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Marwan Mohamad@gor.wiktionary

Status:    Done

Hello, my admin status on gorwiktionary has expired and I want to renew it. Thank you. Marwan Mohamad (talk) 03:48, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

@Marwan Mohamad similar to last time [1] the discussion should have been linked at gor:wikt:Wikikamus:Būbu'a lēmbo'a or similar pages. Has the request been posted at an appropriate place to meet MVR? Johannnes89 (talk) 05:34, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
Sorry I forgot to put the link on the community portal at gor:wikt:Wikikamus:Būbu'a lēmbo'a. I just added it now and hope the community finds it and supports it. Thanks. Marwan Mohamad (talk) 07:48, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
  On hold until 31 August 2024. EPIC (talk) 08:09, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 2 years to expire on 2026-08-31. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 08:18, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Janezdrilc@sl.wikiquote

Status:    Done

Hi. After one year term I would like to request for a permanent admin status. Thank you. --Janezdrilc (talk) 21:29, 24 August 2024 (UTC)

  On hold until 31 August 2024. EPIC (talk) 21:45, 24 August 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 2 years to expire on 2026-08-31. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks.
Unfortunately per MVR I cannot grant you permanent adminship in this case, but given your previous tenures I am granting you adminship for two years. EPIC (talk) 23:15, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Understood. Thank you. --Janezdrilc (talk) 02:16, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

KartikMistry@guwiktionary

Status:    Done

3 supports / 0 oppose; 100% result. Previous RfAs: 6 months, 1 year, 2 years. Please grant permanent rights this time if possible. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 08:07, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

  Granted for 2 years to expire on 2026-08-31. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks.
Unfortunately I cannot grant permanent adminship in this case per MVR, but given the previous tenures, I can grant for 2 years, which I will do here. EPIC (talk) 08:13, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Erick Soares3@ptwikisource

Status:    Done

Albertoleoncio Who, me? 02:46, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

  Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-09-01. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 03:13, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Aɣaras iḍlan@shiwiki

Status:    Done

Hello, my admin status on shilha wikipedia has expired and I want to renew it. Thank you.

  Granted for 6 months to expire on 2025-03-02. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks.
Note however that requests for adminship should go in the "Administrator access" section, and not "Removal of access", as that section is for requesting removal of user rights. EPIC (talk) 14:15, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your valuable advices Aɣaras iḍlan (talk) 14:47, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Turkmen@azwiktionary

Status:    Done

I was admin in this project since 2019. My last temporary admin rights (2 years) expired recently. Thanks! Turkmen talk 10:28, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

  Granted for 5 years to expire on 2029-09-04. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. Given how often you've received temporary adminship at azwiktionary (last time for 2 years) and that you have GS permissions in this project anyway, I've extended the period to five years. --Johannnes89 (talk) 14:09, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

leksey@ruwikibooks

Status:    Done

We need a final decision, here. According to local policy, applications for permanent administrator permission shall be supported by 8 voters   За and be open for 1 weeks. The required polling period has completed with no opposition opinion received. Leksey (talk) 19:14, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

We can absolutely grant but I'm not too sure the community is large enough for permanent admins at this time (out of the 26 non-bot users who have edited in the past 30 days, only six have more than 10 actions). Anyways, I'll bring it up with the others to see what they say. EPIC (talk) 19:41, 3 September 2024 (UTC)
There is currently one permanent admin on the project and no other admin. Similar to the other user [2] we should start with temporary permissions first in my opinion (e.g. 1 year) and grant permanent adminship in a consecutive request. Johannnes89 (talk) 05:33, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
I agree. Leksey (talk) 15:30, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
The local rules of the Russian section of Wikibooks state that permanent rights are granted if more than 6 users vote for a candidate.
I will not oppose if temporary rights are granted. Leksey (talk) 15:30, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-09-09. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. Granting temporary adminship per discussion above, please mention this when requesting adminship next year again, so permanent adminship will be considered. --Johannnes89 (talk) 06:01, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

TiberiuFr25@rowikisource

Status:    Done

Hello! My previous rights as administrator have expired and I would like to renew them. Thank you. TiberiuFr25 (talk) 18:44, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

  Granted for 6 months to expire on 2025-03-06. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 19:04, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Joseph@trwikibooks

Status:    Done

Please give administrator access to Joseph. Regards, Kadı Message 15:33, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

  Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-09-08. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 15:37, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

~aanzx@knwiktionary

Status:    Done

request for importer , admin and interface admin rights.~aanzx © 06:32, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-09-09. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. (for sysop and IA)
  On hold for importer, for the same reason as above. EPIC (talk) 06:56, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
Also   Done for importer as per the explanation above, with the same expiry as sysop rights. EPIC (talk) 07:56, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Gadir@azwiktionary

Status:    Not done

For 1 year. Gadir (talk) 19:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Unfortunately I have to close this as   Not done. The discussion needs to be started at the relevant wiki (azwiktionary) regardless of whether there is a local community (the discussion doesn't necessarily need to have any votes per MVR, but the discussion needs to be held locally). In either case, in the linked section I see one support and one oppose and I can't really consider that a consensus. So this cannot be granted at the moment - if you are still interested, please initiate a local discussion. EPIC (talk) 19:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Gadir@azwikiquote

Status:    Not done

For 1 year. Gadir (talk) 19:46, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

