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Permissions
Handled here
Account creator (add request •
view requests): The account creator flag is granted to users who are active in the
request an account process. The flag removes the limit on the maximum number of new accounts that can be created in a 24 hour period. It also allows users to make accounts with names similar to other accounts. The account creator flag is only given to users who participate in the ACC process and may be removed without notice should a user's participation in the account creation process cease.
Autopatrolled (add request •
view requests): The autopatrolled flag is granted to users who are active in the creation of new articles. This tool is granted so their creations are
auto patrolled in
Special:NewPages. Unlike other requests, any user may nominate an editor for Autopatrolled, even without that user's consent. A user who wishes to have this flag generally should have created at least 25 articles and must be trusted, experienced, and must have demonstrated they are familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, especially
WP:BLP and
Wikipedia:Notability.
AutoWikiBrowser (add request •
view requests):AutoWikiBrowser is a semi-automated
MediaWiki editor for
Microsoft Windows, designed to make tedious repetitive tasks quicker and easier. It is essentially a browser that automatically opens up a new page when the last is saved. When set to do so, it suggests some changes (typically formatting) that are generally meant to be incidental to the main change. Please read the
rules of use and registration requirements on the main page before requesting permission. This is not a true
user right, but access needs to be granted by administrators just like other permissions. If approved, your name will be added to the
CheckPage. Users with under 250 non-automated mainspace edits or 500 total mainspace edits are rarely approved. You will need to give a reason for wanting AWB access.
Confirmed (add request •
view requests): The confirmed flag may be granted to new users who have not yet hit the threshold for
autoconfirmed status. These are users who have not had both 10 edits and 4 days experience. People with this flag can
upload files and edit
semi-protected pages before hitting the autoconfirmed flag. Users requesting this flag must indicate clearly why they should be exempted from the customary confirmation period.
Event coordinator (add request •
view requests): The event coordinator user right allows editors to create multiple new accounts, and to temporarily confirm accounts so that they can create new articles.
File mover (add request •
view requests): The file mover user right is intended to allow users experienced in working with files to rename them,
subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming Wikipedia articles.
Page mover (add request •
view requests): The page mover user right allows users experienced in working with article names to
move them,
subject to policy, without leaving behind a
redirect. They may also move all
subpages when moving the parent page(s). General guidelines include making 3,000 edits and 6 months of editing history. At administrators' discretion, the right may be accorded on a time limited basis or indefinite.
Rollback (add request •
view requests): Rollback enables users to remove
vandalism much more quickly and efficiently than by
undoing it. Users who do not demonstrate an understanding of what constitutes
capable vandalism fighting, either because they have no or little history of doing so, or show a poor ability to discern between
good and bad faith edits will not be granted this right. Also, it is unlikely that editors with under 200 mainspace edits will have their request granted. For a more detailed explanation of rollback and information about when it is appropriate to use the tool, see
Wikipedia:Rollback. For information about the technical details of the feature, see
here.
Template editor (add request •
view requests): The template editor flag allows users to edit protected templates and
Lua modules. General guidelines for granting include making at least 1,000 edits overall (with at least 150 to templates or modules), being a registered user for over a year, and having a record of successfully proposing significant edits to several protected templates. Users should demonstrate proficiency with template syntax and an understanding of the need for caution when editing heavily-used templates.
Handled elsewhere
Several permissions are requested and handled elsewhere:
IP-block-exempt: While the IP-block-exempt right can be granted by administrators, this flag is not handled here. Requests for the IP-block exempt right should be submitted via the
Unblock Ticket Request System or, if there are significant privacy concerns, email the checkuser team at checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org or contact a CheckUser directly.
If you wish to have any of your permission flags (except administrator) removed, you should
contact an administrator. If you want your administrator flag removed, you should contact a
bureaucrat.
This is not the place to request review of another user's rights. If you believe someone's actions merit removal of a permission flag, you should raise your concern at the
incidents noticeboard.
The bureaucrat, checkuser, and oversight flags are removed at
meta:Steward requests/Permissions. Stewards will typically not carry out such requests unless they are made on behalf of the
Arbitration Committee, by a user who is requesting their own access be removed, or in cases of an emergency.
