/26px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/13px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/20px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/26px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/13px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/20px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/26px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> No </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/13px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png" decoding="async" width="13" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/20px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Dark_Red_x.svg/26px-Dark_Red_x.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span> No </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">N/A </td> <td data-sort-value="" style="background: var(--background-color-interactive, #ececec); color: var(--color-base, inherit); vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-na">N/A </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Policy" data-mw-thread-id="h-Policy"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Policy"></span>Policy<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Policy"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Wikimedia Foundation suppression policy is documented at <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy" class="extiw" title="m:Oversight policy">m:Oversight policy</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Policy FAQs can be found at <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight/FAQ" title="Wikipedia:Oversight/FAQ">Wikipedia:Oversight/FAQ</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:OSPOL"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:OSPOL&redirect=no">WP:OSPOL</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>This feature is approved for use in these cases:<span class="anchor" id="personal"></span> </p> <ol><li><b>Removal of non-public personal information.</b> Suppression is a tool of first resort in removing this type of information, including (but not limited to): <ul><li>Phone numbers, home addresses, ID numbers, passport numbers, credit card numbers, workplaces or other nonpublic personal data.</li> <li>Identities of pseudonymous or anonymous individuals who have not made their identity public.</li> <li>IP data of editors who accidentally logged out and thus inadvertently revealed their own IP addresses.</li> <li>IP data of editors without an account on request,<sup id="cite_ref-ipondemand_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ipondemand-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> provided that the edits were made recently and are relatively small in number.<sup id="cite_ref-smallnum_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-smallnum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ol> <p>In the following cases, revision or log suppression may be used when justified by the circumstances. However, consideration should be given to whether administrative <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">revision deletion</a> is an adequate response: </p> <ol><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li><li value="2"> <b>Removal of potentially libelous information,</b> either: a) on the advice of Wikimedia Foundation counsel; or b) when the case is clear, and there is no editorial reason to keep the revision.</li> <li><b>Removal of copyright infringement</b>, on the advice of Wikimedia Foundation counsel.</li> <li><b>Hiding of blatant attack usernames on automated lists and logs</b>, where this does not disrupt edit histories. A blatant attack is one obviously intended to denigrate, threaten, libel, insult, or harass someone.<sup id="cite_ref-tempvan_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tempvan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><b>Removal of vandalism.</b> Suppression may be occasionally used to remove vandalism for which removal by normal administrative measures is insufficient. Such cases should be discussed <i>in advance</i> on the Oversight mailing list unless they are urgent or time-sensitive, in which case they should be discussed on the mailing list afterward.<sup id="cite_ref-tempvan_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tempvan-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ol> <p>The original <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy" class="extiw" title="meta:Oversight policy">meta:Oversight policy</a>, containing only the first three criteria above, was adopted because the now-deprecated Oversight tool did not provide oversighters with the ability to restore oversighted revisions. The fourth criterion was adopted at <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy" class="extiw" title="meta:Oversight policy">meta:Oversight policy</a> in November 2009. The fifth criterion was adopted after the implementation of RevisionDelete which allowed suppression actions to be easily reversed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Privacy_of_account_renames" data-mw-thread-id="h-Privacy_of_account_renames"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Privacy_of_account_renames"></span>Privacy of account renames<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Privacy_of_account_renames"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1252059228"><div class="module-shortcutanchordiv"><span id="WP:HIDERENAME"></span></div><div class="module-shortcutboxplain noprint" role="note"><div class="module-shortcutlist"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Shortcut" title="Wikipedia:Shortcut">Shortcut</a></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:HIDERENAME&redirect=no">WP:HIDERENAME</a></span></li></ul></div></div> <p>The suppression of any <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:RENAME" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:RENAME">account rename</a> logs, as well as any logs that are generated from any subsequent page moves, redirect placements, or other operations performed as a result of the account rename process, <i>will not be granted</i>. This is true even if the original username is the real name of the editor. </p><p>The Oversight team recommends to all users that they do not use or reference any kind of personal information to be part of their account's username. Users who have serious privacy concerns because of their current username, but who also wish to continue editing Wikipedia, should create a new account by following the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CLEANSTART" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:CLEANSTART">clean start process</a>. After this is done, the user may disclose the connection privately to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AC" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AC">Arbitration Committee</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Operation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Operation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Operation"></span>Operation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Operation"></span></h2></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Actions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Actions-Operation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Actions-Operation"></span>Actions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Actions-Operation"></span></h3></div> <p>Oversighters can perform the following actions: </p> <ol><li>Suppress and unsuppress elements of individual page revisions (revision text, username, or edit summary) using an extended option on the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RevisionDelete" class="extiw" title="mw:RevisionDelete">RevisionDelete</a> function page.</li> <li>Suppress and unsuppress elements of log entries (action / target user or page, log summary, or the username / IP of the user that performed the action) using an extended option on the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RevisionDelete" class="extiw" title="mw:RevisionDelete">RevisionDelete</a> function page.</li> <li>Suppress and unsuppress individual <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:EF" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:EF">edit filter</a> logs.<sup id="cite_ref-EditFilterAdditionalInfo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EditFilterAdditionalInfo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Suppress a target account's username from all edits and log entries when applying a block to it using the <a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Block" class="extiw" title="mw:Block">block</a> function page.<sup id="cite_ref-BlockScriptHideFromListOfUsers_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlockScriptHideFromListOfUsers-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BlockScriptIndefOnly_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlockScriptIndefOnly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BlockScriptDescription_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlockScriptDescription-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BlockScriptCannotUndoEasily_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlockScriptCannotUndoEasily-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Suppress all edits to a page when deleting it using the delete function page.