I will have to close this request as well, with the same rationale as #Gadir@azwiktionary above. EPIC (talk) 19:52, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

~aanzx@knwikiquote

Status:    Done

request for importer , admin and interface admin rights.~aanzx © 06:32, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-09-09. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. (for sysop and IA)
  On hold for importer. @~aanzx: Since importupload is a cautious right, could you please explain what you will need it for, and what you are planning to import? EPIC (talk) 06:56, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
@EPIC , incases where I am importing multiple templates it will be useful , through special:import i can import only one page at a time, and for example I had imported a template at https://kn.wikisource.org/wiki/ವಿಶೇಷ:Log?type=import&user=&page=&wpdate=2024-07-31&tagfilter=&subtype=&wpFormIdentifier=logeventslist in Wikisource , there unrelated 100s of pages also got imported. ~aanzx © 07:05, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
@~aanzx: Likely this happened because you checked the "Include all template and transcluded pages", which in most cases should be unchecked, especially because it would history merge a local page with the history of the same page from the importing wiki.
So that is slightly concerning if you're applying for import, but I'm willing to give you a chance. What is the source of these templates? EPIC (talk) 07:20, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
@EPIC, Mostly templates kannada Wikipedia, english wikiquote and wikitionary. I will be careful while importing check for transcluded pages.~aanzx © 07:44, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
OK,   Done for importer as well, with the same expiry as your adminship. Like mentioned, please be careful as well, since importupload is even more risky than transwiki import. EPIC (talk) 07:56, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
@~aanzx and EPIC: Wouldn't it have been better to add the wikis to the list of transwiki-import wikis for these wikis? That would have enabled all local sysops to do the imports without the risky importupload rights. --Ameisenigel (talk) 19:58, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
I too would agree that it would have been a good alternative. My rationale for granting this specific request was that the requester had their community's consensus and is trusted, and noted above that they would use it carefully. If misuse occurs, it can of course be taken from there. EPIC (talk) 20:25, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
@Ameisenigel, import sources are already set as needed, reason for requesting importer rights was to bulk import needed templates, instead of 1 template at a time.~aanzx © 02:31, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
How do you bulk import? You still need to export all templates individually and upload the XML files afterwards. --Ameisenigel (talk) 06:17, 10 September 2024 (UTC)
Special:Export allows exporting multiple templates at a time. Leaderboard (talk) 08:27, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Reda Kerbouche@shy.wiktionary

Status:    Done

Hello, I have been the sole administrator of the test project since 2018, and after its creation, I was granted temporary sysop rights. I would like to continue serving as the admin (but not just for a year, for a longer, temporary period) because I am familiar with everything I’ve done, and if any issues arise, I can address them promptly. Thank you in advance. Reda Kerbouche (talk) 15:36, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold until 15 September 2024. EPIC (talk) 15:37, 9 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 2 years to expire on 2026-09-15. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 14:37, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Brwynog@kwwiki

Status:    Done

(I have held administrator right for the Cornish wikipedia for three months and would like to continue in the role.) Brwynog (talk) 16:02, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

  Granted for 6 months to expire on 2025-03-10. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks.
Also, just as a note, requests for adminship go in the "Administrator access" section (where I moved this request) and not in "Removal of access" (which is for requesting removal of permissions). Thanks :) EPIC (talk) 16:06, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Bekipediya@uzwikiquote

Status:    Done

Assalomu alaykum. I am one of the active users of the uzwikiquote project. As there is work to be done by the administrator in this project, I want to take this responsible position on my shoulders. BEKIPEDIYA #talk 10:19, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

  Granted for 3 months to expire on 2024-12-14. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks.
Note however that requests for adminship go in the "Administrator access" section (where I moved this request) and not in "Removal of access" (which is for requesting removal of permissions) - just for future reference. EPIC (talk) 10:26, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Thank you. I'm sorry I didn't pay attention. Next time, it will be as you explain. :) BEKIPEDIYA #talk 10:30, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Kenneth Wehr@klwiki

Status:    Done

I just saw, that my administrator rights will expire in a few days. Last time I got them for two years in 2022. I am still the only Wikipedian with knowledge of Greenlandic. There hasn't been a single Greenlandic active user for around 15 years. But there are problems with machine translated articles and spam. I just wrote an article about that in the German Kurier here). I ask therefore for a prolonging of my administrator rights. And I still don't understand, why I have to ask for them again and again, while User:Kaare with no language knowledge at all has them for lifetime. --Kenneth Wehr (talk) 06:54, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

On hold for one week, pending any potential discussion [4] (although unlikely given there are no other active users).
Considering that you got temporary admin four times already [5] (log only available via your previous user name) I think we can extend the period even further, e.g. to five years. The other admin got their permission many years before Steward requests/Permissions/Minimum voting requirements was created [6], today we usually don't grant indefinite admin permissions on projects with no active community. Given that you are a long-term dewiki admin and that there's already a permanent klwiki admin, we might be able to make an exemption and grant you permanent adminsip on klwiki as well, but that's something for other stewards to decide, I might be biased coming from the same home wiki as you. --Johannnes89 (talk) 07:43, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 3 years to expire on 2027-09-21. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks.
As mentioned above, the reason why the other administrator at klwiki has permanent adminship is because in the past, permanent adminship was given out very lightly even on very small wikis, but as of many years, this is no longer the practice with the implementation of MVR. Unfortunately since the community is not large enough and there are no votes in the discussion we cannot grant adminship permanently in this case, but taking Johannes' comments into account, since you have held the rights several times in the past and as you have permanent adminship at a large wiki, I will grant the rights for three years this time. EPIC (talk) 09:20, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Eshaq Azizi@pswiki

