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 186 administrators on Commons.

What is an administrator?

Administrators as of December 2023 Listing by: Language • Date • Activity [+/−]

Number of Admins: 186 -revi, ko, en-3 1234qwer1234qwer4, ru, de-4, en-3 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 Abzeronow, en, fr-1 Achim55, de, en-3, nds-3, la-2 AFBorchert, de, en-3 Ahonc, uk, ru-4, en-2, de-1 Aka, de, en-3 Alno, fr, en-3, es-2, pt-1 Андрей Романенко, ru, en-3, uk-3, be-2, fr-2, lv-2 Ankry, pl, en-2, ru-1 AnRo0002, de, en-2, fr-2, es-1 Anthere, fr, en-3 AntiCompositeNumber, en, fr-2 (steward) Aude, en, ar-2, de-2, es-3 Benoît Prieur, fr, en-3, pt-2, es-1, it-1, hy-1 Billinghurst, en Blackcat, it, en-3, fr BrightRaven, fr, en-3, nl-2, es-2, zh-1 Butko, ru, uk-2, en-1 Captain-tucker, en Christian Ferrer, fr, en-2, es-2 Ciell, nl, en-2, de-1 Common Good, en CptViraj, gu, hi-4, en-3 Cromium, en, de-1, fr-1 Cybularny, pl, en-2, es-1, de-1 Czar, en DaB., de, en-1 DarwIn, pt, en-3, es-2, fr-2, gl-2, ca-1, it-1, oc-1 Davepape, en De728631, de, en-5 DerHexer, de, en-3, grc-3, la-3, es-1 (steward) Dharmadhyaksha, mr, en-3, hi-3 DMacks, en Didym, de, en-2, fr-2 Dyolf77, ar, fr-5, en-2, it-1, es-1 D-Kuru, de, en-2, it-1 Ebrahim, fa, en-3 Elcobbola en, de (checkuser) Ellin Beltz, en (bureaucrat) Ellywa, nl, en-2, de-1, fr-1 Emha, de, bar, en-3, fr-1 Érico, pt, en-2, es-1 EugeneZelenko, ru, be, en-2, bg-1, pl-1 (bureaucrat) Explicit, en, es, ko-2 Ezarate, es-3, en-1 Fitindia, en-3, hi-2, mr-2 FunkMonk, da, en-4, no-3, fo-2, sv-2, de-1, es-1 Gbawden, en-3, af-1 Geagea, he, ka-3, en-3, ru-1 Geni, en George Chernilevsky, ru, uk-3, de-2, en-2, bg-1, la-1, be-1, fr-1 Gestumblindi, als, de, en-3 Gnangarra, en, nys-1 GPSLeo, de, en-2 GreenMeansGo, en Grin, hu, en-3, de-1 Hekerui, de, en-4 Herbythyme, en, fr-2, es-1, it-1 Hesperian, en Holly Cheng, en, ja-2 Huntster, en Indeedous, de, en-3, fr-2 Infrogmation, en, es-1 IronGargoyle, en, de-1 Jameslwoodward, en, fr-1 (bureaucrat, checkuser) Jaqen, it, en-2 Jarekt, pl, en JarrahTree, en, id-1 Jcornelius, de, lt-2, la-2, en-2, pt-2, fr-1 Jdforrester, en Jean-Frédéric, fr, en-4, es-1 Jianhui67, en, zh-4, ja-2, ms-1 Jmabel, en, es-3, ro-2, de-1, ca-1, it-1, pt-1, fr-1 Joergens.mi, de, en-3 JoKalliauer, de, en-3 Jon Kolbert, en, fr-4, de-2 (steward) Josve05a, sv, en-3 Julo, pl, en-2, de-1, ru-1 Jusjih, zh, en-3, fr-2, ko-1 Kadı, tr, en-5, fr-2, az-2 Kaldari, en Kallerna, fi, en-3, sv-2, de-1 King of Hearts, en, zh-3, es-2, ja-1 Klemen Kocjancic, sl, en-3, de-2, hr-1, bs-1 Krd, de, en-3 (bureaucrat, checkuser) Krinkle, nl, en-3, de-2 Kritzolina, de, en-3, fr-2, it-1 Leit, de, en-3, fr-1 