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A contributor's ability to perform certain actions in Wikipedia depends on his/her '''user access level'''. This is determined by whether the editor is logged in to an account, whether the account has a sufficient age and number of edits, and what additional rights ("user groups", also called "flags" or "bits") have been assigned manually to the account.
A contributor's ability to perform certain actions in Wikipedia depends on his/her '''user access level'''. This is determined by whether the editor is logged in to an account, whether the account has a sufficient age and number of edits, and what additional rights ("user groups", also called "flags" or "bits") have been assigned manually to the account.


Everyone is able to read Wikipedia.  Unless they are blocked, they may freely edit most pages without the need to be logged in. Being logged in gives users a number of advantages including the ability to create new pages. Accounts more than a certain number of days old with more than a certain number of edits automatically become [[WP:Autoconfirmed|autoconfirmed]]. Further access levels need to be assigned manually by a user with the appropriate authority. An editor with more experience and good standing can attempt to become an [[Wikipedia:Administrator|administrator]] (sysop), which provides a large number of advanced permissions. A number of other flags for specialized tasks are also available.
Everyone is able to read Wikipedia.  Unless they are blocked, they may freely edit most pages without the need to be logged in. Being logged in gives users a number of advantages including the ability to create new pages. Accounts more than a certain number of days old with more than a certain number of edits automatically become autoconfirmed. Further access levels need to be assigned manually by a user with the appropriate authority. An editor with more experience and good standing can attempt to become an [[Wikipedia:Administrator|administrator]] (sysop), which provides a large number of advanced permissions. A number of other flags for specialized tasks are also available.


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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== User groups ==
== User groups ==
The system-generated technical permissions are listed at [[Special:ListGroupRights]].
The system-generated technical permissions are listed at [[Special:ListGroupRights]].
{{Anchors|Unregistered users|Unregistered|*}}


==== Unregistered users ====
==== Unregistered users ====


Contributors who have not [[Special:UserLogin/signup|created an account]] or [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] are identified by their IP address rather than a user name, and may read all Wikipedia pages (except restricted [[Help:Special page|special pages]]), and edit pages that are not [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|protected or semi-protected]]. They may create [[Help:Using talk pages|talk pages]] in any talk [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]] but may need to ask for help to create pages in some parts of the wiki. They cannot [[Wikipedia:Upload|upload]] files or images. They must answer a [[CAPTCHA]] if they wish to make an edit which involves the addition of one or more [[Wikipedia:External links|external links]], and click a confirm link to [[Wikipedia:Purge|purge]] pages. All users may also query the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php site API] in 500-record batches.
Contributors who have not [[Special:UserLogin/signup|created an account]] or [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] are identified by their IP address rather than a user name, and may read all Wikipedia pages (except restricted special pages), and edit pages that are not [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|protected or semi-protected]]. They may create talk pages in any talk [[Wikipedia:Namespace|namespace]] but may need to ask for help to create pages in some parts of the wiki. They cannot [[Wikipedia:Upload|upload]] files or images.  
 
{{Anchors|New users|New|user}}


==== New users ====
==== New users ====
Users who edit through an account they have registered may immediately [[Help:Starting a new page|create pages]] in any namespace (except the [[Help:MediaWiki namespace|MediaWiki namespace]], and limited to eight per minute) and may also e-mail other users if they activate an email address in their [[Special:Preferences|user preferences]]. All logged-in users may mark edits as [[Help:Minor edit|minor]]. They may purge pages without a confirmation step, but are still required to answer a [[CAPTCHA]] when adding external links. They may save [[WP:Books|books]] to their userspace but not the Books namespace. They may also customize their Wikimedia interface and its options as they wish, via [[Special:Preferences]] or by adding [[Help:User style|personal]] [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] or [[JavaScript]] rules to their [[Special:Mypage/vector.css|vector.css]] or [[Special:Mypage/vector.js|vector.js]] files.
Users who edit through an account they have registered may immediately create pages in any namespace (except the MediaWiki namespace, and limited to eight per minute) and may also e-mail other users if they activate an email address in their [[Special:Preferences|user preferences]]. All logged-in users may mark edits as minor. They may save books to their userspace but not the Books namespace. They may also customize their Wikimedia interface and its options as they wish, via [[Special:Preferences]] or by adding personal CSS or JavaScript rules to their [[Special:Mypage/vector.css|vector.css]] or [[Special:Mypage/vector.js|vector.js]] files.
 