Status:    Done

I am an active user on pswiki and other project. There is a need for at least 3-5 more admins, because there a lot of work that needs to be done, and i have been voted by both current admins on pswiki. So, i feel ready to take some responsibility in pswiki. Eshaq Azizi (talk) 13:12, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold until 21 September 2024. EPIC (talk) 14:17, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 6 months to expire on 2025-03-21. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 19:23, 21 September 2024 (UTC)

Badak Jawa@id.wikiquote

Status:    Done

It seems like a pretty capable candidate and many agree. There is also no policy regarding time, so I asked for permission to be granted for his request. Thank you 🍃Zulf🍃talk 16:09, 16 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold until 17 September 2024. FYI, regarding the time portion, discussions should be open for at least one week. EPIC (talk) 16:10, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
ok good thanks for the info. 🍃Zulf🍃talk 16:13, 16 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 6 months to expire on 2025-03-17. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 09:53, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

Radramboo@id.wikiquote

Status:    Done

Hello. This request is for administrator access. Regards, Ezagren (talk) 00:44, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

  Granted for 6 months to expire on 2025-03-17. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 09:53, 17 September 2024 (UTC)

capitainAfrika@lnwiki

Status:    Done

I just saw, that my administrator rights will expire in a few days. Last time I got them for six months in march 2024. CapitainAfrika (talk) 20:54, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold until 25 September 2024. EPIC (talk) 20:55, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-09-26. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 11:34, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

IHLubis@btm.wikipedia

Status:    Done

(hello, I am applying for an admin position on the Mandailing wikipedia project, this project needs an admin to manage and fix several things starting from deleting pages and other improvements.) IHLubis (talk)

  On hold until 25 September 2024. EPIC (talk) 09:00, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
I am holding this for an extra day until 26 September 2024, as btm:Wikipedia:Lopo Kopi was not publicly linked anywhere when the voting was added. It was only linked to a Wikidata item a day after voting started, so for the discussion to meet MVR I'll extend it for another day. EPIC (talk) 14:26, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 3 months to expire on 2024-12-27. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 21:10, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

IHLubis@btm.wiktionary

Status:    Done

(hello, I am applying for an admin position on the Wiktionary Mandailing (Pustaha Siseon) project, this project needs an admin to manage and fix deleting several entries created by several accounts because there are errors in writing. This Mandailing Wiktionary can meet Wiktionary standards in general)IHLubis (talk)

  On hold until 26 September 2024. EPIC (talk) 09:27, 24 September 2024 (UTC)
  Granted for 3 months to expire on 2024-12-27. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 21:10, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Caribiana@papwp

Status:    Done

  Granted for 2 years to expire on 2026-09-25. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks.
As there has been several one year tenures already, I granted for the rights for two years here. EPIC (talk) 17:00, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the quick processing! Ciell (talk) 17:56, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
@Ciell, the community vote link is broken. signed, Aafi (talk) 17:00, 25 September 2024 (UTC)
(And re the link to the vote: just fixed that as well when marking as done.) EPIC (talk) 17:01, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Kallmemel@papwp

Status:    Done

  Granted for 1 year to expire on 2025-09-25. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 17:00, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Slaia@nia.wikipedia

Status:    Done

My niawiki adminiship has expired. I am requesting for a new one. Thank you in advance.

  Granted for 2 years to expire on 2026-09-26. To prolong your (interface) adminship, please start another election a few days before your temporary access expires, and after a week post your request again to this page. Thanks. EPIC (talk) 11:31, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

A Sulaiman Z@ha.wikipedia

Status:    Not done

  Not done @A Sulaiman Z: Excuses, I had forgotten to note this in my post on your talk page; the request needs to run for at least a week. Your request was opened as recently as today, so you should place your request here on October 3 at the earliest. We have simply recently had too many of these requests posted on the same day as the discussion was opened, which we want to avoid having here - so, please, let the voting run for a minimum of one week and come back here by then. EPIC (talk) 21:41, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Ammarpad@ha.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Ammarpad request for interface admin rights, (Already, he has this right on MediaWiki). Voting has completed with full support here BnHamid (talk) 12:53, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done. EPIC (talk) 13:06, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Barkeep49@enWiki

Status:    Done

Thank you. Primefac (talk) 11:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done and welcome back! Notifying list admins to handle the rest. EPIC (talk) 12:01, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Izno@en.wikipedia

Status:    Done

The Arbitration Committee has appointed Izno as a CheckUser. Please add him to the user group.

