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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 Commons:Administrators' noticeboard.

There are currently 271 administrators on Commons.

Contents 1 What is an administrator? 1.1 Technical 1.2 Community role 2 Suggestions for administrators 3 Removal of administrator rights 4 How do I become an administrator? 5 Voting 6 Requests for adminship 6.1 Otourly 6.1.1 Votes 6.1.2 Comments 6.2 EuseBotHelper 6.2.1 Votes 6.2.2 Comments 7 Archives 8 See also

[edit] What is an administrator?

Administrators as of July 2009 [+/−]

Listing by language Listing by date

Number of Admins: 271 32X, de, en-2, hsb-1, ru-1 555, pt, en-1, es-1, fr-1, gl-1 ABach, pl, en-2 ABF, de, en-2, la-1, fr-1 Abigor, nl, en-3, de-2, af-1, fy-1, li-1, nsd-1 Adam Cuerden, en, es-1, de-1, no-1 Adambro, en, fr-1 Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason, is, en-3, da-1 AFBorchert, de, en-3 Ahonc, uk, ru-4, en-2, de-1 Aka, de, en-3 Ala z, pl, en-2, ru-1 ALE!, de, en-3, es-3, fr-1, it-1 Alhen, es, en-2 Aliman5040, es, fr-4, de-2, en-1, it-1 Alison, en, ga-3, fr-2, gd-1 Alno, fr, en-3, es-2, pt-1 AndreasPraefcke, de, en-3, fr-1 Andrew c, en Angr, en, de-4, fr-2, ga-2, la-2, cy-1 Anonymous101, en, pt-1, es-2, it-1, fr-1, de-1 Anonymous Dissident, en, de-1, fr-1, id-1, ja-1 AnRo0002, de, en-2, fr-2, es-1 Anthere, fr, en-3 (steward) Arria Belli, en, es, fr-4, ca-2, it-2, pt-1, ru-1 Aude, en, ar-2 Avatar, de, en-2, fr-1 Avraham, en, he-2 AVRS, ru, en-2, eo-2 Badseed, el, en-3, it-1 BanyanTree, en, ja-2 Bapti, fr, en-3, de-2 Barcex, es, en-2, fr-1 Bastique, en, fr-3, es-2, la-2, ga-1 (bureaucrat, steward, check user) Bayo, fr, en-1, es-1 Bdk, de, en-2 Belgrano, es, en-3 Bidgee, en Bogdan, ro, en-3, it-3, fr-2 Bryan, nl, en-3, fr-1, de-1 Brynn, en Butko, ru, uk-2, en-1 Cary Bass, en, fr-3, es-2, la-2, ga-1 Cbrown1023, en Cecil, de, en-3, fr-2, es-1, fi-1 (bureaucrat) Chatama, ja, en-1 Chris 73, de, en-3, ja-1 ChrisiPK, de, en-3, fr-1 ChristianBier, de, en-3 Ciell, nl, en-2, de-1 Cirt, en, es-2 Cnyborg, no, nn-3, en-3, da-2, sv-2, de-1, la-1 Codeispoetry, de, en-3, es-2 Collard, en CommonsDelinkerHelper (bot) Cookie, es, en-2 Coyau, fr, en-1 DaB., de, en-1 Dantadd, it, pt, en-3, es-3, fr-3, gl-3, ca-2, ro-1, el-1 Darkone, de, en-1 Davepape, en David Levy, en David.Monniaux, fr, en-3, es-1 Dcoetzee, en, fr-2, et-1 Deadstar, nl, en-4, af-1, de-1, fr-1 Diti, fr, en-4 D-Kuru, de, en-2, it-1 Dodo, es, en-2 Dori, sq, en-3, fr-1, it-1 Dragons flight, en, es-1 Drini, es, en-4, pt-1 (steward, check user) Dschwen, de, en-3, fr-1 Duesentrieb, de, en-2 Durin, en, fr-1 Durova, en, de-2, es-1, fr-1 