Before making a request here, you should be aware that your account only needs to exist for four days and make ten edits and it will be automatically confirmed. Since the bar for automatic confirmation is deliberately quite low the vast majority of requests here are denied. Unless you are requesting confirmation for a legitimate alternate account your request will almost certainly be denied. Alternatives are presented below:
Are you here to solely upload an image? Please make a request at Files for upload for non-free images or use the same username and password you have here to upload free images at Wikimedia Commons.
Are you here because you want to edit a page, but the page is protected from editing? With no track record for your account there is no basis for knowing if we should confirm you early. 95% of Wikipedia articles are not protected, so you can dive right into those or use {{edit protected}} to request edits on the article's talk page
I'm a new user in wikipedia , I wanted to contribute because I want to do fair on my part by offering my contributions back to wikipedia which was built brick by brick by fellow users.if you can please confirm my account I can start editing almost immediately .thanks. Update stormtrooper (talk) 07:50, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not done - Hi, and thank you for creating an account to edit Wikipedia. Although I fully understand your desire to dive right in, many of our articles are semi-protected because they are controversial, prone to vandalism, or other reasons. As a new editor with few edits, it might be wise to discuss your edits on the article talkpage in order to gain consensus for your edits, and then use {{Edit semi-protected}} to request the edit be performed. I only recommend this until you're used to the challenges of reliable sources, the biographies of living persons policy, and other similar policies. The good news is that fewer than 5% of Wikipedia articles are protected; this means that 95% of the articles can use your help right now! Mlpearc (open channel)08:04, 1 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
@Update stormtrooper:, Not done stands, you have very few edits, and have already had to have redaction due to blatant copyright violations, after 4 days and 10 edits your account will become confirmed automatically, however if you continue to violate other's copyrights you will end up getting blocked from the project entirely. If you have constructive information to add to that one article you can submit it at Talk:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant by clicking on "View Source" at the top of the page and then pressing the <bold>"Submit an edit request" </bold> button. — xaosfluxTalk15:44, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
I'm uncertain actually, why I not not already confirmed. Is it because my account is so old that I may not have been grandfathered in? I have had this account since 2005 and made many more than 10 edits.Lyo (talk) 23:11, 4 January 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Not done - Hi, and thank you for creating an account to edit Wikipedia. Although I fully understand your desire to dive right in, many of our articles are semi-protected because they are controversial, prone to vandalism, or other reasons. As a new editor with few edits, it might be wise to discuss your edits on the article talkpage in order to gain consensus for your edits, and then use {{Edit semi-protected}} to request the edit be performed. I only recommend this until you're used to the challenges of reliable sources, the biographies of living persons policy, and other similar policies. The good news is that fewer than 5% of Wikipedia articles are protected; this means that 95% of the articles can use your help right now! Mlpearc (open channel) 08:04, 1 January 2015 (UTC)
Already done - You are already autoconfirmed Armbrust The Homunculus 03:58, 5 January 2015 (UTC)