Wikipedia talk:Why create an account?/Archive 2

SUL
This page should probably mention the single-unified login system.  howcheng  {chat} 23:10, 30 May 2008 (UTC)


 * This is probably not necessary, as the page is designed to be easily accessible without Wikipedia peculiarities, and single-user login is what users naturally expect from a constellation of sites like Wikimedia so it does not merit an extraordinary mention. —Centrx→talk &bull; 01:58, 3 August 2008 (UTC)

Question
Why the IP addresses can create the page? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.96.115.115 (talk) 09:18, 17 January 2009 (UTC)


 * See above. --Joshua Issac (talk) 23:41, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Starting new pages
If you need an account to create new pages, how did this happen? --Joshua Issac (talk) 12:01, 23 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Found the answer on http://www.conservapedia.com/Wikipedia#Essjay_given_oversight. See http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2005/tc20051214_441708.htm, the cited source. --Joshua Issac (talk) 23:44, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

Mention anon blocks?
Should we mention the fact that most blocks on IP addresses and ranges only apply to non-registered users? עוד מישהו Od Mishehu 11:32, 18 August 2009 (UTC)

Blocking Due to Public IP's
I would just like to bring to attention the issues put forward by this section of the article. Although I know that the only way to avoid being reprimanded by Wiki admin is by creating your own account, a problem is still present. I know that when I was using the school computer, because the IP is shared, literally everybody has the ability to anonymously edit wikipedia. This racks up huge warnings from wiki administration. The problem is with keylogging. I was hesitant then and I am hesitant now to consider using my own profile at a public location because of this issue. There are people out there (like the people who I used to know in computer science class) who could circumvent the admin lockouts and run any .exe file they wanted to on the operating system of a particular computer. The problem is that people (particularly high school students) are very, very clever at doing things their not supposed to... Dark Observer (talk) 21:00, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Use the secure server ( https://secure.wikimedia.org/ ) to log in and use this guide to fool keyloggers. --Joshua Issac (talk) 22:04, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

"only contains letters or only numbers"
This is a comment about the login special page. It's posted here because there's no talk page for the login page and wikipedia:login redirects here. The login page says "If your password only contains letters or only numbers, ..." This is grammatically incorrect. It should read something like "If your password contains only letters or only numbers", "If your password contains either only letters or only numbers", or "If your password contains only letters or contains only numbers". &mdash;Codrdan (talk) 14:56, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * The text is from MediaWiki:Loginend with talk at MediaWiki talk:Loginend. PrimeHunter (talk) 15:09, 12 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Thanks a lot. I moved it to MediaWiki talk:Loginend. &mdash;Codrdan (talk) 16:15, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

Just a very small point
The word "awhile" is twice used where it should be "a while". "Awhile" is the adverb, as in "He waited awhile before moving on." When the noun "while" is used with the indefinite article (as with all nouns) it is separated by a space. 91.105.49.155 (talk) 23:33, 17 May 2010 (UTC)


 * You are right, nice catch. I have fixed it. Winston365 (talk) 23:40, 17 May 2010 (UTC)

✅

Edit request from 71.94.158.203, 8 June 2010
editsemiprotected

I just need to fix a typo where in the sentence: To create an account, click on the "Create an account now" link and fill out the required fields.. This will be logged, and the user will have his or her account created.

The new sentence is going to be: To create an account, click on the "Create an account now" link and fill out the required fields. This will be logged, and the user will have his or her account created.

71.94.158.203 (talk) 02:29, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done. Thank you for your contribution to Wikipedia. I assume you have already read the page about the benefits of creating an account, so there is no need for me to link it here. Intelligent  sium  03:07, 8 June 2010 (UTC)

Salesjob? Or candid disclosure of advantages/disadvantages?
I notice that this page sings the praises of having an account, and doesn't say a single thing about the downside. Is this a passive omission by editors who are perhaps a bit rah-rah about the subject? Or is it a policy of Wikipedia to not discuss downsides in this area?

