Commons:Administrators

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This page explains the role of administrators (sometimes called admins or sysops) on Wikimedia Commons. Note that details of the role, and the way in which administrators are appointed, may differ from other sites.

If you want to request administrator help, please post at Administrators' noticeboard.

There are currently 240 administrators on Commons.

An admin wielding the mop, a common symbol of administrators. See also: The good admin.

What is an administrator?

Administrators as of May 2017 [+/−]

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Number of Admins: 240 -revi, ko, en-3 (global renamer) ~riley, en, fr-1, es-1 1Veertje, nl, en-4, de-1, fr-1 32X, de, en-2, hsb-1, ru-1 99of9, en (bureaucrat) A.Savin, ru, de-4, en-2 Achim55, de, en-3, nds-3, la-2 AFBorchert, de, en-3 Ahonc, uk, ru-4, en-2, de-1 (global renamer) Aka, de, en-3 Alan, es, eu-3, en-2 Alison, en, ga-3, fr-2, gd-1 Alno, fr, en-3, es-2, pt-1 Amada44, de, en-3, fr-1 Angr, en, de-4, fr-2, ga-2, la-2, cy-1 Ankry, pl, en-2, ru-1 AnRo0002, de, en-2, fr-2, es-1 Anthere, fr, en-3 Aude, en, ar-2, de-2, es-3 Avraham, en, he-2 (steward) AzaToth, sv, en-4 Badseed, el, en-3, it-1 Barcex, es, en-2, fr-1 Bastique, en, fr-3, es-2, la-2, ga-1 Basvb, nl, en-3, de-2 Benoit Rochon fr, en-4 Beria, pt, en-2, es-2 Billinghurst, en Blackcat, it, en-3, fr BrightRaven, fr, en-3, nl-2, es-2, zh-1 Butko, ru, uk-2, en-1 Cambalachero, es, en-3 Captain-tucker, en ChrisiPK, de, en-3, fr-1 Christian Ferrer, fr, en-2 Ciell, nl, en-2, de-1 Common Good, en Cookie, es, en-2 Courcelles, en, 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(bureaucrat, checkuser) Krinkle, nl, en-3, de-2 KTo288, en, zh-4 Kwj2772, ko, en-2 Leit, de, en-3, fr-1 Léna, fr, en-3, es-1 Leyo, gsw, de, en-3, fr-3, es-1, la-1 Lokal Profil, sv, en-4, pt-2, fr-1 Lymantria, nl, en-3, de-2, fy-2, fr-1, zea-1 Magog the Ogre, en, es-2 (checkuser) Maire, pl, en-4, es-2, fr-2, de-2, ru-1 (global renamer) Marcus Cyron, de, en-2 Mardetanha fa, az, en-3, tr-2, ar-1 (steward) Martin H., de, en-2 Masur, pl, en-3, de-1 Matanya, en, he (steward) Materialscientist, en-4, ru-4, nl-3, fr-1, es-1 Mates, cs, en-3, sk-4, de-1 Mattbuck, en, fr-1, la-1 Maxim, ru, en-3, fr-2 MBisanz, en (steward) McZusatz, de, en-3, es-1, la-1 swg-1 Mentifisto, en, mt, it-2 (steward) MichaelMaggs, en, fr-1 (bureaucrat) Micheletb, fr, en-3, it-1, es-1 Missvain, en Mitchazenia, en, es-2 Miya, ja, en-2 Mmxx, fa, en-3 Moheen Reeyad, bn, as-1, bpy-1, en-3, hi-1, hif-1 Mono, en Morgankevinj, en, es-1, la-1 Mormegil, cs, en-2, de-1 M0tty, fr, en-1 MPF, en, da-2, de-1, fr-1 Multichill, nl, en-3, de-1, fr-1 Mys 721tx, zh, en-3 (global