{{Anchors|Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed|autoconfirmed|confirmed|Confirmed|Confirmed users}}


==== Autoconfirmed and confirmed users ====
==== Autoconfirmed and confirmed users ====
{{distinguish|Wikipedia:Autochecked users}}
Several actions on the English Wikipedia are restricted to user accounts that have been created for a certain number of days and which have made a certain number of edits. Users who meet these requirements are considered part of the pseudo-group autoconfirmed. Autoconfirmed status is checked every time a user performs a restricted action: it is then granted automatically by the software. Although the precise requirements for autoconfirmed status vary according to circumstances, most English Wikipedia user accounts that are more than four days old ''and'' have made at least 10 edits are considered autoconfirmed.  
{{Shortcut|WP:AUTOCONFIRM|WP:AUTOC|WP:CONFIRM}}
Several actions on the English Wikipedia are restricted to user accounts that have been created for a certain number of days and which have made a certain number of edits. Users who meet these requirements are considered part of the pseudo-group <tt>'autoconfirmed'<tt>. Autoconfirmed status is checked every time a user performs a restricted action: it is then granted automatically by the software. Although the precise requirements for autoconfirmed status vary according to circumstances, most English Wikipedia user accounts that are more than four days old ''and'' have made at least 10 edits are considered autoconfirmed. However, users with [[Wikipedia:IP block exemption|IPBE]] editing through the [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] network are subjected to stricter autoconfirmed thresholds: [https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/CommonSettings.php.txt 90 days and 100 edits].
 
Autoconfirmed or confirmed status is required to [[Help:Page move|move pages]], edit [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|semi-protected pages]], and [[Wikipedia:Upload|upload files]] or upload a new version of an existing file. Autoconfirmed users are no longer required to enter a [[CAPTCHA]] for most events; they may mark pages created by others as [[Wikipedia:New pages patrol/patrolled pages|patrolled]] in [[Special:NewPages]] and save [[WP:Books|books]] to the Books namespace. In addition, the [[Wikipedia:Edit filter|Edit filter]] has a number of warning settings that only affect editors who are not autoconfirmed.
 
In some situations, it is necessary for accounts to be exempted from the customary confirmation period. The <tt>'confirmed'</tt> group contains the same rights as the <tt>'autoconfirmed'</tt> pseudo-group, but can be granted by administrators as necessary. There is no point in giving this right to a user whose account is already autoconfirmed, because it provides exactly the same abilities.  To request this permission see [[Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed]]. See [[Special:ListUsers/confirmed]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:confirmed}} confirmed users.


{{As of|2014|August}}, there were approximately 1.4 million autoconfirmed users on English Wikipedia, of which the vast majority are inactive. See [[Special:ActiveUsers]] for recently active users.
In some situations, it is necessary for accounts to be exempted from the customary confirmation period. The confirmed group contains the same rights as the autoconfirmed pseudo-group, but can be granted by administrators as necessary. There is no point in giving this right to a user whose account is already autoconfirmed, because it provides exactly the same abilities.  To request this permission see [[Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed]]. See [[Special:ListUsers/confirmed]] for a list of the confirmed users.


=== Administrators and bureaucrats ===
=== Administrators and bureaucrats ===


{{anchors|sysop|admin|Admin}}
{{anchors|Administrator|Admin|Sysop|sysop|admin}}


==== Administrators ====
==== Administrators ====
{{seealso|Wikipedia:Administrators}}
Administrator rights are granted by the community at [[WP:RfA|Requests for Adminship (RfA)]].<ref name="wmf"/> The RfA process involves considerable discussion and examination of their activities as an editor. Users who are members of this user group have access to [[Wikipedia:Administrators/Tools|a number of tools]] to allow them to carry out certain functions on the wiki. The tools cover processes such as [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|page deletion]], [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|page protection]], [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocking and unblocking]], access to modify [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Full protection|fully protected]] pages and the Mediawiki interface. Administrators also have the ability to grant and remove account creator, rollback, ipblock-exempt, confirmed user, file mover, pending changes reviewer, autopatrolled, template editor and edit filter manager rights to other users, and to their own [[Wikipedia:Sock puppetry#Legitimate uses|alternate accounts]]. By convention, administrators also normally take responsibility for judging the outcome of certain discussions requiring these technical controls (such as deletions).  Administrators are not granted special editorial control over article content.


See [[Special:ListUsers/sysop]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:sysop|R}} administrators, also known as "[[sysop]]s" ('''sys'''tem '''op'''erator'''s'''). The two terms are used interchangeably.
Administrator rights are granted by the Earthwise team. Administrator examine of activity as an editor. Users who are members of this user group have access to a number of tools to allow them to carry out certain functions on the wiki. The tools cover processes such as [[Wikipedia:Deletion policy|page deletion]], [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|page protection]], [[Wikipedia:Blocking policy|blocking and unblocking]], access to modify [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#Full protection|fully protected]] pages and the Mediawiki interface. Administrators also have the ability to grant and remove account creator, rollback, ipblock-exempt, confirmed user, file mover, pending changes reviewer, autopatrolled, template editor and edit filter manager rights to other users, and to their own [[Wikipedia:Sock puppetry#Legitimate uses|alternate accounts]]. By convention, administrators also normally take responsibility for judging the outcome of certain discussions requiring these technical controls (such as deletions). Administrators are not granted special editorial control over article content.


{{anchors|Bureaucrat|Crat|bureaucrat}}


==== Bureaucrats ====
==== Bureaucrats ====
{{Shortcut|WP:Bureaucrat rights|Help:Bureaucrat rights}}
Bureaucrat rights are granted by the Earthwise team to exceptionally trusted users who are allowed to perform certain actions on other users' accounts.
{{seealso|Wikipedia:Bureaucrats}}
Bureaucrat rights are granted by the community at [[WP:RfB|Requests for Bureaucratship (RfB)]] to exceptionally trusted users who are allowed to perform certain actions on other users' accounts.


