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AutoWikiBrowser

Sorry, unregistered users 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:Keironoshea

I am requesting access to AutoWikiBrowser in order to assist with routine maintenance tasks. Having this tool will hopefully enable me to work more efficiently, reduce manual workload, and ensure consistency in edits. After reading the guide, I believe I am now familiar with relevant policies and will use the tool responsibly, restricting its use to appropriate tasks. Thank you. Keironoshea (talk) 08:30, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@User:Keironoshea: can you be more specific for what you'd like to use it for? —Femke 🐦 (talk) 20:39, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for responding. I would like to use AWB for routine maintenance tasks that I've been doing manually up until this point, which has been quite time-consuming - and a little difficult to do consistently.
My primary intended uses include category maintenance, standardising templates, and basic cleanup tasks such as fixing formatting issues and standardising reference formatting. For link maintenance, I would focus on updating disambiguation links and fixing broken wikilinks following page moves, particularly in areas related to Wales biography, geography, and politics where I have experience.
I understand the importance of responsible use and will ensure all edits follow Wikipedia policies with appropriate edit summaries.
Thank you for considering my request. Keironoshea (talk) 20:49, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:The Wonk

Requesting access to AutoWikiBrowser to assist with smaller maintenance tasks and working more efficiently in general. Thanks! The Wonk (talk) 22:32, 29 August 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Can you give a example of a "maintenance task" you would do. Sohom (talk) 18:48, 1 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
For example, I would like to use AWB for cleaning up and updating pages related to US and international law and policy within my areas of specialty. The Wonk (talk) 03:41, 3 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@The Wonk Can you give a example of once such case :) You replies are still very generic Sohom (talk) 19:25, 13 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:JesusisGreat7

Hi, I’m requesting AWB access to add categories (which I usually add manually), fix typos, and tag articles that contain a lot of LLM content, like over here [1]. I know AWB doesn’t detect it automatically, but tagging articles after reviewing would make cleanup easier. Jesus isGreat7 ☾⋆ | Ping Me 14:43, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Automated comment This user has had 1 request for autowikibrowser declined in the past 90 days ([2]). — MusikBot talk 14:50, 7 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:Twineeea

Hello! I am requesting AWB permission so that I can do some clean-up. I think I am qualified, since I have JWB experience and sysop perms on the Gamepedia Zelda Wiki. I also plan on doing additional edits with it as I find edits that need to be done.— Twineee talk 00:02, 14 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

User:WikiOriginal-9

I could use this for a lot of cleanup tasks. ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) 17:23, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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