The following is a list of user groups defined on Wikipedia, with the rights associated with each.
| Group | Rights |
|---|
(all)
(*) |
- Create discussion pages
(createtalk)
- Create new user accounts
(createaccount)
- 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)
- Merge their account
(centralauth-merge)
- Read pages
(read)
- Use of the write API
(writeapi)
- Use the VIPS scaling test interface Special:VipsTest
(vipsscaler-test)
- View detailed edit filter log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
- View edit filters
(abusefilter-view)
- View the edit filter log
(abusefilter-log)
- View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name)
(viewmyprivateinfo)
|
Edit filter managers
(abusefilter)
(list of members) |
- Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Create and (de)activate tags
(managechangetags)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Manage edit filters
(abusefilter-modify)
|
Edit filter helpers
(abusefilter-helper)
(list of members) |
- View edit filters marked as private
(abusefilter-view-private)
- View the spam block list log
(spamblacklistlog)
|
Account creators
(accountcreator)
(list of members) |
- Create accounts with names similar to existing usernames
(override-antispoof)
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
- Override the disallowed usernames list
(tboverride-account)
|
Autoconfirmed users
(autoconfirmed) |
- Access a basic view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-basic)
- Create pages in the main namespace
(createpagemainns)
- Edit pages protected as "Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access"
(editsemiprotected)
- Have one's own revisions automatically marked as "accepted"
(autoreview)
- Move pages
(move)
- Move pages under pending changes
(movestable)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Overwrite existing files
(reupload)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again
(transcode-reset)
- Retrieve information about IP addresses attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo)
- Save books as user page
(collectionsaveasuserpage)
- Upload files
(upload)
- View information about the current transcode activity
(transcode-status)
- View detailed edit filter log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
|
Autopatrolled
(autoreviewer)
(list of members) |
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
|
Bots
(bot)
(list of members) |
- Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Be treated as an automated process
(bot)
- Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks
(ipblock-exempt)
- Bypass blocked external domains
(abusefilter-bypass-blocked-external-domains)
- Bypass the spam block list
(sboverride)
- Edit pages protected as "Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access"
(editsemiprotected)
- Edit pages protected as "Require extended confirmed access"
(extendedconfirmed)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
- Have one's own revisions automatically marked as "accepted"
(autoreview)
- Move category pages
(move-categorypages)
- 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)
- 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)
- Use of the write API
(writeapi)
|
Bureaucrats
(bureaucrat)
(list of members) |
- Create accounts with names similar to existing usernames
(override-antispoof)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Move pages with their subpages
(move-subpages)
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
- Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
(suppressredirect)
- Override the disallowed titles or usernames list
(tboverride)
- Add groups: Account creators, Administrators, Interface administrators, Bureaucrats, Bots, Confirmed users, Copyright violation bots and Pending changes reviewers
- Remove groups: IP block exemptions, Administrators, Account creators, Bots, Confirmed users, Interface administrators, Copyright violation bots and Pending changes reviewers
|
Checkusers
(checkuser)
(list of members) |
- Access a full view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-full)
- Check the IP addresses and other information of user accounts; see Wikipedia:CheckUser.
(checkuser)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Search deleted pages
(browsearchive)
- View IP addresses used by temporary accounts without needing to check the preference
(checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference)
- View a log of who has accessed IP information
(ipinfo-view-log)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text
(deletedhistory)
- View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions
(deletedtext)
- View edit filters marked as private
(abusefilter-view-private)
- View private data in the edit filter log
(abusefilter-privatedetails)
- View the checkuser log
(checkuser-log)
- View the edit filter private details access log
(abusefilter-privatedetails-log)
- View the log of access to temporary account IP addresses
(checkuser-temporary-account-log)
|
Confirmed users
(confirmed)
(list of members) |
- Access a basic view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-basic)
- Create pages in the main namespace
(createpagemainns)
- Edit pages protected as "Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access"
(editsemiprotected)
- Have one's own revisions automatically marked as "accepted"
(autoreview)
- Move pages
(move)
- Move pages under pending changes
(movestable)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Overwrite existing files
(reupload)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again
(transcode-reset)
- Retrieve information about IP addresses attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo)
- Save books as user page
(collectionsaveasuserpage)
- Upload files
(upload)
- View information about the current transcode activity
(transcode-status)
- View detailed edit filter log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
|
Copyright violation bots
(copyviobot)
(list of members) |
- Tag pages in the Special:NewPagesFeed as likely copyright violations, through the pagetriage-tagcopyvio API
(pagetriage-copyvio)
|
Event coordinators
(eventcoordinator)
(list of members) |
|
Extended confirmed users
(extendedconfirmed)
(list of members) |
- Edit pages protected as "Require extended confirmed access"
(extendedconfirmed)
|
Page movers
(extendedmover)
(list of members) |
- Delete single revision redirects
(delete-redirect)
- Move category pages
(move-categorypages)
- Move pages
(move)
- Move pages with their subpages
(move-subpages)
- Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
(suppressredirect)
- Override the disallowed titles or usernames list
(tboverride)
|
File movers
(filemover)
(list of members) |
|
Founder
(founder)
(list of members) |
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Read pages
(read)
|
Importers
(import)
(list of members) |
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Import pages from a file upload
(importupload)
- Import pages from other wikis
(import)
|
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)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
|
IP block exemptions
(ipblock-exempt)
(list of members) |
- Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks
(ipblock-exempt)
- Bypass IP restrictions issued by the StopForumSpam extension
(sfsblock-bypass)