Bureaucrats have extended access to [[Special:UserRights]], enabling them to add users to the <tt>'bureaucrat'</tt> group (but not remove them),<ref>[[MediaWiki]] [https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/gitweb?p=mediawiki/core.git;a=blob;f=includes/DefaultSettings.php default settings] are that the 'bureaucrats' group has the <tt>userrights</tt> flag (giving access to [[Special:UserRights]]) and can add or remove any flags. However this can be modified by [[mw:Manual:$wgAddGroups]] and [[mw:Manual:$wgRemoveGroups]] to restrict adding/removing flags to specified ones. Wikimedia's settings file [http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php uses these], and by default bureaucrats can only ''remove'' <tt>bot</tt> flags and ''add'' <tt>administrator, bureaucrat</tt> and <tt>bot</tt> flags. English Wikipedia, or 'enwiki', settings additionally permit adding <tt>accountcreator</tt> and removal of <tt>ipblock-exempt</tt> and <tt>accountcreator</tt>; which administrators can do anyway, and removal of <tt>sysop</tt>.</ref> and both add users to and remove users from the <tt>'administrator'</tt><ref>Since August 2011, per {{Bugzilla|18390}}</ref> and <tt>'[[#Bots|bot]]'</tt> user groups. Bureaucrats can use [[Special:RenameUser]] to [[Wikipedia:Changing username|rename users]] (including themselves).
Bureaucrats have extended access to [[Special:UserRights]], enabling them to add users to the 'bureaucrat' group (but not remove them),
 
See [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:bureaucrat}} bureaucrats.


=== Other flags giving access to specialized functions ===
=== Other flags giving access to specialized functions ===


==== Pending changes reviewer ====
==== Pending changes reviewer ====
{{anchor|Reviewer}}
{{see also|Wikipedia:Reviewing}}
Members of this group can review other users' edits to articles placed under [[WP:Protection policy#Pending changes protection|pending changes protection]]. When pending changes was first implemented, the right was automatically assigned to administrators. Prior to September 2014, this right was known as "reviewer".


See [[Special:ListUsers/reviewer]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:reviewer|R}} reviewers.
Members of this group can review other users' edits to articles placed under pending changes protection. When pending changes was first implemented, the right was automatically assigned to administrators. Prior to September 2014, this right was known as "reviewer".
 
{{anchors|rollbacker}}


==== Rollback ====
==== Rollback ====
{{seealso|Wikipedia:Rollback}}
Users who are given the rollback flag ('rollbacker' user group) may revert revisions using the [[Wikipedia:Rollback feature|rollback]] feature. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.
Users who are given the rollback flag (<tt>'rollbacker'</tt> user group) may [[Help:Reverting|revert]] revisions using the [[Wikipedia:Rollback feature|rollback]] feature. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.


See [[Special:ListUsers/rollbacker]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:rollbacker|R}} rollbackers.
==== Autopatrolled ====


{{anchors|autoreview}}
==== Autopatrolled ====
{{anchor|Autoreviewer}}
{{see also|Wikipedia:Autopatrolled}}
Members of this group have 'autopatrol', which allows them to have their pages automatically patrolled on the [[Special:NewPages|New Pages list]].  This right is automatically assigned to administrators. Prior to June 2010, this right was known as "autoreviewer".
Members of this group have 'autopatrol', which allows them to have their pages automatically patrolled on the [[Special:NewPages|New Pages list]].  This right is automatically assigned to administrators. Prior to June 2010, this right was known as "autoreviewer".


See [[Special:ListUsers/autoreviewer]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:autoreviewer|R}} autoreviewers.


{{anchors|File Mover|filemover|file mover}}
==== File mover ====


==== File mover ====
{{See also|Wikipedia:File mover}}
The file mover user right is intended to allow users experienced in working with files to rename them, subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming Wikipedia articles. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.
The file mover user right is intended to allow users experienced in working with files to rename them, subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming Wikipedia articles. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.


See [[Special:ListUsers/filemover]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:filemover}} additional filemovers.
See [[Special:ListUsers/filemover]] for a list of the filemover additional filemovers.


{{anchors|accountcreator|account creator}}


==== Accountcreator ====
==== Accountcreator ====
{{Shortcut|WP:ACCOUNTCREATOR}}
Users who are given the accountcreator flag ('accountcreator' user group) are not affected by the 6 account creation limit per day per IP, and can create accounts for other users without restriction. Users in this group can also override the anti-spoof checks on account creation. This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bureaucrats. Additionally, account creators are able to create accounts with names that are otherwise blocked by the title blacklist.
{{See also|Wikipedia:Account creator}}
Users who are given the accountcreator flag (<tt>'accountcreator'</tt> user group) are not affected by the 6 account creation limit per day per IP, and can create accounts for other users without restriction. Users in this group can also override the anti-spoof checks on account creation. This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bureaucrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Account_creators|title=Project:Account creators|accessdate=2015-02-01|publisher=[[MediaWikiWiki:Project:About|MediaWikiWiki]]|quote= [[mw:Manual:DefaultSettings.php|DefaultSettings.php]] grants the <code>noratelimit</code> [[mw:Manual:User rights|user right]] to [[Project:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] and [[Project:Administrators|sysops]].|date=2015}}</ref> Additionally, account creators are able to create accounts with names that are otherwise blocked by the [[MediaWiki:Titleblacklist|title blacklist]].
 
