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

Group	Rights
(all)	Create discussion pages `(createtalk)` Create new user accounts `(createaccount)` Create pages (which are not discussion pages) `(createpage)` Edit your own preferences `(editmyoptions)` Edit your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) `(editmyprivateinfo)` Edit your own watchlist. Note some actions will still add pages even without this right. `(editmywatchlist)` Read pages `(read)` Use of the write API `(writeapi)` View "Edit" tab for pages editable by form `(viewedittab)` View abuse filters `(abusefilter-view)` View detailed abuse log entries `(abusefilter-log-detail)` View the abuse log `(abusefilter-log)` View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) `(viewmyprivateinfo)` View your own watchlist `(viewmywatchlist)`
Autoconfirmed users	Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" `(editsemiprotected)` Not be affected by IP-based rate limits `(autoconfirmed)` Review translations `(translate-messagereview)`
banling (list of members)	Block a user from sending email `(blockemail)` Block other users from editing `(block)` Delete pages `(delete)`
Bots (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)` 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 (list of members)	Disable accounts `(disableaccount)` Edit all user rights `(userrights)` Merge users `(usermerge)` Not be affected by rate limits `(noratelimit)` Override the spoofing checks `(override-antispoof)` Rename users `(renameuser)`
Check users (list of members)	Check users' IP addresses and other information `(checkuser)` View the checkuser log `(checkuser-log)`
Moderators (CommentStreams) (list of members)	Delete comments by any user `(cs-moderator-delete)`
developers (list of members)	Delete pages `(delete)` Edit interwiki data `(interwiki)` Edit using the translate interface `(translate)` Mark versions of pages for translation `(pagetranslation)` Propose new OAuth consumers `(mwoauthproposeconsumer)` Update OAuth consumers you control `(mwoauthupdateownconsumer)` edit-modules `(edit-modules)` handbook-edit `(handbook-edit)` project-edit `(project-edit)` Add group: translators Remove group: translators
electionstaff (list of members)	electionstaff `(electionstaff)` project-edit `(project-edit)`
glep-editors (list of members)	glep-edit `(glep-edit)`
handbook-editors (list of members)	handbook-edit `(handbook-edit)`
headtranslators (list of members)	Edit the user interface `(editinterface)` Edit using the translate interface `(translate)` Mark versions of pages for translation `(pagetranslation)`
Interface administrators (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)`
Administrators (Semantic MediaWiki) (list of members)	Access to administration tasks (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-admin)`
Curators (Semantic MediaWiki) (list of members)	Access information about an entity associated revision mismatch (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-viewentityassociatedrevisionmismatch)` Access to the job queue watchlist feature (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-viewjobqueuewatchlist)` Edit schema pages (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-schemaedit)` Edit access for `Is edit protected` annotated pages (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-pageedit)` Edit access to maintain allowed regular expressions and patterns (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-patternedit)` View edit help (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-vieweditpageinfo)`
Editors (Semantic MediaWiki) (list of members)	View edit help (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-vieweditpageinfo)`
Suppressors (list of members)	Block a username, hiding 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 (list of members)	Access information about an entity associated revision mismatch (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-viewentityassociatedrevisionmismatch)` Access to administration tasks (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-admin)` Access to log of two-factor authentication changes `(oathauth-view-log)` Access to the job queue watchlist feature (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-viewjobqueuewatchlist)` Block a user from sending email `(blockemail)` Block other users from editing `(block)` Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks `(ipblock-exempt)` Change protection levels and edit cascade-protected pages `(protect)` Create and (de)activate tags `(managechangetags)` Create and edit widgets in the `Widget` namespace `(editwidgets)` Create new user accounts `(createaccount)` Create or modify abuse filters `(abusefilter-modify)` Delete tags from the database `(deletechangetags)` Delete comments by any user `(cs-moderator-delete)` Delete pages `(delete)` Delete pages with large histories `(bigdelete)` Disable accounts `(disableaccount)` Disable two-factor authentication for a user `(oathauth-disable-for-user)` Edit schema pages (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-schemaedit)` Edit access for `Is edit protected` annotated pages (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-pageedit)` Edit access to maintain allowed regular expressions and patterns (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-patternedit)` Edit comments by any user `(cs-moderator-edit)` 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 restricted form fields `(editrestrictedfields)` Edit sitewide JSON `(editsitejson)` Edit the user interface `(editinterface)` Edit using the translate interface `(translate)` 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)` Mark others' edits as patrolled `(patrol)` Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits `(markbotedits)` Mark versions of pages for translation `(pagetranslation)` 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)` Override the spoofing checks `(override-antispoof)` Override the title or username blacklist `(tboverride)` Overwrite existing files `(reupload)` Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA `(skipcaptcha)` Propose new OAuth consumers `(mwoauthproposeconsumer)` Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page `(rollback)` Rename users `(renameuser)` Revert all changes by a given abuse filter `(abusefilter-revert)` Search deleted pages `(browsearchive)` Unblock oneself `(unblockself)` Undelete a page `(undelete)` Update OAuth consumers you control `(mwoauthupdateownconsumer)` Upload files `(upload)` Use higher limits in API queries `(apihighlimits)` Verify whether a user has two-factor authentication enabled `(oathauth-verify-user)` View edit help (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-vieweditpageinfo)` View a list of unwatched pages `(unwatchedpages)` View abuse filters marked as private `(abusefilter-view-private)` 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 private data in the abuse log `(abusefilter-privatedetails)` View title blacklist log `(titleblacklistlog)` edit-modules `(edit-modules)` electionstaff `(electionstaff)` Add group: translators Remove group: translators
translators (list of members)	Edit using the translate interface `(translate)`
trustees (list of members)	foundation-edit `(foundation-edit)`
Users (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 new "classes" of pages `(createclass)` Create pages (which are not discussion pages) `(createpage)` Edit multiple pages using a spreadsheet `(multipageedit)` 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)` Enable two-factor authentication `(oathauth-enable)` Manage OAuth grants `(mwoauthmanagemygrants)` 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)` Post, edit, and delete user's own comments `(cs-comment)` Purge the cache for a page `(purge)` Read pages `(read)` Send email to other users `(sendemail)` Upload files `(upload)` Use of the write API `(writeapi)` View edit help (Semantic MediaWiki) `(smw-vieweditpageinfo)` View the spam blacklist log `(spamblacklistlog)`
Widget editors (list of members)	Create and edit widgets in the `Widget` namespace `(editwidgets)`

Namespace restrictions

Namespace	Right(s) allowing user to edit
MediaWiki	Edit the user interface `(editinterface)`
Widget	Create and edit widgets in the `Widget` namespace `(editwidgets)`
Project	project-edit `(project-edit)`
Foundation	foundation-edit `(foundation-edit)`
GLEP	glep-edit `(glep-edit)`
GLEP Talk	glep-edit `(glep-edit)`
Handbook	handbook-edit `(handbook-edit)`
Module	edit-modules `(edit-modules)`
Translations	Edit using the translate interface `(translate)`
Gadget	Edit gadget JavaScript and CSS pages `(gadgets-edit)`
Gadget definition	Edit gadget definitions `(gadgets-definition-edit)`