On behalf of the Committee, Sdrqaz (talk) 23:07, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done, welcome back! I'll inform list admins for the rest, also @Krd: for VRT access. EPIC (talk) 23:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Codc@de.wikipedia

Status:    Done

He signed the agreement. Thanks, --TenWhile6 22:04, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done, congrats and good luck! I'll get a hold of the list admins to do the rest. EPIC (talk) 22:17, 28 September 2024 (UTC)
@Codc: Please check your email. — JJMC89(T·C) 23:54, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

.avgas@itwiki

Status:    Done

Please remove my sysop flag on itwiki. Thank you. .avgas 10:19, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 10:31, 30 August 2024 (UTC)
  Done Thank you for your service. EPIC (talk) 10:22, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Amakuha@ukwiki

Status:    Done

Please remove admin flag due to inactivity. The user have performed his last admin action more than 1 year ago, so according to the local policy his admin permissions should be removed. In a month after notification user didn't respond and didn't return to admin activity. --Mykola 00:12, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done — JJMC89(T·C) 01:48, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Xnet1234@wikifunctions

Status:    Done

Hello, I'm currently inactive in Wikifunctions. Please remove my sysop rights, Thank you. Xnet1234 (talk) 11:41, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 11:42, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
  Done with thanks for your work. – Ajraddatz (talk) 12:47, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Euphydryas@itwiki

Status:    Done

Please remove my bureaucrat and sysop flag on itwiki. Thank you. --Euphydryas (msg) 20:10, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 20:11, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
  Done with thanks to you for your service. EPIC (talk) 20:24, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Lymantria@nlwiki

Status:    Done

Please, remove my sysop rights at nl.wikipedia. I consider myself insufficiently active at that project now for quite some time. Thank you. Lymantria (talk) 07:14, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 07:20, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
  Done - Thank you for your service. EPIC (talk) 07:16, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Renamed user ZQTozZH8HV@global

Remove Global IPBE. Vanished user. GZWDer (talk) 16:59, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done as per previous cases. EPIC (talk) 17:22, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Vanished user 97837693f60bc8e65afb5b3657bff14c@global

Remove Global IPBE. Vanished user. GZWDer (talk) 16:59, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done as per previous cases. EPIC (talk) 17:22, 2 September 2024 (UTC)

Vanished user a12dd94fe07415c6f001d68ae46559f0@global

Please remove two-factor authentication tester.--GZWDer (talk) 11:43, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

  Donexaosflux Talk 12:31, 3 September 2024 (UTC)

Spicy@enwiki

Status:    Done

  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 00:34, 6 September 2024 (UTC)
  Done Thank you for your service, Spicy. List admins will handle the rest, and @Krd: for the VRT access. EPIC (talk) 00:41, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Friniate@it.wikipedia

Please remove my sysop and arbcom rights.Friniate (talk) 11:33, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. Note that we will only remove your sysop rights, as your ArbCom rights can be removed by local bureaucrats. EPIC (talk) 11:34, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
An impulse request for minor reasons. Please reconsider. --Elwood (talk) 15:09, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
Just want to note that, while I am not aware of the reasons in question, Friniate is of course free to withdraw this request should they want to. EPIC (talk) 15:15, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
I take the resignation back. Sorry for the inconvenience. Friniate (talk) 15:35, 7 September 2024 (UTC)
No issue, marking as withdrawn. EPIC (talk) 15:36, 7 September 2024 (UTC)

Vargenau@wikidata

Please remove the sysop rights @wikidata for Vargenau due to inactivity according to policy at wikidata. User has made o sysop actions in the last six months as of April 1st (see [7]). --Lymantria (talk) 07:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Hello,
Please keep my admin rights. It is true I have be active recently in wikidata as I have been mostly busy on French Wikipedia. I have just restarted using my admin rights.
Vargenau (talk) 09:27, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
I guess we could close this request then? User no longer meets criteria for removal and has expressed intent to resume their activity. EPIC (talk) 10:46, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
My apologies for CP errors this morning (I apparently wasn't completely awake yet). The date is September 1st in stead of April 1st. I don't oppose you stretching our policy to include September 1st, but IMHO it is border line. --Lymantria (talk) 13:03, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

Martin Urbanec@wikidata

Please remove the sysop rights @wikidata for Vogone due to inactivity according to policy at wikidata. User has made 4 sysop actions in the last six months as of April 1st (see [8]). --Lymantria (talk) 07:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)