- Bypass automatic blocks of Tor exit nodes
(torunblocked)
|
Mass message senders
(massmessage-sender)
(list of members) |
- Send a message to multiple users at once
(massmessage)
|
Users blocked from the IP Information tool
(no-ipinfo)
(list of members) |
- Access a basic view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-basic)
- Access a full view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-full)
- Retrieve information about IP addresses attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo)
- View a log of who has accessed IP information
(ipinfo-view-log)
|
New page reviewers
(patroller)
(list of members) |
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
|
Researchers
(researcher)
(list of members) |
- Search deleted pages
(browsearchive)
- Use higher limits in API queries
(apihighlimits)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text
(deletedhistory)
- View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions
(deletedtext)
|
Pending changes reviewers
(reviewer)
(list of members) |
- Edit pages protected as "Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access"
(editsemiprotected)
- Have one's own revisions automatically marked as "accepted"
(autoreview)
- Mark revisions as being "accepted"
(review)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
|
Rollbackers
(rollbacker)
(list of members) |
- Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page
(rollback)
|
Stewards
(steward)
(list of members) |
- Delete pages with large histories
(bigdelete)
- Edit all user rights
(userrights)
- Forcibly create a local account for a global account
(centralauth-createlocal)
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
|
Oversighters
(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)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Hide entries in the edit filter log
(abusefilter-hide-log)
- Hide from administrators and restore elements of individual page revisions
(suppressrevision)
- Search deleted pages
(browsearchive)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text
(deletedhistory)
- View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions
(deletedtext)
- View edit filters marked as private
(abusefilter-view-private)
- View hidden edit filter log entries
(abusefilter-hidden-log)
- View private logs
(suppressionlog)
- View revisions hidden from any user
(viewsuppressed)
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Administrators
(sysop)
(list of members) |
- Access a full view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-full)
- Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- 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)
- Configure how the latest accepted revision is selected and displayed
(stablesettings)
- Create accounts with names similar to existing usernames
(override-antispoof)
- Create and (de)activate tags
(managechangetags)
- Create new user accounts
(createaccount)
- 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 and undelete specific log entries
(deletelogentry)
- Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages
(deleterevision)
- Delete pages
(delete)
- Disable global blocks locally
(globalblock-whitelist)
- Edit other users' JSON files
(edituserjson)
- Edit pages protected as "Require administrator access"
(editprotected)
- Edit pages protected as "Require autoconfirmed or confirmed access"
(editsemiprotected)
- Edit pages protected as "Require extended confirmed access"
(extendedconfirmed)
- Edit protected templates
(templateeditor)
- Edit sitewide JSON
(editsitejson)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Edit the user interface
(editinterface)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Forcibly create a local account for a global account
(centralauth-createlocal)
- Have one's own revisions automatically marked as "accepted"
(autoreview)
- Import pages from other wikis
(import)
- Manage the list of mentors
(managementors)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
- Mark revisions as being "accepted"
(review)
- Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits
(markbotedits)
- Mass delete pages
(nuke)
- Merge the history of pages
(mergehistory)
- Modify edit filters with restricted actions
(abusefilter-modify-restricted)
- Move category pages
(move-categorypages)
- Move files
(movefile)
- Move pages
(move)
- Move pages under pending changes
(movestable)
- 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)
- Override the disallowed titles or usernames list
(tboverride)
- 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 edit filter
(abusefilter-revert)
- Search deleted pages
(browsearchive)
- Send a message to multiple users at once
(massmessage)
- Set user's mentor
(setmentor)
- Undelete a page
(undelete)
- Upload files
(upload)
- Use higher limits in API queries
(apihighlimits)
- View information about the current transcode activity
(transcode-status)
- 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)
- View detailed edit filter log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
- View edit filters marked as private
(abusefilter-view-private)
- View log entries of edit filters marked as private
(abusefilter-log-private)
- View the disallowed titles list log
(titleblacklistlog)
- View the list of unreviewed pages (unused on English Wikipedia)
(unreviewedpages)
- Add groups: Edit filter managers, Edit filter helpers, Account creators, Autopatrolled, Confirmed users, Event coordinators, File movers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers, Template editors, Mass message senders, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, New page reviewers and IP block exemptions
- Remove groups: Rollbackers, Account creators, Edit filter managers, Edit filter helpers, Autopatrolled, Confirmed users, Pending changes reviewers, File movers, Template editors, Mass message senders, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, New page reviewers, Event coordinators and IP block exemptions
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Template editors
(templateeditor)
(list of members) |
- Edit protected templates
(templateeditor)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Override the disallowed titles or usernames list
(tboverride)
|
Transwiki importers
(transwiki)
(list of members) |
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Import pages from other wikis
(import)
|
Users
(user)
(list of members) |
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Create discussion pages
(createtalk)
- Create pages (which are not discussion pages)
(createpage)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit your own user CSS files
(editmyusercss)
- Edit your own user JSON files
(editmyuserjson)
- Edit your own user JavaScript files
(editmyuserjs)
- Edit your own watchlist (note that some actions will still add pages even without this right)
(editmywatchlist)
- Manage OAuth grants
(mwoauthmanagemygrants)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
- Move root user pages
(move-rootuserpages)
- Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself
(reupload-own)
- Read pages
(read)
- Save books as user page
(collectionsaveasuserpage)
- Send email to other users
(sendemail)
- Use of the write API
(writeapi)
- View the spam block list log
(spamblacklistlog)
- View your own watchlist
(viewmywatchlist)
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