Process
Requestors
To make a request for a permission, click "add request" next to the appropriate header and fill in the reason for wanting permission.
Any editor may comment on requests for permission.
Administrators are permitted to grant account creator, autopatrolled, confirmed, event coordinator, file mover, mass message sender, new page reviewer, page mover, pending changes reviewer, rollback and template editor flags to any user who meets the
criteria explained above and can be trusted not to abuse the tool(s). Administrators may either grant these permissions permanently or temporarily. For convenience, a
bot will automatically comment with relevant data if the user does not meet
configurable qualifications. Even if the bot does not comment, administrators should review the user's contributions and logs to ensure the tools will be used appropriately and check for any indication of potential misuse.
Once an administrator has granted a permission or decided to deny a request, they should add {{
done}} or {{
not done}} respectively under the request with their comments. If a user already has the requested permission, or is autoconfirmed and requesting confirmed, {{
already done}} should be used. N hours after the last comment was made (as specified by the
config), the request will be archived automatically: approved requests will be placed
here; declined requests will go
here. See
User:MusikBot/PermClerk#Archiving for more information on archiving functionality.
Other editors
Requests for permissions is primarily intended for editors requesting a permission for their own account. Other editors are welcome to comment if they have specific information that is relevant to that request that a patrolling administrator is unlikely to discover for themselves. Otherwise, since only administrators can effectively respond to these requests, general comments or 'clerking' by other users are rarely helpful. Non-administrators cannot "decline" to grant a request, because they're not in a position to accept it.
A limited exception to this is
Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Autopatrolled, where third party nominations are encouraged. Other editors should still avoid offering general remarks on requests and leave the final decision to an administrator.
Current requests
Account creator
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Creates short, focussed article that are consistently suitable during patrol; an experienced editor most active in areas other than page creation.
Klbrain (
talk) 14:17, 24 April 2024 (UTC)reply
AutoWikiBrowser
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I would like to help with fixing typos. I want to spread my wings and work on the other side of the encyclopedia. dxneo (
talk) 01:03, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
If this request is granted, please can my alt account
a smart kitten (AWB) [
verify be added to the checkpage? (Also, as my alt, please can it be granted confirmed and XC in case any pages are protected?)
Let me know if there are any queries. All the best, —a smart kitten[
meow 10:50, 24 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Confirmed
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I have made many constructive edits to Wikipedia, and have a decent amount of experience in Articles for Creation, and I have approved AfC reviewer for nearly 1 year. I have had no controversy thus far while working in this area. I mainly want to focus on patrolling the backlog of redirects, but occasionally I would also review articles. I also know my limits, and only work in the areas I am confident in, or I seek help. I am big on assuming the good faith of editors and pointing them in the right direction if their efforts are misguided, as I often do at AfC.
aaronneallucas (
talk) 04:40, 12 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm nearing the end of my trial period just as the May backlog begins and I'd like to keep my permissions to participate. I've been intermittently active with new page patrol and I think my page curation log should show fairly uncontroversial activity and AfDs with consensus for my proposals. Reviewing the log myself there are two articles I marked as reviewed but were later deleted, but both appear to have been deleted for G5 (created by banned user) and not for notability or other content reasons. Dan •
✉ 06:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Automated comment This user was
granted temporary new page reviewer rights by Spicy (expires 14:12, 18 April 2024 (UTC)). — MusikBottalk 06:10, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I'm coming to the end of a two-month trial, and write to request that this access be extended. I've worked on NPP and, as asked, AfD. Many of these AfDs have been my proposals, which has been a helpful learning experience!
Klbrain (
talk) 09:44, 16 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Automated comment This user was
granted temporary new page reviewer rights by Hey man im josh (expires 00:00, 27 April 2024 (UTC)). — MusikBottalk 10:22, 16 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hello! In December of 2023 I applied for New Page Reviewer Rights and given a 1 month trial period then again in January of 2024 I was granted 3 months. I am here today to apply for permanent rights. Over the last 90 days I have reviewed 370 articles. A short background on myself I've been on Wikipedia for over eight years and have created 47 active article on EN Wikipedia. I have strong knowledge of the policies that a NPP reviewer must follow and how each article should be treated. I would like to to continue to help decease the large article backlog currently on Wikipedia. I would be happy to answer any questions. Thank you!