If so, hey, cool -- it is their forum. "Freedom of the press is limited to those who own one." I just want to know so I can not bother contributing an edit that would be tossed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Harpwolf (talk • contribs) 00:52, 23 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I've given it a little thought, but can't really come up with any disadvantages other than "must remember account name and password", "security precautions needed to protect account", etc. Do you know of any disadvantages?  —EncMstr (talk) 02:24, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Account may be useful, but editing without logging in and out every time is better. One who is very advanced editor - he may edit with his account, so he may be listed in authors/contributors on edit page, in history. But there is no much need to register everytime. If there is this system of first 'verification' for some time, so only then page appears - so what is the use of account? Account is connected to edit history. So one who wants to be listed in edit history as author/contributor - ok - he may create account. But this do not solve the problem completely. Problem is when people have conflicting subjective thought. So some Absolute understanding must be there. If someone contributes closely to scriptures, then that is acceptable. So it is also good to quote, and usually must. Because there are many people who simply say - "I do not need book" - so they write like this on wikipedia, and then others read this... So that is nonsense. Then why they wrote like this - we do not need books etc. So they should not contribute to wikipedia. So Absolute consideration should be taken - means in realtionship to Absolute Truth (Supreme God). Then it is something more or less welcome for wikipedia. So these accounts are to be some special benefits, but usually they simply are waste of time. So accounting system is now wicked. It cannot go on like this. One may enter any name and edit - then it is ok... It is happening like this. You see - someone comes and edit some text - then writes his pseudonym or name etc. Or quotes some author and gives references - on appropriate place. But either it is to be compulsory, or just IP-address may be there instead. But of course then wikipedia would be unreadable if there would be some ip-numbers and pseudonymns, anonymous messages, texts etc. So we need to accept good references system. As for original research - research actually is dangerous, experiments, empirics may cause death, so we come to platform of non-material understanding. So wikipedia might become some editing place - so many people can edit at same time simultaneously. It is already done like this: Google Documents - so it is free, and people can edit documents/share at same time. So future of Wikipedia is to be like this. But accounts are necessary only for privacy and so that information is not lost. So this system against vanadalism - removal of big parts of text is ok. But only in this case there is need of account - if one wants to edit something - add text, and then change own text, or even remove - then this is a good system for accounts. But editing others text... Especially scriptures, absolute words, that is unwelcome. That question is for wikisource. For wikipedia this is enough. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.133.108.86 (talk) 19:56, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Page for login problems?
Should we have a new page dedicated to login problems? Seems like a good idea, maybe have the link put on the login page? A p 3 rson ‽   23:12, 7 September 2010 (UTC)

Simultaneous logins???

 * Is there a way to login to Wikipedia and Wikipedia Commons at the same time - a "single login system"?
 * A way to login to en.wikipedia and, say, bg.wikipedia simultaneously? —Martha (talk) 22:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
 * A Log Me in Globally option now appears on the login page. You need to globalize your account though.Jasper Deng (talk) 19:36, 21 February 2011 (UTC)

Benefits for not creating an account?
I'm not the most experienced editor, but I wonder wonder what are some of the reasonings anonymous users have for not creating an account? Vandalism is obvious. But a more "innocent" scenario might be that a person simply stumbles across a Wikipedia article on the Web and only wants to make a one-time change. Also, are user accounts ever deleted after a long period of inactivity? That might be another reason to not create an account. Anyway, should a list of the most often-cited reasons of anonymous users (valid or not) for *not* having an account be included here, if nothing else just so they can be debunked? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Eskimo.the (talk • --The Eskimo 16:09, 10 July 2010 (UTC)contribs) 16:07, 10 July 2010 (UTC) * Shoot, after all that I go and forget to sign my post :)


 * The only really good reason (besides simple preference) I've seen was one editor who stated that he was editing in an environment that prohibited HTTP cookies. I think a myths & facts section is an excellent idea, though! Ashanda (talk) 02:14, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Anonymous user -> unregistered user
As per
 * WP:HUMAN,
 * WP:IP,
 * WP:ANONYMOUS,
 * WP:IP edits are not anonymous and
 * Unregistered user.

I think referring to unregistered users as "anonymous users" is incorrect and confusing. Registered users who do not adopt their real name as their username are also anonymous. In fact, registered users are arguably more anonymous, since their IP address is hidden.

Also, the phrases "anonymous user" or "anon" are often used in a discriminatory way by editors who do not fully appreciate (yet) the value and potential of unregistered users.

In the light of this, and in the spirit of calling a spade a spade, please make the following changes to this project page: Thanks. 220.100.118.232 (talk) 22:38, 8 March 2011 (UTC)
 * we welcome anonymous contributions -> we welcome contributions from unregistered editors
 * for an anonymous editor -> for an unregistered editor
 * than you are as an "anonymous" editor -> than you are as an unregistered editor (I appreciate the quotes, but this is less confusing and more precise)
 * to affect only anonymous editors -> to affect only editors who are not logged in
 * ✅. -- zzuuzz (talk) 09:00, 9 March 2011 (UTC)

Possible to "claim" unregistered edits?
I've had an account for years, but for a long time when I'm at work, happen to do research on Wikipedia, and come across something that needs correction, I've been editing without logging in. Is it possible to retroactively associate those edits with my account? I have a static IP address that is not used by anyone else. Asterphage (talk) 20:38, 31 May 2011 (UTC)


