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Winhunter (talk · contribs · blocks · protections · deletions · page moves · rights · RfA) joined Wikipedia in 12 April, 2005 and became an administrator on 4 September, 2006.

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Wikipedia conflict of interest edit requests 189
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Open sockpuppet investigations 266
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Requests for page protection


Current requests for increase in protection level

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Request protection of a page, or increasing the protection level

Place requests for new or upgrading pending changes, semi-protection, full protection, move protection, create protection, template editor protection, or upload protection at the BOTTOM of this section. Check the archive of fulfilled and denied requests or, failing that, the page history if you cannot find your request. Only recently answered requests are still listed here.


Temporary semi-protection: Persistent sockpuppetry – Repeated proxy evasion on very disparate IPs over the past couple of weeks. CMD (talk) 15:02, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Temporary full protection: Content dispute/edit warring. - FlightTime (open channel) 15:28, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Consider the edit warring noticeboard – This is a case of possible edit-warring by one or two users. Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 15:32, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Considering a checkuser just confirmed repeated sockpuppetry, I would protect the page regardless. Jdcomix (talk) 16:16, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 17:16, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – IPs have been pretty giddy and persistent ever since Trumps no pronouns comment. CRBoyer 16:32, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Semi-protected for a period of 1 week, after which the page will be automatically unprotected. Isabelle Belato 🏳‍🌈 17:20, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Temporary extended confirmed protection: BLP policy violations – SPA may be editing in good faith, but is persistent in adding a level of detail and slant that I think is in violation of BLP policies. They have around 40 edits (all to this article) so ECP would be called for. Russ Woodroofe (talk) 16:51, 1 August 2024 (UTC). Russ Woodroofe (talk) 16:51, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

User(s) blocked. ~ ToBeFree (talk) 17:13, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Reason: An IP user has recently been vandalizing this page and I am requesting this page to be protected.HJHooker00 (talk) 17:23, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Father of Kamala Harris. Lots of attention on him in the past week, including a lot of problematic racial claims/questions. Several edits lately changing race/religion claims inappropriately, etc. — Rhododendrites talk \\ 17:25, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent vandalism – And also possibly sockpuppetry. Paper9oll (🔔📝) 17:26, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Temporary protection: New LTA vandalism target for "getting attacked by a bunch of users" LTA IP. Hamtechperson 17:59, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Temporary semi-protection: Persistent disruptive editing – Block evader persistently trying to turn the redirect into an article. Note IP 98.195.26.147 is CU blocked and geolocates to Houston, TX as does the new one. S0091 (talk) 18:11, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Permanent extended confirmed protection: Informal informational page, not a talk space. Has already been used at least once as a talk space (by an IP editor), and anyway any modifications to the page should be restricted to editors with at least some experience. This is very similar to the situation with Talk:Donald Trump/Current consensus, which has been EC-protected for years. ―Mandruss  18:26, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Reason: The template is used across numerous high-traffic articles and potential vandalism would cause major disruption. 9t5 (talk) 18:28, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Current requests for reduction in protection level

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Request unprotection of a page, or reducing the protection level

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Current requests for edits to a protected page

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Request a specific edit to a protected page
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In "Early life and education", the article says "In 2003 she enrolled at the University of Mississippi". The source for that paragraph as archived (https://archive.ph/ek0sE) states that she "dropped out for good in 2001".

I suggest changing "In 2003 she enrolled..." to something like "She enrolled at the University of Mississippi, studying journalism and political science and writing for The Daily Mississippian, but left the school in 2001." Or of course, add a source for her enrolling in 2003. Elizabeth Internet (talk) 06:56, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

Add "George and Junior" in the the programming section of Tom and Jerry, where it says, "including other MGM Cartoons such as Droopy, Barney Bear, and Screwball Squirrel". Mgmcartoonguy (talk) 04:34, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

There are two protection lock templates at the top of the page:

{{pp-vandalism|small=yes}} {{pp|small=yes}}

Please remove one of them. Thanks. 88.97.195.160 (talk) 15:08, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

Handled requests

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A historical archive of previous protection requests can be found at Wikipedia:Requests for page protection/Archive.

