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style="padding:0em 0.75em;">On Meta</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"><div style="padding:0em 0.75em;">Without global effects</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Account_creators" title="Meta:Account creators">Account creators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Autopatrollers" title="Meta:Autopatrollers">Autopatrollers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Bots" title="Meta:Bots">Bots</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Bureaucrats" title="Meta:Bureaucrats">Bureaucrats</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:CheckUsers" title="Meta:CheckUsers">CheckUsers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Confirmed_users" title="Meta:Confirmed users">Confirmed users</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Event_organizers" title="Meta:Event organizers">Event organizers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Flood_flag" title="Meta:Flood flag">Flood flag</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Importer" title="Importer">Importers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:IP_block_exemption" title="Meta:IP block exemption">IP block exemptions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Users_blocked_from_the_IP_Information_tool" title="Meta:Users blocked from the IP Information tool">Users blocked from the IP Information tool</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Oversighters" title="Meta:Oversighters">Oversighters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Patrollers" title="Meta:Patrollers">Patrollers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Temporary_account_IP_viewers" title="Meta:Temporary account IP viewers">Temporary account IP viewers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Help:Import" title="Help:Import">Transwiki importers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Uploaders" title="Meta:Uploaders">Uploaders</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;padding-left:0;padding-right:0;"><div style="padding:0em 0.75em;">With global effects</div></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Administrators" title="Meta:Administrators">Administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Central_notice_administrators" title="Meta:Central notice administrators">Central notice administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Global_renamers" title="Global renamers">Global renamers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:Interface_administrators" title="Meta:Interface administrators">Interface administrators</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:MassMessage_senders" title="Meta:MassMessage senders">MassMessage senders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meta:OAuth_administrators" title="Meta:OAuth administrators">OAuth administrators</a></li> <li><a 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