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Strange request for adminship

A non-etwiki user is requesting adminship over "JavaScript issues" at main discussion of etwiki here: w:et:Vikipeedia:Üldine arutelu#JavaScript, and claims that etwiki JavaScript files are old. I personally consider this request slightly suspicious, because he's not specifying what needs to be changed, what is the new version, and what's the source of the new edition of what he wants to change. What to do? -Mardus /talk 18:29, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

This request can, and should, be handled at Meta-Wiki, and probably by m:Stewards (who have cross-wiki admin access). ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 18:32, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

See m:Steward requests/Global permissions/2016-04#Global editinterface for Nirmos. I honestly don't think it's worth worrying about; nothing bad seems to have happened. Ajraddatz (talk) 21:23, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Looks like this guys has been going community to community - I don't read all the languages but seems that some have given him +sysop (see: Special:CentralAuth/Nirmos); pretty sure we don't have to worry about our 'crats doing this. — xaosflux ^Talk 21:40, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Yeah, that's what he went with after his GEI request failed. Not sure how I feel about it, but I guess it's for the local communities to decide. Ajraddatz (talk) 22:04, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

I'm not a Steward, but if what he's doing it really helpful (and at least a few communities have agreed to +sysop him), it sounds like a perfect candidate for GEI (not GSysop). ;) ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 22:11, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Speaking personally as a script author, I'd rather be blamed for my scripts failing than have someone else muck about in them, even for as trivial a change as this. Maybe not very "open-source" of me, but if they want to fork, they can fork; while it has my name in the title, I'd rather be responsible for it myself. that is, pretty much the same reaction as I had when Technical 13 tried to request sysop/GEI for actually the same exact thing, I think. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 22:14, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Ummm, WK, scripts in your userspace are already editable by anyone (even IPs). What this user's request concerns is MediaWiki pages (which requires Sysop or GEI). ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 22:25, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

@Salvidrim!: No, they're not. Pages in userspace that end in .js or .css are automatically protected from everyone save admins and the user themself. It would be an unimaginable security liability of literally catastrophic proportions were it otherwise. Writ Keeper ⚇♔ 00:08, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

Goddamn it. I even double-checked by logging out before saying this to ensure I didn't look like a fool... but somehow I ended up looking at the TALK PAGE of one of your userspace scripts. Sorry! ;) ☺ · Salvidumbass! · ✉ 00:27, 4 June 2016 (UTC)

I supported his request myself, but better judgement prevailed. Considering one of my global scripts broke yesterday I'm wondering if it had to do with this change... Maybe I'll ask him! Ajraddatz (talk) 22:20, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Enwiki is well-patrolled and he can make edit requests for pages here, but I'm wondering, is there a "global edit requests" pages when one could request edits be made to MW/protected pages on smaller wikis without themselves having to obtain GEI/local sysop? ☺ · Salvidrim! · ✉ 22:29, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Well, m:SRM is probably the best bet for that. But I think he might have already posted there at some point. Oh well, maybe if I get some time next week I'll check in with him and see what still needs to happen regarding this. Ajraddatz (talk) 23:46, 3 June 2016 (UTC)

Taking a break

Please remove my admin bit. I don't need any bits other than extconf/autoconf. Dennis Brown - 2¢ 13:47, 7 June 2016 (UTC)