Protected edit requests

11 protected edit requests
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Page Tagged since Protection level Last protection log entry
Template:Protected page text (request) 2024-07-24 18:26 Fully protected (log) Protected by Mr. Stradivarius on 2014-01-01: "used in MediaWiki:Protectedpagetext and MediaWiki:Cascadeprotected"
Template:Wikipedia languages/core (request) 2024-07-27 11:23 Cascade-protected from Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items/Main Page/5 (log) Protected by Mifter on 2017-03-25: "Considering the main page was unprotected by a compromised sysop semi recently, perhaps transcluding it to a cascade protected page will provide a small increase in protection"
Brianna Wu (request) 2024-07-28 23:18 Fully protected (log) Protected by Courcelles on 2023-06-24: "Arbitration enforcement"
Template:Wikipedia languages (request) 2024-07-30 19:50 Cascade-protected from Wikipedia:Cascade-protected items/Main Page/5 (log) Protected by Mifter on 2017-03-25: "Considering the main page was unprotected by a compromised sysop semi recently, perhaps transcluding it to a cascade protected page will provide a small increase in protection"
Tom & Jerry (2021 film) (request) 2024-07-30 20:29 Not protected (log) Modified by Star Mississippi on 2024-07-24: "Edit warring / content dispute"
MediaWiki:Abusefilter-disallowed-1112 (request) 2024-07-31 01:06 MediaWiki page (log)
Vodafone (request) 2024-07-31 02:29 Fully protected, expires 2024-08-01 at 19:01:53 UTC (log) Protected by Black Kite on 2024-07-25: "Edit warring / content dispute"
MediaWiki:Wikimedia-copyright (request) 2024-07-31 06:19 MediaWiki page (log)
AJIO (request) 2024-07-31 11:27 Fully protected (log) Protected by RoySmith on 2019-12-14: "Persistent disruptive editing: Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations/Govinda rajpurohit"
User:AaronSw/Honor (request) 2024-08-01 13:33 Fully protected (log) Protected by KTC on 2013-01-15: "Highly visible template"
User:XLinkBot/RevertList header (request) 2024-08-01 18:09 Fully protected (log) Protected by Beetstra on 2008-02-08: "high-risk page"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 18:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
16 template-protected edit requests
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Template:Infobox Chinese (request) 2024-06-07 08:07 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Infobox officeholder (request) 2024-06-20 06:11 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mark Arsten on 2013-10-18: "Allowing Protected Template editors"
Template:Rail-interchange (request) 2024-06-20 07:17 Template-protected (log) Modified by Primefac on 2018-02-23: "high-risk template with 4000+ transclusions"
Template:Infobox Christian leader (request) 2024-06-28 12:36 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Template:Infobox language (request) 2024-06-30 06:30 Template-protected (log) Modified by MusikAnimal on 2021-08-16: "Highly visible template: transclusion count now over 9,000; most recent editors are still able to edit"
Template:Infobox islands/length (request) 2024-07-10 14:57 Template-protected (log) Modified by Yaris678 on 2017-03-13: "For consistency with Template:Infobox islands. An increase of edit protection and decrease of move protection."
Module:Sports color/baseball (request) 2024-07-10 18:29 Template-protected (log) Modified by MusikBot II on 2021-08-17: "High-risk template or module 30997 transclusions (more info)"
Template:Contentious topics/talk notice (request) 2024-07-15 08:15 Template-protected (log) Protected by Dreamy Jazz on 2023-01-16: "Highly visible template"
Template:Infobox person (request) 2024-07-19 00:30 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-19: "allow template editors to modify"
Module:Navbox (request) 2024-07-19 19:53 Template-protected (log) Modified by Ged UK on 2014-05-07: "lowering to template protection"
Template:Copied (request) 2024-07-25 02:26 Template-protected (log) Modified by Callanecc on 2015-02-17: "Highly visible template: More than 7500 transclusions"
Template:Infobox road (request) 2024-07-26 06:18 Template-protected (log) Modified by WOSlinker on 2013-10-18: "allow template editors to modify"
Template:User sandbox (request) 2024-07-28 15:51 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mike V on 2014-02-17: "enabling template protection"
Template:Infobox islands (request) 2024-07-30 17:45 Template-protected (log) Modified by Yaris678 on 2017-03-13: "For consistency with Template:Infobox islands. No change to edit protection and decrease of move protection."
Template:Hidden archive top (request) 2024-07-31 20:26 Template-protected (log) Modified by Mike V on 2014-08-01: "Highly visible template: per WP:RFPP request"
Module:Icon/data (request) 2024-08-01 03:01 Template-protected (log) Protected by Mr. Stradivarius on 2015-01-23: "High-risk Lua module"
Updated as needed. Last updated: 03:06, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

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Requests for autopatrolled

Autopatrolled

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Requests for AutoWikiBrowser access

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Would be useful to make tedious edits. Un assiolo (talk) 22:31, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

