Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Template editor: Difference between revisions

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::::::I agree that how DYK uses TPE is a bit weird, but it was a reaction to an untenable situation. We had a chronic problem with not enough people working on queues. The few admins working on that were burned out and the work wasn't getting done. And unlike most other processes on the wiki, DYK runs on a clock. When the big hand hits midnight and all the queues are empty, that's bad.

::::::Despite numerous entreaties to the various regulars who were working on other DYK tasks, I was unable to convince any of them to run for admin. I agree with @[[User:Pppery|Pppery]] that a distinct user right (or a more fine-grained user rights system in general) would make more sense, but we don't have that. So, given a toolbox stocked with a variety of tools that don't fit our needs, we've gone with the least bad way to get done what we needed to get done. Since we've done that, DYK has been running a lot better (i.e. not in a state of perpetual crisis). If the cost of fixing DYK was that WP:PERM occasionally has to handle requests that it's not really set up for, I'm happy with that. If somebody wants to do the legwork to get a new DYK-specific permission created, I'd be happy with that too. [[User:RoySmith|RoySmith]] [[User Talk:RoySmith|(talk)]] 12:26, 8 August 2025 (UTC)

:::::::I would like to point out that the biggest problem we have had with using <tt>{{mono|templateeditor</tt>}} for editing the queues has been the lack of clarity on who is responsible for granting the right to candidates, as evidenced by this very discussion. In other words it has been extremely successful and not caused any major problems. —[[User:Kusma|Kusma]] ([[User talk:Kusma|talk]]) 13:23, 8 August 2025 (UTC)