renamer) Nagy, de, en-3, fr-2, es-1, sv-1 NahidSultan, bn, en-3, bpy-1 Natuur12, nl, en-3, de-1 Neozoon, de, en-4, nl-4, fr-2 Nick, en, sco-2, fr-1 Nilfanion, en, fr-1 NordNordWest, de, en-3 notafish, fr, en-4, de-3, es-2, it-2 Nyttend, en, ang-1 odder, pl, en-4, de-2 (bureaucrat, oversighter) Okki, fr, en-2 Otourly, fr, en-2, it-1 P199, en, nl, fr-2, tl-2, de-1 Pi.1415926535, en, es-2 PierreSelim, fr, en-3, es-1 (oversighter) Pitke, fi, en-4, sv-2 Platonides, es, en-2, fr-1 Pleclown, fr, en-3 Poco a poco, es, de-4, en-3, fr-2, it-2, pl-2, pt-1 Podzemnik, cs, en-2 Polarlys, de, en-2, fr-1, no-1 PumpkinSky, en, de-2 Putnik, ru, en-2 Pyb, fr, en-2 Pymouss, fr, en-3, de-2, it-2, he-1 Ragesoss, en, de-1, fr-1 Ra'ike, de, en-2 Rama, fr, en-3, de-2, la-2, es-1, it-1, ja-1 (oversighter) Rastrojo, es, en-3, fr-2, eo-1 Raymond, de, en-3, nl-1 (oversighter) Rehman, en, si-1 Reinhard Kraasch, de, en-3 Revent, en (oversighter) Rimshot, de, en-4, fr-2, it-1 Rodhullandemu, en, fr-1, de-1, sv-1 Romaine, nl, en-3, de-2, af-1, fr-1 Ronhjones, en, fr-1 Rosenzweig, de, en-3, fr-1, la-1 Royalbroil, en, es-1 RP88, en, de-1 Rubin16, ru, tt, en-3 (global renamer) Rudolphous, nl, en-3, de-2 Ruthven, it, fr, en-4, es-4, nap-4, ca-2, de-1 Sanandros, als, de, en-3, fr-1 Sandstein, als, de, en-4, fr-3, it-1 Sealle, ru, en-4, pl-2, sk-2, uk-2 Shizhao, zh, en-1, ru-1 Siebrand, nl, en-3, fr-1, de-1 Sphilbrick, en Spiritia, bg, en-3, ru-2, mk-2, de-1 Sreejithk2000, ml, en-3, hi-3, ta-1, kn-1 Srittau, de, en-3 Steinsplitter, bar, de-4, it-3, en-1 (global renamer) Stifle, en, ga, fr-2, de-1 Storkk, en, fr-3, de-2, eo-2 Tabercil, en Taivo, et, en-3, ru-3, de-1 Tarawneh, en, ar, de-1 Techman224, en Teles, pt, en-3, es-2 (steward) Themightyquill, en, fr-2, de-1, hu-1 Thibaut120094, fr, en-2, ja-2 Thuresson, sv, en-3, no-2 Trijnstel, nl, en-4, de-1, fr-1 (checkuser, steward) tsca, pl, en, da Túrelio, de, en-3, es-1 VIGNERON, fr, de-2, en-2, zh-1 Waldir, pt, en-3 Wdwd, de, en-2 Well-Informed Optimist, ru, uk-4, en-3 Whym, ja, en-2 Wikitanvir, bn, en-3, as-2, bpy-1 (steward) WJBscribe, en, fr-3, de-1 (global renamer) Wsiegmund, en, fr-1, es-1 Wutsje, fy, nl, en-3, de-2, fr-1 Wuzur, de, en-3 wvk, de, en-4, fa-3, fr-2 Yann, fr, en-3, hi-2, gu-1 Yarl, pl, en-2, de-1, ru-1 Yasu, ja, en-2, de-1 Ymblanter, ru, en-3, de-2, fr-2, nl-2, it-1, es-1 Yuval Y, he, en-3 Zhuyifei1999‎, zh, en-4 Zzyzx11, en, es-1, fr-1 とある白い猫, en, tr, az-3, ja-2, fr-1, nl-1 CommonsDelinker, (bot) CommonsMaintenanceBot, (bot) see request Embedded Data Bot, (bot) see request GifTagger, (bot) see request KrinkleBot, (bot) see request The system currently recognizes 240 administrators. If that is not the last number in the list above, there is an error in the list.

