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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 185 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 185 administrators on Commons.

What is an administrator?

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

Number of Admins: 185

  1. -revi, ko, en-3
  2. 1234qwer1234qwer4, ru, de-4, en-3
  3. 1Veertje, nl, en-4, de-1, fr-1
  4. 32X, de, en-2, hsb-1, ru-1
  5. 99of9, en (bureaucrat)
  6. A.Savin, ru, de-4, en-2
  7. Abzeronow, en, fr-1
  8. Achim55, de, en-3, nds-3, la-2
  9. AFBorchert, de, en-3
  10. Ahonc, uk, ru-4, en-2, de-1
  11. Aka, de, en-3
  12. Alno, fr, en-3, es-2, pt-1
  13. Андрей Романенко, ru, en-3, uk-3, be-2, fr-2, lv-2
  14. Ankry, pl, en-2, ru-1
  15. AnRo0002, de, en-2, fr-2, es-1
  16. Anthere, fr, en-3
  17. AntiCompositeNumber, en, fr-2 (steward)
  18. Aude, en, ar-2, de-2, es-3
  19. Benoît Prieur, fr, en-3, pt-2, es-1, it-1, hy-1
  20. Billinghurst, en
  21. Blackcat, it, en-3, fr
  22. BrightRaven, fr, en-3, nl-2, es-2, zh-1
  23. Butko, ru, uk-2, en-1
  24. Captain-tucker, en
  25. Christian Ferrer, fr, en-2, es-2
  26. Ciell, nl, en-2, de-1
  27. Common Good, en
  28. CptViraj, gu, hi-4, en-3
  29. Cromium, en, de-1, fr-1
  30. Cybularny, pl, en-2, es-1, de-1
  31. Czar, en
  32. DaB., de, en-1
  33. DarwIn, pt, en-3, es-2, fr-2, gl-2, ca-1, it-1, oc-1
  34. Davepape, en
  35. De728631, de, en-5
  36. DerHexer, de, en-3, grc-3, la-3, es-1 (steward)
  37. Dharmadhyaksha, mr, en-3, hi-3
  38. DMacks, en
  39. Didym, de, en-2, fr-2
  40. Dyolf77, ar, fr-5, en-2, it-1, es-1
  41. D-Kuru, de, en-2, it-1
  42. Ebrahim, fa, en-3
  43. Elcobbola en, de (checkuser)
  44. Ellin Beltz, en (bureaucrat)
  45. Ellywa, nl, en-2, de-1, fr-1
  46. Emha, de, bar, en-3, fr-1
  47. Érico, pt, en-2, es-1
  48. EugeneZelenko, ru, be, en-2, bg-1, pl-1 (bureaucrat)
  49. Explicit, en, es, ko-2
  50. Ezarate, es-3, en-1
  51. Fitindia, en-3, hi-2, mr-2 (checkuser)
  52. FunkMonk, da, en-4, no-3, fo-2, sv-2, de-1, es-1
  53. Gbawden, en-3, af-1
  54. Geagea, he, ka-3, en-3, ru-1
  55. Geni, en
  56. George Chernilevsky, ru, uk-3, de-2, en-2, bg-1, la-1, be-1, fr-1
  57. Gestumblindi, als, de, en-3
  58. Gnangarra, en, nys-1
  59. GPSLeo, de, en-2
  60. GreenMeansGo, en
  61. Grin, hu, en-3, de-1
  62. Hekerui, de, en-4
  63. Herbythyme, en, fr-2, es-1, it-1
  64. Hesperian, en
  65. Howcheng, en, ja-2
  66. Huntster, en
  67. Indeedous, de, en-3, fr-2
  68. Infrogmation, en, es-1
  69. IronGargoyle, en, de-1
  70. Jameslwoodward, en, fr-1 (bureaucrat, checkuser)
  71. Jaqen, it, en-2
  72. Jarekt, pl, en
  73. JarrahTree, en, id-1
  74. Jcornelius, de, lt-2, la-2, en-2, pt-2, fr-1
  75. Jdforrester, en
  76. Jean-Frédéric, fr, en-4, es-1
  77. Jianhui67, en, zh-4, ja-2, ms-1
  78. Jmabel, en, es-3, ro-2, de-1, ca-1, it-1, pt-1, fr-1
  79. Joergens.mi, de, en-3
  80. JoKalliauer, de, en-3
  81. Jon Kolbert, en, fr-4, de-2 (steward)
  82. Josve05a, sv, en-3
  83. Julo, pl, en-2, de-1, ru-1
  84. Jusjih, zh, en-3, fr-2, ko-1
  85. Kadı, tr, en-5, fr-2, az-2
  86. Kaldari, en
  87. Kallerna, fi, en-3, sv-2, de-1
  88. King of Hearts, en, zh-3, es-2, ja-1
  89. Klemen Kocjancic, sl, en-3, de-2, hr-1, bs-1
  90. Krd, de, en-3 (bureaucrat, checkuser)
  91. Krinkle, nl, en-3, de-2
  92. Kritzolina, de, en-3, fr-2, it-1
  93. Leit, de, en-3, fr-1
