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The former makes sense, but the latter doesn't actually help anyone having accessibility issues with the CAPTCHA e.g. caused by visual impairments. I think the latter should just go straight to the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account/ACC_Wizard/ReferToACC" title="Wikipedia:Request an account/ACC Wizard/ReferToACC">refer to ACC</a> step. Is there something I'm missing? <a href="/wiki/User:The_wub" title="User:The wub">the wub</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:The_wub" title="User talk:The wub"><span style="color: #008000">"?!"</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-The_wub-2021-05-23T20:41:00.000Z-Wizard_"cannot_read_CAPTCHA"_option" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:41, 23 May 2021 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-The_wub-2021-05-23T20:41:00.000Z-Wizard_"cannot_read_CAPTCHA"_option"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-The_wub-2021-05-23T20:41:00.000Z-Wizard_"cannot_read_CAPTCHA"_option"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:38:00.000Z-The_wub-2021-05-23T20:41:00.000Z"></span>I think that there are two ways to interpret the button, the captcha is not loading, or the user physically cannot read the captcha due to e.g. visual impairments. I would split the button into two buttons, "The CAPTCHA is not loading for me" and "I cannot read the CAPTCHA due to accessibility issues". <a href="/wiki/User:EpicPupper" class="mw-redirect" title="User:EpicPupper">🐶 EpicPupper</a> <sup>(he/him | <a href="/wiki/User_talk:EpicPupper" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:EpicPupper">talk</a>)</sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:38:00.000Z-The_wub-2021-05-23T20:41:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:38, 6 January 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:38:00.000Z-The_wub-2021-05-23T20:41:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:38:00.000Z-The_wub-2021-05-23T20:41:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:38:00.000Z"></span>I've now implemented my changes per <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BOLD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BOLD">WP:BOLD</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:BRD" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:BRD">WP:BRD</a>. <a href="/wiki/User:EpicPupper" class="mw-redirect" title="User:EpicPupper">🐶 EpicPupper</a> <sup>(he/him | <a href="/wiki/User_talk:EpicPupper" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:EpicPupper">talk</a>)</sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:38:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:41, 6 January 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:38:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:38:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:The_wub" title="User:The wub">The wub</a> courtesy ping :) <a href="/wiki/User:EpicPupper" class="mw-redirect" title="User:EpicPupper">🐶 EpicPupper</a> <sup>(he/him | <a href="/wiki/User_talk:EpicPupper" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:EpicPupper">talk</a>)</sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:41, 6 January 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-The_wub-2022-01-07T13:53:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z"></span>Thanks @<a href="/wiki/User:EpicPupper" class="mw-redirect" title="User:EpicPupper">EpicPupper</a>, looks good to me! <a href="/wiki/User:The_wub" title="User:The wub">the wub</a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:The_wub" title="User talk:The wub"><span style="color: #080;">"?!"</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-The_wub-2022-01-07T13:53:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">13:53, 7 January 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-The_wub-2022-01-07T13:53:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-The_wub-2022-01-07T13:53:00.000Z-EpicPupper-2022-01-06T20:41:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Recover_my_account" data-mw-thread-id="h-Recover_my_account-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Recover_my_account-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"></span>Recover my account<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Recover_my_account-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"></span></h2><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z-Recover_my_account"></span>Please Unblocked my account as soon as possible Souravjain2424 <a href="/w/index.php?title=User:Souravjain2424&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Souravjain2424 (page does not exist)">Souravjain2424</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Souravjain2424" title="User talk:Souravjain2424">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z-Recover_my_account" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:37, 2 July 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z-Recover_my_account"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z-Recover_my_account"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-JalenFolf-2022-07-02T20:46:00.000Z-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"></span>Why? You're making this request from the account in question! <a href="/wiki/User:JalenFolf" class="mw-redirect" title="User:JalenFolf"><span style="font-size:1.2em;font-family:eurofurence;background:#368ec9;color:white">Jalen Folf</span></a> <a href="/wiki/User_talk:JalenFolf" class="mw-redirect" title="User talk:JalenFolf"><span style="background:#6babd6;color:black">(talk)</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-JalenFolf-2022-07-02T20:46:00.000Z-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">20:46, 2 July 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-JalenFolf-2022-07-02T20:46:00.000Z-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-JalenFolf-2022-07-02T20:46:00.000Z-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"></span></dd> <dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Alexf-2022-07-02T21:08:00.000Z-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"></span>You requested an