 * Claiming edits is as simple as saying "those are mine." I do this on my user page.  Last I checked, no one else had used it to edit.
 * As for retroactively performing a change-user on those edits, I don't know if it is technically possible, but something similar is done when changing account names. As far as I know, IP accounts are treated much the same as a user account, so there is reason to suspect the capability is in the software.  I don't know of it ever being done, but there is lots I don't know about the edges of the software.
 * Whether it would be permitted by policy is the bigger hurdle. At least with an old user account, there is a reasonable accounting of ownership.  But an IP address can be shared by thousands of computers behind a firewall, as well as a single computer at your residence.  Allowing the edits to be claimed by an account is a sticky wicket, and I have no idea who would do it.  It is certainly not an admin feature.  It's probably a WP:CHECKUSER and/or WP:BUREAUCRAT decision.  —EncMstr (talk) 22:50, 31 May 2011 (UTC)

IP Tracing? (Good reason to make an account.)
I feel we should mention that hiding your IP has another benefit; Protection from IP tracing. You know, people could find out your physical location with your IP address alone, right? We should mention that. -- JJR cop  ( send msg ) 23:09, 15 July 2011 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Attempted!- Tesseract2 (talk) 03:09, 16 July 2011 (UTC)

Requesting username account deletion due to inactivity?
This may be an odd request, but I'm wondering if there are any policies or guidelines on how to request an ownership claim to an account name that hasn't been logged into/used for a lengthy period of time?

I ask this, because I am very fond of the username "Vandell",which has been taken by someone else whom has seemingly little to no account activity. --142.162.70.157 (talk) 02:53, 15 April 2008 (UTC)


 * Yes. See Changing username/Usurpations. --Joshua Issac (talk) 12:01, 23 December 2008 (UTC)

i was not aware of this account that is why there was little to no activity.I had to contact customer service to find out where my money had gone.I would please ask that you would cancel this membership so i can be refunded the money i need to pay my monthly bills. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Befored (talk • contribs) 02:25, 2 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from 138.37.199.206, 7 September 2011
Hello, logged in user! Please consider making the following amendments. I'd make them myself but I'm on a self-imposed wikibreak and can't log in! Tsk. Serves me right. Thanks awfully. Best wishes,
 * First paragraph, last sentence: change "adress" to "address".
 * First paragraph, last sentence: change "Username" to "username". It does not need a Victorian Concert Programme Capital, and having one also makes it Inconsistent with the Rest of This Fine Piece. So. Yes. Indeed.
 * Second paragraph, last sentence: "Create an account and officially join earth's Wikipedia project." - change the E in "earth" to upper case. It is a proper noun, it proper is, and our own article Earth capitalizes it consistently. Which is spiffing. To be absolutely honest I find the whole sentence slightly naff but that's just carping - if it has to be in, then the correct "E" would be, ah, jolly good.

138.37.199.206 (talk) 11:48, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done — Bility (talk) 17:30, 7 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Great, many thanks for your help. 138.37.199.206 (talk) 06:39, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

Logic request
As most people know at this point, to join a simple blog, social networking site, or almost anything on the web that accepts user input, something more than entering a made-up name and password is required. Basic sites at least ask for an email address so they know you are a real person. There is one exception I've come across: the "world's largest" and most public "Encyclopedia." As the lead to this articles states, " Almost anyone can edit almost any article at any given time . . ."

Is it therefore possible, if not likely, that the same Encyclopedia becomes the most vandalized online publication? So I'm sort of wondering why an encyclopedia, defined as:


 * a type of reference work, a compendium holding a summary of information from either all branches of knowledge or a particular branch of knowledge

oddly allows itself to be so openly abused and corrupted. I'd guess that 95% of all vandalism comes from IPs. Anyone with a Smartphone anywhere on the planet can anonymously fabricate or remove information in seconds. This requires legitimate editors to spend time removing them. Yet it takes someone less than a minute to create an account. Is there any logic behind all this? --Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 19:14, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * It's far from clear that this is a good place to discuss this. However, to answer your question:  The overwhelming majority of edits improve the work.  So—on average—preventing non-logged-in editors from editing hinders progress.  Besides, most vandalism is far easier to correct than it is for vandals to inflict.  My account is now set up so I can assess about 5 edits per second and revert vandals in less than one second.  Personally, I spend only a few minutes a day keeping 5000+ articles clear of vandalism.  That is a big decrease from 2-3 years ago where it was 15-30 minutes per day.  That's in large part due to several anti-vandal bots as well as some good pattern matching filters which 99+% of the time correctly tag suspect edits.  —EncMstr (talk) 20:13, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * Actually, I'm not sure where this should be discussed. In any case, I'm also not sure that "most vandalism" can be fixed in less than a second. Even if some super-editors know how to watch 5,000 articles at a time, that's still just 0.15% of the articles. The average editor still needs to read what's edited first and revert, which takes more than a second. It seems that only edits using "hot" words get fixed quickly by a bot, and most of the ones I come across have been there for many minutes, if not hours. --Wikiwatcher1 (talk) 21:36, 11 November 2011 (UTC)