  94. Léna, fr, en-3, es-1
  95. Leyo, gsw, de, en-3, fr-3, es-1, la-1
  96. Lofty abyss, en, mt, it-2
  97. Lymantria, nl, en-3, de-2, fy-2, fr-1, zea-1
  98. Magog the Ogre, en, es-2
  99. Mahagaja, en, de-4, fr-2, ga-2, la-2, cy-1
  100. Maire, pl, en-4, es-2, fr-2, de-2, ru-1
  101. Marcus Cyron, de, en-2
  102. Masur, pl, en-3, de-1
  103. Materialscientist, en-4, ru-4, nl-3, fr-1, es-1
  104. MB-one, de, en-3, fr-1, pt-1
  105. MBisanz, en
  106. Mdaniels5757, en, es-1
  107. MGA73, da, en-3, de-2, no-1, sv-1
  108. Mhhossein, fa, en-3, ar-1
  109. Micheletb, fr, en-3, it-1, es-1
  110. Mike Peel, en, pt-2, fr-1
  111. Minorax, en, zh (oversighter)
  112. Missvain, en
  113. Mitchazenia, en, es-2
  114. Miya, ja, en-2
  115. Moheen, bn, as-1, bpy-1, en-3, hi-1, hif-1
  116. Morgankevinj, en
  117. MPF, en, da-2, de-1, fr-1
  118. Multichill, nl, en-3, de-1, fr-1
  119. Mys 721tx, zh, en-3
  120. Nagy, de, en-3, fr-2, es-1, sv-1
  121. NahidSultan, bn, en-3, bpy-1
  122. Natuur12, nl, en-3, de-1
  123. Nick, en, sco-2, fr-1
  124. notafish, fr, en-4, de-3, es-2, it-2
  125. odder, pl, en-4, de-2 (bureaucrat, oversighter)
  126. Otourly, fr, en-2, it-1
  127. P199, en, nl, fr-2, tl-2, de-1
  128. Pi.1415926535, en, es-2
  129. Platonides, es, en-2, fr-1
  130. Poco a poco, es, de-4, en-3, fr-2, it-2, pl-2, pt-1
  131. Podzemnik, cs, en-2
  132. Polarlys, de, en-2, fr-1, no-1
  133. Pyb, fr, en-2
  134. Pymouss, fr, en-3, de-2, it-2, he-1
  135. Racconish, fr, en-4
  136. Ragesoss, en, de-1, fr-1
  137. Ra'ike, de, en-2
  138. Rama, fr, en-3, de-2, la-2, es-1, it-1, ja-1 (oversighter)
  139. Rastrojo, es, en-3, fr-2, eo-1
  140. Raymond, de, en-3, nl-1 (oversighter)
  141. Red-tailed hawk, en, es-4, pt-2, ug-1
  142. Regasterios, hu, en-1
  143. Rehman, en, si-1
  144. Reinhard Kraasch, de, en-3
  145. Rimshot, de, en-4, fr-2, it-1
  146. Romaine, nl, en-3, de-2, af-1, fr-1
  147. Rosenzweig, de, en-3, fr-1, la-1
  148. Royalbroil, en, es-1
  149. RP88, en, de-1
  150. Rubin16, ru, tt, en-4
  151. Rudolphous, nl, en-3, de-2
  152. Ruthven, it, fr, en-4, es-4, nap-4, ca-2, de-1
  153. Sanandros, als, de, en-3, fr-1
  154. Shizhao, zh, en-1, ru-1
  155. Spiritia, bg, en-3, ru-2, mk-2, de-1
  156. Sreejithk2000, ml, en-3, hi-3, ta-1, kn-1
  157. Steinsplitter, bar, de-4, it-3, en-1
  158. Stifle, en, ga, fr-2, de-1
  159. Storkk, en, fr-3, de-2, eo-2
  160. Strakhov, es, en-2
  161. TadejM, sl, en-3, de-2, fr-2
  162. Taivo, et, en-3, ru-3, de-1
  163. Tarawneh, en, ar, de-1
  164. Teles, pt, en-3, es-2
  165. Themightyquill, en, fr-2, de-1, hu-1
  166. The Squirrel Conspiracy, en
  167. Thibaut120094, fr, en-2, ja-1
  168. Thuresson, sv, en-3, no-2
  169. Trijnstel, nl, en-4, de-1, fr-1 (checkuser)
  170. Tulsi, ne, mai, en-3, hi-2, hif-2, bh-1
  171. Túrelio, de, en-3, es-1
  172. VIGNERON, fr, de-2, en-2, zh-1
  173. Wdwd, de, en-2
  174. Well-Informed Optimist, ru, uk-4, en-3
  175. Wikitanvir, bn, en-3, de-2, as-2, bpy-1
  176. Wutsje, fy, nl, en-3, de-2, fr-1
  177. Yann, fr, en-4, hi-2, gu-1
  178. Yasu, ja, en-2, de-1
  179. Ymblanter, ru, en-3, de-2, fr-2, nl-2, it-1, es-1
  180. Yuval CT, he, en-3
  181. Zzyzx11, en, es-1, fr-1
  182. علاء, ar, en-4, he-1, es-1 (steward)
  183. Abuse filter, (automated account)
  184. CommonsDelinker, (bot) see request
  185. KrinkleBot, (bot) see request

