User group rights

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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.

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Group	Rights
(all) `(*)`	Create discussion pages `(createtalk)` Create new user accounts `(createaccount)` Create pages (which are not discussion pages) `(createpage)` 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)` Edit your own watchlist (note that some actions will still add pages even without this right) `(editmywatchlist)` Post, edit, and delete user's own comments `(cs-comment)` Read pages `(read)` Use of the write API `(writeapi)` View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) `(viewmyprivateinfo)` View your own watchlist `(viewmywatchlist)`
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)` 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)	Edit all user rights `(userrights)` Not be affected by rate limits `(noratelimit)` Rename users `(renameuser)` Add group: Forum administrators Remove group: Forum administrators
Moderators (CommentStreams) `(csmoderator)` (list of members)	Delete comments by any user `(cs-moderator-delete)`
Forum administrators `(forumadmin)` (list of members)	Add, edit and delete categories and forums on the discussion board `(wikiforum-admin)` Edit and delete threads and replies on the discussion board `(wikiforum-moderator)`
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)`
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)	Add, edit and delete categories and forums on the discussion board `(wikiforum-admin)` Batch-upload more files at once with Upload Wizard `(mass-upload)` 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 Upload Wizard campaigns `(upwizcampaigns)` Create and (de)activate tags `(managechangetags)` Create and edit widgets in the `Widget` namespace `(editwidgets)` Create new user accounts `(createaccount)` Delete tags from the database `(deletechangetags)` Delete pages `(delete)` Delete pages with large histories `(bigdelete)` Edit and delete threads and replies on the discussion board `(wikiforum-moderator)` 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)` Embed PDFs into pages `(embed_pdf)` 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)` Mass delete pages `(nuke)` 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)` Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA `(skipcaptcha)` Perform a LinkTitles batch operation `(linktitles-batch)` 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 Cosmos ThemeDesigner `(themedesigner)` 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)` Add group: Upload Wizard campaign editors Remove group: Upload Wizard campaign editors
Upload Wizard campaign editors `(upwizcampeditors)` (list of members)	Configure Upload Wizard campaigns `(upwizcampaigns)`
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)` 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)` Replace page contents using regular expressions `(masseditregex)` Send email to other users `(sendemail)` Upload files `(upload)` Use of the write API `(writeapi)`
webmaster `(webmaster)` (list of members)	Edit pages `(edit)` Post, edit, and delete user's own comments `(cs-comment)`
Widget editors `(widgeteditor)` (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)`
Campaign	Configure Upload Wizard campaigns `(upwizcampaigns)`
Gadget	Edit gadget JavaScript and CSS pages `(gadgets-edit)`
Gadget definition	Edit gadget definitions `(gadgets-definition-edit)`