Technical

Administrators are users with the technical ability on Wikimedia Commons to:

• delete and undelete images and other uploaded files, and to view and restore deleted versions
• delete and undelete pages, and to view and restore deleted revisions
• protect and unprotect pages, and to edit admin-protected pages
• block and unblock users, individual IP addresses and IP address ranges
• edit the MediaWiki namespace
• rename files
• add and remove usergroups
• configure Upload Wizard campaigns
• delete and undelete specific log entries and revisions of pages
• import pages from other wikis
• merge the history of pages
• modify abuse filters
• not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
• override the spoofing checks and title or username blacklist
• send a message to multiple users at once (massmessage)
• use higher limits in API queries

These are collectively known as the admin tools.

Community role

Administrators are experienced and trusted members of the Commons community who have taken on additional maintenance work and have been entrusted with the admin tools by public consensus/vote. Different admins have different areas of interest and expertise, but typical admin tasks include determining and closing deletion requests, deleting copyright violations, undeleting files where necessary, protecting Commons against vandalism, and working on templates and other protected pages. Of course, some of these tasks can be done by non-admins as well.

Administrators are expected to understand the goals of this project, and be prepared to work constructively with others towards those ends. Administrators should also understand and follow Commons' policies, and where appropriate, respect community consensus.

Apart from roles which require use of the admin tools, administrators have no special editorial authority by virtue of their position, and in discussions and public votes their contributions are treated in the same way as any ordinary editor. Of course, some admins are influential, but that derives not from their position as such but from the personal trust they have gained from the community.

Suggestions for administrators

Please read Commons:Guide to adminship.

Removal of administrator rights

Under the de-admin policy, administrator rights may be revoked due to inactivity or misuse of sysop tools.

Apply to become an administrator

All intending administrators must go through this process and submit themselves to RFA, including all ex-administrators who are seeking to return to their previous role.

First, go to Commons:Administrators/Howto and read the information there. Then come back here and make your request in the section below.

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Voting

Any registered user may vote here although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted. It is preferable if you give reasons both for  Support votes or  Oppose ones as this will help the closing bureaucrat in their decision. Greater weight is given to an argument, with supporting evidence if needed, than to a simple vote.

Promotion normally requires at least 75% in favour, with a minimum of 8 support votes. Votes from unregistered users are not counted. However, the closing bureaucrat has discretion in judging community consensus, and the decision will not necessarily be based on the raw numbers.

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Requests for adminship

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Jeff G.

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Jeff G. (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · SULinfo)
Scheduled to end: 19:13, 12 May 2017 (UTC)

This is my first nomination, so I'll try to make it short and to the point. Jeff has been on Commons for more than 10 years, and has 15,000+ edits with 2,817 edits in the Commons namespace. He's a trusted image reviewer and patroller with experience dealing with copyright violations and out of scope images. He is also a very active OTRS member. He has a positive attitude and is helpful and respectful in his communication with fellow editors. I think he would make a great addition to the admin team, and I'm hoping the community agrees with me. Thank you. Daphne Lantier 18:07, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Thank you, Daphne. I am pleased to accept your nomination.   — Jeff G. ツ 19:02, 5 May 2017 (UTC)

Votes

•  Support Daphne Lantier 19:13, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support - Jcb (talk) 19:23, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --Yann (talk) 20:14, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support - Clearly a net positive to the project, I see no red flags so easy support. (Plus anyone nominated by Daphne Lantier gets my full support anyway). –Davey2010^Talk 20:28, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support. -- Geagea (talk) 20:48, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Great find, Daphne! --Hedwig in Washington ^(mail?) 22:38, 5 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Strong support Argh, I have plans of nominating Jeff for an admin, and Daphne beats me to it.. My full and strongest support for the candidate. I believe he can use the tools for his OTRS work. Keep it up! --★ Poké⁹⁵ 02:27, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support — D Y O L F 77^[Talk] 07:14, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -FASTILY 08:11, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support --jdx ^Re: 10:58, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support -- Jeff, you have my full support. Good luck. Wikicology (talk) 16:32, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose his first RFA (Commons:Requests and votes/Jeff G.) was years ago, he improved. But i still have a few concerns. --Steinsplitter (talk) 18:52, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

  @Steinsplitter: What concerns? I don't think it's fair to Jeff to oppose and give no real reason. If you have concerns you should voice them so Jeff can respond or know how to address your concerns. Thanks. Daphne Lantier 19:10, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