Léna, fr, en-3, es-1 Leyo, gsw, de, en-3, fr-3, es-1, la-1 Lofty abyss, en, mt, it-2 Lymantria, nl, en-3, de-2, fy-2, fr-1, zea-1 Magog the Ogre, en, es-2 Mahagaja, en, de-4, fr-2, ga-2, la-2, cy-1 Maire, pl, en-4, es-2, fr-2, de-2, ru-1 Marcus Cyron, de, en-2 Masur, pl, en-3, de-1 Materialscientist, en-4, ru-4, nl-3, fr-1, es-1 MB-one, de, en-3, fr-1, pt-1 MBisanz, en Mdaniels5757, en, es-1 MGA73, da, en-3, de-2, no-1, sv-1 Mhhossein, fa, en-3, ar-1 Micheletb, fr, en-3, it-1, es-1 Mike Peel, en, pt-2, fr-1 Minorax, en, zh (oversighter) Missvain, en Mitchazenia, en, es-2 Miya, ja, en-2 Moheen, bn, as-1, bpy-1, en-3, hi-1, hif-1 Morgankevinj, en MPF, en, da-2, de-1, fr-1 Multichill, nl, en-3, de-1, fr-1 Mys 721tx, zh, en-3 Nagy, de, en-3, fr-2, es-1, sv-1 NahidSultan, bn, en-3, bpy-1 Natuur12, nl, en-3, de-1 Nick, en, sco-2, fr-1 notafish, fr, en-4, de-3, es-2, it-2 odder, pl, en-4, de-2 (bureaucrat, oversighter) Otourly, fr, en-2, it-1 P199, en, nl, fr-2, tl-2, de-1 Pi.1415926535, en, es-2 Platonides, es, en-2, fr-1 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 Pyb, fr, en-2 Pymouss, fr, en-3, de-2, it-2, he-1 Racconish, fr, en-4 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) Red-tailed hawk, en, es-4, pt-2, ug-1 Regasterios, hu, en-1 Rehman, en, si-1 Reinhard Kraasch, de, en-3 Rimshot, de, en-4, fr-2, it-1 Romaine, nl, en-3, de-2, af-1, fr-1 Rosenzweig, de, en-3, fr-1, la-1 Royalbroil, en, es-1 RP88, en, de-1 Rubin16, ru, tt, en-4 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 Satdeep Gill, pa, en-5, hi-5, es-3, fr-2, fa-1 Shizhao, zh, en-1, ru-1 Spiritia, bg, en-3, ru-2, mk-2, de-1 Sreejithk2000, ml, en-3, hi-3, ta-1, kn-1 Steinsplitter, bar, de-4, it-3, en-1 Stifle, en, ga, fr-2, de-1 Storkk, en, fr-3, de-2, eo-2 Strakhov, es, en-2 TadejM, sl, en-3, de-2, fr-2 Taivo, et, en-3, ru-3, de-1 Tarawneh, en, ar, de-1 Teles, pt, en-3, es-2 Themightyquill, en, fr-2, de-1, hu-1 The Squirrel Conspiracy, en Thibaut120094, fr, en-2, ja-1 Thuresson, sv, en-3, no-2 Trijnstel, nl, en-4, de-1, fr-1 (checkuser) Tulsi, ne, mai, en-3, hi-2, hif-2, bh-1 Túrelio, de, en-3, es-1 VIGNERON, fr, de-2, en-2, zh-1 Wdwd, de, en-2 Well-Informed Optimist, ru, uk-4, en-3 Wikitanvir, bn, en-3, de-2, as-2, bpy-1 Wutsje, fy, nl, en-3, de-2, fr-1 Yann, fr, en-4, hi-2, gu-1 Yasu, ja, en-2, de-1 Ymblanter, ru, en-3, de-2, fr-2, nl-2, it-1, es-1 Yuval CT, he, en-3 Zzyzx11, en, es-1, fr-1 علاء, ar, en-4, he-1, es-1 (steward) Abuse filter, (automated account) CommonsDelinker, (bot) see request KrinkleBot, (bot) see request If 186 is not the last number on this list, there may be an error or there are some users assigned temporarily.