unblock, when in fact you were not blocked. You are now. Why? You keep writing about yourself, and instead of asking for guidance, or reading the rules, you start by hijacking other articles. Please read the notes left in your User Talk Page, before you continue. -- <a href="/wiki/User:Alexf" title="User:Alexf">Alexf</a><sup><i><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Alexf" title="User talk:Alexf">(talk)</a></i></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-Alexf-2022-07-02T21:08:00.000Z-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">21:08, 2 July 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Alexf-2022-07-02T21:08:00.000Z-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Alexf-2022-07-02T21:08:00.000Z-Souravjain2424-2022-07-02T20:37:00.000Z"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Removal_of_tool_access" data-mw-thread-id="h-Removal_of_tool_access-20220828080400"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Removal_of_tool_access-20220828080400"></span>Removal of tool access<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Removal_of_tool_access-20220828080400"></span></h2><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Alex_Noble-20220828080400-Removal_of_tool_access"></span>I haven't been able to put as much time into the projects recently as I would need to be, and I can't really see this changing in the immediate future. </p><p>Could I have my access to the ACC tool removed, and the account creator permission removed please. </p><p>Thanks,<span style="color: darkgreen"> ~~ </span> <a href="/wiki/User:Alex_Noble" title="User:Alex Noble"><span style="color: darkgreen">Alex Noble</span></a>/<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Alex_Noble" title="User talk:Alex Noble"><span style="color: darkgreen">1-2</span></a>/<a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/Alex_Noble" title="Special:Contributions/Alex Noble"><span style="color: darkgreen">TRB</span></a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-Alex_Noble-20220828080400-Removal_of_tool_access" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">08:04, 28 August 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Alex_Noble-20220828080400-Removal_of_tool_access"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Alex_Noble-20220828080400-Removal_of_tool_access"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-JJMC89-20220828081300-Alex_Noble-20220828080400"></span><span class="nowrap"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/18px-Yes_check.svg.png" decoding="async" width="18" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/27px-Yes_check.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/fb/Yes_check.svg/36px-Yes_check.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600"/></span></span><b> Done</b></span> — <a href="/wiki/User:JJMC89" title="User:JJMC89">JJMC89</a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/User_talk:JJMC89" title="User talk:JJMC89">T</a><b>·</b><a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/JJMC89" title="Special:Contributions/JJMC89">C</a>)</small> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-JJMC89-20220828081300-Alex_Noble-20220828080400" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">08:13, 28 August 2022 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-JJMC89-20220828081300-Alex_Noble-20220828080400"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-JJMC89-20220828081300-Alex_Noble-20220828080400"></span></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Help" data-mw-thread-id="h-Help-20230906080200"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Help-20230906080200"></span>Help<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Help-20230906080200"></span></h2><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-331dot-20230906080200-Help"></span>Could anyone familiar with this area perhaps look at <a href="/wiki/User_talk:76.142.121.185" title="User talk:76.142.121.185">User talk:76.142.121.185</a> and offer their ideas as to why they might be prevented from creating or even requesting an account? They should be able to, as the block on their IP allows account creation, but they say they can't. <a href="/wiki/User:331dot" title="User:331dot">331dot</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:331dot" title="User talk:331dot">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-331dot-20230906080200-Help" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">08:02, 6 September 2023 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-331dot-20230906080200-Help"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-331dot-20230906080200-Help"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Question" data-mw-thread-id="h-Question-20240218182600"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Question-20240218182600"></span>Question<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Question-20240218182600"></span></h2><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Uncle_Bash007-20240218182600-Question"></span>Pls, how can I get permission for ACC and tools.<a href="/wiki/User:Uncle_Bash007" title="User:Uncle Bash007">Uncle Bash007</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Uncle_Bash007" title="User talk:Uncle Bash007">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-Uncle_Bash007-20240218182600-Question" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:26, 18 February 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Uncle_Bash007-20240218182600-Question"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Uncle_Bash007-20240218182600-Question"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span class="template-ping"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-FlightTime-20240218183000-Uncle_Bash007-20240218182600"></span>@<a href="/wiki/User:Uncle_Bash007" title="User:Uncle Bash007">Uncle Bash007</a>:</span> Follow the instructions here: <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account/Guide#Registering_for_use" title="Wikipedia:Request an account/Guide">Wikipedia:Request an account/Guide#Registering for use</a> - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS"><a