Permission |
Allows user(s) to… |
All users[lower-alpha 1] |
Registered accounts[lower-alpha 2] |
Autoconfirmed and Confirmed |
Bots |
Administrators |
Bureaucrats |
other groups[lower-alpha 3] |
abusefilter-hidden-log |
View hidden abuse log entries |
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OS |
abusefilter-hide-log |
Hide entries in the abuse log |
| | | | | |
abusefilter-log |
View the abuse log |
Y |
| | | | |
|
abusefilter-log-detail |
View detailed abuse log entries |
Y |
|
Y |
|
Y |
|
GR |
abusefilter-log-private |
View edit filters marked as private |
| | | |
Y |
| |
abusefilter-modify |
Modify abuse filters |
| | | | | |
EFM |
abusefilter-modify-restricted |
Modify edit filters with restricted actions |
| | | |
Y |
| |
abusefilter-privatedetails |
View private data (IP addresses) in the abuse log |
| | | | | |
CU |
abusefilter-privatedetails-log |
View the AbuseFilter private details access log |
| | | | | |
abusefilter-revert |
Revert all changes by a given abuse filter |
| | | |
Y |
| |
abusefilter-view |
View non-private abuse filters |
Y |
| | | | | |
abusefilter-view-private |
View edit filters marked as private |
| | | | | |
CU, EFH, EFM, OS |
apihighlimits |
Request API queries in batches of 5,000, rather than 500 |
| | |
Y |
Y |
|
Researchers |
applychangetags |
Apply tags along with one's changes |
|
Y |
| | | | |
autoconfirmed |
Not be affected by IP-based rate limits |
| |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
PCR, GR, IE |
autopatrol |
Automatically mark all edits made by the user as patrolled |
| | |
Y |
|
|
AP, GR |
autoreview |
Automatically mark all revisions made by the user as "accepted" |
| |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
PCR |
bigdelete |
Delete pages with over 5,000 revisions |
| | | | | |
Stewards |
block |
Block an IP address, user account, or range of IP addresses, from editing |
| | | |
Y |
| |
blockemail |
Block a user from sending email |
| | | |
Y |
| |
bot |
Edit without their edits showing up in recent changes |
| | |
Y |
| | |
browsearchive |
Search deleted pages |
| | | |
Y |
|
CU, OS, Researchers |
centralauth-merge |
Merge their account |
Y |
| | | | | |
changetags |
Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries |
| | |
Y |
Y |
|
EFM |
checkuser |
View all IP addresses used by a user account or show all edits from a given IP address |
| | | | | |
CU, Ombuds |
checkuser-log |
View the checkuser log |
| | | | | |
collectionsaveasuserpage |
Save books as user subpage |
|
Y |
Y |
| | | |
createaccount |
Create a new user account for themselves or another user |
Y |
| | |
Y |
|
ACCP |
createpage |
Create a new page |
|
Y |
| | | | |
createpagemainns |
Create a new mainspace page (users without this right are redirected to the Article Creation Workflow landing page) |
| |
Y |
| | | |
createtalk |
Create a new talk page |
Y |
Y |
| | | | |
delete |
Delete a page with ≤ 5,000 revisions |
| | | |
Y |
| |
deletechangetags |
Delete tags from the database |
| | | |
Y |
| |
deletedhistory |
View the history of a deleted page or a user's deleted contributions, provided it is not CSS or JS |
| | | |
Y |
|
CU, OS, Researchers |
delete-redirect |
Delete single revision redirects during page moves |
| | | | | |
PMR |
deletedtext |
View the text of deleted revisions, provided the page is not CSS or JS |
| | | |
Y |
|
CU, Ombuds, OS, Researchers |
deletelogentry |
Access the RevisionDelete tool and change the public visibility of log entries |