See [[Special:ListUsers/accountcreator]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:accountcreator}} additional account creators.
 
{{anchors|template editor|templateeditor}}


==== Template editor ====
==== Template editor ====
{{See also|Wikipedia:Template editor}}
Members of this group are allowed to edit pages protected with [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#template|template protection]] as well as create and edit [[Wikipedia:editnotice|editnotices]]. Template protection is only applied to pages in the [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|template]] and [[Wikipedia:Lua|module]] namespaces. It is intended to allow experienced template and module coders to make changes without having to request that an administrator make the edits for them.
Members of this group are allowed to edit pages protected with [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#template|template protection]] as well as create and edit [[Wikipedia:editnotice|editnotices]]. Template protection is only applied to pages in the [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|template]] and [[Wikipedia:Lua|module]] namespaces. It is intended to allow experienced template and module coders to make changes without having to request that an administrator make the edits for them.


See [[Special:ListUsers/templateeditor]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:templateeditor}} template editors.
{{anchors|ipblock-exempt}}


==== Ipblock-exempt ====
==== Ipblock-exempt ====
{{see also|Wikipedia:IP block exemption}}
Users who are given the ipblock-exempt flag (<tt>'ipblock-exempt'</tt> user group) are not affected by [[WP:AUTOBLOCK|autoblocks]] and blocks of IP addresses and ranges that aren't made with the "anonymous users only" setting.  This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bots, however the flag must be added separately to enable editing from IP addresses affected by [[Tor (anonymity network)#Site operators may block traffic from Tor exit nodes|Tor blocks]].
See [[Special:ListUsers/ipblock-exempt]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:ipblock-exempt}} affected users.


{{anchors|editfilter}}
Users who are given the ipblock-exempt flag ('ipblock-exempt' user group) are not affected by autoblocks and blocks of IP addresses and ranges that aren't made with the "anonymous users only" setting.  This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bots, however the flag must be added separately to enable editing from IP addresses affected by Tor blocks.


==== Edit Filter managers ====
==== Edit Filter managers ====
{{Shortcut|WP:AFE}}
Members of this group can create, modify and delete edit filters. This flag is given and removed by administrators. It is not assigned to administrators by default.
{{seealso|Wikipedia:Edit filter}}
Members of this group can create, modify and delete [[Special:AbuseFilter|edit filters]]. This flag is given and removed by administrators. It is not assigned to administrators by default.


See [[Special:ListUsers/abusefilter]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:abusefilter}} filter editors. All users can check their {{special|AbuseLog|wpSearchUser|Example|abuse log}} on the [[Special:AbuseFilter]] pages.
See [[Special:ListUsers/abusefilter]] for a list of the abusefilter filter editors. All users can check their abuse log on the [AbuseFilter pages.


{{anchors|oversight}}


==== Oversight ====
==== Oversight ====
{{seealso|Wikipedia:Oversight}}
Users who are given the oversight flag (<tt>'oversight'</tt> user group) have access to [[Special:HideRevision]], through which they can permanently hide revisions of pages from all users, and [[Special:Oversight]], where they can view a log of such actions and the content of the hidden revisions. This right is only granted to exceedingly few users who are at least 18 years old and have identified themselves to the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Oversights are also required to be administrators.<ref name="wmf">The Wikimedia Foundation has [[Special:Diff/545773892|stated]] that an "RFA or RFA-identical process" is required for users to be granted access to deleted revisions and hence have the administrator user right.</ref>
See [[Special:ListUsers/oversight]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:oversight}} oversight administrators.


{{anchors|checkuser}}
Users who are given the oversight flag ('oversight' user group) have access to HideRevision, through which they can permanently hide revisions of pages from all users, and Oversight, where they can view a log of such actions and the content of the hidden revisions. This right is only granted to exceedingly few users who are at least 18 years old and have identified themselves to the Wikimedia Foundation. Oversights are also required to be administrators.