 * My statistics might be a bit misleading. I scan my watchlist at five per second.  For example, the last hour has 42 edits.  I quickly and easily recognize 18 of these as by good editors, including ClueBot.  Two are by editors I do not recognize, and the rest are by IPs.  By using WP:POPUPS, I can wave the mouse cursor over the diff links and review each change in one or two seconds each, depending on the site's responsiveness.  Of those 42 edits, two are vandalism and two are questionable edits.  Both vandalism were already reverted, so I need not spend any time looking at those.  The two questionable edits seem fine after consideration.  In this way, reviewing 42 edits took less than 15 seconds.  —EncMstr (talk) 22:32, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Creeped out: Better anonymity? Sharng an Anonymous account for example...
I have been reading and making little correction edits and posting weird shit to talk pages on Wikipedia for a long time. I very much preferred to not use an account for such edits. I considered them good samaritan edits. I thought casually posting by IP was a good enough kind of anonymity. My IP is shared and rotates thru proxies because that's how my ISP is setup, so I thought even better for me. The talk page for any given IP is pretty non-telling. But I noticed the other day that the Contributions page for many of my IP edits was pretty telling. I was mixed in with many other editors, but by far I was a more active editor on all of these different IPs. I felt pretty chilled by the contributions page. And I am having second thoughts about editing Wikipedia. In real life every time you do something a trail is not left behind. Like if I say something to someone, I don't want them to know everything I've said to everyone for the last year. That's really invasion of privacy. For a specialized wiki this might be ok bookkeeping, but Wikipedia spans all subjects and so this is pretty weird. I think it's asking way too much for people to manage multiple accounts....

My intuition is this is very creepy, and it could be easily fixed by just making contributions only visible to administrators, or limited in scope to the page you are reading in relation to the editor. I realize this would fall in the domain of a Mediawiki extension or something, so I won't harp on it. But I feel like Wikipedia should be a way more anonymous platform, and I am wondering if there are any clever workarounds that editors have found. For instance everyone sharing the same account. If 1000s of people were using it, that would be pretty ok anonymity. Or adding some category to your User page to gain further anonymity. In general I don't want anyone to know when I improve Wikipedia because I want it to be a true act of selflessness. In the meantime I am going to take a break from editing casually until I can figure out more.

Please help. Thanks for listening. --Truth Glass (talk) 01:47, 24 January 2012 (UTC)

Name of top right hand line on registered users pages
The one that includes: UserName - My talk - My sandbox - My preferences - My watchlist - My contributions - Log out

I didn't see it explicitly named here and WP:Navigation only describes it as "The user options also include links to view your watchlist (articles you are tracking), and contributions you have made." Doing a workshop where want to be able to describe it more explicitly by name. I think right now I'm calling it the: user navigation line. If there is no name, and people like that, let's call it that and put in both the articles. Or give it something else soon. Thanks. CarolMooreDC 19:56, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * It is the personal portlet block. See WikiProject User scripts/Guide. ---— Gadget850 (Ed)  talk 22:01, 22 February 2012 (UTC)


 * Thanks!! CarolMooreDC 23:30, 22 February 2012 (UTC)

No benefit!
Creating an account on Wikipedia has no benefit except to admins who can continuously cash in on the new user's contributions and quickly change them to suit "their own" needs. Where do I request for account deletion? Nickzlapeor (talk) 09:10, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * See Courtesy vanishing. Where's cash? ---—  Gadget850 (Ed)  talk 09:48, 3 April 2012 (UTC)


 * Oh you're gonna have to work for that, and pretty hard too. Nickzlapeor (talk) 12:56, 3 April 2012 (UTC) "Long live Jimmy Wales"

"Site notices" phrase
I'm not sure what the "Site notices" phrase is supposed to mean. Your watchlist also contains site notices containing news that impacts Wikipedia as a whole. Ordinary site notices are surely displayed on the user page rather than the watchlist, aren't they? LittleBen (talk) 04:32, 18 February 2013 (UTC)
 * Commented out as incorrect or irrelevant. LittleBen (talk) 16:17, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

Why is hiding your IP a good thing?
A question I would like this page to answer is:

Why is hiding your IP a good thing?