<sup id="cite_ref-PageDeletionOptionTickLogInfo_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PageDeletionOptionTickLogInfo-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Review the suppression log containing a list of actions taken by all other oversighters involving suppression, as well as the material that was suppressed by that other user.</li> <li>View all suppressed edits and log entries.</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logging" data-mw-thread-id="h-Logging-Operation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Logging-Operation"></span>Logging<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Logging-Operation"></span></h3></div> <p>The RevisionDelete extension, as well as the delete and block function pages can be used by both oversighters and administrators. Oversighters have an extra option in the RevisionDelete extension that, when ticked, indicates that the visibility change is a suppression action that prevents administrator access, or (if left unticked) as an administrator action that any administrator can see and modify. The delete and block function pages also have an extra option available to oversighters that, when ticked, automatically suppress all revisions and information, or suppress the username from all edits and log entries, respectively. Administrators do not have access to these extra options. These actions are logged in the <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/suppress" title="Special:Log/suppress">suppression log</a> if the options are ticked, or the <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/delete" title="Special:Log/delete">deletion log</a> or <a href="/wiki/Special:Log/block" title="Special:Log/block">block log</a> if they are not. </p> <ul><li>Page revisions and logged events that have been suppressed by an oversighter by using the <i>"suppress this data"</i> checkbox are logged in the suppression log; no entry is added to the public deletion log.<sup id="cite_ref-SuppressionLogUntickOptionInfo_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SuppressionLogUntickOptionInfo-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Page revisions and logged events that have been revision-deleted by an oversighter <i>without</i> using the <i>"suppress this data"</i> checkbox, or by an administrator, are logged in the public deletion log.<sup id="cite_ref-RevisionDeletionDescriptionInfo"_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RevisionDeletionDescriptionInfo"-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Accounts that are blocked and with the<i> "suppress username from edits and lists"</i> checkbox ticked are logged in the suppression log; no entry is added to the public block log.<sup id="cite_ref-BlockScriptHideFromListOfUsers_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlockScriptHideFromListOfUsers-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BlockScriptIndefOnly_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlockScriptIndefOnly-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BlockScriptDescription_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlockScriptDescription-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BlockScriptCannotUndoEasily_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BlockScriptCannotUndoEasily-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Accounts that are blocked <i>without</i> the <i>"suppress user name from edits and lists"</i> checkbox ticked (a normal block without suppression) are logged in the public block log.</li> <li>Pages that are deleted with the <i>"suppress all revisions and logs"</i> checkbox ticked are logged in the suppression log; no entry is added to the public deletion log.<sup id="cite_ref-PageDeletionOptionTickLogInfo_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PageDeletionOptionTickLogInfo-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Pages that are deleted <i>without</i> the <i>"suppress all revisions and logs"</i> checkbox ticked (a normal administrator page deletion) are logged in the public deletion log.</li></ul> <p>Each entry in the log will list the account who made the visibility change, a timestamp of when the change was performed, the page, edits, or logs that the changes were saved to, and the summary that the performing administrator entered when applying the change. Log entries regarding the visibility of an edit include a diff link to compare the previous live revision to the modified one. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oversight_blocks" data-mw-thread-id="h-Oversight_blocks-Operation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Oversight_blocks-Operation"></span>Oversight blocks<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Oversight_blocks-Operation"></span></h3></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy#Oversight_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Wikipedia:Blocking policy § Oversight blocks</a></div> <p>Oversighters can block accounts based on information which has been oversighted, and hence not accessible by the public or by administrators. They will make clear in the block log summary that they have blocked as an "oversight action", usually by including the <span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:OversightBlock" title="Template:OversightBlock">OversightBlock</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> template. It is customary for oversighters to submit their OS blocks to the oversight team's internal email list for peer review.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These blocks must not be reversed by non-oversighters. Administrators must not undo nor loosen any block that is specifically called an "oversight block" without first consulting an oversighter. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Assignment_and_revocation" data-mw-thread-id="h-Assignment_and_revocation"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Assignment_and_revocation"></span>Assignment and revocation<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Assignment_and_revocation"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main page: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/CheckUser_and_Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight">Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight</a></div> <p>On the English language Wikipedia, access to the suppress function of the RevisionDelete tool is controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a>. Permission is generally automatically granted to members of the Arbitration Committee and retained by them when they leave the committee. Non-Arbitrators may be granted the oversight user rights at the discretion of the Arbitration Committee, and are selected for trustworthiness and availability to handle requests. However, only a very few appointments are typically made per year. Users interested in obtaining access should add the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AC/N" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AC/N">Arbcom noticeboard</a> to their watchlists for an announcement or contact the Committee, and proceed from there. Appointments that are confirmed by the Arbitration Committee will be posted on <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_permissions#CheckUser_access" class="extiw" title="m:Requests for permissions">Requests for permission</a> on Meta-Wiki, a Steward will assign the permission once the user has completed the necessary <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IDENT" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:IDENT">non-public information confidentiality document</a>. </p><p>Beginning in 2009, the Arbitration Committee held <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/CheckUser_and_Oversight_elections" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight elections">periodic elections</a> that allowed the community to have a voice in choosing oversighters. Candidates were vetted by Arbcom, and a list of pre-approved candidates was presented to the community for a vote. The <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/CheckUser_and_Oversight/May_2010_election" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight/May 2010 election">May 2010 election</a> then resulted in no new oversighters, and thereafter appointments were made directly by the Committee with community consultation. The Committee has since held "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/CheckUser_and_Oversight#Appointments" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight">calls for applications</a>", and sought community input among interested candidates before making the final selections, typically around once a year. </p><p>Oversighter status may be revoked by the Arbitration Committee at any time. Generally, permission is revoked only "for cause", such as abuse of suppression to remove items that do not qualify under the stated policy, or for unauthorized release of suppressed information. The Arbitration Committee has also ruled that permission will be revoked from oversighters who do not meet <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Procedures#CheckUser/Oversight_permissions_and_inactivity" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Procedures">the minimum activity level</a>. </p><p>As on all Wikimedia Foundation wikis, the technical assignment of the permission to the user account is made by a <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Stewards" class="extiw" title="m:Stewards">steward</a>, acting on instructions from the Arbitration Committee as posted at <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_permission#Oversight_rights_for_English_Wikipedia" class="extiw" title="m:Requests for permission">requests for permission</a> on Meta-wiki. Emergency requests based upon clear evidence may also be made in exceptional circumstances, the same way. In an exceptional case, <i>and for good cause</i>, a steward may temporarily remove the permission, pending a decision by the Committee. The steward should check that the matter is well founded, and make clear immediately that it is a temporary response only, since such an action could lead to controversy. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Complaints" data-mw-thread-id="h-Complaints"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Complaints"></span>Complaints<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Complaints"></span></h2></div> <p>Complaints or inquiries about potential misuse of the oversighter user permissions should be <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Audit" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit">referred to the Arbitration Committee</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Users_with_oversight_permissions" data-mw-thread-id="h-Users_with_oversight_permissions"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Users_with_oversight_permissions"></span>Users with oversight permissions<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Users_with_oversight_permissions"></span></h2></div> <p>An automatic list of users with this permission is available at <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers/suppress" title="Special:ListUsers/suppress">Special:ListUsers/suppress</a>. There are currently 41 users with the Oversight permission on the English Wikipedia. </p><p>As of 6 October 2024, the following editors comprise the Oversight team on the English Wikipedia: </p> <dl><dt><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/CheckUser_and_Oversight" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight">Appointed</a> community oversighters</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/User:Amorymeltzer" title="User:Amorymeltzer">Amorymeltzer</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Anarchyte" title="User:Anarchyte">Anarchyte</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Dweller" title="User:Dweller">Dweller</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:GB_fan" title="User:GB fan">GB fan</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Lofty_abyss" title="User:Lofty abyss">Lofty abyss</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:LuK3" title="User:LuK3">LuK3</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Mz7" title="User:Mz7">Mz7</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Oshwah" title="User:Oshwah">Oshwah</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Ponyo" title="User:Ponyo">Ponyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Richwales" title="User:Richwales">Richwales</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Stwalkerster" title="User:Stwalkerster">Stwalkerster</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:The_Blade_of_the_Northern_Lights" title="User:The Blade of the Northern Lights">The Blade of the Northern Lights</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Vanamonde93" title="User:Vanamonde93">Vanamonde93</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Xaosflux" title="User:Xaosflux">Xaosflux</a></dd> <dt>Current arbitrators</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/User:Aoidh" title="User:Aoidh">Aoidh</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Cabayi" title="User:Cabayi">Cabayi</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:CaptainEek" title="User:CaptainEek">CaptainEek</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Firefly" title="User:Firefly">Firefly</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Guerillero" title="User:Guerillero">Guerillero</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:HJ_Mitchell" title="User:HJ Mitchell">HJ Mitchell</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:L235" title="User:L235">L235</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:Moneytrees" title="User:Moneytrees">Moneytrees</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Primefac" title="User:Primefac">Primefac</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:Sdrqaz" title="User:Sdrqaz">Sdrqaz</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:ToBeFree" title="User:ToBeFree">ToBeFree</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Z1720" title="User:Z1720">Z1720</a></dd> <dt>Former arbitrators</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/User:AmandaNP" title="User:AmandaNP">AmandaNP</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Barkeep49" title="User:Barkeep49">Barkeep49</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Bradv" title="User:Bradv">Bradv</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Callanecc" title="User:Callanecc">Callanecc</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:Doug_Weller" title="User:Doug Weller">Doug Weller</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Drmies" title="User:Drmies">Drmies</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:GorillaWarfare" title="User:GorillaWarfare">GorillaWarfare</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:KrakatoaKatie" title="User:KrakatoaKatie">KrakatoaKatie</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:Ks0stm" title="User:Ks0stm">Ks0stm</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:Mailer_diablo" class="mw-redirect" title="User:Mailer diablo">Mailer diablo</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:PhilKnight" title="User:PhilKnight">PhilKnight</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:RickinBaltimore" title="User:RickinBaltimore">RickinBaltimore</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Risker" title="User:Risker">Risker</a>, <a href="/wiki/User:Salvio_giuliano" title="User:Salvio giuliano">Salvio giuliano</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-prior_13-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-prior-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/User:Thryduulf" title="User:Thryduulf">Thryduulf</a></dd> <dt>Others</dt> <dd><span class="plainlinks"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:GlobalUsers&group=staff">Some Foundation staff members</a></span></dd></dl> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-prior-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-prior_13-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Held prior to appointment to Arbitration Committee</span> </li> </ol></div></div><p><small>The list above is served from <a href="/wiki/Template:Functionaries" title="Template:Functionaries">Template:Functionaries</a>.</small> </p><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Notes" data-mw-thread-id="h-Notes"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Notes"></span>Notes<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Notes"></span></h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-ipondemand-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ipondemand_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)/Archive_125#Proposal_for_slight_expansion_of_existing_suppression_criterion" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)/Archive 125">2015 addition of editors without an account</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-smallnum-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-smallnum_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Generally within the last three months and fewer than 20 edits in total</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-tempvan-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-tempvan_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-tempvan_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Criteria #4 and #5 were implemented as an interim solution to certain serious vandalism and grossly disruptive abuses that administrators would expect to address, but could not with their tools (due to previous software limitations). Since tools have since been developed so that administrators can apply deletion norms to <b>all</b> public logs and data fields on the wiki, these criteria might be considered for removal.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-EditFilterAdditionalInfo-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-EditFilterAdditionalInfo_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">At this time, edit filter logs cannot be revision deleted. They can only be suppressed, and only users who are oversighters can suppress them.