@Lymantria Please recheck. You're requesting removal of access for Vogone, listed is Martin Urbanec. Perhaps a lapsus? A09|(pogovor) 09:53, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Assumably just an error, Martin is the correct one. Only reason this has not been processed yet is that we are waiting for a response from Martin as he is active elsewhere and only one sysop action away at the moment, so it is mostly up to him at this point. EPIC (talk) 09:56, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
The policy does not require any response. --Ameisenigel (talk) 10:05, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Correct, it does not. But Mykola pinged him in the stewards' IRC channel as he is only one action away, and since there is no real rush we decided to wait. EPIC (talk) 10:23, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
My apologies for CP errors this morning (I apparently wasn't completely awake yet). It is aobout Martin and the date is September 1st in stead of April 1st. --Lymantria (talk) 13:01, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
P.S. Isn't pinging close to canvassing? Would you ping any user whose flag is requested to be removed for inactivity and is close to being active? This does not feel entirely comfortable. --Lymantria (talk) 16:56, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
AFAIK on most wikis it is standard procedure to ping a user before their rights are (about to be) revoked. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
20:15, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
It is not at wikidata. --Lymantria (talk) 07:06, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Now you have reached your goal by waiting long enough until Martin returned to activity and made the needed admin actions. This is not how our activity policy should work. --Ameisenigel (talk) 19:25, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Martin returned to activity  – are you implying that this is bad?.. ~~~~
User:1234qwer1234qwer4 (talk)
20:16, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Absolutely. In this case, Mykola pinged them as they were still active elsewhere and only one sysop action away from being "active enough" - fine by me, also considering past situations such as Steward_requests/Permissions/2024-03#Mike_Peel@wikidata. EPIC (talk) 20:21, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
It is indeed bad if people game our policy by performing some actions after the deadline. Instead they should ask the community for renewal of their rights. History showed us that the Wikidata Community is very welcoming to former administrators who want to return after inactivity. --Ameisenigel (talk) 20:34, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Furthermore I would have expected @Martin Urbanec: to at least make a comment here if they want to keep their rights (like Vargenau did in the section above). --Ameisenigel (talk) 20:37, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
@Ameisenigel I would like to explain why there is no comment from me so far. This is because I made it a long term practice to not comment on requests regarding myself unless asked to. That allows requests like this one to be handled independently. If my input is needed, I am responsive to pings, of course.
But, since you asked: I am interested in continuing to serve as a Wikidata administrator. Whether that happens by fulfilling this request and a possible future re-application or whether that happens by closing the request as not done is not my call – that is something one of the other stewards would need to make a decision on. Martin Urbanec (talk) 09:02, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer. I appreciate it. --Ameisenigel (talk) 13:28, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
And Mike Peel is a good example for how it should work: Rights have been removed for inactivity and he has been re-elected by the community. --Ameisenigel (talk) 20:39, 1 September 2024 (UTC)
Agreed; others cannot read Martin's mind on their intentions to continue serving as a Wikidata admin unless they explicitly state so if they meet the inactivity criteria. SHB2000 (tc) 10:58, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
What is done, is done, and I can live with this request (and the preceding one) being not done. But I would like to ask the stewards as well to consider local policies as valid, the current way of dealing with them makes local bureaucrats look funny. And what concerns me more is that cases might not be treated equally (one user warned, the other not). In wikidata perception of activity it is the responsibility of an admin to stay active. If not, they'll have to convince the community they will be active again and as stated above, the community is generally welcoming towards renewed adminship. Please. --Lymantria (talk) 12:13, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
I just wanted to note here that, when Mykola notified Martin about this request, Vargenau had already finished the adequate admin actions and noted here that they wished to keep their rights, and thus there was nothing for us to do on that end. I had also purposefully waited with processing these requests after the Mike Peel thing in March to avoid removal in the case the admin is active and might have an intent to continue.
However, as a Wikidata admin myself, I would like to see the inactivity policy potentially reformed in the future in the way that the user is notified some time before removal (perhaps a week or so) to give them time to express whether they would like to continue. EPIC (talk) 12:40, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
That is the important point: We would need to change our policy. Changing a policy with consensus of the Community is perfectly fine, circumventing the existing policy is not. --Ameisenigel (talk) 13:28, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
EPIC, it strikes me as very strange that you are apparently handling these requests in your capacity as a steward when you're an administrator there. I know that you didn't declare Wikidata as a home-wiki when you were elected, but having adminship there should be reason enough to leave this to another steward.I also agree with Ferien below. Sdrqaz (talk) 15:43, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Absolutely, but I just wanted to note that I am not planning to process this request myself. Wikidata is not my home wiki, and even if it would have been then I will point to a quote from a similar request:

Unless you can point to a specific conflict of interest that [steward] might have (or could even possibly have) in removing the rights, then I don't think it's useful to bring it up. That part of the steward policy is obviously meant to prevent stewards from being "super-users" on their home project, and I don't think that actioning uncontroversial requests on SRP is at all part of that.