Wikipedia tells me one of the benefit of registering an account is that my IP address will be hidden? But the benefit/s are never explained (at least not so I could find anything). Regards, CapnZapp (talk) 10:09, 12 July 2013 (UTC)
 * We could make this more clear ...here is the info you can get from my ip if it were seen by all. CLICK HERE - this type of info (location) may be consider very private to many.Moxy (talk) 14:37, 12 July 2013 (UTC)

Account creation process
The account creation process is used by people who wish to have an account on Wikipedia but are not able to create it in the usual way. This could be due to, for example, their IP address being blocked with account creation disabled or if they are unable to read the CAPTCHA. There are regular backlogs of potential contributors waiting for an account to be created for them. If you meet the minimum requirements and want to help please consider making an application to join the team. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me or leave a message at Wikipedia talk:Request an account. Thank you, Callanecc (talk • contribs • logs) 09:55, 19 August 2013 (UTC)

Semi-Protected article, registered user
just made this account because a user who seems ridiculously possessive of an article, and doesn't want changes to his choice of colors of the charts he made for the article, got the article semi-protected after reverting my edits, probably by using sock accounts to vandalize it. So I want to know how to register this account. There is nowhere that explains this at this article, obviously missing information. Anonipus (talk) 23:56, 3 December 2013 (UTC)

I'm refering to this by the way: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Walking_Dead_(TV_series)#Characters And the possessive user who revered everything without any discussion (even though a discussion was started) is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Walking_Dead_%28TV_series%29&diff=583526087&oldid=583524754

Anonipus (talk) 00:02, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * You will be able to edit semi-protected pages once your account has been registered for four days - exactly 96 hours. (I haven't looked at the content dispute) -- John of Reading (talk) 08:13, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * Can you please put that "96 hours" in this article because it was frustration on top of frustration not to know what was going wrong when the steps were being followed. Anonipus (talk) 17:05, 4 December 2013 (UTC)
 * The page already says "and usually you will become an autoconfirmed user after just 10 edits and 4 days", which I think is enough detail here. There's also a link that takes you to Autoconfirmed users which explains a bit more. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:29, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Moviestarplanet
Bold text Moviestarplanet is a fun game for ages 8+ you can dress up your moviestar and do all kinds of fun stuff with it! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Blondie10113 (talk • contribs) 21:07, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * That's great, but this page is for improvements to the page Why create an account?. If you want to write about this game, you could try going to articles for creation.  Anon 126   (talk - contribs) 21:43, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 March 2014
I just want to mak things more clear in this website!! I want to change the colours: from: Blue words to purple words. Its more exciting!! Please do it!!!!≥≥≥≥≥≈≈§§21:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)21:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)21:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)21:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)21:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)Blondie10113 (talk)

Blondie10113 (talk) 21:04, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: I don't think this will happen, because blue is what people are used to for links. (Also, purple links usually mean you've gone to the page before.)  Anon 126   (talk - contribs) 21:46, 18 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 16 April 2014
Heyhellowhite (talk) 10:40, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Cannolis (talk) 10:58, 16 April 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 May 2014
Please add that Aidan Gillen stars in "Beneath the Harvest Sky" a gripping, coming of age thriller directed by Aron Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly and released in May 2014. It was selected for distribution by Tribeca Films.

This can be verified on beneaththeharvestsky.com and Rotten Tomatoes.

Rennie Erwin (talk) 00:44, 4 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Wikipedia:Why create an account?. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. Mz7 (talk) 00:57, 4 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 May 2014
yes

yes

49.126.45.91 (talk) 11:44, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — &#123;&#123;U&#124;Technical 13&#125;&#125; (e • t • c) 12:16, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 May 2014
Mananali289 (talk) 04:07, 30 May 2014 (UTC) Qadri learned from a number of classical authorities in Islamic sciences, including Abu al-Barakat Ahmad al-Qadri al-Alwari.

Qadri studied law at the University of the Punjab in Lahore, where he graduated with an LLB in 1974, gaining a Gold Medal for his academic performances. Following a period of legal practice as an advocate, he taught law at the University of the Punjab from 1978 to 1983 and then gained his PhD in Islamic Law (Punishments in Islam, their Classification and Philosophy) in 1986 from the same university. His supervisors were Bashir Ahmad Siddiqui (‘Ulum al-Islamiyya) and Javaid Iqbal. He was appointed as a professor of law at the University of Punjab, where he taught British, US and Islamic constitutional law.


