Test Wiki:Requests for permissions: Difference between revisions

==Sotiale==

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*'''Requested right''': Steward <!-- Add the right you are requesting here (Administrator, Bureaucrat, Interface administrator). Bureaucrat rights for bots should be requested on [[Test Wiki:Bots/Requests for Bureaucrat approval]] -->

*'''Link to your account in other projects, e.g. Wikimedia, Miraheze, Fandom''' (optional): See my [https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sotiale Wikimedia account] <!-- Please make a confirmation edit on the other wiki referring to your current account on Test Wiki, then paste the diff link here: e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Example/sandbox?diff=prev&oldid=000000 -->

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*[Ay-ya, captain!] I am familiar with all of [[:Category:Test Wiki policies|Test Wiki's policies]] and agree to follow them completely.

*[Ay-ya, captain!] I agree that I am entirely responsible for all actions done under this account, including those performed by someone other than myself.

*[Ay-ya, captain!] I agree that if I misuse the tools, my access might be revoked and I may be banned from Test Wiki without prior warning.

'''Comments by the requester''' (optional): A Wikimedia steward typically visits a test wiki to exercise their global administrative authority in a controlled environment where local oversight is absent. Because test wikis are designed for experimentation, they often lack a stable, permanent body of local bureaucrats. Stewards step in to manage user permissions, such as granting administrator or CheckUser status to developers and testers who need elevated access to break (and then fix) the software.

Beyond simple permissions, a steward might arrive to mitigate cross-wiki disruption. If a bad actor uses the test wiki as a staging ground for spam or vandalism that threatens the global account system, a steward uses CentralAuth tools to lock the account across all Wikimedia projects. They also serve as the final line of defense for technical testing, verifying that new global user groups or configuration changes function correctly before they are deployed to high-traffic sites like Wikipedia. <!-- You may use this space to insert other comments relevant to your request. If not, delete the label, this invisible comment, and all the others. --> [[User:Sotiale|Sotiale]] ([[User talk:Sotiale|talk]]) 21:16, 20 February 2026 (UTC)