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 less-restricted interface messages (see also Commons:Interface administrators)
• rename files
• add and remove user groups
• 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. Some admins may become more influential, not due to their position as such, but from the personal trust they may 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. In a de-admin request, normal standards for determining consensus in an RfA do not apply. Instead, "majority consensus" should be used, whereby any consensus to demote of higher than 50% is sufficient to remove the admin.

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.

• After clicking the appropriate button and creating the subpage, copy the link to the subpage, e.g. "Commons:Administrators/Requests/Username", edit Commons:Administrators/Requests and paste it in at the top of the section, then put it in double curly brackets (e.g. {{Commons:Administrators/Requests/Username}}) to transclude it. Request a watchlist notice at MediaWiki talk:WatchlistNotice, or edit MediaWiki:WatchlistNotice to put up one if you are an administrator.

• If someone else nominated you, please accept the nomination by stating "I accept" or something similar, and signing below the nomination itself. The subpage will still need to be transcluded by you or your nominator.

Use the box below, replacing Username with your username:

Voting

Any registered user may vote here although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted. It is preferable you give reasons for both Support and Oppose votes 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. Bureaucrats may, at their discretion, extend the period of an RfA if they feel that it will be helpful in better determining community consensus.

 Neutral comments are not counted in the vote totals for the purposes of calculating pass/fail percentages. However, such comments are part of the discussion, may persuade others, and contribute to the closing bureaucrat's understanding of community consensus.

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Requests for adminship

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When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Administrators/Archive.

• Please read Commons:Administrators before voting here. Any logged in user may vote although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.

Requests for bureaucratship

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When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Bureaucrats/Archive.

• Please read Commons:Bureaucrats before posting or voting here. Any logged in user may vote although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.

No current requests.

Requests for CheckUser rights

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When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Checkusers/Archive.

• Please read Commons:Checkusers before posting or voting here. Any logged in user may vote although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.

No current requests.

Requests for Oversight rights

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When complete, pages listed here should be archived to Commons:Oversighters/Archive.

• Please read Commons:Oversighters before voting here. Any logged in user may vote, although those who have few or no previous edits may not be fully counted.

Kadı

Related requests:

• Administrators/Requests/Kadı

• Oversighters/Requests/Kadı

Vote

Kadı (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)

Scheduled to end: 10:15, 22 December 2023 (UTC)

Hello, I am Kadı. I serve as an administrator on Commons, also I am a global renamer and VRT agent. I am requesting oversight access in order to work on this area. Sincerely, --Kadı Message 10:15, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

Votes

•  Oppose, I am not satisfied by your responses to Krd. ─ The Aafī (^talk) 18:27, 9 December 2023 (UTC)
•  Support. We currently have four oversighters. They are all trustworthy, and they do the job well, but they aren't always awake. Oversight can be a very time-sensitive task; two days ago, a Steward had to take an emergency action, self-assigning oversight rights on Commons in order to deal with an oversight request in a timely manner. Having more competent hands willing to do the work will improve our oversight response time and will thereby improve Commons. I trust Kadı with the tools, and I thank them for volunteering. Let's not look a gift horse in the mouth here. — Red-tailed hawk _(nest) 23:55, 12 December 2023 (UTC)

Comments

• IMO not sufficient explanation why you need the flag. Did I miss something, was there any discussion that more oversighters were needed? Thanks, --A.Savin 11:36, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

  @A.Savin, thanks for the question. You didn't miss something because there was not a discussion about more oversighters were needed. I am requesting this flag, because I am working on renaming and VRT area. In this area, in some cases oversight access is needed for suppressing personal info, private location coordinates etc. I am an active user, so if I get this flag, I will have a chance to evaluate the requests and do whatever needed. Regards, Kadı Message 14:25, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

  I think for suppressing private coordinates usually admin's revdel is enough, but I may be wrong wrt some cases. --A.Savin 18:00, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

  @A.Savin, I requested suppression for this file's coordinates because the coordinates was private, that's an example. Kadı Message 18:04, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

  The mentioned example appears to be your own upload. Are you planning to oversight own edits? Are there other cases where you have requested oversight? Krd 20:45, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

  @Krd, no that's an example. I am not planning to oversight my edits, I am requesting this flag for contributing to Commons in that area. For example, if someone mails to VRT about oversighting, I can evaluate the issue. Best, Kadı Message 21:46, 8 December 2023 (UTC)

  Excluding the example given above, how many times did you request oversight in the last 12 months? Krd 07:54, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

  I do not remember. But, I remember a suppress request in global rename queue. If I get this flag, I will have a chance to evaluate. Kadı Message 08:45, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

  what's the point, to suppress that photo's coords. it can be easily geotagged with the aid of satellite images. (it's already categorised to the village.) removing its coords only makes it a tiny bit more difficult to pinpoint the location of that photo.

  and like others have said, in that case isnt a revdel enough? what is the chance that out of the several hundred sysops someone might abuse that little piece of not-so-secret info? RZuo (talk) 12:09, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

  Agreed. Just for something like complete private data including street address, an oversighter is definitely needed. --A.Savin 19:21, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

  What's the harm in suppressing the coordinates if an uploader asks for them to be suppressed? I'd hate to think I'd be totally screwed if I accidently included the coordinates in an image of something in my backyard that I uploaded Commons. Sure, someone could technically find out where it was taken using satellite images, but so what? The same goes for any other private information. At that point why not leave addresses and phone numbers in file descriptions because both can easily be found using a Google Search? --Adamant1 (talk) 21:17, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

  I agree with A. Savin. A revdel of coordinates is sufficient. Abzeronow (talk) 23:18, 9 December 2023 (UTC)

See also

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