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See <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Project:PD_help" title="Special:MyLanguage/Project:PD help">Public Domain Help Pages</a> for more info. </td> <td class="icon-cell"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="PD" src="//web.archive.org/web/20240915203716im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/30px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="30" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//web.archive.org/web/20240915203716im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/45px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //web.archive.org/web/20240915203716im_/https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/60px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196"/></span></span></td> </tr></tbody></table> <p>The way <b>permissions</b> are set-up on different wikis can vary, but the default MediaWiki installation has several different permissions available; most notably the sysop and bureaucrat permissions. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Sysops" data-mw-thread-id="h-Sysops"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Sysops"></span>Sysops<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Sysops"></span></h2></div> <p>By default MediaWiki provides extra functionality to a group of trusted users called 'sysops' (or known more generally as 'administrators'). Most of the time this should go largely unnoticed by the normal users of a wiki community. Everyone can get involved in editing pages, and even undertaking drastic reorganization of the wiki. The extra powers of a sysop user are intended for use in settling disputes and preventing repeated vandalism. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Who_are_the_sysops?" data-mw-thread-id="h-Who_are_the_sysops?-Sysops"><span id="Who_are_the_sysops.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Who_are_the_sysops?-Sysops"></span>Who are the sysops?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Who_are_the_sysops?-Sysops"></span></h3></div> <p>You can find out who the sysops are at <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers/sysop" title="Special:ListUsers/sysop">Special:ListUsers/sysop</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="What_can_a_sysop_do?" data-mw-thread-id="h-What_can_a_sysop_do?-Sysops"><span id="What_can_a_sysop_do.3F"></span><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-What_can_a_sysop_do?-Sysops"></span>What can a sysop do?<span data-mw-comment-end="h-What_can_a_sysop_do?-Sysops"></span></h3></div> <p>There are a number of extra features available to sysops. The key ones are as follows: </p> <dl><dt>Protecting and unprotecting pages, and editing protected pages</dt> <dd>'Protecting' a page prevents normal users from editing the page at all. There are several reasons why a particular page might be protected. For more information see <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Protected_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Protected pages">Help:Protected pages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Protected_pages" title="Help:Protected pages"> </a></span>. For sysop information see <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Protecting_and_unprotecting_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages">Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Protecting_and_unprotecting_pages" class="mw-redirect" title="Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages"> </a></span>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Deleting pages, and undeleting.</dt> <dd>A page can be deleted semi-permanently, such that it is no longer available (even in the page histories) for normal users. Normal users do not have this power. For sysop information see <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Deletion_and_undeletion" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Deletion and undeletion">Help:Deletion and undeletion</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Deletion_and_undeletion" title="Help:Deletion and undeletion"> </a></span></dd></dl> <dl><dt>Blocking a user or IP address, and unblocking them.</dt> <dd>Users can be blocked from the wiki. This is a useful way of keeping out persistent vandals. Users are identified by their registered user name, or by IP address, and can be blocked permanently, or just short length of time to give them a "cooling off" period. A blocked user will still be able to read the wiki but will no longer be able to edit or make other changes. See <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Blocking_users" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Blocking users">Help:Blocking users</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Blocking_users" title="Help:Blocking users"> </a></span>.</dd></dl> <dl><dt>Patrolling, and seeing patrolled edits.</dt> <dd>This is a way of coordinating with other sysops, to ensure that every edit of the wiki has been checked over by a trusted user. See <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Patrolled_edits" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Patrolled edits">Help:Patrolled edits</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Patrolled_edits" title="Help:Patrolled edits"> </a></span>.</dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Interface_administrators" data-mw-thread-id="h-Interface_administrators"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Interface_administrators"></span>Interface administrators<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Interface_administrators"></span></h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r6353907">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic;padding-bottom:0.4em;margin-bottom:0.4em;border-bottom:1px solid #ccc}.mw-parser-output .hatnote.no-border{border-bottom:none}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote relarticle mainarticle">Main page: <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Interface_administrators" title="Special:MyLanguage/Interface administrators">Interface administrators</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Interface_administrators" class="mw-redirect" title="Interface administrators"> </a></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r4199130">.mw-parser-output .mw-version{border:1px solid #72777d;font-size:80%;line-height:1.2;border-collapse:collapse}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-ltr{float:right;margin:0 0 .5em .5em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-rtl{float:left;margin:0 .5em .5em 0;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .mw-version td{padding:.1em .3em}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-versionbox{border:5px solid #00af89;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-versionnumber{font-weight:bold;font-size:180%}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#c8ccd1}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2 .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#c8ccd1;border-right-color:#c8ccd1;border-left-color:#c8ccd1}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-unsupported .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-unsupported .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#d33;border-right-color:#d33;border-left-color:#d33}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-legacy .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#f93}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-legacy .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#f93;border-right-color:#f93;border-left-color:#f93}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-stable .mw-version-versionbox,.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version.mw-version-and-later .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#00af89}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-stable .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#00af89;border-right-color:#00af89;border-left-color:#00af89}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-future .mw-version-versionbox{border-color:#8080c0}.mw-parser-output .mw-version.mw-version-version2-future .mw-version-versionbox{border-top-color:#8080c0;border-right-color:#8080c0;border-left-color:#8080c0}.mw-parser-output .mw-version-version-alpha .mw-version-versionbox{border-style:dotted}</style> <table class="mw-version mw-version-ltr mw-version-version mw-version-version-unsupported mw-version-and-later"><tbody><tr> <td>MediaWiki version:</td> <td class="mw-version-versionbox" title="The latest stable version is 1.42"><div class="mw-version-versionnumber"><small>≥</small> 1.32</div></td> </tr></tbody></table> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Bureaucrats" data-mw-thread-id="h-Bureaucrats"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Bureaucrats"></span>Bureaucrats<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Bureaucrats"></span></h2></div> <p>Another level of permissions within a default MediaWiki set-up, is the 'bureaucrat' group. By default bureaucrats can modify all users' user groups. </p><p>The main thing a bureaucrat can do, which 'sysop' cannot, is <b>promote users to be sysops</b> (and demote sysops to normal users). See <a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:User_rights_and_groups" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:User rights and groups">Help:User rights and groups</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:User_rights_and_groups" title="Help:User rights and groups"> </a></span>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="See_also" data-mw-thread-id="h-See_also"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-See_also"></span>See also<span data-mw-comment-end="h-See_also"></span></h2></div> <ul><li><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Administrators">Manual:Administrators</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Administrators" title="Manual:Administrators"> </a></span></li></ul>    </div><noscript><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20240915203716im_/https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Sysops_and_permissions&oldid=5456150">https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Sysops_and_permissions&oldid=5456150</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Categories" title="Special:Categories">Category</a>: <ul><li><a href="/web/20240915203716/https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Help" title="Category:Help">Help</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer"> <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 11 September 2022, at 22:20.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240915203716/https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License</a>; additional terms may apply. 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