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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 Administrators' noticeboard.

There are currently 174 administrators on Commons.

What is an administrator?

Administrators as of October 2025
Listing by: LanguageDateActivity [+/−]

Number of Admins: 174

  1. 1234qwer1234qwer4, ru, de-4, en-3 (steward)
  2. 1Veertje, nl, en-4, de-1, fr-1
  3. 32X, de, en-2, hsb-1, ru-1
  4. 99of9, en (bureaucrat)
  5. Aafi, ks, ur-5, en-3, hi-2, ar-1
  6. Abzeronow, en, fr-1
  7. Achim55, de, en-3, nds-3, la-2
  8. AFBorchert, de, en-3
  9. Ahonc, uk, ru-4, en-2, de-1
  10. Aka, de, en-3
  11. Alno, fr, en-3, es-2, pt-1
  12. Андрей Романенко, ru, en-3, uk-3, be-2, fr-2, lv-2
  13. Ankry, pl, en-2, ru-1
  14. AnRo0002, de, en-2, fr-2, es-1
  15. Anthere, fr, en-3
  16. AntiCompositeNumber, en, fr-2 (steward)
  17. Aude, en, ar-2, de-2, es-3
  18. Auntof6, en, es-2, fr-1
  19. Bastique, en, fr-3, es-2, la-2, fi-1, pl-1
  20. Bedivere, es, en-4, pt-1
  21. Blackcat, it, en-3, fr
  22. Butko, ru, uk-2, en-1
  23. Captain-tucker, en
  24. ChemSim, de, en-3
  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 (bureaucrat)
  29. Cromium, en, de-1, fr-1
  30. Cybularny, pl, en-2, es-1, de-1
  31. DaB., de, en-1
  32. DarwIn, pt, en-3, es-2, fr-2, gl-2, ca-1, it-1, oc-1
  33. Davepape, en
  34. DerHexer, de, en-3, grc-3, la-3, es-1 (steward)
  35. Dharmadhyaksha, mr, en-3, hi-3
  36. DMacks, en
  37. Didym, de, en-2, fr-2
  38. Dyolf77, ar, fr-5, en-2, it-1, es-1
  39. D-Kuru, de, en-2, it-1
  40. Ebrahim, en-3
  41. Elcobbola en, de (checkuser)
  42. Ellywa, nl, en-2, de-1, fr-1
  43. Emha, de, bar, en-3, fr-1
  44. Érico, pt, en-2, es-1
  45. EugeneZelenko, ru, be, en-2, bg-1, pl-1 (bureaucrat)
  46. Explicit, en, es, ko-2
  47. Ezarate, es-3, en-1
  48. Fitindia, en-3, hi-2, mr-2
  49. FunkMonk, da, en-4, no-3, fo-2, sv-2, de-1, es-1
  50. Gbawden, en-3, af-1
  51. Geagea, he, ka-3, en-3, ru-1
  52. Geni, en
  53. George Chernilevsky, ru, uk-3, de-2, en-2, bg-1, la-1, be-1, fr-1
  54. Gestumblindi, als, de, en-3
  55. Gnangarra, en, nys-1