| | | |
Y |
|
OS |
deleterevision |
Access the RevisionDelete tool and change the public visibility of edit revisions |
| | | |
Y |
|
Permission |
Allows user(s) to… |
All users[lower-alpha 1] |
Registered accounts[lower-alpha 2] |
Autoconfirmed and Confirmed |
Bots |
Administrators |
Bureaucrats |
other groups[lower-alpha 3] |
edit |
Edit any page which is not protected |
Y |
Y |
| | | |
IE |
editcontentmodel |
Edit the content model of a page |
| | | |
Y |
|
TE, IE |
editinterface |
Edit the MediaWiki namespace to affect the interface |
| | | |
Y |
|
IA, IE |
editmyoptions |
Edit your own preferences |
Y |
| | | | | |
editmyprivateinfo |
Edit your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) |
Y |
| | | | | |
editmyusercss |
Edit your own user .css files |
|
Y |
| | | | |
editmyuserjs |
Edit your own user .js files |
|
Y |
| | | | |
editmyuserjson |
Edit your own user .json files |
|
Y |
| | | | |
editmywatchlist |
Edit your own watchlist |
Y |
| | | | | |
editprotected |
Edit fully-protected pages |
| | | |
Y |
|
IE |
editsemiprotected |
Edit semi-protected pages |
| |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
PCR, GR, IE |
editsitecss |
Edit sitewide .css files |
| | | | | |
IA, IE |
editsitejs |
Edit sitewide .js files |
| | | | | |
editsitejson |
Edit sitewide .json files |
| | | |
Y |
|
editusercss |
Edit other users' .css files |
| | | | | |
IA, IE |
edituserjs |
Edit other users' .js files |
| | | | | |
edituserjson |
Edit other users' .json files |
| | | |
Y |
|
IA |
extendedconfirmed |
Edit 30/500 protected pages |
| | |
Y |
Y |
|
XC, IE |
globalblock-whitelist |
Disable global blocks locally |
| | | |
Y |
| |
hideuser |
Block a username, hiding it from the public |
| | | | | |
OS |
import |
Import pages from other wikis |
| | | |
Y |
|
IMP, TWI |
importupload |
Import pages from a locally stored XML file |
| | | | | |
IMP |
ipblock-exempt |
Be unaffected by blocks applied to the user's IP address or a range (CIDR) containing it |
| | |
Y |
Y |
|
IPBE |
managechangetags |
Create and (de)activate tags |
| | | |
Y |
|
EFM |
markbotedits |
Mark rollback as bot edits, to keep them out of recent changes |
| | | |
Y |
|
GR[lower-alpha 4] |
massmessage |
Send a message to multiple users at once |
| | | |
Y |
|
MMS |
mergehistory |
Merge the history of pages |
| | | |
Y |
| |
minoredit |
Make an edit marked as 'minor' |
|
Y |
| | | | |
move |
Change the title of a page by moving it |
| |
Y |
|
Y |
|
PMR, GR |
move-categorypages |
Change the title of a category by moving it |
| | |
Y |
Y |
|
PMR |
movefile |
Change the title of a file by moving it |
| | | |
Y |
|
FMV |
move-rootuserpages |
Move root user pages |
|
Y |
| |
Y |
| |
move-subpages |
Move pages with their subpages |
| | | |
Y |
Y |
PMR |
movestable |
Move pages under pending changes |
| |
Y |
|
Y |
|
GR |
mwoauthmanagemygrants |
Manage OAuth grants |
|
Y |
| | | | |
nominornewtalk |
Minor edits by this user to user talk pages do not trigger the "you have new messages" banner |
| | |
Y |
| | |
noratelimit |
Not be affected by rate limits |
| | |
Y |
Y |
Y |
ACCP, EVC, GR[lower-alpha 4], Stewards |
Permission |
Allows user(s) to… |
All users[lower-alpha 1] |
Registered accounts[lower-alpha 2] |
Autoconfirmed and Confirmed |
Bots |
Administrators |
Bureaucrats |
other groups[lower-alpha 3] |
nuke |
Mass delete pages |
| | | |
Y |
| |
oathauth-enable |
Enable two-factor authentication |
| | | |
