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The following is a list of user groups defined on this wiki, with their associated access rights. There may be additional information about individual rights.

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Group	Rights
(all) `(*)`	Create discussion pages `(createtalk)` Create new user accounts `(createaccount)` Create pages (which are not discussion pages) `(createpage)` Edit your own preferences `(editmyoptions)` Edit your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) and request password reset emails `(editmyprivateinfo)` Read pages `(read)` Use of the write API `(writeapi)` View abuse filters `(abusefilter-view)` View the abuse log `(abusefilter-log)` View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) `(viewmyprivateinfo)`
Autoconfirmed users `(autoconfirmed)`	Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" `(editsemiprotected)` Not be affected by IP-based rate limits `(autoconfirmed)`
Automoderated users `(automoderated)` (list of members)	Have their edits bypass moderation `(skip-moderation)`
Bots `(bot)` (list of members)	Be treated as an automated process `(bot)` Bypass blocked external domains `(abusefilter-bypass-blocked-external-domains)` Bypass the spam block list `(sboverride)` Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" `(editsemiprotected)` Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled `(autopatrol)` Have their edits bypass moderation `(skip-moderation)` Move pages without moderation `(skip-move-moderation)` Not be affected by IP-based rate limits `(autoconfirmed)` Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages `(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)`
Bureaucrats `(bureaucrat)` (list of members)	Edit all user rights `(userrights)` Not be affected by rate limits `(noratelimit)` Rename users `(renameuser)`
checkuser `(checkuser)` (list of members)	See IPs of editors in the moderation interface `(moderation-checkuser)`
Interface administrators `(interface-admin)` (list of members)	Edit other users' CSS files `(editusercss)` Edit other users' JSON files `(edituserjson)` Edit other users' JavaScript files `(edituserjs)` Edit sitewide CSS `(editsitecss)` Edit sitewide JSON `(editsitejson)` Edit sitewide JavaScript `(editsitejs)` Edit the user interface `(editinterface)`
Moderators `(moderator)` (list of members)	Moderate edits `(moderation)`
Push subscription managers `(push-subscription-manager)` (list of members)	Manage all push subscriptions `(manage-all-push-subscriptions)`
Suppressors `(suppress)` (list of members)	Block or unblock a username, hiding or unhiding it from the public `(hideuser)` Delete and undelete specific log entries `(deletelogentry)` Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages `(deleterevision)` Hide entries in the abuse log `(abusefilter-hide-log)` View hidden abuse log entries `(abusefilter-hidden-log)` View private logs `(suppressionlog)` View revisions hidden from any user `(viewsuppressed)` View, hide and unhide specific revisions of pages from any user `(suppressrevision)`
Administrators `(sysop)` (list of members)	Block or unblock a user from sending email `(blockemail)` Block or unblock other users from editing `(block)` Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks `(ipblock-exempt)` Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages `(protect)` Create and (de)activate tags `(managechangetags)` Create new user accounts `(createaccount)` Create or modify abuse filters `(abusefilter-modify)` Create or modify what external domains are blocked from being linked `(abusefilter-modify-blocked-external-domains)` Delete tags from the database `(deletechangetags)` Delete pages `(delete)` Delete pages with large histories `(bigdelete)` Edit other users' JSON files `(edituserjson)` Edit pages protected as "Allow only administrators" `(editprotected)` Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" `(editsemiprotected)` Edit sitewide JSON `(editsitejson)` Edit the user interface `(editinterface)` Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled `(autopatrol)` Have their edits bypass moderation `(skip-moderation)` Import pages from a file upload `(importupload)` Import pages from other wikis `(import)` Mark others' edits as patrolled `(patrol)` Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits `(markbotedits)` Merge the history of pages `(mergehistory)` Moderate edits `(moderation)` Modify abuse filters with restricted actions `(abusefilter-modify-restricted)` Move category pages `(move-categorypages)` Move files `(movefile)` Move pages `(move)` Move pages with their subpages `(move-subpages)` Move pages without moderation `(skip-move-moderation)` Move root user pages `(move-rootuserpages)` Not be affected by IP-based rate limits `(autoconfirmed)` Not be affected by rate limits `(noratelimit)` Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages `(suppressredirect)` Override files on the shared media repository locally `(reupload-shared)` Overwrite existing files `(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)` Revert all changes by a given abuse filter `(abusefilter-revert)` Search deleted pages `(browsearchive)` Unblock oneself `(unblockself)` Undelete a page `(undelete)` Upload files `(upload)` Use Cosmos ThemeDesigner `(themedesigner)` Use higher limits in API queries `(apihighlimits)` View a list of unwatched pages `(unwatchedpages)` View abuse filters marked as private `(abusefilter-view-private)` View deleted history entries, without their associated text `(deletedhistory)` View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions `(deletedtext)` View detailed abuse log entries `(abusefilter-log-detail)` View log entries of abuse filters marked as private `(abusefilter-log-private)` Add group: Automoderated users Remove group: Automoderated users
Users `(user)` (list of members)	Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries `(changetags)` Apply tags along with one's changes `(applychangetags)` Create discussion pages `(createtalk)` Create pages (which are not discussion pages) `(createpage)` Edit pages `(edit)` Edit the content model of a page `(editcontentmodel)` Edit your own user CSS files `(editmyusercss)` Edit your own user JSON files `(editmyuserjson)` Edit your own user JavaScript files `(editmyuserjs)` Edit your own user JavaScript files that are redirects `(editmyuserjsredirect)` Edit your own watchlist (note that some actions will still add pages even without this right) `(editmywatchlist)` Mark edits as minor `(minoredit)` Move category pages `(move-categorypages)` Move files `(movefile)` Move pages `(move)` Move pages with their subpages `(move-subpages)` Move root user pages `(move-rootuserpages)` Override files on the shared media repository locally `(reupload-shared)` Overwrite existing files `(reupload)` Read pages `(read)` Send email to other users `(sendemail)` Upload files `(upload)` Use of the write API `(writeapi)` View the spam block list log `(spamblacklistlog)` View your own watchlist `(viewmywatchlist)`

Namespace restrictions

Namespace	Right(s) allowing user to edit
MediaWiki	Edit the user interface `(editinterface)`