Anything specific in mind? * Pppery * it has begun... 00:29, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
@Pppery: A user was approved with this exact request, so I thought it was sufficient. I literally copied and pasted it. But OK. I saw AWB has an option to merge duplicated references, which is what motivated the request. This is something I've done in the past and it's annoying to do manually. I expect to learn about the other features as I use it. --Un assiolo (talk) 16:13, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
The distinction between that request and this one is that they have 20 times as many edits (and correspondingly more experience like having written several FAs, not just raw edit count) as you so I applied less scrutiny to their requests than I do to a user with less experience. The point of providing a specific task is to ensure both that you know what AWB is, you aren't hat collecting, and you aren't planning to do something like make mass cosmetic edits in violation of rule 4, etc. That response convinces me on all three fronts, so  Done * Pppery * it has begun... 20:03, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Requesting so I can help streamline small edits like typos, general maintenance, and so on. NyanThousand (talk) 12:56, 23 July 2024 (UTC)

To tag pages for Wikipedia:WikiProject Anthropology/Oral tradition taskforce Kowal2701 (talk) 09:06, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * it has begun... 20:03, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

It is very useful for searching/modifying same string/link/name on many articles when required. I am using it already for ro.wiki. --itineris55 08:01, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done I would have preferred a more specific description of what you were going to do with AWB, but I'm just going to assume your experience from rowiki will carry over and ou'll do something reasonable. But do keep in mind WP:AWBRULES, which might not be the same from wiki to wiki. * Pppery * it has begun... 20:03, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
I will use AWB to tag galaxy-related (and other astronomical objects) with the appropriate talk page banners (WP:ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTS), and will use it to tag "Weather of _____" with the corresponding task force talk page banner tags. I can also use it for typos on long tornado articles, which tend to have misspellings in them. Sir MemeGod ._. (talk - contribs - created articles) 05:10, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Requests for extended confirmation

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Dear Wikipedia Administrators,

I am writing to request extended confirmed user rights. I have come across several articles on Wikipedia that are incomplete or contain misleading information, and are currently under the extended confirmed protection policy. I believe these articles require attention and correction. Granting me extended confirmed user permissions would enable me to amend and improve these articles. Thank you for considering my request. IamAnisurrahman (talk) 07:08, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

 Not done. This will be granted automatically when you meet the requirements (which will be after the next edit or two that you make) stwalkerster (talk) 09:23, 29 July 2024 (UTC)
Okay thank you for your update. I appreciate your feedback and insights. IamAnisurrahman (talk) 06:21, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

Reason for requesting extended confirmed rights Sorin Balanel (Victoriabank) (talk) 14:15, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done; no reason given. This will be granted automatically when you meet the requirements listed above. stwalkerster (talk) 16:42, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

I probably will not be extended confirmed because I have made few edits. etaoin shrdlu(cmfwyp|vbgkqj) 14:28, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done. This will be granted automatically when you meet the requirements listed above. stwalkerster (talk) 16:42, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

My legitimate alt-account. – The Sharpest Lives (💬✏️ℹ️) (ping me!) 15:51, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

 Done stwalkerster (talk) 16:43, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
There are no outstanding requests for the file mover flag.

File mover

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Requests for new page reviewer

New page reviewer

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I want to reduce the massive backlog. I have been looking at the new pages patrol feed sporadically for the past two months and the backlog keeps increasing. I want to play a part in reviewing the articles. HRShami (talk) 11:19, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Hello there, I am interested tn helping out in new page reviewing as there are very large articles backlog and love to do so. Xegma(talk) 07:10, 11 July 2024 (UTC)

Question, though I am not an administrator, I see that you have published accepted AFC submissions, even if they lack citations or are in need of some fixing. And some have orange banners on them. Why is this? — 48JCL 01:01, 17 July 2024 (UTC)
@48JCL: As they should. The standard at acceptance at AfC is that the article would probably survive an AfD. Nothing more. Declining a draft for surmountable problems like a lack of citations or pretty much anything covered by a cleanup banner is inappropriate. – Joe (talk) 08:18, 19 July 2024 (UTC)
I spot checked the 4 most recent accepts and they had lots of citations at time of acceptance. Feel free to link to the specific draft accepts you are concerned with. A complete lack of citations is a valid draftification reason and valid AFC decline reason, but I am not seeing that here. A major lack of citations such as entire paragraphs missing a citation (and also not supported by any WP:GENREFs) could be a valid decline reason (WP:V is policy after all). But it may also be reasonable to accept a draft that is mostly cited and just missing a couple citations, such as Draft:Norah Fulcher. –Novem Linguae (talk) 13:33, 19 July 2024 (UTC)