Although I will once again note that I will not be the one processing or closing this request. EPIC (talk) 15:59, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
My experience as an administrator is that there's a lot of power in declining requests, sometimes even more than actually carrying them out. While you have not changed the status of {{sr-request}} to "on hold", your comments here have had the same effect.And so given the comments here, this situation is very different to the 2016 one: if you had just removed the adminship, fewer people would've been annoyed because those actions would've been clearly in accordance with Wikidata policy (if on dubious stewards policy grounds). But this request and the response to it has been obviously not uncontroversial because there is a perception that the current policy is being circumvented. A lot of your work on this page has been great, given your quick responses, but this one should've been left to someone else because even if you state that you aren't processing this one, there is a clear perception that you are. Sdrqaz (talk) 18:31, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
Sure, I see your point. I didn't process the request mainly due to the past Mike Peel situation combined with the decision to wait. To respond to some of the criticism, the decision to wait with processing the request was not made by a specific steward but by some stewards as a group after the proposal came up shortly after Vargenau had finished their adequate admin actions (and because there was only one action remaining to meet the activity criteria).
I agree with some of the criticism, but I'll go ahead and leave this thread now, with note that I'd very much be willing to avoid Wikidata SRP requests should the community want me to. EPIC (talk) 20:23, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
I would have to agree with Lymantria. While returning to activity should always be welcomed, inactivity criteria should be taken literally. If a given admin meets the inactivity policy, their rights are supposed to be automatically removed. It shouldn't matter if they're one action off, that is the minimum activity expected by the community and they have failed to meet that minimum. If they don't meet the minimum, they don't get the rights, simple as that, and again I am a little concerned of the different treatment of users – while this isn't directly Martin's fault, it gives me very similar vibes to the issue that came up in his 2024 confirmation. If we are going to say they're close to the minimum so we're going to give them a chance, realistically what is the point of the policy in the first place if stewards have the ability to ignore its meaning? --Ferien (talk) 12:42, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
This, even though I don't deny that this discussion is in good faith. Leaderboard (talk) 06:03, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Hi. I'd like to note that I'm a strong proponent of removing rights due to inactivity. I noticed these two requests in the morning and saw some errors in them (the mention of Vogone and an incorrect date). In the stewards chat, I asked for other stewards opinions on Vargenau, as by the time I saw these requests, he had already made the necessary number of admin actions. When I was in the process of writing question, I noticed that Martin was online and, out of courtesy, I asked him about his future activity. Perhaps if it weren't for the errors in the request and Vargenau's return to activity, I would have processed them immediately, as I had done before, but these factors made me pause. In no way was it my intention to delay the requests for waiting long enough until Martin returned to activity. I wrote about requests in the stewards chat and went to work. And in no way does anyone consider your policy not valid or the bureaucrats to be funny. There were simply misunderstandings from the beginning with these requests. I apologize if this situation caused any annoyed. Mykola 21:47, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
It did, but apologies accepted. And the copy-paste errors were my bad. --Lymantria (talk) 23:48, 2 September 2024 (UTC)
My proposal for both requests: Given that both users expressed their interest in continuing their adminship and now meet the activity criteria, we should let them keep their permissions this time.
But I agree with Lymantria that the way we reacted to the requests is not how it's supposed to happen, especially not with large communities. Wikidata is not a small community which accidentally created inactivity criteria with unintended consequences, they deliberately chose to implement immediate removal without prior notification. It's not up to us to comment on this process, we should rather carry out such community consensus. Other projects like enwiki, dewiki or Commons allow bureaucrats to remove admin permissions themselves. If Wikidata had a similar policy, both Vargenau and Martin would be without admin permissions right now.
That's why in addition to letting both requests go, we should note in our steward handbook that inactivity requests by bureaucrats are to be carried out without leeway for stewards, in order to prevent similar situations from happening again. Johannnes89 (talk) 05:55, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
For large communities, sysop removals should be done by bureaucrats locally. This likely resolves all issues addressed here. Krd 06:41, 4 September 2024 (UTC)
Agreed, and I think generally the role of stewards around this type of request is to implement the request of the local bureaucrats without adding their own notifications/interpretation of the local policy, especially for large projects with mature self-governance like Wikidata. I personally would much prefer notifications before desysopping, but I also am not super pleased with how this was handled. (and since I was quoted above re: conflicts of interest/actions related to home wiki, it is also important to note that two former stewards disagreed with my interpretation there, and I also noted that the entire problem could have been avoided with more discretion...) – Ajraddatz (talk) 00:47, 5 September 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for the discussion, I withdraw the request. --Lymantria (talk) 19:59, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Vali@rowiki

Status:    Done

No administrative actions in the last year (see here). Per policy, his rights have expired. User have received several messages in his talk page, with no response or action taken. Strainu (talk) 07:23, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done with thanks to them for their work. EPIC (talk) 08:26, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Reiro@kowiki

Status:    Done

Non-confidence discussion passed. Please remove access. Takipoint123 (talk) 00:43, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done Despite the negative outcome, I'd like to thank them for their valuable service as an administrator. EPIC (talk) 00:46, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Doug Weller@enWikipedia

Status:    Done

Thank you. Primefac (talk) 09:23, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done, with thanks for their service. @Primefac: This request was placed in the CheckUser access section, but judging by the announcement and that Doug Weller already had CU rights, I assume this was a removal request? EPIC (talk) 09:27, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Yes, that is correct. Sdrqaz (talk) 09:47, 11 September 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, then I read it right. List admins were informed and @Krd: for the VRT access. EPIC (talk) 09:52, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

150B01-abot@zhwiki

Status:    Done

Please remove sysop flag (and perhaps lock this account) from this bot account per operator's claim of forgotten password. Bot is now operated from 150b02-abot with sysop flag already set. Thanks. Jimmy Xu (talk) 14:51, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done. EPIC (talk) 15:08, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

MarcoAurelio@meta

Status:    Done

Please remove my bureaucrat, interface-administrator and administrator access on Meta-Wiki. Thank you, —MarcoAurelio (talk) 19:28, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

24 hour resignation hold. — xaosflux Talk 19:30, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
  Done Thank you for your service, Marco. EPIC (talk) 19:29, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
Sad to see you go, MarcoAurelio – thank you for your service and all the best for your future. --SHB2000 (tc) 01:36, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your service --Ameisenigel (talk) 08:00, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Thanks for your service. – DreamRimmer (talk) 05:32, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson@is.wikisource

Status:    Not done

Has temporary admin rights. Did not re-apply for them in July at s:Wikiheimild:Potturinn, like he was supposed to do. Rights where supposed to be removed in August, but where not. Stefán just went through an page namespace page deletion spree recently (used for OCR), he is clearly not fit to be an admin. Snævar (talk) 20:56, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