 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Also, this is probably not the right article for this request. Please make sure the request is on the talk page of the article you want changed. Thanks, Older and ... well older (talk) 05:57, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2014
Instruments In Depth: The Guitar An online feature from Bloomingdale School of Music (October 2007)

I am requesting this change in the hyperlink to the above request. The bsmny.org has changed, and this update corrects a currently broken link.

Change: Instruments In Depth: The Guitar An online feature from Bloomingdale School of Music (October 2007)

to

Instruments In Depth: The Guitar An online feature from Bloomingdale School of Music (October 2007)

Violinjjb (talk) 18:45, 12 June 2014 (UTC)
 * Yes check.svg Done Updated the link at Guitar, which is where I assume you wanted the changes to be made. Next time, please make sure the request is on the talk page of the article you want changed. Thankyou!  NQ    talk  20:20, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Implementing WP:PAY during account creation
The recently updated Terms of Use at Conflict of Interest regarding paid editing and thereof can be implemented like a check box, to be mandatorily checked while account creation to ensure neutrality of wikipedia. This may avoid/decrease the heated discussions at respective notice boards or talk pages, when a user edits specific pages only. --βα£α(ᶀᶅᶖᵵᵶ) 11:33, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 October 2014
I would like to create an article on a notable company. How dod I create one?

Smatyasfalvi (talk) 22:04, 9 October 2014 (UTC)
 * You can find information on starting an article at Starting an article. Stickee (talk) 01:57, 10 October 2014 (UTC)

content an accessbank email
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 * ThreeCoins.svg We cannot offer financial advice. Please see the general disclaimer.  Contact a financial adviser. -- John of Reading (talk) 17:41, 4 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 21 November 2014
name = Khan Shahrukh Salim födelsedag = 16 July 1992 död dag platsdöd skolan=torslanda skolan gotebrög bor = swedan .gotebrög hisingen torslanda jobb angelägen=skådaspelar abdirizak han vill bli skådaspelar när han bli stora
 * ❌ Wikipedia is not a place for you to write about yourself. JohnCD (talk) 19:46, 21 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 22 November 2014
Er.Ganesh kumar (talk) 10:18, 22 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: Your request is blank. Stickee (talk) 10:22, 22 November 2014 (UTC)

'Upload images' listed twice
Just FYI, the list of benefits at the top of the article lists 'Upload images' twice. I would fix that for you, but it would require me to create an account ;) 71.63.4.110 (talk) 18:56, 23 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks for spotting that. I've removed one of them. -- John of Reading (talk) 19:49, 23 November 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 27 November 2014
70.198.130.177 (talk) 18:48, 27 November 2014 (UTC)

If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Given the nature of this page, you will also need to reach consensus before any significant changes are implemented. - Arjayay (talk) 18:59, 27 November 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not requested a change, but I suspect you are in the wrong place, as this page is only to discuss improvements to Why create an account?.

Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2014
Welcome to priya travel's jhunjhunu Please give us the service authority must'' contect :- priya travel's — Preceding unsigned comment added by Priya travel's jjn (talk • contribs) 09:21, 7 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not requested a change to this page. Wikipedia is not for advertising or promotion. JohnCD (talk) 11:26, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 December 2014
In 20007, The wonder girls started the band. They have been active 2007-2014. It isa hangul, romaztion, chinse, Japanese Korean, group of girls. Sohee, Yubin, Yenny, and Hyelim are still in the band. People have said Sohee has left. That isn't true. They got a single hit on their song: Nobody. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Epicmuffinz 22 (talk • contribs) 19:16, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg. This is not the place to write about the Wonder girls. You can edit that article, but make sure you have a reliable source for what you say - Wikipedia is not for gossip. JohnCD (talk) 11:30, 7 December 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 January 2015
95.103.104.209 (talk) 12:39, 5 January 2015 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 3 February 2015
Jaymon payne (talk) 23:23, 3 February 2015 (UTC) jjjj


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: nonsense request -- Orduin  Discuss 00:05, 4 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 8 February 2015
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India framed

Salman Khans offices (talk) 19:52, 8 February 2015 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2015
Mjs.srinivas (talk) 09:46, 15 February 2015 (UTC)I LOVE VIRAT KOHLI...MJS SRINIVAS
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Semi-protected edit request on 15 February 2015
Frogtown connection (talk) 19:51, 15 February 2015 (UTC) I want the new page to read Frogtown Connection and not Frogtown connection. Can this be changed? Thank for the change

a) This is the wrong place to ask b} as explained at User talk:Frogtown connection the name contravenes Username policy as it represents an organization. - Arjayay (talk) 09:38, 16 February 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 March 2015
59.172.204.70 (talk) 20:47, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