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BlockScriptHideFromListOfUsers-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BlockScriptHideFromListOfUsers_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BlockScriptHideFromListOfUsers_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">This option will also remove the username from the Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers" title="Special:ListUsers">list of users</a> page. Oversighters who view this page can see <i>all users</i> in the list, including those who were hidden by the suppression block. Non-oversighters will only see users in this list that are not hidden by a suppression block.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BlockScriptIndefOnly-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BlockScriptIndefOnly_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BlockScriptIndefOnly_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">This option is only available when applying an indefinite block to a Wikipedia user account.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BlockScriptDescription-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BlockScriptDescription_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BlockScriptDescription_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Setting a block with the suppress option ticked triggers a script that executes and performs the suppression of all affected edits and logs automatically. These actions are not logged in the suppression log as individual changes to each edit or log entry; instead, the block event itself is logged in the suppression log noting that it was applied with the suppression option ticked.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BlockScriptCannotUndoEasily-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-BlockScriptCannotUndoEasily_8-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-BlockScriptCannotUndoEasily_8-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The automatic changes to edits and log entries are not undone automatically by unticking the suppress option and updating the block; doing this will do nothing other than to update the block to a normal block (which does nothing functionally). This is stored as a block event in the public block log, not the suppression log. To undo the actions and visibility changes that were automatically performed from blocking an account with the suppression option ticked, you must modify the visibility settings on each affected edit and log entry manually.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-PageDeletionOptionTickLogInfo-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-PageDeletionOptionTickLogInfo_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-PageDeletionOptionTickLogInfo_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Deleting a page with this option ticked triggers a script that executes and performs the suppression of all information from each revision automatically. These actions are not logged in the suppression log as individual changes to each revision or a mass change to all revisions; instead, the page deletion event itself is logged in the suppression log noting that it was applied with the suppression option ticked. This action can be reversed by restoring the page and with the "remove restrictions on restored revisions" option ticked. This restoration event is logged in the deletion log, not the suppression log.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-SuppressionLogUntickOptionInfo-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-SuppressionLogUntickOptionInfo_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">This includes any visibility changes that untick the suppression option and change the edit or log entry to no longer be a suppression; these changes are recorded in the suppression log, not the public deletion log. Any subsequent visibility changes made afterwards that do not re-enable suppression are logged in the public deletion log.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-RevisionDeletionDescriptionInfo"-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-RevisionDeletionDescriptionInfo"_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">RevisionDelete is configured to allow administrators to restrict the visibility of revisions and logs from being viewable by non-administrator accounts only. Oversighters are given an extra option to restrict the visibility of revisions and logs from non-administrator users <i>and</i> designate the visibility to <i>also</i> be suppressed from administrator view as well. Only when an oversighter designates the visibility of material as also being suppressed from administrator view is the action referred to as a "suppression"; all other visibility actions performed that are not restricted from administrator view are referred to as "<a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:REVDEL" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:REVDEL">revision deletion</a>" or "RevDel". Administrator revision deletion actions are logged in the public deletion log and are viewable and reversible by other administrators, while revisions and logs that are suppressed from administrator view by oversighters are logged in the suppression log.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Temporary OS blocks of IP addresses do not require self-reporting. <a href="/wiki/Special:PermanentLink/1091306917#Short_term_IP_OS_Blocks" title="Special:PermanentLink/1091306917">(2022 discussion)</a></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <p><b>Background</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Wikipedia:User access levels</a>: Wikipedia page outlining the various user access levels, including oversighter;</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Oversight_policy" class="extiw" title="m:Oversight policy">m:Oversight policy</a>: Master copy of this page, on <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meta" title="Wikipedia:Meta">Meta-Wiki</a>;</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_is_not_censored" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not censored">Wikipedia:Wikipedia is not censored</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/User:Risker/History_of_Oversight_on_English_Wikipedia" title="User:Risker/History of Oversight on English Wikipedia">History of Oversight on English Wikipedia</a></li></ul> <p><b>Suppression requests</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_oversight" title="Wikipedia:Requests for oversight">Wikipedia:Requests for oversight</a>: For requesting that a revision, log entry, or account be suppressed. Requests should be made by email, not on that page. Please read the instructions there.</li></ul> <p><b>Frequently-asked questions</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight/FAQ" title="Wikipedia:Oversight/FAQ">Wikipedia:Oversight/FAQ</a>: Wikipedia page outlining questions and answers regarding the policy.</li></ul> <p><b>Oversighter status</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_permission" class="extiw" title="m:Requests for permission">m:Requests for permission</a>: The permissions requests page ("RFP") on metawiki, where the Arbitration Committee will direct user rights changes, including oversighter appointments.</li> <li><a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Log/rights" class="extiw" title="m:Special:Log/rights">m:User rights log</a>: Shows oversighter assignments and removals. Enter <b><code>User:USERNAME@enwiki</code></b> in the "Title" box.</li> <li>Email address for suppression requests: <span class="nowrap">oversight-en-wp<span class="mw-no-invert"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><span title="@"><img alt="@" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/15px-At_sign.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/23px-At_sign.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/At_sign.svg/30px-At_sign.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="145" data-file-height="145"/></span></span></span>wikipedia.org</span></li></ul> <p><b>Statistics</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Audit_Subcommittee/Statistics" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee/Statistics">Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Audit Subcommittee/Statistics</a>: Tracks usage of this tool over the previous 6-month period.</li></ul> <p><b>Technical</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Oversight" class="extiw" title="mw:Extension:Oversight">mw:Extension:Oversight</a>: Oversight extension documentation on MediaWiki.org.</li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/RevisionDelete" class="extiw" title="mw:RevisionDelete">mw:RevisionDelete</a>: More detailed description of how the Revision/Log entry hiding feature works.</li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bitfields_for_rev_deleted" class="extiw" title="mw:Bitfields for rev deleted">mw:Bitfields for rev deleted</a>: How the bitfields for revision deletion are implemented and a list of who-can-see-what.