href="/wiki/User:FlightTime" title="User:FlightTime"><span style="color:#800000"><b>FlightTime</b></span></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/User_talk:FlightTime" title="User talk:FlightTime"><span style="color:#1C0978"><b>open channel</b></span></a>)</small></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-FlightTime-20240218183000-Uncle_Bash007-20240218182600" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:30, 18 February 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-FlightTime-20240218183000-Uncle_Bash007-20240218182600"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-FlightTime-20240218183000-Uncle_Bash007-20240218182600"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Uncle_Bash007-20240218183600-FlightTime-20240218183000"></span>Thanks much @<a href="/wiki/User:FlightTime" title="User:FlightTime">FlightTime</a> <a href="/wiki/User:Uncle_Bash007" title="User:Uncle Bash007">Uncle Bash007</a> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Uncle_Bash007" title="User talk:Uncle Bash007">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-Uncle_Bash007-20240218183600-FlightTime-20240218183000" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:36, 18 February 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Uncle_Bash007-20240218183600-FlightTime-20240218183000"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Uncle_Bash007-20240218183600-FlightTime-20240218183000"></span> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-FlightTime-20240218184000-Uncle_Bash007-20240218183600"></span>You're welcome. - <span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS"><a href="/wiki/User:FlightTime" title="User:FlightTime"><span style="color:#800000"><b>FlightTime</b></span></a> <small>(<a href="/wiki/User_talk:FlightTime" title="User talk:FlightTime"><span style="color:#1C0978"><b>open channel</b></span></a>)</small></span> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-FlightTime-20240218184000-Uncle_Bash007-20240218183600" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">18:40, 18 February 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-FlightTime-20240218184000-Uncle_Bash007-20240218183600"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-FlightTime-20240218184000-Uncle_Bash007-20240218183600"></span></dd></dl></dd></dl></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Current_backlog?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Current_backlog?-20240730142400"><span id="Current_backlog.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Current_backlog?-20240730142400"></span>Current backlog?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Current_backlog?-20240730142400"></span></h2><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-bar"><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-metadata"></div><div class="ext-discussiontools-init-section-actions"></div></div></div> <p><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Xaosflux-20240730142400-Current_backlog?"></span>Hi ACC team, how far is the current backlog? A VRT customer wanted to check on their request (<a href="https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2024073010007012" class="extiw" title="ticket:2024073010007012">ticket:2024073010007012</a>). — <a href="/wiki/User:Xaosflux" title="User:Xaosflux"><span style="color:#FF9933; font-weight:bold; font-family:monotype;">xaosflux</span></a> <sup><a href="/wiki/User_talk:Xaosflux" title="User talk:Xaosflux"><span style="color:#009933;">Talk</span></a></sup> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-Xaosflux-20240730142400-Current_backlog?" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">14:24, 30 July 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Xaosflux-20240730142400-Current_backlog?"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Xaosflux-20240730142400-Current_backlog?"></span> </p> <dl><dd><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="c-Stwalkerster-20240730195200-Xaosflux-20240730142400"></span>I'll leave a note on the ticket on this specific request for it has already been responded to and is closed.<div class="paragraphbreak" style="margin-top:0.5em"></div>For the more general answer, we have 16 requests open right now in the main queue, all but one of which are less than 18h old. The larger concern is the queue awaiting checkuser attention, which is nearly 200 requests long, the oldest of which are in the range of 3mo old. Anyone (who can read XML) can pull the current queue lengths from ACC's API at <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://accounts.wmflabs.org/api.php?action=status">https://accounts.wmflabs.org/api.php?action=status</a> <span style="font-family: Verdana;"><a href="/wiki/User:Stwalkerster" title="User:Stwalkerster">stwalkerster</a></span> (<a href="/wiki/User_talk:Stwalkerster" title="User talk:Stwalkerster">talk</a>) <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account#c-Stwalkerster-20240730195200-Xaosflux-20240730142400" class="ext-discussiontools-init-timestamplink">19:52, 30 July 2024 (UTC)</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-buttons" data-mw-thread-id="c-Stwalkerster-20240730195200-Xaosflux-20240730142400"><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">[</span><a class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-reply" role="button" tabindex="0" href="">reply</a><span class="ext-discussiontools-init-replylink-bracket">]</span></span><span data-mw-comment-end="c-Stwalkerster-20240730195200-Xaosflux-20240730142400"></span></dd></dl>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account&oldid=1250078261">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Request_an_account&oldid=1250078261</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks catlinks-allhidden" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden category: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_semi-protected_talk_pages" title="Category:Wikipedia semi-protected talk pages">Wikipedia semi-protected talk pages</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 8 October 2024, at 10:41<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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