Importer
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An importer is a user with import rights, generally speaking.
On Wikimedia wikis, there are two kinds of importers:
- transwiki importers can perform only transwiki import (
importpermission);[1] - importers can perform both transwiki and upload import (
importandimportuploadpermissions)
These flags are enabled on all wikis, but can be assigned only by stewards after a request on Steward requests/Permissions (especially the importer flag which is particularly dangerous) and only on a temporary basis for a specific task, unless the project has a local process and policy to assign permanent import rights. Very few projects need and have such a policy including
- de.wiki,
- en.books,
- fr.wikt,
- incubator,
- it.wikt,
- MediaWikiWiki (mw:Project:Importers, mw:Project:Transwiki importers).
[edit] Wikis where bureaucrats can assign import rights
On some wikis local bureaucrats (or sysops) can assign and remove import rights. Their list is in the Table below.
| Transwiki | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Wiki | Bug | Fixed on | Notes |
| 1 | simplewiki | bug 23988 | 16.06.2010 | See also bug 23462 |
| 2 | enwikibooks | bug 24304 | 15.08.2010 | Assigned and removed by local sysops |
| 3 | nowiki | bug 21041 | 17.12.2009 | Assigned by local sysops and removed by bureaucrats |
| Transwiki and importer | ||||
| 4 | frwiktionary | bug 23545 | 23.05.2010 | |
| 5 | hiwiki | ? | ? | |
| 6 | MediaWikiwiki | bug 17071 | 16.03.2009 | |
| Importer | ||||
| 7 | arwiki | bug 19138 | 29.06.2009 | |
| 8 | incubatorwiki | ? | ? | |
[edit] Notes
- ↑ Besides transwiki importers the 'import' userright is assigned by default to sysops on all Mediawiki projects and to the 'botadmin' and 'editinterface' groups in some projects.
| User groups | |
|---|---|
| Local: | blocked user – unregistered user – newly-registered user – registered user – bot – administrator – bureaucrat – oversight – checkuser – IP block exempt – Importer |
| Global: | locked account – unified account – bot – rollbacker – abuse filter editor – interface editor – new wiki importers - sysop – ombudsman – founder – staff – system administrator – steward |