  56. Gnom, de, en-3, fr-2, it-2, es-1
  57. GPSLeo, de, en-2
  58. GreenMeansGo, en
  59. Grin, hu, en-3, de-1
  60. Hekerui, de, en-4
  61. Herbythyme, en, fr-2, es-1, it-1
  62. Huntster, en
  63. Indeedous, de, en-3, fr-2
  64. Infrogmation, en, es-1
  65. IronGargoyle, en, de-1
  66. Jameslwoodward, en, fr-1 (bureaucrat, checkuser)
  67. Jaqen, it, en-2
  68. Jarekt, pl, en
  69. Jcornelius, de, lt-2, la-2, en-2, pt-2, fr-1
  70. Jdforrester, en
  71. Jianhui67, en, zh-4, ja-2, ms-2
  72. Jmabel, en, es-3, ro-2, de-1, ca-1, it-1, pt-1, fr-1
  73. Joergens.mi, de, en-3
  74. Jon Kolbert, en, fr-4, de-2 (steward)
  75. Josve05a, sv, en-3
  76. Kadı, tr, en-5, fr-2, az-2
  77. Kaganer, ru, en-1
  78. Kallerna, fi, en-3, sv-2, de-1
  79. King of Hearts, en, zh-3, es-2, ja-1
  80. Klemen Kocjancic, sl, en-3, de-2, hr-1, bs-1
  81. Krd, de, en-3 (bureaucrat, checkuser)
  82. Krinkle, nl, en-3, de-2
  83. Kritzolina, de, en-3, fr-2, it-1
  84. Léna, fr, en-3, es-1
  85. Leyo, gsw, de, en-3, fr-3, es-1, la-1
  86. Lofty abyss, en, mt, it-2
  87. Lymantria, nl, en-3, de-2, fy-2, fr-1, zea-1 (checkuser)
  88. Magog the Ogre, en, es-2
  89. Mahagaja, en, de-4, fr-2, ga-2, la-2, cy-1
  90. Maire, pl, en-4, es-2, fr-2, de-2, ru-1
  91. Marcus Cyron, de, en-2
  92. Masur, pl, en-3, de-1
  93. Materialscientist, en-4, ru-4, nl-3, fr-1, es-1
  94. Matrix, en, ta-3
  95. MB-one, de, en-3, fr-1, pt-1
  96. Mdaniels5757, en, es-1
  97. MGA73, da, en-3, de-2, no-1, sv-1
  98. Mhhossein, fa, en-3, ar-1
  99. Micheletb, fr, en-3, it-1, es-1
  100. Mike Peel, en, pt-2, fr-1
  101. Minorax, en, zh (oversighter)
  102. Missvain, en
  103. Mitchazenia, en, es-2
  104. Miya, ja, en-2
  105. Moheen, bn, as-1, bpy-1, en-3, hi-1, hif-1
  106. Morgankevinj, en
  107. MPF, en, da-2, de-1, fr-1
  108. Multichill, nl, en-3, de-1, fr-1
  109. Mys 721tx, zh, en-3
  110. Nagy, de, en-3, fr-2, es-1, sv-1
  111. NahidSultan, bn, en-3, bpy-1
  112. Natuur12, nl, en-3, de-1
  113. notafish, fr, en-4, de-3, es-2, it-2
  114. odder, pl, en-4, de-2 (bureaucrat, oversighter)
  115. P199, en, nl, fr-2, tl-2, de-1
  116. Pi.1415926535, en, es-2
