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Group
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Rights
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(all)
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- Create discussion pages (createtalk)
- Create new user accounts (createaccount)
- Edit pages (edit)
- Merge their account (centralauth-merge)
- Read pages (read)
- Use of the write API (writeapi)
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Users
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- Bypass automatic blocks of tor exit nodes (torunblocked)
- Create discussion pages (createtalk)
- Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
- Edit pages (edit)
- Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
- Overwrite an existing file uploaded by oneself (reupload-own)
- Purge the site cache for a page without confirmation (purge)
- Read pages (read)
- Use of the write API (writeapi)
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Autoconfirmed users
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- Edit semi-protected pages (autoconfirmed)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
- Move pages (move)
- Overwrite an existing file (reupload)
- Perform captcha triggering actions without having to go through the captcha (skipcaptcha)
- Upload files (upload)
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Bots
(list of members)
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- Be treated as an automated process (bot)
- Edit semi-protected pages (autoconfirmed)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
- Not create a redirect from the old name when moving a page (suppressredirect)
- Not have minor edits to discussion pages trigger the new messages prompt (nominornewtalk)
- Perform captcha triggering actions without having to go through the captcha (skipcaptcha)
- Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
- Use of the write API (writeapi)
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Administrators
(list of members)
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- Block a user from sending email (blockemail)
- Block other users from editing (block)
- Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
- Bypass automatic blocks of proxies (proxyunbannable)
- Change protection levels and edit protected pages (protect)
- Create new user accounts (createaccount)
- Delete pages (delete)
- Disable global blocks locally (globalblock-whitelist)
- Edit other users' CSS and JS files (editusercssjs)
- Edit semi-protected pages (autoconfirmed)
- Edit the user interface (editinterface)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
- Import pages from other wikis (import)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
- Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits (markbotedits)
- Move pages (move)
- Move pages with their subpages (move-subpages)
- Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
- Not create a redirect from the old name when moving a page (suppressredirect)
- Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
- Override the spoofing checks (override-antispoof)
- Override the title blacklist (tboverride)
- Override the username blacklist (uboverride)
- Overwrite an existing file (reupload)
- Perform captcha triggering actions without having to go through the captcha (skipcaptcha)
- Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
- Search deleted pages (browsearchive)
- Submit a trackback (trackback)
- Undelete a page (undelete)
- Upload a file from a URL address (upload_by_url)
- Upload files (upload)
- Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
- View a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
- Can add groups: Rollbackers, IP block exemptions and Account creators
- Can remove groups: Rollbackers, IP block exemptions and Account creators
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Bureaucrats
(list of members)
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- Grant and revoke bot flags (makebot)
- Make users into Administrators or Bureaucrats (makesysop)
- Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
- Override the spoofing checks (override-antispoof)
- Rename users (renameuser)
- Can add groups: Administrators, Bureaucrats, Bots, Account creators and IP block exemptions
- Can remove groups: Bots, IP block exemptions and Account creators
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Checkusers
(list of members)
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- Check user's IP addresses and other information (checkuser)
- View the checkuser log (checkuser-log)
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Stewards
(list of members)
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- Administrate global accounts (centralauth-admin)
- Edit all user rights (userrights)
- Make global blocks (globalblock)
- Make users into Administrators or Bureaucrats (makesysop)
- Remove global blocks (globalunblock)
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Board vote administrators
(list of members)
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- Administer elections (boardvote)
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Importers
(list of members)
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- Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
- Import pages from other wikis (import)
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Transwiki importers
(list of members)
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- Import pages from other wikis (import)
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Developers
(list of members)
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- Lock and unlock the database (siteadmin)
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Founder
(list of members)
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- Edit all user rights (userrights)
- Make users into Administrators or Bureaucrats (makesysop)
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Rollbackers
(list of members)
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- Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
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IP block exemptions
(list of members)
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- Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
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Account creators
(list of members)
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Oversighters
(list of members)
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- Review and restore revisions hidden from Administrators (hiderevision)
- View a previously hidden revision (oversight)
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