  Steinsplitter, I honestly don't know if your concern is related to how Jeff interacts with other users, which was a major reason for his failed RfA in 2007. Jeff seems to have improved, having learn from the feedback he received. May I respectfully ask what your concerns are? Regards. Wikicology (talk) 19:31, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

  @Daphne Lantier: Imho the oppose if perfectly fair. I have multiple concerns, for example the user has long inactivity periods (only a few edits in 2013, 2014 and 2015; A lot of automated edits in 2016; Good activity in 2017 but imho not enough to become a admin.). By the why: Why Jeff G. uses front-size 4 in his signature, can't he use a normal front size? --Steinsplitter (talk) 12:06, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

  @Steinsplitter: I reduced my signature's size yesterday, eliminating the deprecated font tag entirely.[1] I'm sorry if my previous signature disrupted anyone's editing.   — Jeff G. ツ 13:20, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

  Opposing on a 10 year old RFA is rather unfair on the candidate and I'll even go as far as to say that that RFA should've been closed as successful - Using templated warnings over a personalised one may seem bitey but it was hardly worth opposing over, Grumble aside I personally think you're trying to oppose over any reason you can find (You've gone from that RFA to his edit count and now to his signature (Edit count is a valid concern however the signature isn't as his sig doesn't affect reading), I would kindly ask if there are valid concerns about Jeff G. that you provide diffs and be as detailed as possible, Thanks, –Davey2010^Talk 20:00, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

  @Davey2010: Nah, i have nothing against him. There are a lot of little things, and i tend to oppose in such cases. Of course i can link to all them, but in general it will be considered cherry picking then. :-) --Steinsplitter (talk) 10:56, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

•  Support Magog the Ogre (talk) (contribs) 20:45, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Jianhui67 ^{talk★contribs} 15:36, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support Rzuwig^► 18:28, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose He just insulted me, calling me "antisemite" with no reason [2]. I do not think that loosing control on a simple CfD fits the behaviour expected from a sysop. I don't want to go on his OTRS activity, but I reckon that some more experience is needed (and also some improvement on the civility side). --Ruthven (msg) 20:12, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
  • Not sure whether they really meant to call you 'antisemite', they didn't use that word. It's not necessary to assume the worst possible explanation of a clumsy comment by default. I would like to see a response from Jeff to this incident though. Jcb (talk) 21:18, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
    • @Jcb: Actually I asked for explanations or/and an apology, but he refused to apologise: "I will apologize after you apologize for what I perceive to be an attack on an entire people", which to me means that he overreacted (closing a CfD offends an entire people, not less than an international incident!) and on the basis on his perceptions this justifies an insult (so he's also impolite) for which refusing to apologise. --Ruthven (msg) 21:29, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
      • I never used that word "antisemite". I have no problem with the closing of that CfD. I felt insulted by Ruthven's out of process extrapolation of its effect without consensus, marginalizing the category of every Jewish community outside Greece, including many of my own at various levels. Ruthven, a sitting Administrator who is supposed to set a good example, has yet to even explain these breaches of community trust. So yes, I felt insulted and called him out, civilly asking pointed questions, not accusing, not ascribing motives, not swearing, not shouting. What would you do if he did that to your communities? I regret asking what he has against us, that was over the top, I apologize, and I have struck it out.   — Jeff G. ツ 02:29, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose the link Ruthven gave is quite troublesome. I don't know if the closing is correct but asking someone "What do you have against Jewish communities or the Jewish People? " when the closing is done in good faith is a no go. Natuur12 (talk) 20:24, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose Same concern for me. Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 20:28, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose I just discovered the diff provided by Ruthven myself. Not being able to distinguish between a personal opinion and the enactment of consensus is quite troublesome for a would-be admin. Sebari – aka Srittau (talk) 22:29, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Neutral I discovered Ruthven's diff above. I don't want to oppose the candidate, but his bad faith behaviour towards Ruthven and not even apologising to him is not what I would like to expect from an admin. I cannot support for now. Sorry Jeff. --★ Poké⁹⁵ 01:32, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose I would support Jeff, if it was not for the issue raised by Ruthven above. I actually agree with him that Ruthven should not have expanded the scope of the CFD, which had few comments, to other categories, but the assumption that the action (which, even if misguided, was apparently undertaken in good faith) was "an attack on an entire people" seems to be an indication of the type of reactions that we do not want from an administrator. Sorry. - Revent^talk 02:45, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose in light of the recent diff by Ruthven, I hate to jump on the bandwagon however that comment was not only stupid but rather offensive - If you disagree with Ruthven then discuss it ... you don't essentially start calling everyone antisemite and whatnot, Anyway in short comments like that by any admin (or potential one) are unacceptable and unfortunately that one comment has ended all hopes of this RFA succeeding. –Davey2010^Talk 03:14, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose "What do you have against Jewish communities or the Jewish People?" is indeed not an accusation of antisemitism. It is however, an indication of a mentality that ought not to be possessed by administrators. Renaming/deleting a category related to Judaism does not mean one has "something against the Jewish People," just as the deletion of an image of a mosque does not mean one is "against Muslim people." Politicizing apolitical actions, perception of bias where there is none, and ascribing ill intent are not measures of intellectual honesty or objectivity. Even the "apology" is tone deaf - no human being is genuinely "marginalized" by categorization on a bloody Wikimedia site. To say that "What do you have against Jewish communities or the Jewish People?" is "not accusing, not ascribing motives" is utterly disingenuous. Эlcobbola _talk 15:42, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose Ruthven's link above shows something even worse than assuming bad faith in a truly offensive way: a really fast escalation towards commenting people rather than actions. --Vituzzu (talk) 20:37, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose I was going to be a silent neutral, but the notpology, which comes off as "sorry you were offended, but you'd do the same" is pretty bad. Storkk (talk) 09:16, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose This is not what I expect from an admin. Not being honest is a no-go to me. --★ Poké⁹⁵ 09:21, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Support--Jusjih (talk) 02:37, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
• A vote of moral  Support. Better to do well than to say well. Sealle (talk) 05:02, 10 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Oppose for not apologizing in apology. Taivo (talk) 15:13, 11 May 2017 (UTC)