59.172.204.70 (talk) 20:47, 6 March 2015 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: as you have not requested a change. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. --I am  k6ka  Talk to me!   See what I have done  20:52, 6 March 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 April 2015
190.188.9.140 (talk) 18:54, 18 April 2015 (UTC)
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The Blue Danube Waltz
Some sixty years ago, I was familiar with words to this great piece of music, which I learned on a pianola. I have tried for years to find these beautiful words again to no avail. Does anyone know of them and direct me to their source. Thank you AnthonyIluvknowledge2 (talk) 16:09, 24 May 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 26 May 2015
I have very useful information to contribute towards this content called "bajrangi bhaijaan" so please grant me permission to edit this page

Sallu523 (talk) 06:37, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

❌ This is not the right page to request additional user rights. You are also in the wrong place, since this page is only to discuss improvements to Why create an account?. If you want to suggest a change, please request this at Talk:Bajrangi Bhaijaan in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 07:31, 26 May 2015 (UTC)

Choosing a Username for an Account
There are many users on Wikipedia already so it is quite difficult to choose a proper username. For example, you might have chose a dumb username but it is fine because at least you're not telling any personal information. Just for a laugh, you could've typed in "Poo poo" as a username, but isn't it so common in everyday life? So better not create an account because tht's so difficult for you.

Coolgirlmissy (talk) 01:20, 12 June 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 7 July 2015
Sonasm442 (talk) 11:52, 7 July 2015 (UTC) Swarup Maji(also Swarup Maji or Babu Maji; born 13 December 1996 ),[1] professionally known as Swarup, is an Indian Hacking and Computer hardware and Software development person who works in Udaynarayanpur Sahaj Tatha Mitra Kendra Start in 2012. His fans affectionately called him as Babu and Chatu.[2] In rural Bengal he is addressed as Swarup.His rural fan base led him to do many Center.


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: this is the talk page for discussing improvements to the page Wikipedia:Why create an account?. Please make your request at the talk page for the article concerned. If you're requesting that an article be created, please see WP:AFC. &#8209;&#8209; El Hef  ( Meep? ) 12:50, 7 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 17 August 2015
please allow me to access

Rhobin Wambura (talk) 09:21, 17 August 2015 (UTC) If you want to suggest a change, to a protected or semi-protected page, please request this on the talk page of the relevant article in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Please also cite reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. If you have a more general question, please ask at the Teahouse or Help desk - Arjayay (talk) 09:39, 17 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ as you are in the wrong place, since this page is only to discuss improvements to Why create an account?.

Semi-protected edit request on 24 August 2015
Muhammad Atif 11:45, 24 August 2015 (UTC) If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Given the nature of this page, you will also need to reach consensus before any significant changes are implemented. - Arjayay (talk) 11:52, 24 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ as you have not requested a change, but I suspect you are in the wrong place, as this page is only to discuss improvements to Why create an account?.

Semi-protected edit request on 26 August 2015
WinterLi (talk) 12:01, 26 August 2015 (UTC) If you want to suggest a change, please request this in the form "Please replace XXX with YYY" or "Please add ZZZ between PPP and QQQ". Given the nature of this page, you will also need to reach consensus before any significant changes are implemented. - Arjayay (talk) 12:05, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ as you have not requested a change, but I suspect you are in the wrong place, as this page is only to discuss improvements to Why create an account?.

Kevin Bisbangian
Draft biography deleted

Resume: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm5098365/resume?ref_=nm_ov_res

(by the authority of Kevin Bisbangian) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Noya9975 (talk • contribs) 10:49, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
 * ❌ This is not the place to post suggested articles; please try articles for creation - however, you will need to show there has been significant coverage, in reliable sources that are independent of the subject - (and IMDB is not reliable). - Arjayay (talk) 12:08, 26 August 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 11 September 2015
TREVOR (tadada) ALUMENDA (talk) 08:50, 11 September 2015 (UTC)


 * ❌ It is not clear what you want done. Inomyabcs (talk) 09:04, 11 September 2015 (UTC)

Another point
IP editing means occasional captcha requirements. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.41.202.66 (talk • contribs) 05:42, 22 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 November 2015
Change username (talk) 04:00, 20 November 2015 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2015
666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666666 Satan calling

Jayveerpanghaalmates (talk) 09:51, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
 * || The Silent Heroes || Adventure Drama || Mahesh Bhatt || Manuv Bhardwaj, Priyanka Panchaal, Mann Bagga ||
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Semi-protected edit request on 7 December 2015
Lots of grammatical errors that i wanna fix plz