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Selective_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Selective deletion">Wikipedia:Selective deletion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Identification" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Identification">Wikipedia:Identification</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:User_oversighter_since" title="Template:User oversighter since">User oversighter since</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span>, a userbox to indicate having oversighter permission with period of time</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:User_wikipedia/Oversighter" title="Template:User wikipedia/Oversighter">User wikipedia/Oversighter</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> – a <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Userboxes" title="Wikipedia:Userboxes">userbox</a> template to indicate you have the Oversighter user right</li> <li><span class="nowrap">{{</span><a href="/wiki/Template:Oversighter_topicon" class="mw-redirect" title="Template:Oversighter topicon">Oversighter topicon</a><span class="nowrap">}}</span> – a <a href="/wiki/Template:Top_icon" title="Template:Top icon">top icon</a> template to indicate you have the Oversighter user right – adds a category to page automatically</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output 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.navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_accounts_and_governance" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Template:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Template talk:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia_accounts" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Wikipedia accounts"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Wikipedia_accounts_and_governance" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Wikipedia <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">accounts</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration#Human_and_legal_administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">governance</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Unregistered_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Unregistered (IP) users</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Why_create_an_account%3F" title="Wikipedia:Why create an account?">Why create an account?</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:CreateAccount" title="Special:CreateAccount">Create an account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account" title="Wikipedia:Request an account">Request an account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_editors_are_human_too" title="Wikipedia:IP editors are human too">IPs are human too</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_addresses_are_not_people" title="Wikipedia:IP addresses are not people">IP addresses are not people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_hopper" title="Wikipedia:IP hopper">IP hopper</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Registered users</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_account" title="Wikipedia:New account">New account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Logging_in" title="Help:Logging in">Logging in</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Reset_password" title="Help:Reset password">Reset passwords</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Username_policy" title="Wikipedia:Username policy">Username policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username" title="Wikipedia:Changing username">Changing username</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Usernames for administrator attention</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unified_login" title="Wikipedia:Unified login">Unified login or SUL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry#Legit" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Alternate account</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Account security</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Password_strength_requirements" title="Wikipedia:Password strength requirements">Password strength requirements</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_account_security" title="Wikipedia:User account security">User account security</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Personal_security_practices" title="Wikipedia:Personal security practices">Personal security practices</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Two-factor_authentication" title="Help:Two-factor authentication">Two-factor authentication</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Using_AWB_with_2FA" title="Wikipedia:Using AWB with 2FA">2FA for AWB</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Committed_identity" title="Template:Committed identity">Committed identity</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:On_privacy,_confidentiality_and_discretion" title="Wikipedia:On privacy, confidentiality and discretion">On privacy, confidentiality and discretion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Compromised_accounts" title="Wikipedia:Compromised accounts">Compromised accounts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_not_get_outed_on_Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:How to not get outed on Wikipedia">How to not get outed</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Blocks, bans, sanctions,<br/>global actions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_policy" title="Wikipedia:Blocking policy">Blocking policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Blocks">FAQ</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Blocking" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking">Admin's guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Blocking/Tools" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Blocking/Tools">Tools</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autoblock" title="Wikipedia:Autoblock">Autoblock</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Appealing_a_block" title="Wikipedia:Appealing a block">Appealing a block</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_appealing_blocks" title="Wikipedia:Guide to appealing blocks">Guide to appealing blocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System" title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">UTRS Unblock Ticket Request System</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Blocking_IP_addresses" title="Wikipedia:Blocking IP addresses">Blocking IP addresses</a> <ul><li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks">Range blocks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Range_blocks/IPv6" class="extiw" title="mw:Help:Range blocks/IPv6">IPv6</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:Open proxies">Open proxies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Banning_policy" title="Wikipedia:Banning policy">Banning policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Ban_appeals" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Ban appeals">ArbCom appeals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions">Sanctions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Personal sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">General sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contentious_topics" title="Wikipedia:Contentious topics">Contentious topics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_enforcement_log" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration enforcement log">Log</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sanctions_(essay)" title="Wikipedia:Sanctions (essay)">Essay</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Indefinite_is_not_infinite" title="Wikipedia:Indefinite is not infinite">Indef ≠ infinite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Long-term abuse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Standard_offer" title="Wikipedia:Standard offer">Standard offer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_actions" title="Wikipedia:Global actions">Global actions</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related to accounts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppetry">Sockpuppetry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Single-purpose_account" title="Wikipedia:Single-purpose account">Single-purpose account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sleeper_account" title="Wikipedia:Sleeper account">Sleeper account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vandalism-only_account" title="Wikipedia:Vandalism-only account">Vandalism-only account</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikibreak" title="Wikipedia:Wikibreak">Wikibreak</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_User_scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak_Enforcer" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject User scripts/Scripts/WikiBreak Enforcer">Enforcer</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Retiring" title="Wikipedia:Retiring">Retiring</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Courtesy_vanishing" title="Wikipedia:Courtesy vanishing">Courtesy