The rights were granted for six months and thus will expire in October, so they will be automatically removed then. Anyways, I don't know if I could call this enough of an emergency to immediately remove rights, but the recent deletions are concerning. @Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson: could you explain yourself? EPIC (talk) 21:15, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
The last request I can see is Steward requests/Permissions/2024-04#Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson@iswikisource. I did confuse his request for permission posts with his wikibooks posts, not that it matters. This is actually my fourth complaint against him, the first one at s:User talk:Stefán Örvar Sigmundsson, second at s:is:Wikiheimild:Potturinn#Afeyðing síðna (at the village pump) and the third at s:is:Wikiheimild:Potturinn#Afeyðing #2 (also at the village pump, they might have been archived allready). The latter two where both on excessive deletions. Snævar (talk) 21:42, 12 September 2024 (UTC)
I added what we call "a vote of no-confidence" to is.wikisource, see the template above.--Snævar (talk) 02:02, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
  Not done – community consensus for early removal not yet established — JJMC89(T·C) 02:14, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
JJMC89: Then you wait for said 2 weeks for conseus to form like other people do. Do not try to make up your own rules, follow the existing ones. Also, I have not said anything about an emergency removal.--Snævar (talk) 16:16, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
We don't keep requests pending for 2 weeks on this page. You can refile when it comes to that time. -- Amanda (she/her) 16:51, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Rama@commons

Status:    Done

Please remove suppressor. Thanks! -- CptViraj (talk) 00:59, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done — JJMC89(T·C) 02:09, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

MareBG@sr.wiki

This administrator on Serbian Wikipedia has abused his admin powers multiple times recently. One example is here. Hadjnix (talk) 20:42, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

  Not done, we cannot strip users of their rights outside of community consensus, emergencies or resignations. This does not fall under either category. You will need to open a local vote of confidence in accordance with the process listed at sr:Википедија:Захтеви за администрирање#Захтеви за уклањање овлашћења. EPIC (talk) 20:46, 13 September 2024 (UTC)
I smell double standards and hypocrisy. Hadjnix (talk) 13:34, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Our role is to implement community consensus. This is not an emergency so the rights cannot be removed without a local discussion. EPIC (talk) 16:55, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Solavirum@az.wikipedia

Please revoke the user's Solavirum administrator status at their own request.--Sortilegus (talk) 19:30, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 19:32, 14 September 2024 (UTC)
Hello, the user has withdrawn the request.--Turkmen talk 14:07, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
Thanks, then marking as withdrawn. EPIC (talk) 14:21, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
I've withdrawn my request. --► Sincerely: SolaVirum 21:59, 15 September 2024 (UTC)

Stryn@wikidatawiki

Status:    Done

Hi, I ask to remove my sysop rights on Wikidata. Unfortunately I don't have enough time to patrol Wikidata anymore, and I'm no longer up to date of the latest guidelines etc. Thank you. Stryn (talk) 07:32, 18 September 2024 (UTC)

  On hold for 1 day, standard for resignation of advanced permissions. EPIC (talk) 07:40, 18 September 2024 (UTC)
  Done Thank you for your service. EPIC (talk) 07:36, 19 September 2024 (UTC)

Фильтр злоупотреблений@altwiki

Status:    Done

Unused abuse filter account. Current abuse filter account is alt:Туружаачы:Шокту эдилгелердиҥ филтрыныҥ журналы Ameisenigel (talk) 13:28, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done. EPIC (talk) 13:37, 24 September 2024 (UTC)

Filtre antiabus@atjwiki

Status:    Done

Unused abuse filter account. Current abuse filter account is atj:Ka notcitatc:Filtre anti-abus Ameisenigel (talk) 07:49, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done. EPIC (talk) 08:30, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Təhqir süzgəci@azwikibooks

Status:    Done

Unused abuse filter account. Current abuse filter account is az:b:İstifadəçi:Dəyişiklik süzgəci Ameisenigel (talk) 09:07, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done. EPIC (talk) 09:25, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Təhqir süzgəci@azwikiquote

Status:    Done

Unused abuse filter account. Current abuse filter account is az:q:İstifadəçi:Dəyişiklik süzgəci Ameisenigel (talk) 09:07, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done. EPIC (talk) 09:25, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Təhqir süzgəci@azwiktionary

Status:    Done

Unused abuse filter account. Current abuse filter account is az:wikt:İstifadəçi:Dəyişiklik süzgəci Ameisenigel (talk) 09:07, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done. EPIC (talk) 09:25, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Урынһыҙ файҙаланыуҙар һөҙгөсө@bawiki

Unused abuse filter account. Current abuse filter account is ba:Ҡатнашыусы:Зыянлы ғәмәлдәргә ҡаршы фильтр Ameisenigel (talk) 18:36, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Bawiki bureaucrats are able to remove sysop locally. @Comp1089: would you be willing to de-sysop? EPIC (talk) 18:42, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Done. --Comp1089 (talk) 20:19, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Thanks! Marking as locally handled. EPIC (talk) 20:30, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Урынһыҙ файҙаланыуҙар һөҙгөсө@bawikibooks

Status:    Done

Unused abuse filter account. Current abuse filter account is ba:b:Ҡатнашыусы:Зыянлы ғәмәлдәргә ҡаршы фильтр Ameisenigel (talk) 18:36, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done. EPIC (talk) 18:43, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

Perrak@de.wikipedia

Status:    Done

Please remove his checkuser flag: Perrak was re-elected 2022 for 2 years: votes. He didn't run for re-election now (see all candidates 2024). Perrak, many thanks for your service as CU for amazing ten years. --TenWhile6 22:04, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

  Done with thanks for their service. Similar to above, I'll notify list admins to handle the rest as well. EPIC (talk) 22:18, 28 September 2024 (UTC)

Lhoussine AIT TAYFST@zghwiki

Status:    Not done

Request for Importer Permissions --Lhoussine AIT TAYFST (talk) 19:31, 16 August 2024 (UTC)

