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A PERM stalker is a person who is constantly looking at requests for permissions, and viewing the accepted and declined requests.
Who? edit
PERM stalkers are mostly bored people, who love Wikipedia, but don't necessarily want to edit, or can't think of edits to make, at the time. Many PERM stalkers are looking to request a certain right, and want to see what other users have their requests accepted or declined to improve their own skills, while some just do it for the fun of it.
Behavior edit
PERM stalkers may stalk a single request for permission page, or multiple. They are known for wasting a lot of time out of their lives if there is a huge discussion on a requests for permission page, and they absolutely have to read all of it. Most of the time, PERM stalkers just lurk around and stalk anybody who is requesting for a permission. However, if they see something they feel like they must comment on, or notice an administrator made an error with factual information, they swoop down to the edit button and comment.
PERM stalkers never judge users long-term based on whether one of their requests is accepted or declined.[citation needed]