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This page is considered an official guideline on Wikimedia Commons.

It illustrates standards or behaviors which most editors agree with in principle and generally follow. Feel free to update the page as needed, but please use the discussion page to propose major changes.

This page in a nutshell: Administrators on Wikimedia Commons are users with additional technical abilities to manage the site. They can delete and restore files and pages, protect pages, block users, rename files, and perform other administrative tasks. There are currently 180 administrators on Commons. To become an administrator, users can apply and go through a voting process.

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 180 administrators on Commons.

What is an administrator?

Administrators as of November 2024
Listing by: Language • Date • Activity [+/−]

Number of Admins: 180

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
Aafi, ks, ur-5, en-3, hi-2, ar-1
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
Bastique, en, fr-3, es-2, la-2, fi-1, pl-1
Bedivere, es, en-4, pt-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 (bureaucrat)
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
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, 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-2
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
Jusjih, zh, en-3, fr-2, ko-1
Kadı, tr, en-5, fr-2, az-2
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
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
Matrix, en, ta-2
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
notafish, fr, en-4, de-3, es-2, it-2
odder, pl, en-4, de-2 (bureaucrat, oversighter)
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
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
Revi C., ko, 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
Rudolphous, nl, en-3, de-2
Ruthven, it, fr, en-4, es-4, nap-4, ca-2, de-1
Sadads, en, es-3
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
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
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 180 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.

Enhancing999 (interface admin)

Vote

Enhancing999 (talk · contributions (views) · deleted user contributions · recent activity (talk · project · deletion requests) · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)

Scheduled to end: 11:35, 2 December 2024 (UTC)

Per Commons:Interface administrators, a request should be made here for users who seek interface admin rights even if they are non-admins.

There is a backlog at Category:Commons protected edit requests for interface administrators for weeks. Some requests are rather simple to deal with.

Accordingly, I propose to do them. I'm not interested in adminship in general. I'm currently a template editor and have edited countless templates.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 11:35, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Votes

Oppose --A.Savin 15:44, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per above and this unresolved discussion. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 16:05, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Feel free to reopen it, if you think it needs addressing.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 16:12, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose See discussion below. Yann (talk) 16:37, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Nope. — regards, Revi 17:11, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I'm afraid I'm seeing the same behavior and approach from you as Günther Frager. Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 17:31, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Multichill (talk) 17:42, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per the ANU, and no, I still don't care about the userpage (and I am still biased). Queen of Hearts (talk) 18:57, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Ternera (talk) 19:22, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose. It is exceptionally rare for a user to be granted interface administrator rights without already being having administrator or greater rights - to the best of my knowledge, Lucas Werkmeister is currently the only exception - and I don't see a compelling explanation of why you should be the second. Omphalographer (talk) 20:55, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Note that there have (AFAIK) been three non-admin IAs other than Werkmeister – FDMS4 passed in 2019 (went inactive 2 years later), Dschwen passed in 2021 (was full admin from 2007 to 2019; went inactive a year later), and Putnik (was full admin from 2007 to 2022, where he resigned admin but not IA; went inactive a year later). I believe that interface edit requests are quite backlogged and we should take anyone who is competent with technical stuff and doesn't have other issues even if they aren't an admin, but that's neither here nor there. Queen of Hearts (talk) 04:37, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose thanks, but no Bedivere (talk) 22:55, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per whatever has been said (logically). I would gladly support if there are better communications skills. Tech-knowledge itself is not sufficient. _Regards,Aafi ^(talk) 13:12, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose --Ameisenigel (talk) 16:51, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose Günther failed becuase of his inability to accept community consensus on a very trivial matter, but this time, its just the icing on the cake. The ANU thread is concerning at best, the retaliatory DR is grounds for a 3 day block (as civility issue) by any uninvolved admin, and on top of all that, IA has the ability to edit pages that have global effects . IA is not a hat we give on a whim. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 01:18, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose I agree with Aafi, tech knowledge by the candidate is not enough by itself, candidate doesn't appear have the temperament to be an admin. I will say that I don't believe the DR discussed was retaliatory. Abzeronow (talk) 18:10, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Comments

