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Privileged users (normally bureaucrats) may assign users to one or more additional user groups. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc"/> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki" data-mw-thread-id="h-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"></span>User rights and groups on your wiki<span data-mw-comment-end="h-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"></span></h2></div> <p>By default, MediaWiki wikis come with the following user groups: </p> <ul><li>(all) – applies to every visitor to your site, including those who do not log in</li> <li>Users – applies to all logged-in users</li> <li>Autoconfirmed users – applies to all logged-in users who meet <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Autoconfirmed_users" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Autoconfirmed users">certain thresholds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Bots">Bots</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:Bots" title="Manual:Bots"> </a></span> – can be assigned to <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Bots" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Bots">bots</a>, in order to allow users to hide bot edits from recent changes or watchlists</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Sysops_and_permissions" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Sysops and permissions">Administrators</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Help:Sysops_and_permissions" title="Help:Sysops and permissions"> </a></span> – can be assigned to trusted users, giving them permission to perform key administrative tasks such as <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Deletion_and_undeletion" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Deletion and undeletion">deletion</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Blocking_users" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Blocking users">user blocking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Help:Protecting_and_unprotecting_pages" title="Special:MyLanguage/Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages">page protection</a>, and editing the interface</li> <li>Bureaucrats – can be assigned to trusted users, giving them permission to assign/revoke user groups</li> <li>Suppressors – a group that has permission to suppress (hide) and delete unwanted page revisions and log entries</li> <li>Interface administrators – a group that has permission to edit CSS- and JavaScript-defining wiki pages</li></ul> <p>The first three groups are "implicit" groups, which are assigned to users automatically as required. Only the last five groups can be manually assigned or revoked. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Special:ListGroupRights" title="Special:ListGroupRights">Special:ListGroupRights</a> special page lists the user groups that exist on a wiki, and lists the rights that are assigned to those groups. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Checking_your_user_groups" data-mw-thread-id="h-Checking_your_user_groups-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Checking_your_user_groups-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"></span>Checking your user groups<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Checking_your_user_groups-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"></span></h3></div> <p>To check which user groups your account belongs to, do one of the following: </p> <ul><li>Visit your Preferences page (<a href="/wiki/Special:Preferences" title="Special:Preferences">Special:Preferences</a>) and look next to "Member of groups:".</li> <li>Go to <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers" title="Special:ListUsers">Special:ListUsers</a>, enter your username in the box, and click "Show".</li> <li>Go to <a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights" title="Special:UserRights">Special:UserRights</a>, enter your username in the box, click "Load user groups", and view the groups you belong to.</li></ul> <p>The latter two techniques can also be used to view the user groups of other users. </p><p>For regular users, the "View user groups" section in the <a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights" title="Special:UserRights">Special:UserRights</a> page is read-only. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Special-UserRights_03.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Special-UserRights_03.png/600px-Special-UserRights_03.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="131" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Special-UserRights_03.png/900px-Special-UserRights_03.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Special-UserRights_03.png/1200px-Special-UserRights_03.png 2x" data-file-width="1218" data-file-height="266"/></a><figcaption>A users group appears as read-only to a regular user.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Modifying_the_way_user_rights_and_groups_are_set_up" data-mw-thread-id="h-Modifying_the_way_user_rights_and_groups_are_set_up-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Modifying_the_way_user_rights_and_groups_are_set_up-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"></span>Modifying the way user rights and groups are set up<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Modifying_the_way_user_rights_and_groups_are_set_up-User_rights_and_groups_on_your_wiki"></span></h3></div> <p>To create new user groups or change the rights that are assigned to a group, it is necessary to change the wiki's configuration, which can only be done by server administrators. Contact your site's server administrator for more information, or visit <a href="/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User_rights" title="Special:MyLanguage/Manual:User rights">Manual:User rights</a><span style="display:none"><a href="/wiki/Manual:User_rights" title="Manual:User rights"> </a></span>. </p><p><br/> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2 ext-discussiontools-init-section"><h2 id="Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups" data-mw-thread-id="h-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span>Assigning and revoking user groups<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span></h2></div> <p>Adding and removing user groups is done using the <a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights" title="Special:UserRights">Special:UserRights</a> special page. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Granting_bureaucrat_rights" data-mw-thread-id="h-Granting_bureaucrat_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Granting_bureaucrat_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span>Granting bureaucrat rights<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Granting_bureaucrat_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Special-UserRights_01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Special-UserRights_01.png/600px-Special-UserRights_01.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="521" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Special-UserRights_01.png/900px-Special-UserRights_01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Special-UserRights_01.png/1200px-Special-UserRights_01.png 2x" data-file-width="1202" data-file-height="1044"/></a><figcaption>A demo of a bureaucrat attempting to add a user to the "bureaucrat" group by checking the box next to "bureaucrat". The permission is set to expire after 1 day.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Granting_administrator_rights" data-mw-thread-id="h-Granting_administrator_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Granting_administrator_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span>Granting administrator rights<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Granting_administrator_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Special-UserRights_04.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Special-UserRights_04.png/600px-Special-UserRights_04.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="546" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Special-UserRights_04.png/900px-Special-UserRights_04.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Special-UserRights_04.png/1200px-Special-UserRights_04.png 2x" data-file-width="1340" data-file-height="1220"/></a><figcaption>A demo of an bureaucrat attempting to add a user to the "administrator" group by checking the box next to "administrator". The permission is set to expire after 1 day.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Unchangeable_user_rights" data-mw-thread-id="h-Unchangeable_user_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Unchangeable_user_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span>Unchangeable user rights<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Unchangeable_user_rights-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span></h3></div> <figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Special-UserRights_05.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Special-UserRights_05.png/600px-Special-UserRights_05.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="615" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Special-UserRights_05.png/900px-Special-UserRights_05.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Special-UserRights_05.png/1200px-Special-UserRights_05.png 2x" data-file-width="1220" data-file-height="1250"/></a><figcaption>The "bureaucrat" and "administrator" rights have already been granted and cannot be changed in this screenshot. This configuration, where admin and above rights can be granted but not removed locally, is used on most Wikimedia wikis.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Logs" data-mw-thread-id="h-Logs-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"><span data-mw-comment-start="" id="h-Logs-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span>Logs<span data-mw-comment-end="h-Logs-Assigning_and_revoking_user_groups"></span></h3></div> <p>After a user's groups are changed, the logs are available in the "User rights log" section of the <a href="/wiki/Special:UserRights" title="Special:UserRights">Special:UserRights</a> page. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Special-UserRights_02.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Special-UserRights_02.png/600px-Special-UserRights_02.png" decoding="async" width="600" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Special-UserRights_02.png/900px-Special-UserRights_02.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Special-UserRights_02.png 2x" data-file-width="1192" data-file-height="160"/></a><figcaption>The User rights logs of a user after a user is added to the "bureaucrat" group.</figcaption></figure> <p>If you would like to join a new group or leave one you are already in, contact a bureaucrat on your wiki. A list of bureaucrats can be found at <a href="/wiki/Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat" title="Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat">Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat</a>. </p><p>You will be able to assign or revoke user groups when at least one of the following applies: </p> <ul><li>You belong to a user group with the <code>userrights</code> right. 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