I would like to request new page reviewer rights to help review newly-created articles and lower the backlog. I have accepted lots of drafts at AFC and participated in many AfDs with deep discussions to exhibit my knowledge of notability, as I was advised previously. Thanks! Waqar💬 19:55, 14 July 2024 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user has had 1 request for new page reviewer declined in the past 90 days ([1]). MusikBot talk 20:00, 14 July 2024 (UTC)
I see you found the IP at AfC who submits soundtrack articles (41 accepts of soundtracks it looks like). I'm glad to see you've started to accept drafts at AfC, instead of just declining (a ratio of 1 accepted to 348 declined at the time of the last application). I do still have concerns about your experience at AFD, given that, of your last 40 votes, all but 2 of them were pile on votes where the result had basically already been decided based on the number of votes for the conclusion you chose. You accepted one piece of criticism from me, your lack of accepts at AfC, but you do still appear to be pile on voting. Honestly, I'm not sold, but I'll leave it up to someone else whether they want to grant you a trial or not. Hey man im josh (talk) 18:56, 24 July 2024 (UTC)
Thank you for your feedback. I understand your points, I've made lots of contributions recently, and I hope I will be granted a trial to demonstrate my willingness to contribute positively. Best, Waqar💬 07:49, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
I'd like to say that I've been working so hard for the past couple of months. I've made so many contributions to AFCs, I've reviewed over 1,160 articles (accepts: 138, declines: 670, and the rest either rejected or speedily deleted) so far. I'm also actively patrolling the new page feed, adding maintenance tags, and tagging articles for speedy deletion like A3, A7, and G11. I've drafted more than 200 articles that either lacked reliable sources or needed additional sources. In the AFD discussions, I voted on more than 150 pages. Without considering the no consensus results, 98.6% of my AfD's were matches, and even though the votes were assumed to be piles on voting, most of my recent votes were very detailed and specific and weren't pointing towards anyone, but I will accept their valuable advice and try my best to make improvements at AFDs as well. Having said that, I believe that all those contributions exhibit my hard work and dedication. I hope I get a chance to at least prove myself by patrolling new pages, and I would be more than happy to help with the backlog. Thanks for your time and consideration. Waqar💬 18:10, 27 July 2024 (UTC)

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 applying CSD whenever necessary. Florificapis (talk) 22:45, 31 July 2024 (UTC)

 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)
Requests for page mover

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I have been editing for over 7 years and I plan on using this permission in order to help with discussions on WP:RM and deal with cross-redirects for articles that should have more disambiguated titles. KingSkyLord (talk | contribs) 12:46, 2 July 2024 (UTC)

Reason for requesting page mover rights: I want to have my page mover rights extended, as I contribute to RM/TR. Was given 3mo trial and it will end on August 20. ToadetteEdit! 08:30, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user was granted temporary page mover rights by Robertsky (expires 00:00, 20 August 2024 (UTC)). MusikBot talk 08:40, 29 July 2024 (UTC)

I was granted pagemover rights nearly a month back, but due to mistakes on my part, the rights have been now revoked. So, I am requesting the rights again on Primefac's advice, explaining why I made the mistakes and how I shall avoid those mistakes going forward.

  • On 30 July, I moved British Indian Army to Indian Army (1895–1947) after which Celia Homeford informed me that the move had been unilateral, following which I immediately proceeded to check the talk page of the article for previous RMs, which I did find and had resulted in the move of Indian Army (1895–1947) to British Indian Army. I hadn't checked the talk page before swapping the page and thus had not been aware of this RM when I had swapped — a mistake on my part. I had checked the WP:COMMONNAME of the article and sought to make the article title WP:Consistent with other historical army related articles like German Army (1935–1945) for instance. I should've checked the talk page and it's archives for any previous RMs and discussions before making the swap. That is what I usually do before making a move or a swap, but this step had slipped my mind in this case. In future, I shall make sure to always check the talk page and the archives for RMs and discussions regarding the article title without fail before making a move or a swap.

