User:Stroppolo/ToolBox

Terminology

It is important for new or prospective ACC Tool Users to familiarize themselves with the common ACC terms are used throughout Wikipedia ACC pages, the Account Creation Interface, the internal Tool User Interface, and in internal and external communications between ACC team members and outside editors and users. The common ACC terms used throughout the interface are listed, defined, and detailed below:

• ACC - Refers to the entire Wikipedia request an account project and process in its entirety, including the software and application interface, all relevant Wikipedia pages, communication mediums, internal tool users and administrators, and all policies and guidelines associated with the project. Set as the primary shortcut on Wikipedia for navigating to Wikipedia:Request an account^{[note 1]}, this initialism became a widely and loosely used term throughout this and other related pages involving the request an account process. Unless the text specifies a specific area following the use of the term "ACC"^{[note 2]}, the initialism can be loosely referred to as the entire project as a whole.
• Account Creation Interface (or ACI) - The application software hosted on Wikimedia Cloud VPS that is used to facilitate account creation requests on the English Wikipedia. This includes the web interface for users to request an account, the ACC Tool User interface, and all of the source code involved.
• Account Request Application (ARA, or simply Account Request, ACC request, or Request) - The official request submitted by a Wikipedia user or editor to have a Wikipedia account created for them and on their behalf by filling out the account request application form webpage (see next term below).
• Account Request Application Form (ARA Form, or simply the ACC form page or ACC form) - The externally hosted ACC webpage that editors or users must navigate to in order to fill out the required information and submit to the internal ACC Tool User Interface (see definition below) as an Account Request Application, so that it can be evaluated and approved by an ACC Tool User.
• Account Request Submitter (or simply the Submitter or Requestor) - The editor or user who submitted the current Account Request Application for evaluation and approval using the Account Request Application Form webpage, and hence is requesting an account be created for them and on their behalf.
• ACC Tool User Interface (Tool User Interface, or simply ACC Tool User page or Tool User page) - The internal ACC web interface accessed by ACC Tool Users in order to process and handle Account Request Applications (or ACC requests) that are currently open and needing review and closure. ACC Tool Users also use this interface to change internal account settings and access internal statistics, graphs, and other internal ACC functions and tools. It is accessed by ACC Tool Users by navigating here.
• ACC Tool Account - An ACC project account that's created and registered by using this page on the Account Creation Interface to fill and submit the required information. ACC Tool Accounts generally refer to any ACC project account, regardless of its status or the level of access it has to the ACC Tool User Interface (if any).
• ACC Tool User (or simply Tool User) - Any editor or user who has met all of the requirements listed on this page below, has been approved by an ACC Tool Administrator following a request to join the project as an ACC Tool User, and has an active ACC Tool User account in good standing – and hence currently has ACC Tool User-level access to the internal ACC Tool User Interface.
• ACC Tool Checkuser (ACC Checkuser, or simply Checkuser) - Any editor or user who currently has Checkuser permissions on the English Wikipedia, as well as a current ACC Tool User account in good standing. All current English Wikipedia Checkusers have presumed approval and access to the ACC Tool User Interface as ACC Tool Users, but are also granted access to additional information that allow Checkusers to review and evaluate open Account Request Applications that have been deferred to them for further examination.
• ACC Tool Steward (ACC Steward, or simply Steward) - Any editor or user who currently has global Steward permissions across all public Wikimedia projects. Just like with all English Wikipedia Checkusers, all Stewards have presumed approval and access to the ACC Tool User Interface as ACC Tool Users, but are also granted access to additional information that allow Stewards to review and evaluate open Account Request Applications that have been deferred to them for further examination.
• ACC Tool Administrator (ACC Tool Admin, or simply Tool Admin)^{[note 3]} - Any current ACC Tool User in good standing with access to the ACC Tool User Interface, but who has also been designated and appointed as an experienced ACC project leader and evaluator. They are granted access to additional tools, settings, and Account Request Application information on the ACC Tool User Interface, and are also tasked with additional responsibilities, such as managing ACC Tool User account approvals, controlling permissions and access to the internal ACC Tool User Interface, auditing and reviewing closed Account Request Applications for compliance, completeness, and correct handling, imposing appropriate warnings, reprimands, and remedies in response to ACC policy or process violations, and suspending ACC Tool User accounts and revoking ACC Tool User Interface access following a period of inactivity or ACC policy or process violations by ACC Tool Users. They also have the ability to ban ACC Submitters from being able to use the Account Creation Interface to submit Account Request Applications following reports of abuse or repeated submissions made in bad faith.
• Account Creation Interface Standard Operating Procedures Manual (ACC Standard Operating Procedures, ACC SOP, or simply the ACC guide page) - Refers to this page, which all ACC Tool Users and ACC Tool Administrators are required to review and understand when performing any ACC Tool User or ACC Tool Administrator tasks, as well as obey, follow, fully complete, and remain within compliance of at all times. Compliance with the requirements stated on this page is strictly enforced and are a condition of holding ACC Tool User or ACC Tool Administrator permissions on the Account Creation Interface.
• ACC Tool User mailing list - The private and internal mailing list that all ACC Tool Users must subscribe their email address to after being approved and granted access to the ACC Tool User Interface, which is located here. It's typically used for internal discussions with the ACC team and between all ACC Tool Users, and is where all important notifications, information, or notices (such as changes or updates to the ACC guide page, which is this page) are communicated and sent.