==== CheckUser ====
==== CheckUser ====
{{seealso|Wikipedia:CheckUser|meta:CheckUser policy}}
Users who are given the checkuser flag (checkuser' user group) have access to CheckUser. They are able to view a list of all IP addresses used by a user account to edit the English Wikipedia, a list of all edits made by an IP, or all user accounts that have used an IP address. They may also view a log of such requests. This right is only granted to exceedingly few users who are at least 18 years old and have identified themselves to the Wikimedia Foundation. Checkusers are also required to be administrators.
Users who are given the checkuser flag (<tt>'checkuser'</tt> user group) have access to [[Special:CheckUser]]. They are able to view a list of all [[IP address]]es used by a user account to edit the English Wikipedia, a list of all edits made by an IP, or all user accounts that have used an IP address. They may also view a log of such requests. This right is only granted to exceedingly few users who are at least 18 years old and have identified themselves to the [[Wikimedia Foundation]]. Checkusers are also required to be administrators.<ref name="wmf"/>


See [[Special:ListUsers/checkuser]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:checkuser}} CheckUser administrators.


==== Course coordinator, instructor, online and campus volunteer ====
==== Course coordinator, instructor, online and campus volunteer ====
{{Shortcut|WP:Course coordinators|WP:Course instructors|WP:Course online volunteers|WP:Course campus volunteers}}
 
{{main|Wikipedia:Course pages}}
Members of these user groups (in addition to administrators) can manage course pages in the "Education Program:" namespace. Course coordinator rights (as well as the instructor, online volunteer and campus volunteer rights) are assigned by administrators. Course coordinators may assign "course online volunteer", "course campus volunteer", and "course instructor" rights to other users. Online and campus volunteers, respectively, can designate themselves as supporters for individual courses (whom students can turn to for help, online or in person). They do this by going to the course page and using the software interface to associate their account with the course.
Members of these user groups (in addition to administrators) can manage course pages in the "Education Program:" namespace. Course coordinator rights (as well as the instructor, online volunteer and campus volunteer rights) are assigned by administrators. Course coordinators may assign "course online volunteer", "course campus volunteer", and "course instructor" rights to other users. Online and campus volunteers, respectively, can designate themselves as supporters for individual courses (whom students can turn to for help, online or in person). They do this by going to the course page and using the software interface to associate their account with the course.


==== Mass message sender ====
==== Mass message sender ====
{{seealso|Wikipedia:Mass message senders}}
Members of this group may send messages to multiple users at once. See [[Special:ListUsers/massmessage-sender]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:massmessage-sender}} ''licensed spammers''.


=== Other flagged accounts ===
Members of this group may send messages to multiple users at once. See [[Special:ListUsers/massmessage-sender]] for a list of the ''licensed spammers''.
 


{{anchors|bot}}


==== Bots ====
==== Bots ====
{{seealso|Wikipedia:Bot policy}}
Accounts used by approved bots to make pre-approved edits can be flagged as such. Bot accounts are automated or semi-automated, the nature of their edits is well defined, and they will be quickly blocked if their actions vary from their given tasks, so they need less scrutiny than human edits.
Accounts used by approved [[WP:BOT|bots]] to make pre-approved edits can be flagged as such. Bot accounts are automated or semi-automated, the nature of their edits is well defined, and they will be quickly blocked if their actions vary from their given tasks, so they need less scrutiny than human edits.
 
For this reason, contributions from accounts with the bot flag (<tt>'[[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]]'</tt> user group) are not displayed in [[Wikipedia:Recent Changes|recent changes]] or [[Help:Watching pages|watchlists]] to users who have opted to hide bot edits. Minor edits made by bot accounts to user talk pages do not trigger the [[Help:Using talk pages#You have new messages|"you have new messages"]] banner.  Bot accounts can query the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php API] in batches of 5,000 rather than 500.
 
See [[Special:ListUsers/bot]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:bot}} bots.
 
{{anchors|founder}}
 
==== Founder ====
The [[Special:ListUsers/founder|founder]] group was created on the English Wikipedia by developer Tim Starling,{{when}} without community input, as an {{as of|2015|lc=y}} unique group ({{NUMINGROUP:founder}} member) for [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy Wales]]. The group gives Wales full access to [[Special:UserRights|user rights]]. As 'local founder actions' are usually of great interest to the local community, and are only relevant to the English Wikipedia, the local <tt>'founder'</tt> right also has the benefit of allowing Wales' actions to be visible in the [[Special:Log/rights|English Wikipedia rights log]]; actions performed with the global founder bit are not visible in that record, but only on the [[m:Special:Log/rights|log at Metawiki]].
 
==== Researcher ====
{{Shortcut|WP:RESEARCHER}}
The <tt>'researcher'</tt> group was created in April 2010 to allow individuals explicitly approved by the Wikimedia Foundation to perform a title search for deleted pages and view deleted history entries but not to view the actual revisions of deleted pages.<ref>The group has access to the <tt>browsearchive</tt> and <tt>deletedhistory</tt> rights, as well <tt>apihighlimits</tt> ([http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php Wikimedia NOC])</ref> Policies governing the access level are [[meta:Research:Committee/Areas of interest/Non-public data permissions|under development]] by the [[meta:Research:Committee|Wikimedia Foundation Research Committee (RCom)]] and being discussed here at [[Wikipedia talk:FAQ/Research]].


