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.

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Granted right
Revoked right

Group	Rights
(all)	Automatically log in with an external user account `(autocreateaccount)` Create discussion pages `(createtalk)` 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 that some actions will still add pages even without this right) `(editmywatchlist)` 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)`
arts (list of members)	arts `(arts)`
Autoconfirmed users	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 (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)` Use higher limits in API queries `(apihighlimits)` Use of the write API `(writeapi)`
Bureaucrats (list of members)	Administer SmiteSpam `(smitespam)` Batch delete pages `(deletebatch)` Batch delete pages as "Delete page script" `(deletebatch-spoof)` Delete pages `(delete)` Edit all user rights `(userrights)` Not be affected by rate limits `(noratelimit)` Rename users `(renameuser)`
copyright (list of members)	copyright `(copyright)`
copyright_manager (list of members)	copyright `(copyright)` Add groups: copyright and copyright_manager Remove groups: copyright and copyright_manager
elearning (list of members)	elearning `(elearning)`
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)`
learning_commons (list of members)	learning_commons `(learning_commons)`
lfs (list of members)	lfs `(lfs)`
lfs_manager (list of members)	lfs `(lfs)` Add groups: lfs and lfs_manager Remove groups: lfs and lfs_manager
library (list of members)	Overwrite existing files `(reupload)` library `(library)`
library_manager (list of members)	library `(library)` Add groups: library and library_manager Remove groups: library and library_manager
met (list of members)	Edit pages `(edit)` met `(met)`
met_manager (list of members)	met `(met)` Add groups: met and met_manager Remove groups: met and met_manager
science (list of members)	science `(science)`
science_manager (list of members)	science `(science)` Add groups: science and science_manager Remove groups: science and science_manager
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)` 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)	Administer SmiteSpam `(smitespam)` Batch-upload more files at once with Upload Wizard `(mass-upload)` 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 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 all user pages `(editalluserpages)` 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)` Mark others' edits as patrolled `(patrol)` Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits `(markbotedits)` Mass delete pages `(nuke)` Mass deletion of pages using DynamicPageList3 `(dpl_param_delete_rules)` Mass update of pages using DynamicPageList3 `(dpl_param_update_rules)` 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)` Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page `(rollback)` Rename users `(renameuser)` Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again `(transcode-reset)` Search deleted pages `(browsearchive)` Unblock oneself `(unblockself)` 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)` met `(met)` Add group: Upload Wizard campaign editors Remove group: Upload Wizard campaign editors
Upload Wizard campaign editors (list of members)	Configure Upload Wizard campaigns `(upwizcampaigns)`
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 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)` Merge threads `(lqt-merge)` 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)` Purge the cache for a page `(purge)` Read pages `(read)` Reply to threads `(lqt-react)` Send email to other users `(sendemail)` Split threads `(lqt-split)` Upload files `(upload)` Use of the write API `(writeapi)` collectionsaveascommunitypage `(collectionsaveascommunitypage)` collectionsaveasuserpage `(collectionsaveasuserpage)`
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)`
Elearning	elearning `(elearning)`
Library	library `(library)`
Arts	arts `(arts)`
LFS	lfs `(lfs)`
Science	science `(science)`
Copyright	copyright `(copyright)`
MET	met `(met)`
Widget	Create and edit widgets in the `Widget` namespace `(editwidgets)`
Campaign	Configure Upload Wizard campaigns `(upwizcampaigns)`