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    This page enables administrators to handle requests for permissions on the English Wikipedia. Administrators are able to modify account creator, autopatrolled, confirmed, file mover, extended confirmed, mass message sender, new page reviewer, page mover, pending changes reviewer, rollback, and template editor rights, and AutoWikiBrowser access.

    Editors wishing to request a permission flag here should do so following the procedure below. Editors requesting permissions are advised to periodically revisit the requests page, as notifications will not always be given after a decision is made. Editors should not expect their request to be answered right away and should remember to be patient when filing a request. To find out what permissions your account has, go to Special:Preferences, where your permissions are listed in the user profile tab under "Member of groups".

    Requests for permissions are archived regularly; please see Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Archive for an index of past requests.

    Bot report: No errors! Report generated at 23:10, 23 August 2024 (UTC)

    Permissions

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    • 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.
    • Extended confirmed (add request · view requests): The extended confirmed flag is normally automatically added to accounts after 500 edits and 30 days, but may be added to legitimate alternate accounts of users that already have this access. The flag allows users to edit pages under extended confirmed protection.
    • 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.
    • Mass message sender (add request · view requests): Mass message sender enables users to send messages to multiple users at once. This flag is given to users who have made requests for delivery in the past, clearly showing an understanding of the guidance for use.
    • New page reviewer (add request · view requests): The new page reviewer user right allows users to mark pages as patrolled and use the page curation toolbar. At administrators' discretion, the right may be accorded on a time limited basis or indefinite.
    • 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.
    • Pending changes reviewer (add request · view requests): The reviewer flag is granted to users who are experienced enough with Wikipedia editing and its policies for contributing to the process of reviewing articles placed under pending changes.
    • 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:

    Removal of permissions

    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

    Full instructions at Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Administrator instructions

    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

    Sorry, unregistered users cannot be granted permissions due to technical restrictions. Please create an account in order to request user account permissions.

    Autopatrolled

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    User:Jordanroderick

    Reviewer Aszx5000 has messaged me twice that I should be autopatrolled. I don't care for my sake, since the process works fine for me, but I don't want to be a burden on the reviewers. Please either grant or deny this status based on whatever you think is best for the community. Thanks! Jordanroderick (talk) 23:38, 8 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Noorullah21

    Would like to cut down on the backlog of pages that need to be reviewed while I create pages, especially as of recent where I've been working on creating pages for military battles, and Bahmani rulers. I definitely believe the pages I've created shows I am familiar with the guidelines of page notability, and especially quality. I've practiced with this being a new page patroller myself. Noorullah (talk) 00:36, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:GreatStellatedDodecahedron

    I have created 25 new pages and would like to request the autopatrolled right. I have been a user since 2007, but have increased my writing on Wikipedia in the last 3 years. I create articles in generally non-controversial areas such as crystallography, symmetry and philately. GreatStellatedDodecahedron (talk) 13:19, 13 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Di (they-them)

    Fairly regular article creator and Did you know? contributor who appears to be familiar with the policies and guidelines surrounding notability and encyclopedic suitability. I don't believe it's a good use of NPP's time to be checking their creations. —TechnoSquirrel69 (sigh) 03:06, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Innerstream

    Over many months has been creating appropriately concise articles of a consistent and appropriate format; I've reviewed several of them as part of NPP, and now think that the right is appropriate. Klbrain (talk) 23:14, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:JPRiley

    I have been contributing to Wikipedia since 2012 and have created about 220 articles. Only three of those (that I recall) have ever had to be revised before they were accepted. Though many of my articles have not been rated particularly high on the assessment scale, I think that I am experienced & familiar enough with Wikipedia's policies that articles I create need not clog up the new pages feed. Best, JPRiley (talk) 02:09, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    AutoWikiBrowser

    Sorry, unregistered users cannot be granted permissions due to technical restrictions. Please create an account in order to request user account permissions.


    User:Evelyn Harthbrooke

    I previously had the permission granted to me but I had my username changed a while back and never requested to have the permission back. So I would kindly like to have the permission back if possible! - Evelyn Harthbrooke (leave a message · contributions) 00:47, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Done Malinaccier (talk) 23:57, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Sean.hoyland

    I would like to see whether this tool can help with adding templates to talk pages currently missing "ArbCom_Arab-Israeli_enforcement" templates or the equivalents. Many pages are missing these templates describing the special rules that apply to the articles. Sean.hoyland (talk) 09:14, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Automated comment This user has had their access to AutoWikiBrowser automatically revoked ([1]). — MusikBot talk 09:20, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Good job bot. So, thinking I already had access once wasn't a false memory after all. Good to know. Sean.hoyland (talk) 14:26, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Done Malinaccier (talk) 23:54, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    Confirmed

    Sorry, unregistered users cannot be granted permissions due to technical restrictions. Please create an account in order to request user account permissions.