Grahaml35 (
talk) 17:17, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Automated comment This user was
granted temporary new page reviewer rights by Rosguill (expires 00:00, 18 April 2024 (UTC)). — MusikBottalk 17:20, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I would like to participate in the upcoming backlog drive. I have done a trial period before.
Knowledgegatherer23 (
Say Hello) 17:46, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi, I'd like to help with the backlog, I enjoy doing maintenance tasks like
WP:CAT and
WP:ORPHAN and I've submitted AfDs for articles I've come across in this process:
as well as taking part in more
contentious deletions. Obviously still learning but have experience of quite a few different outcomes now such as redirect, merge and transwiki options.
Orange sticker (
talk) 11:33, 18 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not done. Thank you for volunteering, but I'm going to deny this for now due to a lack of experience with the policy process (I'm seeing only 4 AFDs participated in). You're making good contributions, but I'd like to see more activity at
WP:AFD to demonstrate an understanding of notability and relevant guidelines before you re-apply.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 17:09, 23 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi, I'm volunteering to help in patrolling new pages on Wikipedia. Over the months I have stayed here, I've learnt much on relating with editors including the early mistakes I did at first; those have improved my person. It's also pleasing participating in the May drive. Thanks for considering me.— Safari ScribeEdits!Talk! 15:40, 18 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Thank you for volunteering, Done for a 2-month trial. You are encouraged to re-apply roughly a week before the permission is set to expire.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 16:43, 23 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi, I would like to start start volunteering to help patrol pages across the Wikipedia site. I've been on the site for quite some time, sometimes I may make some mistakes around but it has led me to create more pages and overall be a more active person. I find it pleasing to help Wikipedia more and make it a more pleasing, friendly and diligent environment of people. Thank you for looking through, and hope whoever sees this has a blessed day.
NYMan6 (
talk) 20:59, 18 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not done. Thank you for volunteering, but I'm going to decline this for now. There's not enough demonstrated knowledge of content policies and guidelines for me to evaluate at this point in time. Experience with notability guidelines can be demonstrated in many ways, including participation at
Articles for deletion or
Articles for Creation and deletion tagging (
PROD and
speedy deletion). If you're interested in re-applying at some point I encourage you to participate at
WP:AFD. If you choose to do so, make sure your votes are policy based and explain why an article does or doesn't meet a specific guideline.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 16:21, 23 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I was added to this group on a 2-month trial period and was instructed by
Hey man im josh to re-apply a week before the permission expires. Therefore, I'm requesting to continue using this tool so I can review newly created articles. Thank you.
GSS💬 05:12, 20 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Automated comment This user was
granted temporary new page reviewer rights by Hey man im josh (expires 00:00, 26 April 2024 (UTC)). — MusikBottalk 05:20, 20 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I was granted new page reviewer rights temporarily and I think that I'm ready to get them permanently since I've tagged and patroled over 50 pages now. I've also tagged many pages for deletion that were unfit for the wiki. Finally, I would like to participate in the May backlog drive. I thank the reviewing admin for their time and hope that I will be granted this perm. – PharyngealImplosive7(talk) 16:45, 20 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Automated comment This user was
granted temporary new page reviewer rights by Ingenuity (expires 00:00, 29 April 2024 (UTC)). — MusikBottalk 16:50, 20 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi there! I've been here since 2018 and would like to apply as a page patroller for the first time. I'd definitely want to help with that backlog. –
Nokia621 (
talk) 19:40, 20 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not done. Thank you for volunteering, but in reviewing your editing history I wasn't able to find sufficient experience with the deletion process or evaluating content to be comfortable granting you the permission at this point in time. I encourage you to spend some time at
WP:AFD and make policy based votes to show that you're comfortable evaluating notability. Alternatively, you can still apply to help out at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 16:29, 23 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi. I generally rotate between different maintenance activities such as RC patrol, pending changes patrol, and edit request patrol, and would like to contribute to the NPP/AFC queues too. Editing Wikipedia for 15 years, but with long bouts of low activity or inactivity, but I feel I have a strong grasp on the core policies (especially copyright-related).