What will you use import for, and for how long will you need it? Importupload is quite cautious and we generally do not grant it permanently on wikis as small as zghwiki. If it is a one time task, we could perform it instead. EPIC (talk) 19:34, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
If you just want to import from a few specific wikis you can also request on Phabricator to add them to the list of sister projects for transwiki import so you can import from them with transwiki import. --Ameisenigel (talk) 21:02, 16 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi @EPIC @Ameisenigel, thank you for your prompt reponse! I require importer permissions to import a large number of articles as HTML files, which have been written in both the Tifinagh and Latin scripts. I will transliterate them into Tifinagh before importing. I need this permission specifically for this task. --Lhoussine AIT TAYFST (talk) 23:54, 17 August 2024 (UTC)
@Lhoussine AIT TAYFST: Thanks for your response, however, I still don't fully understand what you need it for? The way I understand it, you want to convert articles to HTML files; however, this is not what import is meant for, the purpose of import is to import pages from one wiki to another. EPIC (talk) 00:38, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
I now think I understand what you mean; however, as Ameisenigel already mentioned, this is not how import works. Importupload cannot be done with HTML files, it is performed by going to Special:Export on a MediaWiki wiki, exporting a page as an XML file and importing the XML file at Special:Import on the target wiki. See mw:Help:Import. EPIC (talk) 22:06, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
You cannot import HTML files, importupload only works with XML files. --Ameisenigel (talk) 06:32, 18 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi all @Ameisenigel @EPIC Thank you for your prompt response. I apologize for the confusion; I mistakenly referred to the files as HTML when I meant XML. I would like to import XML files into the Amazigh Wikipedia. --Lhoussine AIT TAYFST (talk) 12:10, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
@Lhoussine AIT TAYFST: Thanks for your clarification. OK, how much time would be enough for performing your tasks? EPIC (talk) 13:56, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Where are these XML files coming from? What is the nature of the licensing of their revisions? — xaosflux Talk 14:14, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Hello @Ameisenigel @Xaosflux @EPIC I'm supporting @Lhoussine AIT TAYFST with this task which we have started during the Wikimania Hackathon in Katowice. The articles will be exported from shiwiki in XML format, the raw texts and titles will be converted from Berber-Latin to Tifinagh script, then the converted XML will be imported to zghwiki. The community will take care of adjusting those articles further manually. Ideophagous (talk) 21:04, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
I think this is good enough for granting import but I will also need to know how long to grant it for. I could go ahead and grant the rights once that is clarified. EPIC (talk) 21:12, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Hold on. @EPIC This sounds problematic. Exporting from a WMF wiki, manipulating the content, and reimporting -- this seems like it will cause attribution problems. @Lhoussine AIT TAYFST: exactly how is this being avoided? — xaosflux Talk 22:16, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Is there a reason why you could not just use transwiki import to import the articles and use a bot to convert the script afterwards? Changing that directly in the XML file does not sound good to me. --Ameisenigel (talk) 22:17, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
And even if you are using tooling to do your translations (and your project is fine with machine translations) - you could still (a)export, (b) run your machine tooling, (c) use the API to publish the translation (provide attribution for the "translated from" source in the initial edit summary). There are also many other strategies. — xaosflux Talk 22:30, 19 August 2024 (UTC)
Actually, you are correct. Waiting for a response then. EPIC (talk) 06:03, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Hello @Ameisenigel @EPIC @Xaosflux shiwiki is written in the western dialect of Berber/Tamazight, in Latin-Berber, whereas zghwiki is written in Standard Tamazight of Morocco using Neo-Tifinagh script. @Lhoussine AIT TAYFST can probably answer this better, but as far as I understand, the dialects of Tamazight often display more influence from Arabic and French, whereas the Standard form is more pure. Nonetheless, they are close enough that simply by changing the script, all that's left will be to adjust some word choices to a more standard form, which can be done manually. I'm not sure it's a good idea to import a large number of articles in a different script, and then do the script conversion afterwards. Also, only articles missing from zghwiki will be included. By the way, the script conversion was already implemented in shiwiki, using the language converter, and if there's a way to import the articles and convert the script at the same time, that would certainly be a better solution to using a bot. Ideophagous (talk) 08:51, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
@Lhoussine AIT TAYFST: I've added temporary importer for you on testwiki, please import a couple of these to demonstrate the process. — xaosflux Talk 09:16, 20 August 2024 (UTC)
Hi @Xaosflux Thank you very much for your assistance. I will proceed with testing the procedure as you outlined. --Lhoussine AIT TAYFST (talk) 12:25, 21 August 2024 (UTC)
@Lhoussine AIT TAYFST: As you have still not done so, I have extended your import rights for another week. If all looks good then I am inclined towards granting the rights as you have your community's consensus, but please do finish the demonstration this week if you have the time, otherwise this is likely to result in being declined. EPIC (talk) 06:51, 27 August 2024 (UTC)
@Lhoussine AIT TAYFST: You haven't proceeded with the imports after two weeks, are you still in need of the rights? I'll leave this open for a few more days to give time for a response, otherwise this will likely be closed. EPIC (talk) 14:09, 4 September 2024 (UTC)

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As there has ultimately not been any response here after two weeks, I will unfortunately have to close this as   Not done. EPIC (talk) 13:10, 7 September 2024 (UTC)