Qualifications and requirements

This section lists, describes, and details each of the requirements that must be completed before requesting ACC Tool User access, as well as each of the minimum requirements that must be met in order for any ACC Tool User requests to be considered for approval.

Editors must complete all of the following requirements listed below before requesting ACC Tool User access:

• Sign the confidentiality agreement for access to nonpublic information^{[note 4]} and currently be listed on the access to nonpublic personal data policy noticeboard.^{[note 5]}
• Have a valid email address that you actively check and use.^{[note 6]}
• Have completely read, understood, and agreed with everything stated within the ACC guidelines (including everything on this page).

For an open ACC Tool User access request to be considered for approval, editors must meet all of the following minimum requirements below:

• Have a Wikipedia account that is at least 6 months old and has made at least 1500 edits.^{[note 7]}
• Have a completely clean block log or a clean block history for at least six months to one year.^{[note 8]}
• Have a completely clean sanction or editing restriction record or a clean sanction or editing restriction history for at least one year.^{[note 9]}
• Have a demonstrable history of solid knowledge and understanding of Wikipedia's policies and guidelines and Wikimedia Foundation's privacy policy, and that show themselves to be knowledgeable users.
• Have a demonstrable history of remaining positive and civil while under pressure, and that show themselves to be able to accept/acknowledge constructive feedback and criticism.

This list is not exhaustive; its purpose is to describe and detail the important minimum requirements, primary qualifications, and level of experience that ACC Tool Administrators will typically search for, locate, verify, consider, and take into account when reviewing open ACC Tool User requests and prospective candidates for consideration and approval. Finally, the acceptance, consideration, and approval of new ACC Tool User requests are subject to the discretion, judgment, and opinion of the reviewing ACC Tool Administrator or the ACC Tool Administrator team, and is primarily based on the candidate's tenure, demonstrable knowledge and experience, history and conduct, established trustworthiness, competence, and the apparent need for more ACC Tool Users.

Connection to your Wikipedia account

The tool will prompt you to connect your ACC Tool account to your Wikipedia account. This is done using the OAuth protocol, which grants the ACC tool with permission, as well as the necessary rights, to perform certain actions on Wikipedia, and on your behalf. This is primarily used to gain a cryptographically signed identity ticket from Wikipedia verifying that you have control of an account on Wikipedia. All tool users are required to connect their ACC Tool account to Wikipedia, but granting any additional permissions that are not necessary for completing this process are optional. This process must be completed before an ACC tool account can be approved for ACC Tool User access.^{[note 10]}

You can see the information the tool stores about your on-wiki identity from your tool preferences.