  117. Platonides, es, en-2, fr-1
  118. Poco a poco, es, de-4, en-3, fr-2, it-2, pl-2, pt-1
  119. Podzemnik, cs, en-2
  120. Polarlys, de, en-2, fr-1, no-1
  121. Pyb, fr, en-2
  122. Pymouss, fr, en-3, de-2, it-2, he-1
  123. Racconish, fr, en-4
  124. Ragesoss, en, de-1, fr-1
  125. Ra'ike, de, en-2
  126. Rastrojo, es, en-3, fr-2, eo-1
  127. Ratekreel, ks, en-3, ur-3
  128. Raymond, de, en-3, nl-1 (oversighter)
  129. Red-tailed hawk, en, es-4, pt-2, ug-1
  130. Regasterios, hu, en-1
  131. Rehman, en, si-1
  132. Reinhard Kraasch, de, en-3
  133. Revi C., ko, en-3
  134. Rimshot, de, en-4, fr-2, it-1
  135. Romaine, nl, en-3, de-2, af-1, fr-1
  136. Rosenzweig, de, en-3, fr-1, la-1
  137. Royalbroil, en, es-1
  138. RP88, en, de-1
  139. Rudolphous, nl, en-3, de-2
  140. Ruthven, it, fr, en-4, es-4, nap-4, ca-2, de-1
  141. Sadads, en, es-3
  142. Sanandros, als, de, en-3, fr-1
  143. Satdeep Gill, pa, en-5, hi-5, es-3, fr-2, fa-1
  144. Shizhao, zh, en-1, ru-1
  145. Sreejithk2000, ml, en-3, hi-3, ta-1, kn-1
  146. Steinsplitter, bar, de-4, it-3, en-1
  147. Stifle, en, ga, fr-2, de-1
  148. Strakhov, es, en-2
  149. TadejM, sl, en-3, de-2, fr-2
  150. Taivo, et, en-3, ru-3, de-1
  151. Teles, pt, en-3, es-2
  152. Theklan, eu, es, en-3, fr-1, ca-1
  153. Themightyquill, en, fr-2, de-1, hu-1
  154. The Squirrel Conspiracy, en (checkuser)
  155. Thibaut120094, fr, en-2, ja-1
  156. Thuresson, sv, en-3, no-2
  157. Triplec85, de, en-3, fr-1, hr-1, la-1
  158. Túrelio, de, en-3, es-1
  159. VIGNERON, fr, de-2, en-2, zh-1
  160. Wdwd, de, en-2
  161. WEBridge, zh, en-3, fr-2, ko-1
  162. Well-Informed Optimist, ru, uk-4, en-3
  163. Wikitanvir, bn, en-3, de-2, as-2, bpy-1
  164. Wutsje, fy, nl, en-3, de-2, fr-1
  165. Yann, fr, en-4, hi-2, gu-1
  166. Yasu, ja, en-2, de-1
  167. Ymblanter, ru, en-3, de-2, fr-2, nl-2, it-1, es-1
  168. Yuval CT, he, en-3
  169. Ziv, gsw, de, en-2, it-2, he-2
  170. Zzyzx11, en, es-1, fr-1
  171. علاء, ar, en-4, he-1, es-1 (steward)
  172. Abuse filter, (automated account)
  173. CommonsDelinker, (bot) see request
  174. KrinkleBot, (bot) see request

