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User group rights

The following is a list of user groups defined on this wiki, with their associated access rights. There may be additional information about individual rights.

Legend:

  • Granted right
  • Revoked right
GroupRights
(all)
(*)
  • Automatically log in with an external user account (autocreateaccount)
  • Create discussion pages (createtalk)
  • Create new user accounts (createaccount)
  • Edit your own preferences (editmyoptions)
  • Edit your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) and request password reset emails (editmyprivateinfo)
  • Read pages (read)
  • View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) (viewmyprivateinfo)
approver-AR
(approver-AR)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-ar (edit-ar)
approver-EST
(approver-EST)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-est (edit-est)
approver-EWS
(approver-EWS)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-ews (edit-ews)
approver-FAC
(approver-FAC)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-fac (edit-fac)
approver-GHS
(approver-GHS)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-ghs (edit-ghs)
approver-HEA
(approver-HEA)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-hea (edit-hea)
approver-LT
(approver-LT)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-lt (edit-lt)
approver-LV
(approver-LV)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-lv (edit-lv)
approver-OTH
(approver-OTH)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-oth (edit-oth)
approver-PF
(approver-PF)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-pf (edit-pf)
approver-PLG
(approver-PLG)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-plg (edit-plg)
approver-PU
(approver-PU)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-pu (edit-pu)
approver-SEC
(approver-SEC)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-sec (edit-sec)
approver-SPT
(approver-SPT)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-spt (edit-spt)
approver-STI
(approver-STI)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-sti (edit-sti)
approver-STU
(approver-STU)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-stu (edit-stu)
approver-TAB
(approver-TAB)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-tab (edit-tab)
approver-TCS
(approver-TCS)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-tcs (edit-tcs)
approver-TD
(approver-TD)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-td (edit-td)
approver-WS
(approver-WS)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-ws (edit-ws)
Autoconfirmed users
(autoconfirmed)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" (editsemiprotected)
  • Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
Bots
(bot)
(list of members)
  • Be treated as an automated process (bot)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" (editsemiprotected)
  • Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
  • Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
  • Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
  • Not have minor edits to discussion pages trigger the new messages prompt (nominornewtalk)
  • Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
Bureaucrats
(bureaucrat)
(list of members)
  • Edit all user rights (userrights)
  • Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
  • Rename users (renameuser)
editor-AR
(editor-AR)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-ar (edit-ar)
editor-EST
(editor-EST)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-est (edit-est)
editor-EWS
(editor-EWS)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-ews (edit-ews)
editor-FAC
(editor-FAC)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-fac (edit-fac)
editor-GHS
(editor-GHS)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-ghs (edit-ghs)
editor-HEA
(editor-HEA)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-hea (edit-hea)
editor-LT
(editor-LT)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-lt (edit-lt)
editor-LV
(editor-LV)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-lv (edit-lv)
editor-OTH
(editor-OTH)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-oth (edit-oth)
editor-PF
(editor-PF)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-pf (edit-pf)
editor-PLG
(editor-PLG)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-plg (edit-plg)
editor-PU
(editor-PU)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-pu (edit-pu)
editor-SEC
(editor-SEC)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-sec (edit-sec)
editor-SPT
(editor-SPT)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-spt (edit-spt)
editor-STI
(editor-STI)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-sti (edit-sti)
editor-STU
(editor-STU)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-stu (edit-stu)
editor-TAB
(editor-TAB)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-tab (edit-tab)
editor-TCS
(editor-TCS)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-tcs (edit-tcs)
editor-TD
(editor-TD)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-td (edit-td)
editor-WS
(editor-WS)
(list of members)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • edit-ws (edit-ws)
Interface administrators
(interface-admin)
(list of members)
  • Edit other users' CSS files (editusercss)
  • Edit other users' JSON files (edituserjson)
  • Edit other users' JavaScript files (edituserjs)
  • Edit sitewide CSS (editsitecss)
  • Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
  • Edit sitewide JavaScript (editsitejs)
  • Edit the user interface (editinterface)
super-approver
(super-approver)
(list of members)
  • Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • Delete pages (delete)
  • Edit pages (edit)
  • Manage approvers (manage-approvers)
  • Move pages (move)
  • approverevisions (approverevisions)
  • edit-ar (edit-ar)
  • edit-est (edit-est)
  • edit-ews (edit-ews)
  • edit-fac (edit-fac)
  • edit-ghs (edit-ghs)
  • edit-hea (edit-hea)
  • edit-lt (edit-lt)
  • edit-lv (edit-lv)
  • edit-oth (edit-oth)
  • edit-pf (edit-pf)
  • edit-plg (edit-plg)
  • edit-pu (edit-pu)
  • edit-sec (edit-sec)
  • edit-spt (edit-spt)
  • edit-sti (edit-sti)
  • edit-stu (edit-stu)
  • edit-tab (edit-tab)
  • edit-tcs (edit-tcs)
  • edit-td (edit-td)
  • edit-ws (edit-ws)
Suppressors
(suppress)
(list of members)
  • Block or unblock a username, hiding or unhiding it from the public (hideuser)
  • Delete and undelete specific log entries (deletelogentry)
  • Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages (deleterevision)
  • View private logs (suppressionlog)
  • View revisions hidden from any user (viewsuppressed)
  • View, hide and unhide specific revisions of pages from any user (suppressrevision)
Administrators
(sysop)
(list of members)
  • Block or unblock a user from sending email (blockemail)
  • Block or unblock other users from editing (block)
  • Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
  • Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
  • Create and (de)activate tags (managechangetags)
  • Create new user accounts (createaccount)
  • Delete tags from the database (deletechangetags)
  • Delete pages (delete)
  • Delete pages with large histories (bigdelete)
  • Edit other users' JSON files (edituserjson)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only administrators" (editprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" (editsemiprotected)
  • Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
  • Edit the user interface (editinterface)
  • Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
  • Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
  • Import pages from other wikis (import)
  • Manage approvers (manage-approvers)
  • Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
  • Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits (markbotedits)
  • Merge the history of pages (mergehistory)
  • Move category pages (move-categorypages)
  • Move files (movefile)
  • Move pages (move)
  • Move pages with their subpages (move-subpages)
  • Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
  • Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
  • Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
  • Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
  • Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
  • Overwrite existing files (reupload)
  • Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
  • Search deleted pages (browsearchive)
  • Unblock oneself (unblockself)
  • Undelete a page (undelete)
  • Upload files (upload)
  • Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
  • View a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
  • View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
  • View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
Users
(user)
(list of members)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Create discussion pages (createtalk)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Edit your own user CSS files (editmyusercss)
  • Edit your own user JSON files (editmyuserjson)
  • Edit your own user JavaScript files (editmyuserjs)
  • Edit your own user JavaScript files that are redirects (editmyuserjsredirect)
  • Edit your own watchlist (note that some actions will still add pages even without this right) (editmywatchlist)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
  • Move category pages (move-categorypages)
  • Move files (movefile)
  • Move pages (move)
  • Move pages with their subpages (move-subpages)
  • Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
  • Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
  • Overwrite existing files (reupload)
  • Read pages (read)
  • Send email to other users (sendemail)
  • Upload files (upload)
  • View your own watchlist (viewmywatchlist)