See [[Special:ListUsers/researcher]] for a list of the at the moment {{NUMINGROUP:researcher}} researcher{{#ifeq:{{NUMINGROUP:researcher}}|1||s}} and [[meta:Research:Special API permissions/Log]] for further details.
For this reason, contributions from accounts with the bot flag (bot user group) are not displayed in [[Wikipedia:Recent Changes|recent changes]] or watchlists to users who have opted to hide bot edits. Minor edits made by bot accounts to user talk pages do not trigger the "you have new messages" banner.  Bot accounts can query the [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php API] in batches of 5,000 rather than 500.


{{anchors|import}}


==== Importers and Transwiki ====
In general, rights of editors blocked indefinitely should be left as is. Rights specifically related to the reason for blocking may be removed at the discretion of the blocking or unblocking administrators.
{{Shortcut|WP:Importers}}
Transwiki and Importers are flags which give permissions on [[Special:Import]].  This interface allows users to move pages between Wikimedia wikis (for instance, to copy an article written in English on another-language wiki, while preserving full edit history). Although MediaWiki software provides the ability to import articles directly from XML (which may come from any wiki site), on en.wikipedia and most other Wikimedia projects this requires a special user right 'importupload' (formerly known as 'importraw'), which is restricted to Stewards and occasionally one or two other highly trusted users.
 
See [[Special:ListUsers/import]] for the {{NUMINGROUP:import}} {{as of|2015|lc=y}} remaining importers. All users can use [[Special:Export]]. See also the [[special:log/import|import log]], [[Wikipedia:Transwiki log|Transwiki log]], [[Help:Import]] and [[WP:RFPI]].
 
==== Oauthadmin ====
Members of the Oauthadmin user group manage [[Wikipedia:OAuth|OAuth]] consumers, all users can manage their ''connected apps'' on [[Special:OAuthManageMyGrants]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ListGroupRights#oauthadmin|title=User group rights|accessdate=2015-01-10|publisher=[[MediaWikiWiki:Project:About|MediaWikiWiki]]|quote=Manage OAuth consumers (mwoauthmanageconsumer)|date=2014}}</ref>
 
=== Indefinitely blocked users ===
In general, rights of editors [[WP:INDEF|blocked indefinitely]] should be left as is. Rights specifically related to the reason for blocking may be removed at the discretion of the blocking or unblocking administrators.<ref>See the RfC at [[Wikipedia talk:User access levels/Archive 2#Rights of indef blocked users]].</ref>


==Global rights==
==Global rights==
Global rights have effects on all public [[Wikimedia]] wikis, but their use may be restricted by local policy, see [[Wikipedia:Global rights policy]]. For an automatically generated list of global groups with all their permissions, see [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]]. For a list of users along with their global groups, see [[Special:GlobalUsers]].
Global rights have effects on all public Wikimedia wikis, but their use may be restricted by local policy, see [[Wikipedia:Global rights policy]]. For an automatically generated list of global groups with all their permissions, see GlobalGroupPermissions. For a list of users along with their global groups, see GlobalUsers.


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==== Stewards ====
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Stewardship is an elected role, and stewards are appointed globally across all public Wikimedia wikis.


Users who are members of the <tt>'steward'</tt> user group may grant and revoke any permission to or from any user on any wiki operated by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] which allows open account creation. This group is set on [[meta:Main Page|MetaWiki]], and may use [[meta:Special:Userrights]] to set permissions on any Wikimedia wiki; they may add or remove any user from [[bugzilla:12518|any group configured on metawiki]]. Stewards generally act only when there is no user on a particular wiki that can make the necessary change. This includes granting of the <tt>'administrator'</tt> or <tt>'bureaucrat'</tt> access levels on wikis which do not have any local bureaucrats, and removing such flags if the user resigns or the account is acting maliciously. Stewards are also responsible for granting and revoking access levels such as <tt>'oversight'</tt> and <tt>'checkuser'</tt>, as no other group is capable of making such changes except staff/sysadmins.
== See also ==