If 174 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.


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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.

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Requests for adminship

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Vote

Grand-Duc (talk · contributions (views) · deleted user contributions · deleted uploads · recent activity (talk · project · deletion requests) · logs · block log · global contribs · CentralAuth)

Scheduled to end: 18:39, 29 October 2025 (UTC)

Grand-Duc first applied to be an Admin in 2011 and I commented then that he looked like a good candidate, but needed more experience. It's fourteen years and 25,000 edits later.

I have interacted with him on DRs and UnDRs and found him to be careful, knowledgeable, and easy to work with. I think he will be a significant asset as an Admin. He is a file mover and license reviewer and has uploaded some wonderful photographs on a wide variety of subjects, see User:Grand-Duc.

Therefore I nominate Grand-Duc to be an Administrator on Commons. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 18:39, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I am really honoured by this nomination from Jim. I gladly accept it. Grand-Duc (talk) 18:45, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Votes

Comments

  • @Grand-Duc: Do you accept this nomination? --Bedivere (talk) 18:45, 22 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question to @Geoffroi's vote above, can you perhaps provide some links so we can save time finding out what you were referring to? Also, what does "DENY" mean exactly? (apologies for not knowing what it refers to). Thanks. Tvpuppy (talk) 00:07, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    User talk:Grand-Duc#Move request is the sock case and Taivo's message is at the very bottom. DENY means you don't encourage socking by doing what socks want done, such as file renaming. Grand-Duc should've considered that a few somewhat constructive rename requests here isn't worth keeping this LTA sockmaster around to cause problems here and on other wikis for a longer period of time. LTA global locks aren't put in place by stewards on Meta for small reasons. Geoffroi 00:24, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Tvpuppy, DENY refers to enwiki's advice regarding vandals: "DENY recognition" as that's what they come for. Here's the original essay. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 00:24, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I see. Thank you both for the detailed explanation. Tvpuppy (talk) 00:30, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  • Comment My basic concern is that as of 1 month ago this admin candidate had no idea how to deal with LTAs/sockmasters/vandals/etc or what they even are. Was he concerned about what this LTA did to get his global lock? Some of these guys harass and dox people, or attack them with racial slurs and vandalism. One of the rename requests that I turned down from this LTA was pure vandalism. As an admin you should be protecting Commons and its good contributors and that means blocks and protections as Taivo has done, not coddling and defending a globally locked Long Term Abuse account. Geoffroi 00:39, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm not too concerned about Grand-Duc's LTA skills, as I'd rather someone AGF a sock of an LTA they didn't know exist than falsely accuse someone of sockpuppetry. We don't have public LTA pages, and we do this to DENY recognition. All the Best -- Chuck Talk 01:03, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Have you ever had an LTA harass you and email you telling you that, as a Jew, you should be killed and they were going to find you and do it? You might be "concerned" if you care about the real people behind these handles. Geoffroi 01:25, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
  •  Question @Grand-Duc: What are your thoughts on this and how will you deal with sockmasters/vandals/trolls if you become an admin? The person I link to above is the LTA extreme, but all LTAs and vandals are bad and harmful. Any sock could be a revamped sockpuppet of somebody really bad. An LTA sockmaster who seems chill here may be doing worse on one of the wikis or may even be a worse LTA disguised. You have to know about these people on Commons because they attack Commons users, they use attack images for trolling on Wikis, and because they attack their Wikipedia targets here too. Geoffroi 01:19, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Geoffroi: You gave me a link to a deletion debate on EN-WP. I am not really involved with their local customs, my home Wiki is DE-WP, so I every now and then come across guidelines, essays, social conduct advices and similar that are obviously peculiar to EN. A deletion debate over sock listings is not very weird for me, in fact, one of our (German) most prolific sock recognisers maintains a list of trolls known for abusing DE-WP (this tool carries a tongue-in-cheek title and is so well known that it has its own shortcut from the Wikipedia namespace: de:WP:LSWU). So, I do not really understand the purpose of your question, sorry. Basically, my thought was, when I read the linked page, "Ah, an illustration of a self-organising process on EN."
    About the actual GMatteotti case: there are some German sentences in the middle of the thread User talk:Grand-Duc#Move request, where I asked Achim55 about the matters, as the individual was unknown to me. After the case was made clear, I ignored the follow-up questions.
    The principle of RBI, "Revert-Block-Ignore", is sound, I endorse it.
