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Kaganer

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Scheduled to end: 23:01, 25 April 2025 (UTC)

Hi all! As Translation administrators i was faced with the need to delete a page with an incorrect language code (see. this case). But TA doesn't have delete right, and regular admins can't delete translation pages... Please grant me an admin flag (can be temporary) or consider including this right in the list of TA rights.--Kaganer (talk) 23:01, 18 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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sorry, you only give one reason about it. yeah, we indeed need such a group that will handle deletions. so, no. modern_primat^ඞඞඞ^----TALK 10:18, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In more than 20 years of my working on Wikimedia projects, including Commons, I have never had any complaints from the admins (in general, and in Commons). I don't intend to use the admin rights outside the designated area, and I will certainly replace this with a "narrower one" rights when this becomes.
If we take that I have an admin rights in other projects (Meta and MediaWiki.org), it's hardly worth fearing that I'll suddenly misuse that flag here or use it carelessly. --Kaganer (talk) 22:23, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Kaganer Hopefully you can do work in other areas if you have the time. :-) Bedivere (talk) 16:32, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Of course, I'm just not ready to make any firm promises. --Kaganer (talk) 16:55, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support We definitely could use more regular admins and having another Russian speaking admin would be handy. They're experienced enough, and so giving them the mop would help us. Abzeronow (talk) 17:55, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your confidence. Unfortunately, I can't promise any substantial administrative activity from me. But I once compiled a list of Russian-speaking admins, and I keep it on my userpage. --Kaganer (talk) 22:33, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I will not expect such, and I would be fine with whatever level of contribution you can do. As The Squirrel Conspiracy says, action in a narrow area could help us by letting us concentrate more on other areas. Abzeronow (talk) 00:10, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Very experienced user. Thank you for volunteering. Christian Ferrer ^(talk) 18:08, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support, I do not see any problems--Ymblanter (talk) 18:27, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per modern_primat, sorry. --A.Savin 19:54, 19 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Experienced user. Incall ^talk 07:35, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Юрий Д.К 09:24, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support trustworthy. --0x0a (talk) 09:34, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose I don't generally have an issue with Kaganer being an admin. It seems pointless to give them the right if they only want it for one thing and can't commit to doing the job outside of that though. Serious question but is there really no other Translation administrators that can't delete the page for them? --Adamant1 (talk) 10:23, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Any admin can make themselves a translation admin. But that doesn't mean that they're going to; it's an obscure corner of the project and not everyone is going to feel comfortable taking admin actions in it. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:19, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Weak oppose per Adamant1 --Mateus2019 (talk) 11:07, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
When I observe administrators' actions, I notice that each of them typically focuses on a specific set of tasks: some review FoP cases, others handle bot rights requests, others evaluate autopatrol rights requests, and so on. These areas rarely overlap. Therefore, I see nothing unusual in the fact that Kaganer’s range of administrative actions will be narrow — most active administrators specialize in a limited scope.
As for Adamant1’s objection, a closer look at the list of TAs reveals that few administrators are among them, and the languages they speak are quite limited (en, de, fr, ja). I doubt this is sufficient.
The real question is whether this user can be trusted with administrator rights at all. Checking CentralAuth, we can see that he already holds admin rights on several wikis. I have interacted with him on the Russian Wikipedia several times — his decisions have always been reasonable and balanced. He is particularly knowledgeable in copyright matters. If I’m not mistaken, he has been elected to the Arbitration Committee several times.
So, regarding trustworthiness, my answer is Support. Olksolo (talk) 13:28, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support No issue with trustworthiness. --Yann (talk) 14:31, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Neutral per Adamant1. Kaganer looks to be a good editor though, so probably someday if they actually have a wider need/use for it in the future. DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) 15:32, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I don't see any trust issues with this user, and if someone wants the tools to help solve one problem, we should give it to them. Not every single admin has to do every admin action, we're all volunteers. All the Best -- Chuck ^Talk 19:21, 20 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support no concerns. ToadetteEdit (talk) 08:11, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I'm fine if they only need the right for this one, valid, reason. Andy Dingley (talk) 08:48, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I believe Olksolo has answered well about the objections. Shaan Sengupta^Talk 10:43, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support good luck! RodRabelo7 (talk) 16:22, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support They have been contributing since at least 2004. --Jerimee (talk) 23:56, 21 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Net-positive for the community, and is trusted enough. --Jonatan Svensson Glad (talk) 02:15, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Kaganer has 124,621 edits to Commons, so it's not like they're going to sit on the mop and not do anything. And if they're taking admin actions in one specific area, it frees up other admins to do other work. And if they make 200 admin actions a year, that puts them in the top half of admins by activity. We've got a lot of admins already that don't log many admin actions. The Squirrel Conspiracy (talk) 07:17, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Taivo (talk) 07:39, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support I for one appreciate Kaganer being so straightforward about their planned level of activity and commitment. Any admin action is worth it. Thanks for helping! Jean-Fred (talk) 17:09, 22 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support . Fit India 12:05, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support per multiple Admins above. — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 12:19, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support a long-time users since 2006, and experienced enough. The opposing side is not convincing enough to overturn my decision. --A1Cafel (talk) 13:54, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support plausible arguments for the application and implausible arguments against. --Gauss (talk) 14:09, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. — ArtSmir (talk) 14:26, 23 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support I see no reason for opposition. Sure, they're only asking to do "one thing", but a basic review of the user makes me confident that this user is capable to do most things an admin should (which of courses doesn't mean he has to do all of them). If so, why not.--Takipoint123 (💬) 01:10, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Even if its only for one reason, they are a long time trusted user. Have no concerns about misuse of tools. --JackFromWisconsin (talk) 02:37, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. —— Eric Liu_（Talk） 10:14, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support --Achim55 (talk) 11:27, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. --Ыфь77 (talk) 11:56, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support They ask it for just one reason but I think they can be trusted to do work in other areas, if they wish to, they're most than welcome IMO! --Bedivere (talk) 16:31, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support. Trusted with a good use case for the mop. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 16:45, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Nemoralis (talk) 22:14, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support Queen of Hearts (talk) 01:18, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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