Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/AutoWikiBrowser

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Sorry, temporary accounts cannot be granted permissions due to technical restrictions. Please create an account in order to request user account permissions.
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Please review the AWB guide before making a request. Users are rarely approved unless they have either 250 non-automated mainspace edits or 500 total mainspace edits. You can check your non-automated contributions on XTools. Administrators are automatically approved and do not need to request access. For bots, you must first have a bot approval request approved, or in trial; link to your BRFA in the request.
This page is for requesting AWB Access for English Wikipedia only. Other projects have their own check pages and you should ask administrators there to add you.
If approved, your name will be added to the CheckPage. If you will make many or fast automated edits using AWB, you may wish to use a separate (or bot) account for that purpose; first create the account, give it a userpage declaring it to be your alternate account, then make the request using your main account.
Please note that administrators may not ping you in replies, so please check on your request if you have not heard anything.
Especially for new users, it is helpful (although not strictly required) to explain what specific task you intend to use AWB to do in your request.
You do not usually need AWB access to:

User:Beta Beta Beta

Would like to use when I get my computer back, will use to do edits that if done manually would be tedious. Beta Beta Beta - talk 22:06, 6 July 2026 (UTC)

Beta Beta Beta, can you give us any more specific examples? In solidarity, asilvering (talk) 22:19, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
To provide one example, simple copy editing would be far easier with AWB than having to look through the page for the possibility of a slip-up. Beta Beta Beta - talk 22:39, 16 July 2026 (UTC)

User:InfernoHues

Hi, I'm requesting AWB access to help out at WP:WCW, which I recently stumbled upon. Thank you! InfernoHues (talk) 18:27, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * in solidarity 20:01, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

User:D.18th

Requesting to have an access to JWB to perform routine maintenance, formatting, and categorization across articles within WP:KO and WP:VB. This script would be a great help for non-controversial repetitive task and save more time so I can focus on more important things. ꕥ 𝙳.𝟷𝟾𝚝𝚑 ꕥ →𝙼𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚎 𝚖𝚎← 22:15, 23 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * in solidarity 20:01, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

User:IVORK

Had previously been granted here, but my "soft vanishing" removed it. The vanish erroniously didn't actually revoke account access and I have come back and been allowed to repursue perms since in good standing per WP:AN#Restoring_user_rights_for_unvanished_editors — IVORK Talk 08:11, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * in solidarity 20:01, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

User:HalfOfAnOrange

I usually do name updates, so I need to have this to make it easier on myself and others. HalfOfAnOrange (talk) 14:37, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * in solidarity 20:02, 24 July 2026 (UTC)

User:Шахматист2025

I want to automate creation of a bunch of redirects for sports seasons, like 2014–15 Swedish Hockey League season. Шахматист2025 (talk) 00:09, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

User:Salmon of Knowledge

I've been active on Wikipedia for a little over a month, most of my work pertaining to copy editing and counter-vandalism. In doing these activities, I've had the opportunity to observe both articles containing formatting or stylistic flaws and the edits that introduced them. After seeing these flaws appear so frequently, I was encouraged to work on fixing as much of them as I could. However, doing so manually is incredibly tedious and would take time out of other activities that were arguably more important, such as fighting vandalism and writing articles. I knew that certain tools existed to remedy this very issue, but one of the most powerful such tools required permission to use. Because of these considerations, I'd like to request the ability to use AutoWikiBrowser. Salmon of Knowledge (talk) 01:21, 27 July 2026 (UTC)

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