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This page is about user groups and rights on MediaWiki, for the simple and flexible affiliation structure please see
Wikimedia User Groups
The following is a list of
user groups
in the Wikimedia Foundation projects. It is organized in approximate descending order of permissions. Note that the order is not directly correlated to power in the proper sense of the word, but rather refers to technical access in the MediaWiki software. Be aware that, though the technical abilities are the same on all Foundation projects, certain groups' definitions and roles differ from wiki to wiki.
Local groups
On Meta
Without global effects
Account creators
Autopatrollers
Bots
Bureaucrats
CheckUsers
Confirmed users
Event organizers
Flood flag
Importers
IP block exemptions
Users blocked from the IP Information tool
Oversighters
Patrollers
Transwiki importers
Temporary account IP viewers
Uploaders
With global effects
Administrators
Central notice administrators
Global renamers
Interface administrators
MassMessage senders
OAuth administrators
Push subscription managers
Translation administrators
WMF Office IT
WMF Trust and Safety
On some other wikis
Uploaders
Autopatrollers
Patrollers
Reviewers
Rollbackers
Autochecked users
Extended confirmed users
File movers
Interface editors
Abuse filter editors
Template editors
Eliminators
Translation administrators
MassMessage senders
Arbitration committee members
Extended movers
Bots with administrator rights
Flooders
Curators
Election clerks
On one other wiki
Noratelimit accounts
Engineers
Upload Wizard campaign editors
Image reviewers
Test wiki administrators
Property creators
Wikidata staff
Researchers
IP block exemption grantors
Scrutineers
On all wikis
Blocked users
Unregistered users
Newly registered users
Registered users
Confirmed users
Autoconfirmed users
Account creators
Bots
Administrators
Interface administrators
Bureaucrats
Oversighters
CheckUsers
IP block exemptions
Importers
Transwiki importers
Temporary account IP viewers
Users blocked from the IP Information tool
Global user groups
See also
Global groups
and
Global rights
Abuse filter helper
The
Abuse filter helpers
global group was created to allow its users global access to view the contents of
abuse filters
marked as private and their corresponding abuse log entries.
Abuse filter maintainer
Abuse filter maintainer
is a
global user group
assigned by
stewards
that permits trusted users access to view, and where appropriate, edit abuse filters. This permission is enabled on every public Wikimedia wiki that shares access via
CentralAuth
and
SUL
, and is only to be used for non-controversial maintenance, or by request of the local community. Since users in this group can seriously disrupt Wikimedia wikis if used incorrectly, the abuse filter maintainer permission is only assigned to users who have a strong track record in maintaining abuse filters.
API high limit requestor
Main article:
API high limit requestors
Users within the
API high limit requestors
global
user group
could have a higher API query limit.
This group offers the
apihighlimits
user right, and enables a maximum 5000 results when querying via API. Normally, bots and sysops automatically have this right.
CAPTCHA exemptions
Main article:
CAPTCHA exemptions
Users within the
CAPTCHA exemptions
global user group won't be prompted to
enter CAPTCHAs
by
Extension:ConfirmEdit
, for example when saving a page with new external links in it. This permission is only assigned to users that have demonstrated a need for it. Users may request access to captcha-exempt at
Steward requests/Global permissions
Accepted rationales for granting this right:
Having to replace/remove/fix removals of images cross-wiki
Being a sight-impaired person
Because one is
often asked to enter a CAPTCHA when editing other wiki
If it is clear that the user has no spamming intention and is not a spambot
Global bot
Global bots have
bot access
on all wikis where global bots are enabled (
see the list of wikis
). Global bots are subject to the
standard bot policy
, which limits these bots to specific tasks.
See:
Standard bot policy
Global bots:
members
wikis and rights
log
Global deleters
Main article:
Global deleters
Global deleters
help users transition to
global user pages
or manage their user pages crosswiki via the
Synchbot service
. The group lets members delete and undelete pages on all wikis, and complements the
interface editor
group.
Interface editors
Interface editors is a global group that allows its members to modify interface pages and protected templates on all Wikimedia projects. A user may be given this permission if they are a highly experienced js/css/template coder. It should be used only to perform non-controversial tasks. As a rule this permission is assigned for a finite duration—up to a year.
