OLPC:Requests for permissions

  For the community

Please leave requests here for permissions on other wikis or sites. When requesting permissions, please include a signature or link to your userpage on this wiki. Leave the most recent requests at the top of the page. For other visitors, feel free to comment on requests for access. In general, a request from a trusted community member that receives no questions or opposition will be granted within 5 days. To find administrators to carry out these requests, or request administrator status for yourself, see administrators.

If requesting a teamwiki account, please:

1. link to your userpage on this wiki with {{user|YOURUSERNAME}}
2. make sure your account here has a valid email address (note: this is not publicly visible; but allows others with validated emails to send you a message)
3. check that your userpage describes the work you are doing -- see for instance 1 and 2.
4. make a team account with a valid email address.
5. if the username you want is different from the one on this wiki, explain briefly why

For general archives, see past requests.

Team wiki accounts

Pending requests

• toml (talk · contribs)

Adam sent me over. Trying to setup Miami/S. Florida repair center

• andris (talk · contribs)

"I was talking to Adam about possibly getting involved with setting up a SF Bay Area repair center, and in the longer term I'm hoping to get involved with deployments in the field. Hoping to help out however I can!

• mshaw (talk · contribs)

"adam sent me" - I'm new on the OLPC Support Gang, and need access to the Teamwiki.

• dbs (talk · contribs)

"adam sent me" - I'm new on the OLPC Support Gang, and need access to the Teamwiki.

• Marten (talk · contribs)

Repairing/Recylce Center in NL, Europe. Promotion XO's/OLPC on events and localy.

• lcl (talk · contribs)

sj, Adam said to make this request, and who can refuse Adam? :) I'm the new person who came to the meeting on Sunday.

Hello lcl, good to see you around! Please add some information about yourself on your userpage here. --Sj talk 19:24, 11 June 2008 (EDT)

• Amitg (talk · contribs)

Hi SJ... I'm currently involved with Deployments of OLPC laptops in India and setting up and managing infrastructure in terms of setting school server. Soon with team here we would be making deployment strategies for various regions across the country for the upcoming deployments arising the need for team wiki access.

Amit, great to have you join us. I don't see your username on the teamwiki; please create an account for yourself there, then I can grant you access. Or let me know what email address to use to create one for you by mail... --Sj talk 01:41, 21 June 2008 (EDT)

• régisg (talk · contribs) | regisg (talk · contribs)

I'm a new member from France. Holt sended me a message and that's why I'm writing now to be approved. My username is "régisg"

Excuse me for my french accent, even when I write ! I think I've work to do... trying to understand how support-gang works... Friendly yours régis

Hello régis, welcome! Please create an account here, write a bit about your background and what you are working on (in French if that is easier), and create an account on teamwiki, then you can be approved. --Sj talk

• jdhemmings (talk · contribs) i need access to team-wiki. thanks, jdhemmings

Hi jdhemmings, please make an account on this wiki first, and add some information about yourself (see Ed's page for an example). Thanks, --Sj talk

• Xander21c (talk · contribs) - I want help on the OLPC proyect , my location is Perú. Curruntly in contact with Basil (talk · contribs)

  Great to meet you, xander; there was a typo in one of your usernames, but you should now be all set. --Sj talk

completed requests

These requests have been fulfilled or postponed; please do not add new requests here.

• llaske (talk · contribs)

I'm a Support gang volunteer from OLPC France.

Done. --Sj talk 21:17, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

• cjl (talk · contribs)

Support gang volunteer.

Done. --Sj talk 21:17, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

• Sean (talk · contribs)

I am support staff working at 1CC on the G1G1 project.

Done. --Sj talk 21:17, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

• jwebster (talk · contribs)

I am an OLPC support gang volunteer.

Done. --Sj talk 21:17, 6 July 2008 (UTC)

• ChristophD (talk · contribs)

I'm a (observing) member of the support-gang since my visit at 1CC in mid-December and I'd like to have access to the support meeting minutes since calling into the meetings from Austria isn't really viable from both a financial and time-zone perspective.

Done. --Sj talk 19:06, 3 March 2008 (EST)

• Sethwoodworth (talk · contribs) - I've signed the NDA and am User:Sethwoodworth on the teamwiki

  Done.

• Tdoggette (talk · contribs) - I'm support gangster #82, requesting permissions on teamwiki.

  Done.

• langellier (talk · contribs)

I have been working with Adam Holt to troubleshoot the Libertyville machines and develop a sustainable biz/volunteer repair center model for the Chicago area. Thanks, Larry

• Please create an account on the teamwiki (see above). --Sj talk 19:06, 3 March 2008 (EST)

  Done. --Sj talk 19:24, 11 June 2008 (EDT)

• femslade (talk · contribs)

sj, can you put me on teamwiki. As you know, I am an intern at 1cc over the summer.

Done. --Sj talk 19:24, 11 June 2008 (EDT)

• Ankur.verma (talk · contribs)

Kindly add me on team wiki!

Done. --Sj talk 19:24, 11 June 2008 (EDT)

• Bobbyp (talk · contribs)

I would also like to be added to the team wiki, SJ!

Done. --Sj talk 01:41, 21 June 2008 (EDT)

Requests for bot status

• Contribot (talk · contribs) - posting new contributors-program projects to the wiki. Requested by chris and ffm.

  Is there a reason for these edits to disappear from Recentchanges? Why else would the contribot need a bot flag? --Sj talk 19:07, 3 March 2008 (EST)

• Mchuabot (talk · contribs) - something of a bot testbed for me; initial functionality will be using pywikipedia-based bot to work with (semantic) forms and templates for collecting/aggregating data from community testing Requested by Mchua.

Requests for renames

• User:iainD - implicit rename request for this wiki above.
  • Done. --Sj talk
• ixo - please rename (if possible) my RT username of 'iainD' (or 'iain') to 'ixo', for standardization across all systems.. tIf not able to, I'll create a new account.. thanks!
  • Done. --Sj talk

• * ixo - please rename (if possible) my DEV username of 'IainDavidson' to 'ixo', for standardization across all systems.. tIf not able to, I'll create a new account.. thanks!

RT accounts

These requests are currently handled via email, but feel free to add yourself below if you wish to help with email or technical support.

• Anna B - to handle health content submissions

  Done.