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Please use this page to request the Flagged Revisions permission, putting new requests at the top. Requests will generally stay open for at least a week (unless fast-tracked), after which an administrator will read the comments made by other users and decide whether or not to add the flag.

I	Before a request Before requesting this permission, you must be familiar with key policies, particularly the style guide and neutral point of view. Prior to review of any article, and its subsequent publication, you will be required to copyedit the article for any style issues. This requires a very good understanding of English grammar to maintain the quality of the project's published works. You should have written many published articles with which no major problems should have arose during review lately. It is best if you have already helped to review articles and gave feedback to the author – either on your own, or together with an established reviewer. If you wish to practice under supervision, subscribe here, and reviewers will try to reach you on IRC before review sessions start.
II	Create the request for permission: Users can submit their own requests (self-nomination), or Other users can nominate a candidate. Add the candidate username in the box below and click the `Add a request` button. Complete the questions on the resulting page and save it. Please highlight if you are nominating someone who has not yet accepted the nomination on-wiki. Transclude the request page at the foot of the section below by adding the title of the request page, enclosed by curly brackets e.g.: `{{Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/YourUsername}}` Then inform the Wikinews community of your request.
III	Questions You may be asked questions by other users so they can review your request. Please try to provide full answers.
IV	Community decision The request must remain open for at least seven days. An administrator will close the request and will also add the flag, if there is consensus. Closed requests are moved to the Archives.
Note	If a request has been open for over a week, please leave a note at the talk page of an administrator.

Requests for reviewer

Note for this section, "{{Support}}" means "support the request", and "{{Oppose}}" means "oppose the request".

Wikiwide (talk · contribs – Edit rights)

A good and active candidate. She would also be willing to be a reviewer I think. ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 08:11, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stats

Links for Wikiwide: Wikiwide (talk · contribs · deleted · count · logs · block log · review log · lu)

Questions and comments

Comment Is this User an Accredited Reporter?—-Bddpaux (talk) 16:34, 23 November 2025 (UTC) Hi Wikiwide, do you accept the nomination? Please note that reviewing 100% of articles every day is not required as it may lead to burning out. Reviewing one article a week or one article a fortnight would work very well noting that in case of being not ready it may require urgent re-review after someone fixed it up. Thanks. Gryllida 08:37, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Acceptable. I will probably keep to editing articles instead of waiting for someone else to do it, but if article is already in very good condition, I will be glad to publish it. Wikiwide (talk) 11:12, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Team

Gryllida, RockerballAustralia, Michael.C.Wright, Bddpaux, JJLiu112

Welcome your input here.

Thanks. Gryllida 08:38, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You pinged yourself in all but one of the pings above.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:54, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @George Ho @Wikiwide @BigKrow @Lofi Gurl @Back ache @Md Mobashir Hossain @Almondo2025, @Dsuke1998AEOS, @Ternera, @Monsieur2137 @Asked42, @Sheminghui.WU, @excelblue (if you want yourself removed or someone else added to this list, please inquire here) A revision has been requested. Here is a list of what to do. (If/when you intend to start working on it, please Subscribe to this section and to this talk page, and post reply messages here when you started and finished editing) See below:

1) Comment or vote on this page.

Thanks. -- Gryllida 08:38, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Gryllida I'm inclined to accept the request directly - do we need a certain number of votes? Leaderboard (talk) 10:16, 16 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi @Cromium and @RockerballAustralia, required assistance to assess whether the vote was successful as I have a conflict of interest due to knowing the user personally. Thanks. Gryllida 03:47, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Please note that for nominations or requests for reviewer permissions, there are two additional steps that must be completed[1]:

Transclude the request page at the foot of the section below by adding the title of the request page, enclosed by curly brackets e.g.:

{{Wikinews:Flagged revisions/Requests for permissions/YourUsername}}

Then inform the Wikinews community of your request.

Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:56, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Hi Sheminghui.WU, could you please complete the two above steps, thanks Gryllida 12:15, 25 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment Historically, reviewer requests have included questions to confirm a contributor’s grasp of current policies. Wikiwide is a long-time user but not a consistently active contributor (629 edits in 16 years). We do need more active reviewers, but we also need thorough reviews. I would support this nomination on the condition that Wikiwide commits to conducting full, detailed reviews rather than only publishing articles already in strong shape. Contributors rely on clear feedback just as much as we rely on timely publication.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:10, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Comment About lack of responses at personal talk page, article talk pages or reading notifications, I have asked at Wikiwide's user talk page. Gryllida 02:23, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Votes

Support Nominee vote. A very trustworthy long-time user; although she hasn't written many articles, she would be suitable as a reviewer. ~ Sheminghui.WU (talk) 08:13, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support BigKrow (talk) 12:18, 1 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Looks good to me. Ternera (talk) 21:25, 17 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support Yes.—Bddpaux (talk) 04:05, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support: Hope you stay active and continue reviewing articles. --Asked42 (talk) 07:17, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose Per comment above, may change again pending response. Update: I have updated my vote based on Wikiwide's lack of response on this page. Their only response here was to accept the nomination. If you look at their talk page, it has never been edited by Wikiwide, meaning they have never engaged in their own talk page in 16 years. As badly as we need reviewers, I don't see that Wikiwide has a huge desire to engage here and a key part of the reviewer's role is to engage with the community. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 14:56, 23 November 2025 (UTC)[reply]

See also this as-yet unanswered question.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 16:46, 3 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Commented in the comments section, hopefully this will be addressed in a few days. Gryllida 02:27, 10 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removal of Reviewer status

Post requests here regarding any user who you consider has abused reviewer status. Provide a justification for the removal, preferably with examples of where the permission has been abused.

Note for this section, "{{Remove}}" means "support removal of permission", and "{{Oppose}}" means "oppose removal of permission".

Lofi Gurl (talk · contribs) — removal

I have not used these privileges since I got them. I don't even know how to start a review, I don't see a button for it anywhere. I should not have gotten these privileges to begin with. Never deserved em. I thought I could maybe help save the project but I don't think there is anything else I can do to make an impact here. Sorry. Lofi Gurl (talk) 17:31, 17 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Stats

Links for Lofi Gurl: Lofi Gurl (talk · contribs · deleted · count · logs · block log · review log · lu)

Questions and comments

Comment The project would benefit from an additional, active reviewer. The advice and assistance offered by User:Asked42 here would be a great place to start and I am willing to help however I can as well. However, if you truly do not want to participate as a reviewer, that is understandable. Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 15:27, 22 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I've changed my mind. I may try to review after I've spent some more time revising other people's drafts and giving feedback. Lofi Gurl (talk) 17:27, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Good BigKrow (talk) 17:39, 1 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Please feel free to engage as a reviewer. Anthony Albanese recalls Australian Parliament to introduce hate speech and gun laws may be a good first article to review. It is short, with minimal sources, and written by long-standing contributors. Let me know how I can help. I'm sure @Gryllida would also assist you in any way.Michael.C.Wright (^Talk/_Reviewer) 18:06, 13 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Votes