Comments

•  Comment Please put Babel on top of user page. It's not trivial to find it on huge page :-) --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:15, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
  • @EugeneZelenko: Done, thank you for reminding me, and for taking the time to find my babel boxes in the first place. Please note that I mark machine translated text as such, and I use Google Translate to do the translation.   — Jeff G. ツ 14:26, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Question Jeff, as you are OTRS member for less than a month, I'd like to hear about your intentions. Are you going to cleanup the OTRS backlog, or the Commons admin backlog, or both? --Krd 11:12, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
  • @Krd: Thank you for asking. Ideally, I intend to help with both. Certainly, the permissions-commons backlog in OTRS is daunting. Adminship would help with many OTRS tickets, reducing the backlog I sometimes create in Commons:Undeletion requests. Conversely, OTRS membership has already helped me to better understand the wide variety of user needs and wants. Regarding Admin work in particular: some discussions here linger longer than they should; and Commons:Administrators' noticeboard/Backlog and Category:Commons backlog show that there's plenty of work to be done.   — Jeff G. ツ 13:11, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment I just would like to know how has raised the misunderstanding that led Jeff to make accusation of antisemitism to Ruthven who has a lot of flaws but is not known at all for being antisemite. -- SERGIO ^{(aka the Blackcat)} 23:10, 7 May 2017 (UTC)
•  Comment -- It seems this RfA has taken a turn for the worse as a result of the discussion between the candidate and another user. The diff provided by Ruthven is concerning and I think Jeff should apologize. However, I urge the community not to draw conclusion solely on the diff provided above. Even the worst sin can be forgiven. Regards. Wikicology (talk) 13:56, 8 May 2017 (UTC)
  • FYI, Jeff did apologize in the meantime. Jcb (talk) 14:35, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Thanks, Jcb. regards. Wikicology (talk) 19:23, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

• While that comment contains the words "I apologize", it does not read like an apology at all to me. Storkk (talk) 09:13, 9 May 2017 (UTC)

Requests for bureaucratship

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Requests for Oversight rights

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Archives

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See also

• Commons:User access levels
• Commons:Administrators/Inactivity section