The Hacktivist420420 (talk) 23:46, 7 December 2015 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 18 December 2015
I suggest that further changes are needed under the section on the Wesley brothers. I am very aware and trained in the writings of John Wesley and he was not a restorationist. In fact he was an amillenialist as can be seen in his sermon, The Great Asize. Furthermore, he made these comments that many see as anti-semetic:

'What stupidity, what senselessness must it be for such an unclean, guilty helpless worm as this [the Jew], to dream of seeking acceptance by his own righteousness, of living by the righteousness which is of the law!' " - From his sermon, The Righteousness of Faith

http://wesley.nnu.edu/john-wesley/the-sermons-of-john-wesley-1872-edition/sermon-6-the-righteousness-of-faith/

In his commentary he had this to say:

On Luke 21:31-32) " The kingdom of God is nigh-The destruction of the Jewish city, temple, and religion, to make way for the advancement of my kingdom. On Matthew 22:7 The king sending forth his troop- the Roman armies employed of God for the purpose. Destroyed those murderes, Primarily the Jews and finally some of their hymns were not restorationist:

Outcasts from thee, and scattered wide Blaspheming who they crucified Unsaved, unpitied, unforgiven Branded like Cain, they bear their load Abhorred of men, and cursed of God

These are some things you may wish to take into account and add to this article.

Annetta1018 (talk) 19:31, 18 December 2015 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: This request is misplaced. You should place it on the talk page for the article you are wishing to have changed. I presume this is either John Wesley or Charles Wesley, or perhaps Christian Zionism, but cannot be certain. -- ferret (talk) 20:53, 18 December 2015 (UTC)

Stopping Vandalism
Having users create an account is a great way to stop vandalism. If an IP address is blocked, the user can just use another IP address. However, for an account, an email address is needed, so if this is blocked, the user cannot create a new account under this email. Greeninventor999 (talk) 16:58, 3 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Users are not required to supply an email address, which are trivial to get anyway. It would be a mistake to think that accounts are hard to create. -- zzuuzz (talk) 17:54, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

True but it probably helpsGreeninventor999 (talk) 18:21, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

possible exaggeration
This "comment" is about the sentence that says,"It is not possible for an unregistered editor to be granted these privileges."

I understand that the author (or editor) who wrote (or modified) this sentence, probably meant that, given the current set-up, Wikipedia's software and configuration files do not allow an unregistered editor to be granted these privileges. That is true, and I am not suggesting any change to that policy.

However, that is not what the sentence (in the above) says! That sentence is worded as if the current set-up (reflecting Wikipedia's current policy), were some kind of immutable principle of the universe -- like a law of Physics or something.

I realize that I could just edit the page Why create an account, but I thought it might be better to seek consensus first.

My recommendation would be to change the above " "'ed' sentence to [e.g.] It is not permitted (under Wikipedia's policies) for an unregistered editor to be granted these privileges." OR to something like "It is not allowed (under Wikipedia's policies) for an unregistered editor to be granted these privileges."

OK? --Mike Schwartz (talk) 15:41, 16 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Support Always irritating when those in authority say "We are unable to do X" when they mean "We have chosen not to do X" Noyster</b> (talk),  18:16, 16 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose While the situation could be explained better in that section, the current wording does indeed describe the situation.  IP addresses can change randomly beyond the control of the user.  While some scheme might be leveraged to provide a roving identity (such as OpenID or OAuth), the most sensible one is a Wikipedia account.  Saying it is not permitted to grant privileges to an unregistered user totally misrepresents the problem and that is fundamentally tracking an identity without using an identity.  —EncMstr (talk) 02:35, 17 January 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose what is mean by it not being possible and why can be inferred from the context. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 19:48, 16 February 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 5 March 2016
My daughter is a huge fan and would love if you used this image as his profile image. http://orig09.deviantart.net/b1df/f/2014/332/0/7/jack1_by_raikea-d8802d0.jpg

Thanks!

TheMouseman1212 Honored father.

TheMouseman1212 (talk) 02:05, 5 March 2016 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 22 March 2016
Laceybeck982 (talk) 09:39, 22 March 2016 (UTC)
 * ❌ as you have not requested a change, but I suspect you are in the wrong place, as this page is only to discuss improvements to Why create an account?. - Arjayay (talk) 12:53, 22 March 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 30 March 2016
14.176.180.44 (talk) 23:40, 30 March 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: No request made. —&thinsp;JJMC89&thinsp; (T·C) 05:24, 31 March 2016 (UTC)