vanishing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Clean_start" title="Wikipedia:Clean start">Clean start</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/User:Worm_That_Turned/Quiet_return" title="User:Worm That Turned/Quiet return">Quiet return</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">User groups</a><br/> and <a href="https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_groups#Global_user_groups" class="extiw" title="m:User groups">global user groups</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">Requests for permissions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Administrator_instructions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Administrator instructions">Admin instructions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_guide/Granting_and_revoking_user_rights" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' guide/Granting and revoking user rights">Admin guide</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Account_creator" title="Wikipedia:Account creator">Account creator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Account_creator" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Account creator">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Confirmed_users" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">(Auto) confirmed</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Confirmed" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Autopatrolled" title="Wikipedia:Autopatrolled">Autopatrolled</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Autopatrolled" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser">AutoWikiBrowser</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/AutoWikiBrowser" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/AutoWikiBrowser">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_policy" title="Wikipedia:Bot policy">Bot</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_helper" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter helper">Edit filter helper</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Event_coordinator" title="Wikipedia:Event coordinator">Event coordinator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Event_coordinator" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Event coordinator">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Extendedconfirmed" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Extended confirmed</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Extended_confirmed" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Extended confirmed">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_mover" title="Wikipedia:File mover">File mover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/File_mover" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/File mover">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:IP_block_exemption" title="Wikipedia:IP block exemption">IP block exempt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Unblock_Ticket_Request_System" title="Wikipedia:Unblock Ticket Request System">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mass_message_senders" title="Wikipedia:Mass message senders">Mass message sender</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Mass_message_sender" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Mass message sender">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:New_pages_patrol/Reviewers" title="Wikipedia:New pages patrol/Reviewers">New page reviewer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/New_page_reviewer" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/New page reviewer">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Page mover">Page mover</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Page_mover" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Page mover">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reviewing_pending_changes" title="Wikipedia:Reviewing pending changes">Pending changes reviewer</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Pending_changes_reviewer" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Pending changes reviewer">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Rollback">Rollback</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Rollback" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Rollback">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Template editor">Template editor</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions/Template_editor" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Template editor">PERM</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Global_rights_policy" title="Wikipedia:Global rights policy">Global rights policy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Volunteer_Response_Team" title="Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team">Volunteer Response Team</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Advanced user groups</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">RfA</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats">Bureaucrat</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#Current_nominations_for_bureaucratship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">RfB</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser" title="Wikipedia:CheckUser">CheckUser</a> and <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oversight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/CheckUser_and_Oversight#Appointments" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/CheckUser and Oversight">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter">Edit filter manager</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_filter_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Interface_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Interface administrators">Interface administrator</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Role_of_Jimmy_Wales#Founder_flag" title="Wikipedia:Role of Jimmy Wales">Founder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Importers_and_transwiki_importers" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Importer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Researcher" title="Wikipedia:User access levels">Researcher</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Committees" title="Wikipedia:Committees">Committees</a> and related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee">Arbitration Committee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group" title="Wikipedia:Bot Approvals Group">Bot approvals group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Functionaries" title="Wikipedia:Functionaries">Functionaries</a></li> <li>Clerks <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations/SPI/Clerks" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/SPI/Clerks">SPI clerks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Clerks" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Clerks">ArbCom clerks</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Governance</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Administration</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators" title="Wikipedia:FAQ/Administrators">FAQ</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Formal_organization" title="Wikipedia:Formal organization">Formal organization</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editorial_oversight_and_control" title="Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control">Editorial oversight and control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Quality_control" title="Wikipedia:Quality control">Quality control</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation">Wikimedia Foundation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_Foundation#Board_of_Trustees" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia Foundation">Board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Role_of_Jimmy_Wales#Founder's_seat_on_the_Foundation_Board" title="Wikipedia:Role of Jimmy Wales">Founder's seat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meta" title="Wikipedia:Meta">Meta-Wiki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikimedia_proposals" title="Wikipedia:Wikimedia proposals">Proposals</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProjects</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Elections" title="Wikipedia:Elections">Elections</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines" title="Wikipedia:Policies and guidelines">Policies and guidelines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_petitions" title="Wikipedia:List of petitions">Petitions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">Noticeboards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Consensus" title="Wikipedia:Consensus">Consensus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Dispute resolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reforms" title="Wikipedia:Reforms">Reforms</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Wikipedia_community" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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portal">Community portal</a></b>.