Wikipedia:Template editor

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The template editor permission allows editors to make changes to templates and modules that are protected with template-protection.
The right is granted to trusted, experienced users who have demonstrated a good understanding of working with templates.

The template editor user right allows trusted coders to edit templates and modules that have been protected with the template protection level (usually due to a high transclusion count). It also allows those editors to create and modify editnotices for all pages, not just those in their own user and talk pages.^[1]

There are currently 186 template editors, which makes the total number of users with this permission 1,038 (the rest are administrators).

^ From Wikipedia:Editnotice: "All users can create editnotices for their user and talk pages, but editnotices for other namespaces can be created and edited only by administrators, page movers and template editors."

[1] From Wikipedia:Editnotice: "All users can create editnotices for their user and talk pages, but editnotices for other namespaces can be created and edited only by administrators, page movers and template editors."

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