    Event coordinator

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    Extended confirmed

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    User:Yahuzaishat

    Reason for requesting extended confirmed rights

    I am a contributor with a major focus on indigenous languages, Hausa, to be specific. I am requesting for this right so that I can have access of translating articles from English to Hausa. This is part of my passion for contributing to the largest repository of open knowledge in the world. I hope my request would be reviewed and kindly be approved. Thank you. Yahuzaishat (talk) 16:42, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Done ~Swarm~ {sting} 03:24, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Swarm translating pages FROM en to xxxx shouldn't require any permissions on enwiki. We do have an abusefilter about EC and WP:CXT, but it is about translating from xxx TO en. — xaosflux Talk 10:15, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Can you clarify? I considered this but was under the impression that access to the tool on enwiki would serve its purpose in the same way in any direction—and access to the tool was enabled by EC to begin with. That was my understanding based on the relevant docs. Is there a risk-benefit consideration or a meaningful difference in granting access to an editor intending to support a minor wiki? ~Swarm~ {sting} 07:59, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @Swarm The content translation tool should be launched from the project you want to translate TO. The tool is "enabled" here for everyone, however publishing articles to this project are prevented by an abusefilter. That abusefilter is bypassable by extendedconfirmed users. No one should be attempting to publish any article here, on the English Wikipedia, in Hausa - thus why this doesn't make a lot of sense. Looking at the filter log of this requester shows they never attempted and were blocked to do CXT here, so I'm assuming they are just very confused. This requester seems to be publishing CXT pages to hawiki (example), and no account flags of any kind here on enwiki would have any impact on that (the workflow of which should start at w:ha:Musamman:ContentTranslation. — xaosflux Talk 13:12, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:ILoveFinance

    Hello! My account has been active for 30 days and I have over 500 edits, but I still am not an Extended Confirmed user. Is there something I am missing in order to be granted this status? Thank you! ILoveFinance (talk) 19:27, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Not sure what happened, but I just now got the tag added to my account. If that was someone here, thank you! My request is now complete. Thanks again :) ILoveFinance (talk) 19:33, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Already done (automated response) by ILoveFinance. — MusikBot talk 20:30, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    @ILoveFinance think there was some sort of off-by-one thing, but this should now be done, see Special:UserRights/ILoveFinance. — xaosflux Talk 13:13, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks! ILoveFinance (talk) 13:52, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    File mover

    Sorry, unregistered users cannot be granted permissions due to technical restrictions. Please create an account in order to request user account permissions.

    Mass message sender

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    New page reviewer

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    User:Florificapis

    I was given a trial for a few months and would like to renew my permissions. I have made good use of my permissions by fixing new pages and judiciously applying CSD whenever necessary. I am still active at NPP and will continue to make good use of my permissions upon renewal. Florificapis (talk) 22:45, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Automated comment This user was granted temporary new page reviewer rights by Joe Roe (expires 00:00, 6 August 2024 (UTC)). — MusikBot talk 22:50, 31 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Renewing the permissions for another two months, overall decent but there were enough reviews that I think were incorrect that I want to give feedback on and see improvement over before conferring full permissions   Done signed, Rosguill talk 17:10, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    1. You rushed through 2 dozen different Polish dialect pages in under 10 minutes on July 25. While in general these articles seem to cite an authoritative source, more time should have been spent spot-checking controversial claims and verifying that the cited source actually contains significant coverage of the specific dialect in question and not just Polish linguistics more generally.
    2. Noel Hein does not cite significant coverage, and shows clear signs of UPE editing.
    3. Bad Shabbos does not cite significant coverage, although I was able to find some online and tag it with {{sources exist}}
    4. Kfar Devora's sources are for the most part not accessible, and it is an article that falls under WP:PIA and only cites sources affiliated with Israeli institutions. It should have at least been tagged with {{refimprove}}, and I was unable to quickly find sources that satisfy WP:GNG searching on Google Books and Scholar.
    5. Holy Resurrection Orthodox Church of Hakodate does not cite significant independent coverage, although I again was able to find some sources online and tag it with {{sources exist}}
    signed, Rosguill talk 17:17, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for the feedback! Super helpful. This time around, I'll take a closer look at each article's sourcing and check if there are enough RS. I am now applying more generous use of {{refimprove}}, {{onesource}}, and other tags. Florificapis (talk) 18:14, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Skyshifter