<br/>For a listing of ongoing discussions and current requests, see the <b><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dashboard" title="Wikipedia:Dashboard">Dashboard</a></b>.</i></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Wikipedia:About">General community<br/>topics</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administration" title="Wikipedia:Administration">Administration</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:News" title="Wikipedia:News">News</a> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost">The Signpost</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Goings-on" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Goings-on">Goings-on</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_in_the_media" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia in the media">In the media</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup" title="Wikipedia:Meetup">Meetups</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Mailing_lists" title="Wikipedia:Mailing lists">Mailing lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedians" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedians">Wikipedians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Statistics" title="Wikipedia:Statistics">Statistics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:The_Wikipedia_Library" title="Wikipedia:The Wikipedia Library">The Wikipedia Library</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Centralized_discussion" title="Wikipedia:Centralized discussion">Centralized discussion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump" title="Wikipedia:Village pump">Village pump</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(idea_lab)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (idea lab)">Idea lab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(policy)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (policy)">Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (proposals)">Proposals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (technical)">Technical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (miscellaneous)">Miscellaneous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(WMF)" title="Wikipedia:Village pump (WMF)">WMF</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_holidays" title="Wikipedia:Wikipedia holidays">Holidays</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots" title="Wikipedia:Bots">Bots</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Wikipedia:Contents">Contents</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Content_assessment" title="Wikipedia:Content assessment">grading</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles" title="Wikipedia:Requested articles">Requested articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Most-wanted_articles" title="Wikipedia:Most-wanted articles">Most-wanted articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_articles/Images" title="Wikipedia:Requested articles/Images">Images needing articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_pictures" title="Wikipedia:Requested pictures">Articles needing images</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation" title="Wikipedia:Articles for creation">Articles for creation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC/R" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC/R">WP:AFC/R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:AFC/C" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:AFC/C">WP:AFC/C</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Article_creation" title="Wikipedia:Article creation">Creation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Articles_for_creation/Help_desk" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation/Help desk">Help</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Vital_articles" title="Wikipedia:Vital articles">Vital articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_improvement" title="Wikipedia:Articles for improvement">Articles for improvement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Peer_review" title="Wikipedia:Peer review">Peer review</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Good_article_nominations" title="Wikipedia:Good article nominations">Good article nominations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_article_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured article candidates">Featured article candidates</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_list_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured list candidates">Lists</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_picture_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates">Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Featured_and_good_topic_candidates" title="Wikipedia:Featured and good topic candidates">Topics</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Translation" title="Wikipedia:Translation">Article translation</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Pages_needing_translation_into_English" title="Wikipedia:Pages needing translation into English">Pages</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Talk:Main_Page" title="Talk:Main Page">Main Page</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Main_Page/Errors" title="Wikipedia:Main Page/Errors">Errors</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject">WikiProjects</a><br/>and <a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_collaborations" title="Category:Wikipedia collaborations">collaborations</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory">Directory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Culture" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Culture">Culture and the arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Geographical" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Geographical">Geographical</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/History_and_society" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/History and society">History and society</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Science" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Science">Science, technology and engineering</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Council/Directory/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Council/Directory/Wikipedia">Wikipedia assistance and tasks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Patrols" title="Wikipedia:Patrols">Patrols</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Recent_changes_patrol" title="Wikipedia:Recent changes patrol">Recent changes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism_Unit" title="Wikipedia:Counter-Vandalism Unit">Counter-Vandalism Unit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Accessibility" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedian_organizations" title="Category:Wikipedian organizations">Organizations category</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Awards" title="Wikipedia:Awards">Awards</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Positive_feedback" title="Wikipedia:Positive feedback">feedback</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reward_board" title="Wikipedia:Reward board">Reward board</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contests" title="Wikipedia:Contests">Contests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:A_nice_cup_of_tea_and_a_sit_down" title="Wikipedia:A nice cup of tea and a sit down">A nice cup of tea and a sit down</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Charitableness" title="Wikipedia:Charitableness">Charitableness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiLove" title="Wikipedia:WikiLove">WikiLove</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Compliment_before_criticism" title="Wikipedia:Compliment before criticism">Compliment before criticism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Kindness_Campaign" title="Wikipedia:Kindness Campaign">Kindness Campaign</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Notifications/Thanks" title="Help:Notifications/Thanks">Thanks!