If 185 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.

  • 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.


Satdeep Gill

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Satdeep Gill (talk · contributions · deleted user contributions · recent activity · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth) (Activity: Talk Commons DR)

Scheduled to end: 11:34, 26 August 2023 (UTC)
While we wait comments from different people, I thought it would be cool to share a recent photograph of a Garhwali shepherd which is possibly going to be my latest Featured picture on the project. Nomination link

Hello everyone! I joined Wikimedia back in 2009 and my first edits on Commons were copyvios when I saw some film posters on English Wikipedia but missing on French Wikipedia and wanted to fix that. I later learnt about the Fair use policy on the differences between the two versions of Wikiepdia. I have also been learning about various aspects of Commons. I learnt basics of photography because to the amazing Commons community and have 13 Featured pictures and close to 300 quality images on the project as of today. I also learnt about the VRT process and have been actively supporting that process as a VRT member. A couple months back I got license review rights and have been actively working on reducing the backlog of reviews, especially Youtube videos, which stood at more than 600 videos and is at less than 500 videos today. I have been supporting review requests from other volunteers as well. I have been actively nominating images for deletion and see a lot of copyvio taking place on the platform. At the same time, I do realize that I am myself still learning. I have made uploads which didn't adhere to the FoP for instance. I have better clarity on things now. I will continue improving with the help of this community. I believe I have been able to address most of the concerns which were raised during my last nomination two years ago. But I don't claim that I know everything. I shall remain keen to learn and to improve. The last nomination helped me understand which other areas I could support beyond uploading my photographs and I am hoping to learn some new things this time around as well, even if this nomination itself is unsuccessful. If I am successful indeed, I will focus on helping with deletion requests, starting with the obvious ones. The rights shall also enable me to contribute better as a VRT member. Satdeep Gill (talk) 11:34, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Votes