    That said, I know for sure that I am not a good sock spotter/hunter in any capacity. So I won't be the first person jumping into dealing with LTA individuals, and if I happen to get involved with one, I will most certainly ask for advice on ANU and support by colleagues with the endorsement to deal with these matters, namely CU (I did so several times in the past already). If there's some urgent matter, like involving CSAM, personal data of minors, an announcement to inflict bodily harm one oneself or third parties, etc., then I will surely use any tool available (revdel as admin, contact to OS or emergency). In fact, such a case (personal data of a minor) I was involved in led to the inception of User:Oversight Commons per proposal at Commons:Village pump/Proposals/Archive/2025/02#Possibly easier way to contact local oversighters via Wikimail.
    For what it's worth, I can say for sure that the kind of abuse you described above ("Have you ever had an LTA harass you and email you telling you that, as a Jew, you should be killed and they were going to find you and do it?") is something intolerable and should warrant a sitewide ban on Meta. It's likely not within the sole purview of "simple" Commons admins, but I know about relevant message boards on Meta, for contacting stewards. I will try to provide any assistance I'm able to, but that may be rather limited (I lack the technical knowledge of analysing e-mail headers for instance: a fellow German Wikimedian did such a thing to authenticate Wikimails from an individual who trolled and subsequently got WMF-banned).
    But I fear I'm digressing. - I hope to become an admin to help in working in the field of deletion requests and redactional media quality assurance, that's where I think I can be the most helpful. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 03:00, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Geoffroi, as a CU, let me caution you that the question of what to do with images uploaded by LTAs is controversial. While I agree that we should not encourage them, some of our must experienced colleagues believe that if an image is a good addition to Commons that we should keep it even if it was uploaded by an LTA. It is very unfair to criticize Grand-Duc for actions that might well have been taken by very experienced Admins. .     Jim . . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me) 12:44, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  •  Question Could you provide some reflection on the incident that RoyZuo and Rhododendrites mention in their !votes? Sdkbtalk 16:33, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    @Sdkb: I will try. I think that it was a clash of opinions about general file naming conventions and seemingly more strict rules for them on QIC, which started earlier than the exchanges linked by Rhododendrites above, actually. The first relevant interaction was here, followed by this ANU thread. RoyZuo linked an even later resumption of the subject "file names on QIC" which evidently didn't advance the matter. During these exchanges, I have likely mirrored the opponent's apparent unwillingness to search and reach for compromises; it ended later in me dropping that subject. There was some support for my standpoint visible, though. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 22:19, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    In my opinion, it's important for admins to have [at least] three things: a strong grasp of our policies, guidelines, and processes; a demonstrable history of effectively practicing and communicating said policies, guidelines, and processes; and the ability to engage effectively in contentious circumstances, resolving disputes and deescalating conflict. My impression is that you have the first two, but I worry about the third (and I apologize that I'm only drawing from our one interaction, which may not be representative). This reply is not reassuring, however. As I said in the discussions we've linked, I think you were correct on the merits of the dispute with Phyrexian. The problem was that you were, in my view, unnecessarily antagonistic in a way that made resolution more, rather than less difficult. Explaining this by saying you were "mirroring" effectively blames Phyrexian rather than taking responsibility. If Phyrexian runs for admin, I will be linking to the very same discussion in their RfA. — Rhododendrites talk23:29, 23 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]
    Rhododendrites, I am aware that I am not proficient as other people in mediating conflicts.
    I agreed to this admin nomination as I would like the grant of the ability to offer manpower and support in our quality assurance processes, not only by augmenting the workload of other admins by making deletion nominations (standard or speedy), but also by proceeding other people's requests to reduce said load.
    Interpersonal conflicts aren't my mettle, I would like to avoid them if possible (that shouldn't be much of an issue, the ANU and ANB boards look well-staffed). That said, an apparent total block of a common, legitimate request for likely rather selfish reasons doesn't offer much in the way of a lead to a resolution, so yes, mirroring (or en:tit for tat) does blame another party - how would you have managed the Phyrexian case? On the other hand, if the other party shows a behaviour of genuine interest or will to compromise, I am most willing to provide any information and help I can or reach for an agreement (like here), this is also always a learning opportunity for myself. Regards, Grand-Duc (talk) 20:05, 24 October 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requests for bureaucratship

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

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

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.

Tasks

purge Admin backlog


Copyright:

  • Copyright violations: ~82
  • Unfree Flickr files: ~0
  • Recent unfree Flickr images: ~0
  • No license since 17 October 2025: ~11
  • Media uploaded without a license as of 2025-10: ~259

Other:

  • Duplicates: ~188
  • Advertisements/spam: ~0
  • Personal photos/selfies: ~42
  • Other speedy deletions: ~79
  • Categories for discussion: 84 months
  • Media requiring a split up: ~2
  • Requests for unblock: ~5
  • Undeletion requests: ~10

Protected edit requests:

  • Full protection: ~37
  • Interface admin: ~15
  • Technical: ~0
  • Template protection: ~7
  • Protection level: ~0

See also: DR, HMS,

See also