</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Maintenance" title="Wikipedia:Maintenance">Maintenance tasks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Task_Center" title="Wikipedia:Task Center">Task Center</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal/Open_tasks" title="Wikipedia:Community portal/Open tasks">Open tasks</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Backlog" title="Wikipedia:Backlog">Backlog</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog" title="Category:Wikipedia backlog">Category</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Administrative_backlog" title="Category:Administrative backlog">Admin category</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Edit_requests" title="Wikipedia:Edit requests">Edit requests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_edit_requests" title="Category:Wikipedia edit requests">Category</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports" title="Wikipedia:Database reports">Database reports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Category_tracker" title="Template:Category tracker">Category tracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Database_reports/Forgotten_articles" title="Wikipedia:Database reports/Forgotten articles">Dusty articles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="Special:SpecialPages">Special pages</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Special:NewPagesFeed" title="Special:NewPagesFeed">New pages</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="Special:RecentChanges">Recent changes</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_controversial_issues" title="Wikipedia:List of controversial issues">Controversial issues</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators" title="Wikipedia:Administrators">Administrators</a><br/>and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Noticeboards" title="Wikipedia:Noticeboards">noticeboards</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard">Administrators' noticeboard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents">Incidents</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Edit_warring" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Edit warring">Edit warring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrator_intervention_against_vandalism" title="Wikipedia:Administrator intervention against vandalism">Vandalism</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Admin_dashboard" title="Template:Admin dashboard">Admin dashboard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Requests for administrator attention">Admin requests</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Requests_for_closure" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Requests for closure">Closure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page protection">Page protection</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_permissions" title="Wikipedia:Requests for permissions">User permissions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Sockpuppet_investigations" title="Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations">Sockpuppets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_on_open_proxies" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject on open proxies">Open proxies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Revision_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Revision deletion">Revision deletion</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oversight</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_oversight" title="Wikipedia:Requests for oversight">Request</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Usernames_for_administrator_attention" title="Wikipedia:Usernames for administrator attention">Usernames</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Changing_username" title="Wikipedia:Changing username">Changing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Titleblacklist" title="MediaWiki talk:Titleblacklist">Title blacklist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:OTRS_noticeboard" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:OTRS noticeboard">OTRS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bureaucrats%27_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard">Bureaucrats'</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">Requests for adminship</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_adminship#About_RfB" title="Wikipedia:Requests for adminship">bureaucratship</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration_Committee/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee/Noticeboard">Arbitration Committee</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests">Requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement" title="Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Enforcement">Enforcement</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution#Resolving_content_disputes_with_outside_help" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution">Content dispute<br/>resolution</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_comment/All" title="Wikipedia:Requests for comment/All">Requests for comment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Third_opinion" title="Wikipedia:Third opinion">Third opinion</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Dispute_resolution_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Dispute resolution noticeboard">Dispute resolution noticeboard</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons/Noticeboard">Biographies of living persons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Conflict_of_interest/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Conflict of interest/Noticeboard">Conflict of interest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:External_links/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:External links/Noticeboard">External links</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Fringe_theories/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Fringe theories/Noticeboard">Fringe theories</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Neutral_point_of_view/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Neutral point of view/Noticeboard">Neutral point of view</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:No original research/Noticeboard">No original research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reliable_sources/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Reliable sources/Noticeboard">Reliable sources</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%">Other noticeboards<br/>and assistance</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Regional_notice_boards" title="Wikipedia:Regional notice boards">Regional notice boards</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_directory" title="Wikipedia:Request directory">Requests for help</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_requests_related_to_help" title="Category:Wikipedia requests related to help">Category</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Questions" title="Wikipedia:Questions">Asking questions</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Teahouse" title="Wikipedia:Teahouse">Teahouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk" title="Wikipedia:Help desk">Help desk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Reference_desk" title="Wikipedia:Reference desk">Reference desk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user" title="Wikipedia:Adopt-a-user">Adopt-a-user</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_assistance" title="Wikipedia:Copyright assistance">Copyright assistance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contributor_copyright_investigations" title="Wikipedia:Contributor copyright investigations">Copyright investigations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Copyright_problems" title="Wikipedia:Copyright problems">Text problems</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Media_copyright_questions" title="Wikipedia:Media copyright questions">Media questions</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Resource_Exchange/Resource_Request" title="Wikipedia:WikiProject Resource Exchange/Resource Request">Resource requests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Proposed_mergers" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Proposed mergers">Mergers</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_history_merge" title="Wikipedia:Requests for history merge">History mergers</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requested_moves" title="Wikipedia:Requested moves">Moves</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_importation" title="Wikipedia:Requests for page importation">Page importation</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Spam" title="Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spam">Spam</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-blacklist" title="MediaWiki talk:Spam-blacklist">Blacklist</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MediaWiki_talk:Spam-whitelist" title="MediaWiki talk:Spam-whitelist">Whitelist</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Bots/Noticeboard">Bots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Education_noticeboard" title="Wikipedia:Education noticeboard">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_sanctions" title="Wikipedia:General sanctions">General sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Editing_restrictions" title="Wikipedia:Editing restrictions">Editor sanctions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Long-term_abuse" title="Wikipedia:Long-term abuse">Long-term abuse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="text-align: center;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_process#Deletion_discussions" title="Wikipedia:Deletion process">Deletion<br/>discussions</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Guide_to_deletion" title="Wikipedia:Guide to deletion">Guide</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_guidelines_for_administrators" title="Wikipedia:Deletion guidelines for administrators">Admin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:XfD_today" title="Wikipedia:XfD 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