Ecemaml, es, en-3 Ed g2s, en, fr-1 Edgar181, en, de-1, fr-1, es-1 Editor at Large, en, fr-1, la-1, es-1, it-1 Ejdzej, pl, en-2 Elcobbola en, de Eleassar, sl, en-3, fr-2, de-1 Elya, de, en-3, uk-2, ru-1 EPO, da, en-3, de-1 Esby, fr, en-3, de-1 EugeneZelenko, ru, be, en-2, bg-1, pl-1 (bureaucrat) Eusebius, fr, en-3, es-2 EVula, en Fanghong, zh, en-2, fr-1 Filnik, it, en-3, de-2 Finnrind, no, nn-3, en-3, da-2, sv-2, de-1 Fir0002, en Flominator, de, als, en-3 Florent Pécassou, fr, en-2, es-1 Foroa, vls, nl, en-3, fr-2 Forrester, de, en-3, fr-2 FunkMonk, da, en-4, no-3, fo-2, sv-2, de-1, es-1 FrancoGG, es, en-3 Geni, en GeorgHH, de, en-1 Gizmo II, es, en-3, fr-2, ru-1 Gmaxwell, en Gnangarra, en Golbez, en, ja-2 Greudin, fr, en-2, de-1 grin, hu, en-3, de-1 Gruznov, ru, en-1, fr-1 Guérin Nicolas, fr, en-3, de-2, es-1 guillom, fr, en-3, de-1 (steward) Haukurth, is, en-3, da-2, fo-2, fr-2, nn-2, no-2, sv-2, de-1 Herbythyme, en, fr-1 (check user) Herr Kriss, pl, en-2 Hesperian, en High Contrast, de, en-3, fr-1 Howcheng, en, ja-2 H-stt, de, en-4, fr-1 ignis, ja, en-2, fr-1, de-1 Ilmari Karonen, fi, en-3, sv-2, de-1, fr-1 Infrogmation, en, es-1 Jacoplane, nl, en, fr-2, de-1 Jastrow, fr, en-3, de-1, it-1 Jayvdb, en Jcornelius, de, lt-2, la-2, en-2, pt-2, fr-1 Jdforrester, en JeremyA, en Joergens.mi, de, en-3 Joku Janne, fi, en-2, sv-3 jonny-mt, en, ja-4 Juliancolton, en, es-1 Julo, pl, en-2, de-1, ru-1 Jusjih, zh, en-3, fr-1 (bureaucrat, steward) J.smith, en Kaldari, en Kallerna, fi, en-3, sv-2, de-1 Kameraad Pjotr, nl, en-3, de-2, fr-2, la-2, grc-2 Kanonkas, no, en, de-1 Kimse, az-4, ru-4, tr-3, en-3 Kjetil r, no, en-3, eo-2, de-1 Klemen Kocjancic, sl, en-3, de-2, hr-1, bs-1 Korrigan, fr, en-3, de-1, ht-1 Krimpet, en, es-1, ase-1 Kved, es, en-3 Kwj2772, ko, en-2 Lar, en, de-1 (bureaucrat, check user, steward, oversight) Leafnode, pl, en-3, ja-2, de-1 Leit, de, en-3, fr-1 LERK, ja, en-2, ko-2, ko-han-3, de-1, es-1, fr-1 Lennert B, de, en-4, fr-2, hu-1 Lestath, pl, en-2, la-1 Leyo, gsw, de, en-3, fr-3, es-1, la-1 Loco085, es, en-3, pt-2, de-1 Lokal Profil, sv, en-4, pt-2, fr-1 Ludmiła Pilecka, pl, en-2, ru-1 Lupo, de, en-3, fr-2, es-1, it-1 Luxo, gsw, de-4, en-1, fr-1 Lycaon, vls, nl, en-4, af-2, de-2, fr-2, da-1, es-1, it-1, nn-1, no-1, sv-1 Mach, tr, en-3, az-2 Magnus Manske, de, en-2 Maire, pl, en-4, de-2, fr-2, ru-1 Majorly, en, de-2, fr-1 Marcus Cyron, de, en-1 Mardetanha fa, az, en-3, tr-2, ar-1 (steward) Martin H., de, en-2 Masur, pl, en-3, de-1 Matt314, de, en-3, fr-2, es-1, zh-1 Mattbuck, en, fr-1, la-1 Maxim, ru, en-3, fr-2 Maximaximax, ru, en-2 Mbdortmund, de, en-2, fr-2, la-1 MBisanz, en