  •  Support Satdeep would be a great addition to the admins' team. --Yann (talk) 11:49, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Good language set, good contributor - thanks for helping out. Herby talk thyme 12:38, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Liridon (talk) 13:27, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support I mean...11 years, 11k file edits, almost 4k uploads, Punjabi, English, Hindi. Clean block log. And...Whatever is going on here, which is how I want to feel all the time. GMGtalk 13:40, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support like last time --Ameisenigel (talk) 15:23, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Bedivere (talk) 17:10, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Юрий Д.К 18:30, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Languages and contributions both seem good for Commons. Abzeronow (talk) 19:06, 19 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak oppose Sorry, showcasing own FP's isn't nice for me anyway, even less for a sysop application. Note that the quality of a sysop does not depend on their FP count. --A.Savin 00:08, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    oh yeah, that is interesting. i never saw any admin request like this in my 1 year-ish activity time. also fighting against copyvios and file edits are not the only job for an admin. thats why i would be weak oppose too... but im just gonna be  Neutral. ----modern_primat ඞඞඞ TALK 16:52, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Christian Ferrer (talk) 09:53, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Poco a poco (talk) 10:11, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support Rich Flight22 (talk) 13:10, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support – Ammarpad (talk) 19:57, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support – An exemplary contributor for as long as I known him. -- Marcus Cyron (talk) 00:59, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support looks good.--RZuo (talk) 07:14, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support --Adamant1 (talk) 06:28, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support, no concerns. Welcome to the admins' team. Kind regards, Tulsi 24x7 10:15, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak support, low experience in admin-related areas but trusted and passionate, also they have agreed to remain keen to learn and to improve, plus a good photographer :) -- CptViraj (talk) 13:12, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Support FitIndia Semi-retired 19:20, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  •  Weak support Trusted and experienced. However, I am not entirely sure how often the user will actually use the rights as it is not their main field of interest, but whatever, they can clearly be trusted and have a lot of experience. --V0lkanic (talk) 23:23, 23 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]

Comments

Hi, thank you for pointing this out. I have to admit, I haven't explicitly focused on patrolling pages but I have been nominating files for deletion and reverting edits, especially captions. I think those edits automatically mark the page as patrolled. But still, thank you for pointing this out. I shall focus more on this as well. --Satdeep Gill (talk) 01:52, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Satdeep Gill Yes, your own edits are automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol). Keep up the pace with youtube videos. Thanks for clarifying it. Good luck. C1K98V (💬 ✒️ 📂) 10:16, 20 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
  • How's presenting FP/QP count a good argument for not supporting Administrator right's request? @A.Savin: as one who made such comment.--A09 (talk) 17:01, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Take it as you like. But neither is a high FP number a good argument for supporting Administrator right's request. --A.Savin 19:45, 21 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    @A.Savin Let me try and answer why it might be a little relevant in this case. First of all, I agree with you that just having a high number of Featured Pictures is unrelated to being a sysop. But, I believe in this case, what I was trying to demonstrate is my sense of gratitude, camaraderie, and passion for the Commons community which is unlike other major Wikimedia projects, which are frequently seen as toxic. We are in this mission together and as John Donne said, "No man is an island entire of itself". I was not a good photographer who started contributing to Commons but I was a bad photographer who learnt a little bit of photography because of Commons and was able to make good contributions and bridge gaps in the process. I ended up sharing this experience at Wikimania 2017 as well. Talking about sysop rights and related tasks, as already mentioned, I have been engaging myself with various types of tasks such as nominating files for deletion, undoing vandalism, reviewing licenses on imported files etc. But, I will continue uploading more photographs and helping other run campaigns/projects on this amazing project. Finally, I would like to share something that all of you know already as passionate individuals yourselves that our projects are here because of passionate people supporting free knowledge and I only wanted to demonstrate a little bit of that passion in myself. Thank you. - Satdeep Gill (talk) 00:29, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[reply]
    Thanks for statement, much appreciated. But FPC has not been anymore a place for "gratitude, camaraderie, and passion" for the last couple of years (since Colin, Jee and Cart ceased to participate there) as it actually should be. That said, however, I have no doubts at all about your skills as photographer. Regards --A.Savin 00:56, 22 August 2023 (UTC)Reply[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.

  • 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.

No current requests.

See also

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