Global permissions
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This is the list of global permissions of global user groups with descriptions.
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[edit] Basic permissions
- centralauth-merge Merge their account
- createaccount Create new user accounts
- purge Purge the site cache for a page without confirmation
- read Read pages
- unwatchedpages View a list of unwatched pages
[edit] Editing permissions
- autoconfirmed Edit semi-protected pages
- autopatrol Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
- createpage Create pages (which are not discussion pages)
- createtalk Create discussion pages
- edit Edit pages
- editinterface Edit the user interface
- move Move pages
- nominornewtalk Not have minor edits to discussion pages trigger the new messages prompt
- upload Upload files
- upload_by_url Upload a file from a URL address
[edit] Deleting/undeleting and protection/unprotection permissions
- bigdelete Delete pages with large histories
- browsearchive Search deleted pages
- delete Delete pages
- deletedhistory View deleted history entries, without their associated text
- protect Change protection levels and edit protected pages
- reupload Overwrite an existing file
- undelete Undelete a page
[edit] Maintaining permissions
- import Import pages from other wikis
- importupload Import pages from a file upload
- nuke Mass delete pages
- patrol Mark others' edits as patrolled
- reupload-shared Override files on the shared media repository locally
- rollback Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page
- tboverride Override the title blacklist
[edit] Bot permissions
- bot Be treated as an automated process
- markbotedits Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits
- minoredit Mark edits as minor
[edit] Blocking permissions
- block Block other users from editing
- blockemail Block a user from sending email
- ipblock-exempt Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks
- proxyunbannable Bypass automatic blocks of proxies
- torunblocked Bypass automatic blocks of tor exit nodes
[edit] CheckUser and Oversight permissions
- checkuser Check user's IP addresses and other information
- checkuser-log View the checkuser log
- hiderevision Review and restore revisions hidden from Sysops
- oversight View a previously hidden revision
[edit] Managing permissions
- centralauth-admin Administrate global accounts
- editusercssjs Edit other users' CSS and JS files
- globalgroupmembership Edit membership to global groups
- globalgrouppermissions Manage global groups
- makebot Grant and revoke bot flags
- makesysop Make users into sysops or bureaucrats
- renameuser Rename users
- uboverride Override the username blacklist
- userrights Edit all user rights
[edit] Abuse filter
- abusefilter-log View the abuse log
- abusefilter-log-detail View detailed abuse log entries
- abusefilter-modify Modify abuse filters
- abusefilter-modify-restricted Modify abuse filters with restricted actions
- abusefilter-private View private data in the abuse log
- abusefilter-revert Revert all changes by a given abuse filter
- abusefilter-view View abuse filters
[edit] Other permissions
- override-antispoof Override the spoofing checks
- skipcaptcha Perform captcha triggering actions without having to go through the captcha
- suppressredirect Not create a redirect from the old name when moving a page
- trackback Submit a trackback
- apihighlimits Use higher limits in API queries
- boardvote Administer elections