I've learnt from my mistakes and hope not to repeat them. I also aim to minimise any chance of any other mistakes on my part. PadFoot (talk) 17:56, 30 July 2024 (UTC)

 Automated comment This user has had this permission revoked in the past 180 days ([2]). MusikBot talk 18:00, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
Requests for pending changes reviewer

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I've been doing RCP for a little while now, and recently started NPP. I believe I could assist in patrolling recent changes to expand on my anti-vandalism work. Thanks, Lordseriouspig 06:20, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

 Done Elli (talk | contribs) 18:21, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
Requests for rollback

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I've been patrolling recent changes for a while now, using Twinkle to warn members. I have over 200 mainspace edits, and I'm extended confirmed with over 700 edits total. I've also been doing NPP for a little too. I'd like to use rollback for more advanced tools such as Huggle and AntiVandal. Thanks, Lordseriouspig 06:14, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

I see that you are failing to consistently warn editors when you revert their edits. 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 10:34, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
I don’t believe I'm not, @Fastily:, I warn people using twinkle, here is my warn logs: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3AContributions&target=Lordseriouspig&namespace=3&tagfilter=twinkle&start=&end=&limit=50. Lordseriouspig 20:31, 28 July 2024 (UTC)
I reviewed your contributions from last month and found these within seconds: 1, 2, 3. I'll repeat what I said above: 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 08:03, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
I’m unsure why I forgot to add a warning for those, @Fastily, considering Twinkle automatically opens the talk page, but I usually warn members, and tools like Anti-vandal or Huggle would probable negate me forgetting warns. Thanks, Lordseriouspig 10:00, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

I've been recent changes patrolling on and off with Twinkle, and more recently Ultraviolet, for years now, and would like to try Huggle's more advanced tools. I have over 1.4k mainspace edits, no history of edit warring, and consistently and appropriately notify editors whose changes I revert. P1(she/her, talk/contribs) 04:18, 1 August 2024 (UTC)

 Not done I noticed you make a handful of edits, and then drop off for months at a time. While I appreciate your enthusiasm, I'd like to see you spend at least a month consistently patrolling RecentChanges (Twinkle & Ultraviolet can help with that) before reapplying. Also, please ensure that you are always warning editors when you revert their edits. Thanks, Fastily 08:03, 1 August 2024 (UTC)
Requests for template editor

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I am a frequent editor and creator of templates and modules, and I have encountered several instances where having the template editor permission would be helpful. Many of my requested edits on protected templates have been performing minor visual fixes or fixing small bugs with the template's logic. For these uncontroversial edits, having to submit a request and involve another editor feels unnecessary, considering the nature of the requested edits. In other cases with more significant changes, going through the edit request process works fine for the most part, but I like to be able to avoid the process because of the backlog the edit queue can have at times and the added potential confusion added by having to request technical changes. Because of this, I'd much rather be able to have a standard discussion on template talk pages, if necessary, followed by implementing the agreed upon changes myself rather than having to request someone else to implement the changes. In the near future, I plan on exploring adding support for the new dark mode to more templates and being able to implement these changes on protected templates myself would be of great help. In the future, I would also like to use my technical knowledge of wikitext and Lua to help with processing the template edit request queue.

Another issue that the template editor permission would resolve is that several templates I've created or rewrote are now template editor protected: Template:For-multi, Template:Country name, Template:Yearly archive list/display, Template:Visible anchor/styles.css, Template:Divbox/styles.css, and Module:Outdent. As a result, I am unable to edit them, which makes several of them difficult to maintain. Per the guidelines, three templates sandboxes I've worked on include Module:Jcon/sandbox, Template:Visible anchor/sandbox/styles.css, and Template:Infobox road/sandbox and at some requested template edits are [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8][9].

Also, I acknowledge that I performed what ended up being (unintentionally) disruptive templates several years ago. Since then, I have learned a lot about collaborating with others on Wikipedia and being mindful of the impact template edits can have on articles across the wiki. Since then, I have been much more careful with the edits I perform, as these past experiences have shown me the dangers of not doing so. With the template edit permission, I intend to take from these past mistakes, and I will follow the best practices to ensure the template edits I perform are well-tested, agreed upon, and non-disruptive. I find that now I am very cautious with my template edits, and I always create thorough test cases (e.g. Template:Jcon/testcases) before performing changes. BrandonXLF (talk) 19:08, 28 July 2024 (UTC)

After looking at your contributions I'm inclined to grant, but would like to know if Primefac, EdJohnston, or Galobtter (admins who were involved with the placing and then lifting of your sanctions) have thoughts. Elli (talk | contribs) 01:39, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
Brandon has definitely matured as an editor since their first go-round with this permission. I've been burned in the past but let's say I'm cautiously optimistic. Primefac (talk) 12:11, 30 July 2024 (UTC)
 Done for a three-month trial period. Feel free to request again in October and assuming there weren't any issues in the meantime, I'll be happy to grant the permission indefinitely. Elli (talk | contribs) 18:11, 31 July 2024 (UTC)
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