Stewards can also act as [[#CheckUser|checkusers]], [[#Oversight|oversighters]], [[#Bureaucrat|bureaucrats]] or [[#Administrator|administrators]] on wikis which do not have active local members of those groups.  For example, if a wiki has a passing need for an edit to be oversighted, a steward can add themselves to the <tt>'oversight'</tt> user group on that wiki, perform the necessary function, and then remove themselves from the <tt>'oversight'</tt> group using their steward rights.
Most steward actions are logged at [[meta:Special:Log/rights]] or [[meta:Special:Log/gblrights]] (some go to [[meta:Stewards/Additional log for global changes]]). See [[Special:GlobalUsers/steward]] or [[meta:Special:ListUsers/steward]] for a list of users in this group.
====Other global user groups====
{{main|Wikipedia:Global rights policy|meta:User groups}}
== Table ==
* As a function of the [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship#About RfA|Requests for adminship]] and [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship#About RfB|Requests for Bureaucratship]] processes, all bureaucrats on the English Wikipedia are also administrators, and so have all the permissions of the <tt>'sysop'</tt> user group in addition to those rights from the <tt>'bureaucrat'</tt> group.  However this is not a requirement of the [[MediaWiki]] software; it is technically possible for a user to be a bureaucrat without also being an admin.
* Deprecated permissions are either no longer assigned to any group, or the group to which they are assigned is no longer populated.
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*The userright ''proxyunbannable'' is assigned to administrators but has no effect since WMF wikis use [[mw:Extension:TorBlock]] instead of the default mediawiki proxy blocker. Administrators are not exempt from tor blocks, only users in the IP block exemptions usergroup are, due to the ''torunblocked'' userright.
*IPs and new users are limited to 8 edits per minute. Autoconfirmed or confirmed users who are in no usergroup with the ''noratelimit'' userright are limited to 8 moves per minutes. Rollbackers in the same situation are limited to 100 rollbacks per minute.<ref>The API query https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=ratelimits|groups can be used to check those values.</ref> Account creations are subject to an IP based limit, [[mw:Manual:$wgAccountCreationThrottle|set at 6]] for WMF wikis, but users with ''noratelimit'' are unaffected.
===User access level changes===
{{User access level changes}}
==Notes==
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== See also ==
{{Wikipedia glossary|Autoconfirmed}}
* [[Wikipedia:Editing restrictions]]: a list of users with editing restrictions that have been imposed by the Arbitration Committee
* [[Wikipedia:Editing restrictions]]: a list of users with editing restrictions that have been imposed by the Arbitration Committee
* [[mw:Manual:User rights|Manual:User rights]]
* [[mw:Manual:User rights|Manual:User rights]]
* [[Meta:User groups]]
 
* [[Special:ListGroupRights]]
* [[Special:ListGroupRights]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=usergroups User permissions API]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=usergroups User permissions API]
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* <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&limit=1 See what usergroup a user is in]</span>
* <span class="plainlinks">[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&limit=1 See what usergroup a user is in]</span>
* [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations|Sockpuppet investigations]]
* [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations|Sockpuppet investigations]]
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Latest revision as of 10:52, 3 March 2015

A contributor's ability to perform certain actions in Wikipedia depends on his/her user access level. This is determined by whether the editor is logged in to an account, whether the account has a sufficient age and number of edits, and what additional rights ("user groups", also called "flags" or "bits") have been assigned manually to the account.

Everyone is able to read Wikipedia. Unless they are blocked, they may freely edit most pages without the need to be logged in. Being logged in gives users a number of advantages including the ability to create new pages. Accounts more than a certain number of days old with more than a certain number of edits automatically become autoconfirmed. Further access levels need to be assigned manually by a user with the appropriate authority. An editor with more experience and good standing can attempt to become an administrator (sysop), which provides a large number of advanced permissions. A number of other flags for specialized tasks are also available.

Overview

All visitors to the site, including unregistered users, are part of the Unregistered users group, and all logged-in users are also part of the user group. Users are automatically promoted into the Autoconfirmed/Established users pseudo-group when their account is more than four days old and has ten edits. Other flags are only given upon request; some, such as rollbacker] or <bot, are granted unilaterally if the user demonstrates a need for them (see Wikipedia:Requests for permissions and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval). Others, such as sysop and <bureaucrat, are given only after community discussion and consensus at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Users are only made members of groups such as oversight and checkuser with the approval of the Arbitration Committee and after confirming their identity with the Wikimedia Foundation.

User groups

The system-generated technical permissions are listed at Special:ListGroupRights.

Unregistered users

Contributors who have not created an account or logged in are identified by their IP address rather than a user name, and may read all Wikipedia pages (except restricted special pages), and edit pages that are not protected or semi-protected. They may create talk pages in any talk namespace but may need to ask for help to create pages in some parts of the wiki. They cannot upload files or images.

New users

Users who edit through an account they have registered may immediately create pages in any namespace (except the MediaWiki namespace, and limited to eight per minute) and may also e-mail other users if they activate an email address in their user preferences. All logged-in users may mark edits as minor. They may save books to their userspace but not the Books namespace. They may also customize their Wikimedia interface and its options as they wish, via Special:Preferences or by adding personal CSS or JavaScript rules to their vector.css or vector.js files.

Autoconfirmed and confirmed users

Several actions on the English Wikipedia are restricted to user accounts that have been created for a certain number of days and which have made a certain number of edits. Users who meet these requirements are considered part of the pseudo-group autoconfirmed. Autoconfirmed status is checked every time a user performs a restricted action: it is then granted automatically by the software. Although the precise requirements for autoconfirmed status vary according to circumstances, most English Wikipedia user accounts that are more than four days old and have made at least 10 edits are considered autoconfirmed.

In some situations, it is necessary for accounts to be exempted from the customary confirmation period. The confirmed group contains the same rights as the autoconfirmed pseudo-group, but can be granted by administrators as necessary. There is no point in giving this right to a user whose account is already autoconfirmed, because it provides exactly the same abilities. To request this permission see Wikipedia:Requests for permissions/Confirmed. See Special:ListUsers/confirmed for a list of the confirmed users.