Namespace restrictions

NamespaceRight(s) allowing user to edit
MediaWiki
  • Edit the user interface (editinterface)
AR
  • edit-ar (edit-ar)
AR talk
  • edit-ar (edit-ar)
TCS
  • edit-tcs (edit-tcs)
TCS talk
  • edit-tcs (edit-tcs)
EST
  • edit-est (edit-est)
EST talk
  • edit-est (edit-est)
EWS
  • edit-ews (edit-ews)
EWS talk
  • edit-ews (edit-ews)
FAC
  • edit-fac (edit-fac)
FAC talk
  • edit-fac (edit-fac)
PF
  • edit-pf (edit-pf)
PF talk
  • edit-pf (edit-pf)
GHS
  • edit-ghs (edit-ghs)
GHS talk
  • edit-ghs (edit-ghs)
HEA
  • edit-hea (edit-hea)
HEA talk
  • edit-hea (edit-hea)
LV
  • edit-lv (edit-lv)
LV talk
  • edit-lv (edit-lv)
LT
  • edit-lt (edit-lt)
LT talk
  • edit-lt (edit-lt)
OTH
  • edit-oth (edit-oth)
OTH talk
  • edit-oth (edit-oth)
PLG
  • edit-plg (edit-plg)
PLG talk
  • edit-plg (edit-plg)
PU
  • edit-pu (edit-pu)
PU talk
  • edit-pu (edit-pu)
SEC
  • edit-sec (edit-sec)
SEC talk
  • edit-sec (edit-sec)
SPT
  • edit-spt (edit-spt)
SPT talk
  • edit-spt (edit-spt)
STI
  • edit-sti (edit-sti)
STI talk
  • edit-sti (edit-sti)
STU
  • edit-stu (edit-stu)
STU talk
  • edit-stu (edit-stu)
TD
  • edit-td (edit-td)
TD talk
  • edit-td (edit-td)
TAB
  • edit-tab (edit-tab)
TAB talk
  • edit-tab (edit-tab)
WS
  • edit-ws (edit-ws)
WS talk
  • edit-ws (edit-ws)
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