Mdd4696, en, es-1 MECU, en MediaWiki Update Bot (bot) Meno25, ar, en-4, fr-1 (steward) MGA73, da, en-3, de-2, sv-1, no-1 MichaelMaggs, en, fr-1 (bureaucrat) Micheletb, fr, en-3, it-1, es-1 Mike.lifeguard, en, fr-2 (steward, checkuser) Mitchazenia, en, es-2 Miya, ja, en-2 Mormegil, cs, en-2, de-1 Morven, en MPF, en, da-2, de-1, fr-1 Multichill, nl, en-3, de-1, fr-1 Mwpnl, nl, en-4, de-2, fr-1 My name, de, la-3, en-2,5, fr-1 Nagy, de, en-3, fr-2, es-1, sv-1 newmanbe, en, eo-1, es-1 Nichalp, en, fr-1, hi-2 Nick, en, sco-2, fr-1 NielsF, nl, en-3, fr-2, it-2, de-1 Nilfanion, en, fr-1 Nishkid64, en, es-2, te-1 notafish, fr, en-4, de-3, es-2, it-2 O, zh, en-4, zh-wuu-2, zh-hu-3, yue-1 fr-1 odder, pl, en-2, de-2 Okki, fr, en-2 Oxam Hartog, fr, en-1 Para, fi, en-4, fr-2, sv-1 PatríciaR, pt, en-3, sv-2, es-1, fr-1 (bureaucrat, ombudsman) PeterSymonds, en, de-1 Pharos, en, fr-1 Pimke, pl, de-4, en-2 Platonides, es, en-2, fr-1 Polarlys, de, en-2, fr-1, no-1 Powerek38, pl, en-4, fr-2, es-1, de-1 Pruneau, fr, en-4, de-1 Putnik, ru, en-2 ~Pyb, fr, en-2 Pymouss44, fr, en-3, de-2, it-2, he-1 Quadell, en Radomil, pl, en-2, fr-1, la-1 Ragesoss, en, de-1, fr-1 Ra'ike, de, en-2 Ram-Man, en, es-1 Rama, fr, en-3, de-2, la-2, es-1, it-1, ja-1 (oversight) Rastrojo, es, en-3, fr-2, eo-1 Raul654, en, es-1 Raymond, de, en-3, nl-1 (oversight) RedCoat, en, es-4, fr-2, it-1 Remember the dot, en, es-3, pt-1 Riana, en, bn-2, hi-1 Richie, de, en-3, fr-2 Rimshot, de, en-4, fr-2, it-1 Rjd0060, en Rlevse, en, de-1 Rocket000, en, es-1 Rootology, en Royalbroil, en, es-1 Rüdiger Wölk, de, en-2 S1, de, ru, en-2 Samulili, fi, en-3, sv-3, fr-2, no-2, de-2, es-1, it-1, da-1, et-1, ru-1 Sanbec, es, en-1, fr-1 Sandstein, als, de, en-4, fr-3, it-1 SB Johnny, en, de-2, fr-2, es-1 (checkuser) Sfu, pl, en-2 ShakataGaNai, en Shizhao, zh, en-1, ru-1 Siebrand, nl, en-3, fr-1, de-1 Silver Spoon, nl, en-4, af-2, de-2, nds-2, Slomox, de, en-2 Spangineer, en, es-3 Spiritia, bg, en-3, ru-2, mk-2, de-1 Stan Shebs, en, de-1 str4nd, fi, en-2, sv-2 Sv1xv, el, en-3, fr-1 Szczepan1990, pl, en-2 Tabercil, en Tarawneh, en, ar, de-1 Thuresson, sv, en-3, no-2 Timichal, cs, en-3, de-1, fi-1 Tom, en, es-1 Trixt, it, en-2, fr-1 Tryphon, fr, en-3, de-1 tsca, pl, en, da Túrelio, de, en-3, es-1 VIGNERON, fr, de-2, en-2, zh-1 Wadester16, en, es-2 Waldir, pt, en-3 WilyD, en, fr-1 WJBscribe, en, fr-3, de-1 Wknight94, en Wsiegmund, en, fr-1, es-1 Wutsje, fy, nl, en-3, de-2, fr-1 Wuzur, de, en-3 Yann, fr, en-3, hi-2, gu-1 (steward) Yuval Y, he, en-3 Zirland, cs, pl-3, en-3, sk-2, eo-2 Zscout370, en, be-1, es-1, ja-1, ru-1 Zyephyrus, fr, en-3, la-3, el-2 Zzyzx11, en, es-1, fr-1

