Template:User access levels

Special:ListGroupRights is an automatically generated list of granted user group rights. The below table is manually updated, and also includes global groups with local access.

v t e User right	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-access-protected-vars	View and create filters that use protected variables					Y		EFM, EFH
abusefilter-bypass-blocked-external-domains	Bypass blocked external domains				Y
abusefilter-hidden-log	View hidden abuse log entries							OS
abusefilter-hide-log	Hide entries in the abuse log							OS
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-blocked-external-domains	Create or modify what external domains are blocked from being linked					Y
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-protected-vars-log	View logs related to accessing protected variable values
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-create-local	Forcibly create a local account for a global account					Y
centralauth-merge	Merge their account^{[lower-alpha 4]}	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							CU, Ombuds
checkuser-temporary-account	View IP addresses used by temporary accounts					Y	Y	TAIPV, Ombuds, GTAIPV
checkuser-temporary-account-log	View the log of access to temporary account IP addresses							CU, Ombuds
checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference	View IP addresses used by temporary accounts without needing to check the preference							CU, Ombuds
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		OS
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							IA, IE
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
managementors	Manage the list of mentors					Y
markbotedits	Mark rollback as bot edits, to keep them out of recent changes					Y		GR^{[lower-alpha 5]}
massmessage	Send a message to multiple users at once					Y		MMS
mergehistory	Merge the history of pages					Y		IMP
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, TE
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 5]}, Stewards
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 5]}
sboverride	Bypass the spam block list				Y
sendemail	E-mail a user (using `Special:EmailUser/username`) who have associated an email address with themselves		Y
setmentor	Set user's mentor					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 5]}, 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

↑ Includes IP users. Any permission granted to all users will be inherited by the other user groups.
↑ Any permission granted to registered accounts will be inherited by the other (registered) user groups.
↑ Any user listed in this column has the relevant permission. Italics indicate a global permission.
↑ Irrelevant since the SUL finalisation in 2015 where all mergeable accounts were merged.
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Per RetroWikipedia:Global rights policy, Global rollbackers are only allowed to use this right in the context of counter-vandalism efforts.

[all-1] Includes IP users. Any permission granted to all users will be inherited by the other user groups.

[reg-2] Any permission granted to registered accounts will be inherited by the other (registered) user groups.

[other-3] Any user listed in this column has the relevant permission. Italics indicate a global permission.

[accountmerge-4] Irrelevant since the SUL finalisation in 2015 where all mergeable accounts were merged.

[GRP-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Per RetroWikipedia:Global rights policy, Global rollbackers are only allowed to use this right in the context of counter-vandalism efforts.

[lower-alpha 1]

[lower-alpha 2]

[lower-alpha 3]

[lower-alpha 4]

[lower-alpha 5]

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