Despite focusing on maintenance mainly, I have created/significantly contributed to few articles, most recently
XZ Utils backdoor (
permalink when moved from draft to mainspace) and
BG3. Thanks for your time.
Melmann 22:09, 21 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I've been editing pages since 2019 and was initially a
trial user. Would like to try to clear up the backlog, especially for
WP:AfC. I've read the guidelines.
kpgamingz (
rant me) 23:06, 21 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not done. Thank you for volunteering, but in reviewing your editing history I wasn't able to find sufficient experience with the deletion process to feel comfortable granting you the permission at this point in time. I encourage you to spend some time at
WP:AFD and make policy based votes to show that you're comfortable evaluating notability. Alternatively, you can still apply to help out at
Wikipedia:WikiProject Articles for creation.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 16:36, 23 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I regularly create pages and want to save others time from reveiwing pages created by me, in addition to that I would be able to help with the backlog.
Sheriff |
☎ 911 | 00:22, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
@
SheriffIsInTown: To be clear, the NPR permission does not assist with review of your own pages. If you want to "save others time from reviewing pages created by me", then you would want to request
autopatrolled at
WP:PERM/AP.
Hey man im josh (
talk) 16:39, 23 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I will still want new page reviewers rights so I can possibly help with the backlog.
Sheriff |
☎ 911 | 16:48, 23 April 2024 (UTC)reply
My temporary permission will expire soon. I am hereby requesting a permanent one.
Викидим (
talk) 20:52, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Automated comment This user was
granted temporary new page reviewer rights by Novem Linguae (expires 00:00, 6 May 2024 (UTC)). — MusikBottalk 21:00, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Sorry,
unregistered users cannot be granted permissions due to technical restrictions. Please
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Hello sysops, I am here again (and again) regarding the same problem. As an autoreviewed user, it's really bothersome to have to request for the round-robin swap whenever I stubble across a redirect, and leaving a redirect when moving pages to draftspace. I was okay with requesting the swap but then I'd have to wait for someone to review the article. I am definitely not gonna lie and say I heavily work on
WP:RM cause I hardly visit the place, but as an editor who's constantly creating (music related) articles this is draining. dxneo (
talk) 01:12, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Done, noting that this was removed by request about a year ago.
Primefac (
talk) 07:36, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Pending changes reviewer
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I have recently received
rollback rights a few weeks ago, and I would like to request for
pending changes reviewer because I believe that I would be good at reviewing pending changes. With around four months of experience
patrolling RecentChanges and fulfilling all of the criteria, I believe that I am a good candidate for this right. Thank you. 2003LN6 16:19, 24 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Rollback
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I've been patrolling Recent Changes for around a month or so, reverting any vandalism I come across, while also warning/notifying other users about their edits and why it was reverted. Having rollback would allow me to use AntiVandal, which is quite faster in reverting vandalism than RedWarn(the script I am using currently), while also allow quickly rollback edits without having to add a reason. That helps me deal with the edit and move onto other vandalism on the RC list. Some more info that you may want is that I have no warnings, no instances of edit-warring, joined 3/12/2024, which was around 36 days ago, and a near, if not perfect, track record in notifying users. Thanks -
Muffin(Spreading Democracy, one edit at a time) 19:56, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi and thanks for looking. I'do love to volunteer in patrolling recent changes as well as other aspect of vandalism. My previous request was followed by my bad in lacking
civility over IPs, which Dan Cherek advised me. For atleast close/a month, I've taken the advice and sometimes instead of warning, I write messages to the editor in question. I'm not perfect but will do my best in patrolling
Special:RecentChanges. I have maintained at least in a good capability, a track record of consistently notifying editors after reverting. Thanks for considering me also.— Safari ScribeEdits!Talk! 11:30, 24 April 2024 (UTC)reply
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unregistered users cannot be granted permissions due to technical restrictions. Please