    I currently have probation AFC permissions; though I didn't review many articles, none of the accepted articles were deleted and I believe the declines were well reasoned. My main experience however is creating notable articles; I have created 70+ articles (including ones converted from redirects) on Wikipedia, none of which were deleted (only one was temporarily draftified, but is now back to mainspace and a GA). I have worked on multiple FAs and GAs. As such, I believe I have enough experience regarding the notability criteria, and I'd like to help reduce the backlog. Thanks! Skyshiftertalk 23:29, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Done. Based on my experience with you, I'm very confident you'll proceed with the right level of cautiousness. Check out WP:NPPSORT, start in the area you're most confident in, and ask questions if you're at all unsure. Best of luck, thank you for volunteering, and please apply a week or so before your perm is set to expire. Hey man im josh (talk) 23:33, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Page mover

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    User:Iwaqarhashmi

    I'm an active AfC reviewer, and I spend a lot of time patrolling new pages. I often draftify articles that are not sourced or need additional sources (over 250 articles so far). Having this right would be super useful and help reduce the number of R2 tags for admins in the backlog. I also have experience in WP:RM, and I'd like to request page mover rights for non-controversial tasks. Thank you, Waqar💬 16:39, 12 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    •   Done - Iwaqarhashmi has built up a good dossier of requested move closes this year, is receptive to comments about said closes including relisting where appropriate, and has a clean record. No issues.  — Amakuru (talk) 10:15, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    Pending changes reviewer

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    User:AlexBobCharles

    I have been monitoring recent changes on pages for a while now AlexBobCharles (talk) 08:36, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello@AlexBobCharles. Most of your history looks good. Could you explain why you warned rather than explained after [2] this edit? Seems like a good faith error? —Femke 🐦 (talk) 10:18, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Hello . I withdraw my request because i do not plan to be very active on WP. I warned them because they seemed to be the same IP who made the same change a few hours before and got reverted and they didn't make any response to my edit summary AlexBobCharles (talk) 07:03, 19 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
      Request withdrawn for bot. * Pppery * it has begun... 01:14, 20 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:MSouvik01

    I've been monitoring the pages in Wikipedia for a long time. I try my best to review new changes, revert any vandalism and provide authenticity. This permission will help me review the pages more fluently. MSouvik01 (talk) 21:14, 9 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Hello @MSouvik01. You don't seem to warn people consistently after reverting them. It's easy to do with WP:Twinkle. Could you commit to doing this? I also noticed that you rarely leave WP:edit summaries. It's good practice to let others know what your edit did! —Femke 🐦 (talk) 10:34, 18 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:TheNuggeteer

    Did all the requirements and patrolled the recent changes page for a rotating number of days. My account also meets all the requirements. 🍗TheNuggeteer🍗 09:38, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Automated comment This user has had 1 request for pending changes reviewer declined in the past 90 days ([3]). — MusikBot talk 09:40, 10 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Aydoh8

    I have been patrolling recent changes for a while now and understand the policies on vandalism and copyright. Aydoh8[contribs] 01:00, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Done, for the same reason as OP's request for rollback -Fastily 02:29, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]


    Rollback

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    User:Aydoh8

    I have been patrolling RC for a while now and would like the rollback permission so that I am able to use tools such as Huggle. Aydoh8[contribs] 00:52, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    I see that you are failing to consistently warn editors when you revert their edits (e.g. 1, 2, 3). Why? It's important to leave a notification for every revert you make. Are you aware that we have tools such as Twinkle or Ultraviolet that make this extremely easy? -Fastily 07:54, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    I do for ~99% of my reverts, those three I might have forgotten. Aydoh8[contribs] 14:23, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Please ensure that you are always leaving warnings. I can't stress enough the importance of not biting the newcomers; if you find yourself reverting good faith edits, then it's especially important to notify the editor. If you don't want to leave a template warning, that's completely fine, but you do need to leave a talk page message explaining why you reverted the edit. Moving forward, could you please make a promise to leave warnings/notifications for every revert? -Fastily 22:34, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Will do :) Aydoh8[contribs] 23:00, 22 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
    Thanks for confirming,   Done -Fastily 02:27, 24 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    User:Daniel Plumber

    I have made several changes to articles and think rollback rights would be convenient for me. Daniel Plumber (talk) 06:53, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

      Not done You have very little or no experience reverting vandalism. Please reapply if that is an area of editing that you take up in the future. Malinaccier (talk) 21:03, 23 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

    Template editor

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