Global IP block exempt
The
global IP block exemption
is a global group that allows users to bypass
global IP blocks and rangeblocks
Global rollback
Users with
Global rollback
can revert a series of edits by one user with one click on any wiki, primarily intended for vandalism and nonsense. Users must be demonstrably active in crosswiki counter-vandalism for access.
See:
Global rollbackers:
members
rights
Global sysop
Global sysops are users with sysop access on multiple small wikis, mainly for the purpose of fighting vandalism in the absence of local administrators. They are appointed after a lengthy discussion on
Steward requests/Global permissions
See:
Global sysops
Global sysops:
members
rights
Global temporary account IP viewers
Global temporary account IP viewers
are users with the ability to see temporary account IP addresses on all wikis.
See:
Global temporary account IP viewers:
members
rights
New wikis importers
New wikis importers
are users who regularly deal with the
import
of pages to the new wikis created per the
language proposal policy
, from their respective test wikis (
Incubator
BetaWikiversity
or
OldWikisource
). This is a merely technical routine task that should be done by experienced importers (see
the log of past imports
).
Steward
Stewards
have complete access to the wiki interface, and perform technical implementation of community consensus, deal with emergencies, and intervene against crosswiki vandalism. Stewards are elected annually with participation from all wikis.
See:
Stewards
Stewards/History
Stewards:
members
rights (global)
VRT permissions agents
VRT permissions agents are users who have access to
the permissions queues of the Wikimedia VRTS
. The global group is used primarily for identification purposes, and
the only user right it contains
is the ability to activate
two factor authentication
Special-purpose
Founder
Global Flow creator
Ombuds commission
Recursive export
System administrators
Staff
wmf-email-block-override
u4c-member
See also
Wikimedia power structure
(essay)
User groups
Local
groups
On Meta
Without global effects
Account creators
Autopatrollers
Bots
Bureaucrats
CheckUsers
Community Wishlist managers
Confirmed users
Event organizers
Flood flag
Importers
IP block exemptions
Users blocked from the IP Information tool
Oversighters
Patrollers
Transwiki importers
Temporary account IP viewers
Uploaders
With global effects
Administrators
Central notice administrators
Global renamers
Interface administrators
MassMessage senders
OAuth administrators
Push subscription managers
Translation administrators
WMF Office IT
WMF Trust and Safety
On some wikis
Uploaders
Autopatrollers
Patrollers
Reviewers
Rollbackers
Autochecked users
Extended confirmed users
File movers
Interface editors
Abuse filter editors
Template editors
Eliminators
Translation administrators
MassMessage senders
Arbitration committee members
Extended movers
Bots with administrator rights
Flooders
Curators
Election clerks
On one wiki
(except Meta)
Noratelimit accounts
Engineers
Upload Wizard campaign editors
Image reviewers
Test wiki administrators
Property creators
Wikidata staff
Researchers
IP block exemption grantors
Movers
Functioneers
Maintainers
Wikifunctions staff
On all wikis
Blocked users
Unregistered users
Newly-registered users
Registered users
Confirmed users
Autoconfirmed users
Account creators
Bots
Administrators
Interface administrators
Bureaucrats
Oversighters
CheckUsers
IP block exemptions
Importers
Transwiki importers
Temporary account IP viewers
Users blocked from the IP Information tool
Structured Discussions bots
Historical groups
Extended uploaders
Course coordinators, Instructors, Online volunteers and Campus volunteers
ZeroRatedMobileAccess administrators
WMF ops monitoring
GWToolset users
Global
groups
Locked accounts
Unified accounts
Abuse filter helpers
Abuse filter maintainers
API high limit requestors
CAPTCHA exemptions
Founder
Global bots
Global deleters
Global Flow creators
Global interface editors
Global IP block exemptions
Global rollbackers
Global sysops
Global temporary account IP viewers
New wikis importers
Ombuds
Recursive export
Staff
Stewards
System administrators
U4C members
VRT permissions agents
wmf-email-block-override
WMF researchers
Links in
italic
are separate account statuses that are not assigned through user groups.
See also:
Wikimedia user groups
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