Y |
Y |
CU, EFM, Founder, IMP, IA, OS, TE, TWI |
override-antispoof |
Allows the creation of accounts with mixed-script, confusing and similar usernames |
| | | |
Y |
Y |
ACCP |
pagetriage-copyvio |
Tag pages in the Special:NewPagesFeed as likely copyright violations, through the pagetriage-tagcopyvio API |
| | | | | |
Copyright violation bots |
patrol |
State that they have checked a page that appeared in Special:Newpages |
| | | |
Y |
|
NPR |
protect |
Change protection levels, edit and move protected pages, and edit cascade-protected pages |
| | | |
Y |
|
IE |
purge |
Purge a page by adding &action=purge to the URL |
|
Y |
| | | | |
read |
Read pages |
Y |
Y |
| | | | |
renameuser |
Change the name of an existing account |
| | | | | |
Global renamers, Stewards |
reupload |
Overwrite an existing unprotected file |
| |
Y |
|
Y |
| |
reupload-own |
Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself |
|
Y |
| | | | |
reupload-shared |
Override files on the shared media repository locally |
| | | |
Y |
| |
review |
Mark revisions as being "accepted" |
| | | |
Y |
|
PCR |
rollback |
Use a special link to more easily revert a bad edit |
| | | |
Y |
|
RBK, GR[lower-alpha 4] |
sendemail |
E-mail a user (using Special:EmailUser/username ) who have associated an email address with themselves |
|
Y |
| | | | |
skipcaptcha |
Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA |
| |
Y |
Y |
Y |
|
GR |
spamblacklistlog |
View the spam blacklist log |
|
Y |
| | | |
EFH |
stablesettings |
Configure how the latest accepted revision is selected and displayed |
| | | |
Y |
| |
suppressionlog |
View private logs |
| | | | | |
OS |
suppressredirect |
Not create a redirect from the old name when moving a page |
| | |
Y |
Y |
Y |
GR[lower-alpha 4], PMR, IE |
suppressrevision |
Access the RevisionDelete tool and change the public and administrator visibility of edit revisions and logs |
| | | | | |
OS |
tboverride |
Override the title blacklist |
| | | |
Y |
Y |
TE, PMR, IE |
tboverride-account |
Override the username blacklist |
| | | | | |
ACCP |
templateeditor |
Edit pages under template protection |
| | | |
Y |
|
TE, IE |
titleblacklistlog |
View title blacklist log (note: the log is empty, as it has not been enabled) |
| | | |
Y |
|
|
torunblocked |
Bypass automatic blocks of Tor exit nodes |
| | | | | |
IPBE |
transcode-reset |
Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again |
| |
Y |
|
Y |
| |
transcode-status |
View information about the current transcode activity |
| | | |
Y |
| |
undelete |
Undelete a previously deleted page or specific revisions from it, view deleted revisions |
| | | |
Y |
| |
unwatchedpages |
View a list of pages which are not on anyone's watchlist |
| | | |
Y |
| |
upload |
Upload a media file |
| |
Y |
|
Y |
| |
urlshortener-create-url |
Create short URLs |
Y |
| | |
Y |
| |
userrights |
Edit all user rights |
| | | | | |
Stewards |
viewmyprivateinfo |
View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) |
Y |
| | | | | |
viewmywatchlist |
View your own watchlist |
Y |
| | | | | |
viewsuppressed |
View revisions hidden from any user |
| | | | | |
OS |
vipsscaler-test |
Use the VIPS scaling test interface |
Y |
| | | | | |
writeapi |
Use of the write API |
Y |
Y |
|
Y |
| | |
Permission |
Allows user(s) to… |
All users[lower-alpha 1] |
Registered accounts[lower-alpha 2] |
Autoconfirmed and Confirmed |
Bots |
Administrators |
Bureaucrats |
other groups[lower-alpha 3] |