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User:Graham87

This is a non-traditional request as I'm a former admin who hasn't had any particular need to edit [protected templates since my desysopping (though I was a little surprised that I was able to make edits to stub templates like this_, but this user right might become useful to me soon. I'm interested in monitoring the output of the very new User :CSD U6 Bot (also see this discussion for background) and rather than asking for edits to its fully protected ignore list, I thought it would be easier if the page could be template-protected and I (and perhaps other non-admin template editors) could make additions to it). I started a discussion about this at User talk:CSD U6 Bot/Ignore list#Making this page template-protected, etc.? (feel free to contribute to it). The bot owner, Anomie, is unwilling to act unilaterally and sent me to this page, so here I am. When I was an admin I occasionally made accessibility-related edits to protected templates, like this case with fraction and conversion templates/modules. I have a healthy fear of editing highly used templates and would always test any changes in the ssandbox first. I'm one of only two importers and I have a strong and unique password for Wikipedia. Graham87 (talk) 15:22, 1 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

  Done as to the the permission request (leaving discussion of the protection level for elsewhere) since I trust you with template-editor perms and you previously were able to and sometimes did edit template-protected pages (and nobody took issue with your protected template editing when you lost that ability). ~ Jenson (SilverLocust 💬) 02:19, 2 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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