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== Tell-tale signs that community looks for == * Minimal competence with language: admins being asked to grant user rights are being asked to express trust that the user is able to operate within policy. Not being able to ~~[[English as a second or foreign language\|~~competently use English]] ~~may autosuggest wrongly~~suggests they may not have read the relevant policy. ~~Ask them relevant questions and guide with suggestion to re-request after a period of inclined activity.~~ * Requests that show no obvious clue as to what the user right in question is for. * Requests that cite as evidence hypothetical benefits. * Advanced knowledge of Wikipedia from the very start - hat-collectors may thoroughly read policies and guidelines to get their wanted hats faster (note that this might also indicate [[WP:SOCK\|sockpuppetry]].) * Not showing a genuine need for rights when requesting them. * When a request is declined ~~with good reasoning~~, repeatedly asking for how to obtain the right in ~~[[Wikipedia:Questions allowed\|~~question]]. == Cross-wiki ==