MeritBadgeDotOrg:Administrators/User rights
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User rights (or, permissions) available in MediaWiki
- read
- Allows users to read pages (not in $wgWhitelistRead)
- edit
- Allows editing of any page which is not protected
- createpage
- Allows creating normal pages
- createtalk
- Allows creating talk pages. Note that edit = false prevents creating talk page regardless of this setting.
- move
- Lets users change the title of a page by moving it
- delete
- Lets a user delete a page
- undelete
- Lets a user view deleted versions, undelete a previously deleted page, or undelete specific revisions of a deleted page
- protect
- Lets users lock a page (presumably only those with the ability to protect a page can edit a protected page)
- block
- Enables a user to block an IP address, user name, or range of IPs, from editing
- userrights
- Lets a user change the access levels of another user including de-sysopping. On wikipedia a Steward is required for this, but by default in mediawiki it requires only bureaucrat. Steward isn't a default group.
- createaccount
- Lets a user create a user account for another user, or for themselves
- upload
- Lets a user upload an image or other file to the wiki, or to overwrite an existing non-protected file
- rollback
- Gives a user a link to more easily revert a bad edit
- patrol
- Lets a user state that they have checked an edit that appeared in recent changes
- editinterface
- Lets users edit the MeritBadgeDotOrg namespace to affect the interface
- siteadmin
- Lets users lock and unlock the database (and possibly change other settings that affect the whole site)
- bot
- Edits by a user with this "right" (rather: property) by default do not show up in recent changes (usually only used for mass edits by bots)
- import
- Allows user to import pages via the transwiki interface.
- importupload
- Allows user to import pages which have been exported to a file