[edit] 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

These are collectively known as the admin tools.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Suggestions for administrators

Please read Commons:Guide to adminship.

[edit] Removal of administrator rights

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

[edit] How do I become an administrator?

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 on the appropriate button and creating the subpage, you must transclude it on the page that opens, at the top of the section.

• 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:

[edit] 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 argument, with supporting evidence if needed, than to a simple vote.

Purge the cache Use the edit link below to edit the transcluded page.

[edit] Requests for adminship

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.

[edit] Otourly

Voice your opinion

Links for Otourly: Otourly (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · blocklog)

It's my pleasure to be nominating Otourly. He is a dedicated editor, with an amazing edit count of over 5091 edits (including deleted contributions). Mainly his work would involve to delete copyright violations, out of scope pages, and files from Special:NewFiles in accordance with our policies, but with common sense. I'm presenting the community a clued user, who has done nothing else than to help us, as an editor. With the tools he would be able to help our project even more, and reduce our backlogs. Otourly is a regular contributor to deletion requests, who knows his way around there and here on this project. As an administrator he would be good addition, and I have been given the honour to present him with a nomination statement, which I'm proud to give. It is my personal opinion that Otourly would be a net positive as an administrator if he is to be elected. That said, he is familiar with the Italian language (it-1), same with English (en-2), and finally, his mother language French. I ask you to support a good candidate. Thank you for the consideration. — Kanonkas // talk // CCD // 16:47, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

I accept the nomination. Otourly (talk) 16:51, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Votes

1. For as nominator. — Kanonkas // talk // CCD // 16:48, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
2. Pour, sure, trustworthy contributor. Elfix ↗^{talk ⋅ discuter} 17:03, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
3. Pour Very good contributor. --Sniff (talk) 17:10, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
4. Pour Of course. →Diti the penguin — 17:46, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
5. Pour Very good contributor.--Bertrand GRONDIN (talk) 19:01, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
6.  Support –Juliancolton | ^Talk 20:43, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
7.  Support Ok for me --GdGourou - °o° - Talk to me 20:52, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
8.  Support He has all my trust. Okki (talk) 23:46, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
9.  Support EugeneZelenko (talk) 15:06, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
10.  Support Yay! odder 19:50, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
11.  Support Excellent contributor --Captain-tucker (talk) 20:16, 8 July 2009 (UTC)
12.  Support ok no problem. --Pixeltoo (talk) 17:33, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
13.  Support Certainly! -FASTILY ^(TALK) 19:17, 9 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Comments

[edit] EuseBotHelper

Voice your opinion

Links for EuseBotHelper: EuseBotHelper (talk · contribs · deleted contribs · logs · blocklog)

This bot account would need sysop rights in order to edit a protected command page for User:EuseBot (something very similar to what CommonsDelinkerHelper does on User:CommonsDelinker/commands). This is only one page, situated at User:EuseBot/commands and it is not protected yet. The details of the bot tasks depending on this command page (category synchronization with en.WP) is described here, with an example test at the end. The sysop rights are not to be used for anything else (unless I get specific authorization). I am a sysop myself, and the only operator of the two bots. Eusebius (talk) 21:16, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Votes

1. Huib talk 21:55, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
2.  Support The bot's actions have already been approved; we don't really need this. We're not voting for a new administrator. Not a big a deal, but I think we're dragging this one out a bit too much. A trusted admin running an already flagged bot with added approval to do the new and non-controversial tasks shouldn't have to wait more than a month to start making Commons better.. Rocket000 (talk) 23:06, 6 July 2009 (UTC)
3.  Support Bot's looks functioning fine. --EugeneZelenko (talk) 14:15, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
4.  Comment This nom may be my "fault" ... :) in talking through the bot request, it seemed the better way to go was to have two bots, one of them a helper to keep the request page clean, so that the request page could be kept free of extraneous stuff, ala User:CommonsDelinker (regular bot) and User:CommonsDelinkerHelper (bot with administrator flag). It wasn't till we got to the end of that discussion, ready to put it all to bed that I realised that by precendent the two previous bots we have that have the admin flag had RfAs... so here we are... I strongly urge support. This really is no big deal. ++Lar: t/c 15:06, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

   (oh by the way...)  Support ++Lar: t/c 15:06, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

   Yeah, you were just being a bureaucrat. ;) Rocket000 (talk) 04:25, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

   Ya well, you guys smacked down the last attempt to avoid some bureaucracy :) ++Lar: t/c 18:26, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

5. per nom. Lycaon (talk) 17:50, 7 July 2009 (UTC)
6.  Support I agree. If an admin has a bot with a flag there is no need for a formal procedure. Example: Currently we have +5,000 categories in Category:Other speedy deletions. It is easy to delete them with a bot but if the bot does not have admin status it will use the owners account an since it does not have a bot flag recent changes would be flooded. In my view it should be easy to get admin status (temporarily) unless it is a whole new feature. --MGA73 (talk) 17:04, 8 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Comments

[edit] Archives

You can find archives at Commons:Administrators/Archive.

[edit] See also

• Commons:Rollbackers
• Commons:Bureaucrats
• Commons:Checkusers
• Commons:Oversighters