Administrators and bureaucrats

Administrators

Administrator rights are granted by the Earthwise team. Administrator examine of activity as an editor. Users who are members of this user group have access to a number of tools to allow them to carry out certain functions on the wiki. The tools cover processes such as page deletion, page protection, blocking and unblocking, access to modify fully protected pages and the Mediawiki interface. Administrators also have the ability to grant and remove account creator, rollback, ipblock-exempt, confirmed user, file mover, pending changes reviewer, autopatrolled, template editor and edit filter manager rights to other users, and to their own alternate accounts. By convention, administrators also normally take responsibility for judging the outcome of certain discussions requiring these technical controls (such as deletions). Administrators are not granted special editorial control over article content.


Bureaucrats

Bureaucrat rights are granted by the Earthwise team to exceptionally trusted users who are allowed to perform certain actions on other users' accounts.

Bureaucrats have extended access to Special:UserRights, enabling them to add users to the 'bureaucrat' group (but not remove them),

Other flags giving access to specialized functions

Pending changes reviewer

Members of this group can review other users' edits to articles placed under pending changes protection. When pending changes was first implemented, the right was automatically assigned to administrators. Prior to September 2014, this right was known as "reviewer".

Rollback

Users who are given the rollback flag ('rollbacker' user group) may revert revisions using the rollback feature. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

Autopatrolled

Members of this group have 'autopatrol', which allows them to have their pages automatically patrolled on the New Pages list. This right is automatically assigned to administrators. Prior to June 2010, this right was known as "autoreviewer".


File mover

The file mover user right is intended to allow users experienced in working with files to rename them, subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming Wikipedia articles. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See Special:ListUsers/filemover for a list of the filemover additional filemovers.


Accountcreator

Users who are given the accountcreator flag ('accountcreator' user group) are not affected by the 6 account creation limit per day per IP, and can create accounts for other users without restriction. Users in this group can also override the anti-spoof checks on account creation. This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bureaucrats. Additionally, account creators are able to create accounts with names that are otherwise blocked by the title blacklist.

Template editor

Members of this group are allowed to edit pages protected with template protection as well as create and edit editnotices. Template protection is only applied to pages in the template and module namespaces. It is intended to allow experienced template and module coders to make changes without having to request that an administrator make the edits for them.


Ipblock-exempt

Users who are given the ipblock-exempt flag ('ipblock-exempt' user group) are not affected by autoblocks and blocks of IP addresses and ranges that aren't made with the "anonymous users only" setting. This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bots, however the flag must be added separately to enable editing from IP addresses affected by Tor blocks.

Edit Filter managers

Members of this group can create, modify and delete edit filters. This flag is given and removed by administrators. It is not assigned to administrators by default.

See Special:ListUsers/abusefilter for a list of the abusefilter filter editors. All users can check their abuse log on the [AbuseFilter pages.


Oversight

Users who are given the oversight flag ('oversight' user group) have access to HideRevision, through which they can permanently hide revisions of pages from all users, and Oversight, where they can view a log of such actions and the content of the hidden revisions. This right is only granted to exceedingly few users who are at least 18 years old and have identified themselves to the Wikimedia Foundation. Oversights are also required to be administrators.

CheckUser

Users who are given the checkuser flag (checkuser' user group) have access to CheckUser. They are able to view a list of all IP addresses used by a user account to edit the English Wikipedia, a list of all edits made by an IP, or all user accounts that have used an IP address. They may also view a log of such requests. This right is only granted to exceedingly few users who are at least 18 years old and have identified themselves to the Wikimedia Foundation. Checkusers are also required to be administrators.


Course coordinator, instructor, online and campus volunteer

Members of these user groups (in addition to administrators) can manage course pages in the "Education Program:" namespace. Course coordinator rights (as well as the instructor, online volunteer and campus volunteer rights) are assigned by administrators. Course coordinators may assign "course online volunteer", "course campus volunteer", and "course instructor" rights to other users. Online and campus volunteers, respectively, can designate themselves as supporters for individual courses (whom students can turn to for help, online or in person). They do this by going to the course page and using the software interface to associate their account with the course.

Mass message sender

Members of this group may send messages to multiple users at once. See Special:ListUsers/massmessage-sender for a list of the licensed spammers.


Bots

Accounts used by approved bots to make pre-approved edits can be flagged as such. Bot accounts are automated or semi-automated, the nature of their edits is well defined, and they will be quickly blocked if their actions vary from their given tasks, so they need less scrutiny than human edits.

For this reason, contributions from accounts with the bot flag (bot user group) are not displayed in recent changes or watchlists to users who have opted to hide bot edits. Minor edits made by bot accounts to user talk pages do not trigger the "you have new messages" banner. Bot accounts can query the API in batches of 5,000 rather than 500.


In general, rights of editors blocked indefinitely should be left as is. Rights specifically related to the reason for blocking may be removed at the discretion of the blocking or unblocking administrators.

Global rights

Global rights have effects on all public Wikimedia wikis, but their use may be restricted by local policy, see Wikipedia:Global rights policy. For an automatically generated list of global groups with all their permissions, see GlobalGroupPermissions. For a list of users along with their global groups, see GlobalUsers.


See also

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