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I regularly edit templates while working on various articles on my watchlist, or when creating new articles that are part of something covered by a template. ···
日本穣 ·
投稿 ·
Talk to Nihonjoe ·
Join WP Japan! 17:26, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Automated comment This user has had this permission revoked in the past 180 days (
[1]). — MusikBottalk 17:30, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I don't think this should be controversial, but pinging
JJMC89 for comment as they removed this permission earlier today — Martin (
MSGJ ·
talk) 17:57, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Please run through
WP:TPEGRANT 5 and 6. I'm not seeing the need based on their recent template edits. —
JJMC89 (
T·C) 18:16, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
If you are willing to grant it it to me, fine. If not, fine. It's not worth my time to argue with you. ···
日本穣 ·
投稿 ·
Talk to Nihonjoe ·
Join WP Japan! 19:01, 15 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Not done per JJMC89. -
Fastily 03:54, 16 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I don't understand this decision. The user easily meets criterion 5. There is nothing in the guideline that says the edits need to be "recent". I don't see how criterion 6 can apply because an admin would not usually be requesting edits to template-protected templates? — Martin (
MSGJ ·
talk) 08:30, 16 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Perhaps you would be willing to discuss your decision, or would you mind if I overturned it? — Martin (
MSGJ ·
talk) 21:31, 17 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I agree with JJMC89. Rights are assigned on as-needed basis. Given that OP's admin/crat bits were just revoked for cause, I think it's completely appropriate to be discerning here -
Fastily 03:53, 19 April 2024 (UTC)reply
The other interpretation of the ArbCom case is that the community has trusted Nihonjoe to, among other things, edit high-risk templates and the reason for desysopping gives us no reason to think Nihonjoe has lost that trust. Undecided on this request myself, but the alternate perspective shouldn't be ignored entirely.
* Pppery *it has begun... 18:18, 20 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Before I stick my neck out any further,
Nihonjoe can you tell me if and how you are actually planning on using this userright if granted? — Martin (
MSGJ ·
talk) 09:12, 21 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I've edited many different templates, and even created a bunch of them. I know some of the templates I've edited have been protected, so this right would be used to edit them when necessary. I understand being cautious, but I don't plan on doing anything controversial or against policy with this right. I'm always very cautious when making any template edit, whether the template is protected or not, because such edits have the potential to affect many articles all at once. ···
日本穣 ·
投稿 ·
Talk to Nihonjoe ·
Join WP Japan! 06:56, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Joe's competence in editing templates, and his caution in making (or not making) breaking changes was not a factor in his desysop. Let's not add unnecessary grief to the situation.
Cabayi (
talk) 10:37, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
I've been watching what's happened recently and believe that people have been unduly ostracizing Joe. Even though I recommended the removal of 'crat and sysop, I had no issue with the rights he gave himself. Considering the arbitration committee was aware of this fact (per an arbitrator comment at the proposed decision) and didn't take action simply proves my point. Joe lost the trust of the community to be a 'crat and sysop but the same can't be said for the usage of these other rights. The removal of these rights shouldn't have occurred in the first place since there wasn't a breach of trust related to their usage. If the committee had an issue with Joe granting himself these rights, they surely would have acted before closing the case.
Noah,
AATalk 18:31, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Hi. I am the creator of
Module:Params. Recently the module's permissions have been changed to “Require template editor access”, which means that I no longer have the rights to improve the module and add features to it, or – most importantly – fix possible bugs. Being able to continue working on
Module:Params is the reason for which I request template editor rights. --
Grufo (
talk) 11:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)
Grufo (
talk) 11:03, 21 April 2024 (UTC)reply
All good then, thank you. Somehow I have the feeling that I will have to be back here at some point in the future for the same reason… Well… See you again when that happens ;) --
Grufo (
talk) 14:27, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply
Certainly this is without prejudice for a future use-case. —
xaosfluxTalk 14:58, 22 April 2024 (UTC)reply