User group rights

Help

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

Group	Rights
(all) `(*)`	Create discussion pages `(createtalk)` Create new user accounts `(createaccount)` Create pages (which are not discussion pages) `(createpage)` Create short URLs `(urlshortener-create-url)` Edit pages `(edit)` 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 abuse filters `(abusefilter-view)` View the abuse log `(abusefilter-log)` View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) `(viewmyprivateinfo)`
Autoconfirmed users `(autoconfirmed)`	Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" `(editsemiprotected)` Not be affected by IP-based rate limits `(autoconfirmed)` Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again `(transcode-reset)` View information about the current transcode activity `(transcode-status)`
Bots `(bot)` (list of members)	Be treated as an automated process `(bot)` Bypass blocked external domains `(abusefilter-bypass-blocked-external-domains)` 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)` Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA `(skipcaptcha)` 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)`
Check users `(checkuser)` (list of members)	Check users' IP addresses and other information `(checkuser)` View IP addresses used by temporary accounts without needing to check the preference `(checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference)` View the checkuser log `(checkuser-log)` View the log of access to temporary account IP addresses `(checkuser-temporary-account-log)`
Temporary account IP viewers `(checkuser-temporary-account-viewer)` (list of members)	View IP addresses used by temporary accounts `(checkuser-temporary-account)`
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)`
Push subscription managers `(push-subscription-manager)` (list of members)	Manage all push subscriptions `(manage-all-push-subscriptions)`
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)` Hide entries in the abuse log `(abusefilter-hide-log)` View hidden abuse log entries `(abusefilter-hidden-log)` 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)` Create or modify abuse filters `(abusefilter-modify)` Create or modify what external domains are blocked from being linked `(abusefilter-modify-blocked-external-domains)` Create short URLs `(urlshortener-create-url)` Delete tags from the database `(deletechangetags)` Delete pages `(delete)` Delete pages with large histories `(bigdelete)` Edit interwiki data `(interwiki)` 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)` Make string replacements on the entire wiki `(replacetext)` Manage short URLs `(urlshortener-manage-url)` Mark others' edits as patrolled `(patrol)` Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits `(markbotedits)` Mass delete pages `(nuke)` Merge the history of pages `(mergehistory)` Modify abuse filters with restricted actions `(abusefilter-modify-restricted)` 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)` Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA `(skipcaptcha)` Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page `(rollback)` Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again `(transcode-reset)` Revert all changes by a given abuse filter `(abusefilter-revert)` Search deleted pages `(browsearchive)` Send a message to multiple users at once `(massmessage)` Unblock oneself `(unblockself)` Undelete a page `(undelete)` Upload files `(upload)` Use Cosmos ThemeDesigner `(themedesigner)` Use higher limits in API queries `(apihighlimits)` View information about the current transcode activity `(transcode-status)` View a list of unwatched pages `(unwatchedpages)` View abuse filters marked as private `(abusefilter-view-private)` View and create filters that use protected variables `(abusefilter-access-protected-vars)` View deleted history entries, without their associated text `(deletedhistory)` View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions `(deletedtext)` View detailed abuse log entries `(abusefilter-log-detail)` View log entries of abuse filters marked as private `(abusefilter-log-private)` View logs related to accessing protected variable values `(abusefilter-protected-vars-log)` View short URLs management log `(urlshortener-view-log)`
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)` Create pages (which are not discussion pages) `(createpage)` Edit pages `(edit)` 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)` Vote pages `(voteny)`

Namespace restrictions

Namespace	Right(s) allowing user to edit
MediaWiki	Edit the user interface `(editinterface)`