Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/AutoWikiBrowser

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AutoWikiBrowser

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:Red0ctober22

Recent changes have been performed to the infobox template for college basketball teams, and I have added new parameters which, following MOS, uses snake case. Older and existing parameters are in violation of this, and so I am seeking to use AWB to make bulk fixes to every page that uses this template in adding underscoring. I would estimate over 500+ pages use this template, so having automation for this would be preferred. Red0ctober22 (talk) 18:23, 9 March 2026 (UTC)

 Not done Red0ctober22 This was a difficult call to make but given the recent concerns about not checking things enough before editing templates I do not want to grant access quite yet. I see that you are learning quickly however and do have a good use case for the tool so I propose you come back in a month and assuming there haven't been similar issues in the meantime I will be happy to grant access then. Trialpears (talk) 12:47, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

User:Dog Oxide

I want to automatically update outdated parameters in all pages with a certain infobox, and I believe AutoWikiBrowser might be a good option for this. DoO2 04:53, 11 March 2026 (UTC)

Dog Oxide Is this about Template_talk:Infobox_building#Deprecating_parameters? If so it would be a nice courtesy to talk to Zackmann08 who seems to actively be working on it. Trialpears (talk) 13:01, 13 March 2026 (UTC)
Ah, that IS what I was going to use it for. DoO2 15:47, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

User:Yiba

I need some, potentially large number of, lists of articles that may benefit from certain changes in templates and wiki markup language, like toggling between 'resetting' and "not resetting" the footnote label numbering after each {{notelist}}. Some background can be found in Template_talk:Notelist#Section_Notes. I have no intention of using the access for mass-editing. Yiba (talk | contribs) 06:48, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

 Not done per Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser#(1) Register, If you are planning to use only the "Make list" or "List comparer" options, then there is no need to register. These parts of the software do not prompt for a username or check the account permissions.. Hence, I don't think you actually need to be on the CheckPage to do what you want to do. * Pppery * it has begun... 15:19, 13 March 2026 (UTC)

User:ThaesOfereode

I'd like access to AWB to take care of typos and MOS errors I'm constantly coming across in one fell swoop, usually MOS:'S, MOS:LQ, MOS:LANG, MOS:SINGLE, and the various case uses of MOS:DASH. Any automation that can be added to these kind of clockwork edits would be helpful. I still plan on doing mostly manual edits bc I'm more engaged with expansion than cleanup. But I think I go through enough ebbing and flowing in the clockwork edits department to justify AWB'ing. ThaesOfereode (talk) 22:15, 14 March 2026 (UTC)

 Done * Pppery * it has begun... 01:05, 15 March 2026 (UTC)

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