MeritBadgeDotOrg:Administrators/User rights
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User rights
| Right | Description |
|---|---|
| Reading | |
| read | allows viewing pages (when set to false, override for specific pages with $wgWhitelistRead). |
| Editing | |
| edit | allows editing unprotected pages. |
| createpage | allows the creation of new pages (requires the edit right). |
| createtalk | allows the creation of new talk pages (requires the edit right). |
| move | allows renaming the titles of unprotected pages. |
| createaccount | allows the creation of new user accounts. |
| upload | allows the creation of new images and files. |
| reupload | allows overwriting existing images and files. |
| reupload-shared | allows replacing images and files from a shared repository (if one is set up) with local files. |
| upload_by_url | allows uploading by entering the URL of an external image. |
| Management | |
| delete | allows the deletion of pages. |
| bigdelete | allows deletion of pages with larger than $wgDeleteRevisionsLimit revisions |
| deletedhistory | allows viewing deleted revisions, but not restoring. |
| undelete | allows the undeletion of pages. |
| protect | allows locking a page to prevent edits and moves, and editing or moving locked pages. |
| block | allows the blocking of IP addresses, CIDR ranges, and registered users. Block options include preventing editing and registering new accounts, and autoblocking other users on the same IP address. |
| blockemail | allows preventing use of the Special:Emailuser interface when blocking. |
| hideuser | allows hiding the user/IP from the block log, active block list, and user list when blocking. (not available by default) |
| userrights | allows the use of the user rights interface, which allows the assignment or removal of all* groups to any user. * With $wgAddGroups and $wgRemoveGroups you can set the possibility to add/remove certain groups instead of all. |
| userrights-interwiki | allows changing user rights on other wikis. |
| rollback | allows one-click reversion of edits. |
| markbotedits | allows rollback to be marked as bot edits (see m:Help:Administration#Rollback). |
| patrol | allows marking edits as legitimate ($wgUseRCPatrol must be true). |
| editinterface | allows editing the MediaWiki namespace, which contains interface messages. |
| editusercssjs | allows editing user's own monobook.css, monobook.js, ... subpages. |
| Administration | |
| siteadmin | allows locking and unlocking the database (which blocks all interactions with the web site except viewing). Deprecated by default. |
| import | allows user to import one page per time from another wiki ("transwiki"). |
| importupload | allows user to import several pages per time from XML files. This right was called 'importraw' in and before version 1.5. |
| trackback | allows removal of trackbacks (if $wgUseTrackbacks is true). |
| unwatchedpages | allows access to Special:Unwatchedpages, which lists pages that no user has watchlisted. |
| Technical | |
| bot | hides edits from recent changes lists and watchlists by default (can optionally be viewed). |
| purge | allows purging a page without a confirmation step (URL parameter "&action=purge").
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| minoredit | allows marking an edit as 'minor'. |
| nominornewtalk | blocks new message notification when making minor edits to user talk pages (requires minor edit right). |
| ipblock-exempt | makes user immune to blocks applied to his IP address or a range (CIDR) containing it. |
| proxyunbannable | makes user immune to the open proxy blocker, which is disabled by default ($wgBlockOpenProxies). |
| autopatrol | automatically marks all edits by the user as patrolled ($wgUseRCPatrol must be true). |
| apihighlimits | allows user to use higher limits for API queries |
| suppressredirect | Allows moving a page without automatically creating a redirect. |
| autoconfirmed | used for the 'autoconfirmed' group. |
| emailconfirmed | used for the 'emailconfirmed' group. |