I wonder why you haven't created a userpage yet. Please at least add a babel box to your talk page so we can know what languages you speak. Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 13:49, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I can add whatever notice is needed on my talk page, similar to the approach by @Günther Frager. If not in English, I would try to handle requests in languages of the interface I'd be editing.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 16:11, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Well, you didn't reply to my concern about your userpage, and I just don't understand why it's so hard to create it. Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 17:15, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It appears for you to be somewhat relevant to editing the interface. Maybe you can explain how so and I will try to address your concerns.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 17:24, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
By the way there is no such "Gunther Frager approach". Once he lost his candidacy he removed the Babel labels. Bedivere (talk) 22:56, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's weird that some users trouble candidates like Gunther with irrelevant issues in such requests. Wonder if it's systematic or just incidental.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 07:40, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's not irrelevant. Frager deliberately ignored our request giving poor excuses, which ultimately was the reason of our opposition. If you think disregarding consensus is irrelevant, makes me think Bedivere (talk) 20:32, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's unclear what consensus you refer to. If the issues users are being hassled with are irrelevant, ignoring is may be a good approach. Clearly nobody had troubles finding a language to communicate with Gunter.

Obviously, if the issue implies spreading false information, actions eventually need to be taken. We can't have admin doing that repeatedly and apparently knowingly. Admins consistently ignoring discussed, agreed-upon and written policy is a no go.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 22:26, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Question Why aren't you interested in adminship? Since you want to help with the backlog at this specific category, why didn't you apply for adminship first in order to help with other backlogs like deletion requests and then work your way up? Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 14:03, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Admins can't actually deal with these matters, they need to apply for that too. Besides, from editing to fix templates, it's rather a way down, at least technically.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 16:06, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I do know that and what I asked was why you didn't think it'd be better to apply for adminship first and help admins with the backlogs for a while and then ask for these advanced permissions to also help with the edit requests for interface administrators. Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 17:15, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm trying to solve an issue I'm interested in. Solving some other issue wont get these done.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 17:26, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
You could make your requests if that's the purpose Bedivere (talk) 22:54, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Can you explain the meaning and relevancy of your comment, if there is any?
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 07:38, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
"I'm trying to solve an issue I'm interested in". You can make your request and have somebody else solve it. Bedivere (talk) 20:33, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The proposal is made here. Are you suggesting I should just add requests on project chat and or admin noticeboard and ping interface admins?
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 22:28, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm inclined to oppose because there is no user page, but I'll give it a few days... No other concerns at the moment. Bedivere (talk) 14:48, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Same here, but I'm waiting for their reply to see what they have to say. It's really unfortunate they don't have a user page just like the previous user whose request was unsuccessful for the very same reason. Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 15:36, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Comment You should at the very least mention this, where several users agreed that you need a block. What did you learn about this? Yann (talk) 15:23, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The matter was discussed a bit further at Commons:Village_pump/Proposals#c-Clindberg-20241027012000-Giftzwerg_88-20241026204400 and @Clindberg seems to disagree about your view on current written policy. Maybe you want to participate in the discussion there.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 16:04, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We are not discussing policies here. Yann (talk) 16:37, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It appears that your view, actions and conduct in that matter is not compatible with what Clindberg considers Commons' discussed, agreed-upon and written policy.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 16:43, 25 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Now created a retaliation deletion request. Yann (talk) 08:32, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
That's a real shame. Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 08:43, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
From my experience, I can't trust Yann to address or correct false information.
∞∞ Enhancing999 (talk) 22:30, 26 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If you can't trust an experienced and trustworthy admin, then the community won't trust you with the IA rights either. Iwaqarhashmi (talk) 07:58, 27 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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.

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No current requests.

Requests for Oversight rights

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