Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Template editor
Template editor
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I have been contributing to Wikipedia for 14 years where I have made numerous edits to templates. When I've wanted to contribute to templates that were protected I have made edit requests which have been successful. I would love to be able to make these edits without the need to provide an edit request. I understand this would be a privilege which I would not abuse. As an editor I have never engaged in edit wars, vandalised any pages or been blocked (except for when I was contributing from a proxy IP which was not due to any actions by me). I believe I fulfil all bar one of the Standard Guidelines for a template editor, the only exception being number 5 as I have not contributed to a template sandbox. I am hoping that this does not affect my request and that my history on here and my willingness to help make my application successful.
A current project I am working on: Several flag templates have been recently moved in line with the proper naming convention of templates, however these have not all been updated within other templates creating a template redirect; I would like to contribute by updating templates used on templates to avoid that redirect. Thank you. 6ii9 (talk) 10:37, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- @6ii9 I'm inclined to grant based on your long tenure. Couple quick questions: do you understand your technical limits and won't make changes you don't fully understand on high-use pages? (e.g. changing LUA modules you haven't thoroughly tested). When would be times that you would need to use the sandboxes in the future (or why won't there be a time)? — xaosflux Talk 14:34, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Secondary question - do you think you'll need this permission after you're done with the flag system update? Primefac (talk) 14:46, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- @Primefac: Thank you for your response. I do understand my technical limits and only make changes to templates when I am sure my edit(s) will not break anything. I am familiar with using sandboxes for templates, I usually use my user sandboxes for template designs and tests to ensure what I am doing will work once implemented into real templates. Should I have a very technical edit, I will use a sandbox first before editing a template. Finally, I usually seek out these sort of scenarios, so for now it is the flag system stuff, previously it was updating country data templates to ensure they were up to date and I may find another interest afterwards. I therefore believe I will need this permission beyond the flag updates, but will understand if the permission is revoked should I not make a meaningful template edit for a long period of time. 6ii9 (talk) 15:04, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- Secondary question - do you think you'll need this permission after you're done with the flag system update? Primefac (talk) 14:46, 25 July 2024 (UTC)
- (Non-admin comment) 6ii9 previously had a 3 month trial of this perm. Here are the template-protected templates (or modules) he edited during that time:
- SilverLocust 💬 10:44, 26 July 2024 (UTC)
Done — xaosflux Talk 12:28, 26 July 2024 (UTC)